Yeah, I own
and program Z100fm, but music is what makes my brain function. Below is
some of my stuff over the past few years, available in 32k dialup or
130k High Quality WMA streams.. new stuff on the way.
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THANX RECORD (Los Angeles, CA) Here's a couple of tunes
from my LA band THANX from the mid 1980's. After moving from Chicago to
San Diego and leaving bands behind in both cities, I put this one
together while punk was (unfortunately) flourishing in LA. Sampled off
our record of the same name, we garnered some decent radio play in LA
and were regulars on the LA showcase circuit including the Whiskey A-Go
Go, Troubador, Roxy, Starwood, Madame Wong's, Gazarri's, Ice House and
others. I wrote, sang and played Rickenbacker bass on both of these..
and this band was LOUD live... this record was recorded at Sequoia
Studios in Van Nuys, CA.
Just A Little More
Lovin' Is Easy
THANX, Left to
Right: Eric, Dennis, Rand and Pat...
Bass/Lead Vocals.....................Dennis Michaels
Lead Guitar/Backing Vocals.....Pat Angerson
Rhythm Guitar............................Rand Newiger
Drums........................................Eric Davis
Writer.........................................Dennis Michaels
DM STUDIO SESSION (Chicago, IL)
While playing in numerous Chicagoland bands through the 60s and 70s, a
producer contacted me and was willing to back a multi-instrumental
album on which I would to play all the instruments, but I'd have to
prove that I could do it. At this point, I booked some studio time at
Acme Studios in Chicago to lay down tracks for a prototype of this
concept. I moved my guitars and amps through a Chicago snowstorm,
borrowed my sound man's drum kit (which I played all the time anyway)
and took a week to lay down the tracks. After the recordings, I'd move
to the west coast awaiting financing from the producer, who informed me
with somewhat sincere regret that the backing had fallen through, and I
was on my own to shop these sessions to the record labels in LA.
Instead, I'd spend my time playing in San Diego and LA bands, and
eventually go back into radio.
Sigh.
DM HOME SESSION (Los Angeles, CA)
Fast forward to Los Angeles, California, I land this cushy high paying
job with a Fortune 500 company as a producer and audio engineer/video
editor, and I'm getting bored not playing music and in between radio
jobs. So I buy this nifty little record called Drum Drops, head to the
home studio room and start laying down a few tracks around the drum
beat. The first was guitar oriented with vocals, and the second two
keyboard tunes that were pretty much just goofing around. With only
four tracks to work with and bouncing to achieve more than four, it
created a little nasty sibilance as far as the audio goes, but they
were only little home tracks.... no vocals on the keyboard trax.... but as Wolfey would say, 'they're in my noodle'..
Rover
Syntho #1
Syntho #2
Lead Vocals.........................Dennis Michaels
Guitars/Keyboards...............Dennis Michaels
Bass.....................................Dennis Michaels
Drums...................................The Drum Drops Guy
Writer....................................Dennis Michaels
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Well, that's it. I've
got more that are tucked away in boxes somewhere, and hope to add them to this
site in the future.
dm
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