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The Players:
G. Sherlock Miller
G. Sherlock Miller
"I caught the "music" fever again and began to teach myself piano. I soon began to write" more...
Randy Hunter
Randy Hunter
"All the fellows demonstrate true quality in both musicianship and attitude. I look forward to doing much more" more...
Michael Timothy (Tim) Nash
Michael Timothy (Tim) Nash
"The groups unique sound puts emphasis on free expression and inter-communication" more...
Clay Luna
Clay Luna
"...first group consisting of five kids, attempted to do rock and soft rock covers and a lot of angry neighbors..." more...
Jason ‘Spanky’ Salzman
Jason ‘Spanky’ Salzman
"LEO, was made in NYC 31 years ago. Spanky started playing guitar at the age of 11" more...
John G. Hooper
John G. Hooper
"Vocals, electric 4 string fretless/fretted bass. Studied bass with Bunny Brunel." more...
Tim McGovern
Tim McGovern
"I was 13 years old - a young bored adolescent, looking for something to do..." more...

Gear for Spruce St. Studios (apply named I might add) consists of:

7 pc Ludwig Drums ranging from 1963 to 1973 with a bizzillion cymbals, Sabian and Zildjan. 5 pc 1995 Slingerland Drums.

Kurzweil K1000, Micro Piano; Roland EP9, JV1010, MT 32; Korg DW8000; Alesis
Nano Piano; Yamaha SY55, DX7 & DX9; and my Fave... a Rhodes Mark II;
Keyboards and Rackmounts studio

Mesa Boogie, Fender, Crown, Crate, Peavy, Acoustic Amps and Cabs, and a Line 6 Pod.

Mackie 16-8 bus studio mixing board.
Tascam Model 30 (8) channel board.
Shure 6 channel Keyboard mixer.
2 Alesis ADAT's
Atari Mega 4

Outboard gear includes: Tascam Patch bay, Tascam Spring Verb, Beringer Virtualizer Pro, 2 DBX 163X compressors, 1 Nano compressor, 2 Yamaha SPX 90's, Tapco EQ, MOTU 2408 into a Athlon 900Mhz PC

Mic's include: several Shure SM 57's, 58's; 1 AKG 3000, 2 AKG 1000's; 2 Oktava MK319's

There's probably more stuff, but I can't remember or it's too numerus to mention.

The Creative Process:

It usually begins with me noodling around on the piano with some chords and then adding a melody. Other times, I'm banging on my guitar when I'll hear something. I'll then go to my trusty old Atari and sequence something or the PC and use Band-in-a-Box for a rough sketch and arrangement which will then create a chart for the guys. A couple tunes on the CD where a collabrative effort and I expect that there will be even more on the next CD, which by the way, we have already started working on.

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