This MESSAGE/ADVERTISEMENT is taken ALMOST WORD FOR WORD from a Band Bio I tried to post on MySpace...It still might be there...Disregard THAT one, and follow THIS one, because there's some NEW INFO in this one...
The "working title" I came up with for the band I'd like to put together is FAR FROM NEAR...Let's get on with things.
Playing since I was 16, and been thru stretches in my life where I've been tempted to GIVE IT UP and SELL my gear. But the older I get, themore I realize how important it is to keep playing. Born and raised in NEw York, and lived there till I was 30. Now, I've been living in Seattle for the last 4 years. I started recording 2 years ago with a bass, guitar, and a Casio keyboard onto a 4-track, and mixing those tapes down onto an Alesis MasterLink...Even though there are times when I sound like my FAVORITE PLAYERS ( A lot of Musicians do that sometimes) I have no doubt that what you will hear on the tracks I made is ME, BEING MYSELF. But what you will hear is actually just a BLUEPRINT of the concepts I want to explore...And I won't be able to ELEVATE this design into something with some REALLY EFFECTIVE until I can put together a group of musicians that are just as interested in making something this forward-thinking as I am. My time is VALUABLE to me, so I refuse to play ANYTHING I DON'T BELIEVE IN, and don't want to deal with anyone but RESPONSIBLE ADULTS. I'm not concerned with getting a deal with a MAJOR LABEL because I believe that with the RIGHT EQUIPMENT, and a GOOD GROUP of INTELLIGENT, RESPONSIBLE people, that we can do this: WE CAN WRITE AND PRODUCE OUR OWN MATERIAL, Create OUR OWN WEBSITE, MARKET OURSELVES, BOOK OUR OWN SHOWS, and out something together that's INDEPENDENT AND SELF-SUSTAINING. There are people out there that enjoy hearing and seeing music that is done this way. The trouble is, there aren't enough people putting together those kinds of groups...taking the kind of chances that fans of this music enjoy, expect and DEMAND from it...Maybe FAR FROM NEAR can change that....
That's the original ad, with some proofreading and upgrades....Here's the NEW INFO I talked about..
1) First of all, I don't know how to UPLOAD MUSIC onto this site, or if it's even possible....Anyone who might be interested in my invitation, that thinks they can HELP ME OUT WITH THIS...your HELP would be APPRECIATED!!! 2)Bought a MacMini 2 months ago....Still haven't learned how to use GARAGE BAND; a NEW GROUP to work with would probably bt the BEST INCENTIVE I can think of to SOLVE THAT PROBLEM....3)As far as approaches go.....My FAVORITE GENRE is the Art/Prog/Instrumental thing...But I don't want to be STATIC..I want to go BEYOND that...PROGRESSIVE to me, means having FLEXIBILITY and VARIETY... I've been exposed to a pretty broad range of genres, from all kinds of time periods....and it's not worth the effort to me if the MUSIC that SHAPED ME doesn't find its way into the MUSIC I MAKE...and that includes "Rock Around the Clock" as much as it includes "Beethoven's 5th." 4)This message is PRETTY HUGE, so I'll end it now and ask any interested people out there to either "HOLD FAST" until my NEXT message, or to REPLY to this post, and I'll provide a better description of what I hope to do. Thax For Your Time and Attention....MAY THE ROAD RISE WITH YOU.....THE GYRO CAPTAIN