Got MySpace?

[plateauphase]

Just curious... My band's page is at www.myspace.com/plateauphase.

Be warned that there is absolutely nothing new there, so it's completely un-representative of what we're doing now that The Plateau Phase has a singer, bass player and guitarist. That will change very soon. We have a couple of great songs that we're recording soon.

And... I don't think there's a lick of combo organ anywhere there, either. That will change as well, though, since both of the new songs are combo-heavy...

[mtwallet]

here's my 2 bands from Lyon, France:

www.myspace.com/thediamondrangs
we play some dirty 60s rock&roll
we recorded a 7" with a Farfisa Matador (we only had that organ then) available on Close Up Rds
but now I'll play an Elka Panther, so things are improving, ha!

and my other band:
www.myspace.com/lesfleursdebach
no organ till now in the band, but surely soon

[blair]

The Miscreants: www.myspace.com/themiscreantsnj - My main band. I generally use a Yamaha YC-20, although when the band started out, my weapon of choice was a Farfisa FAST 3. (I hadn't met the Yamaha yet.) Various flavors of garage rock.

The Emby Confection: www.myspace.com/theembyconfection - I got married last August. My wife had originally asked me to put together a CD comp of favored songs to give out as part of the wedding favor, but...I'm lazy. So 5 days before the wedding I called my friend Mike Fornatale and explained an idea. He said, "OK, if you've got a song ready by 4 PM tomorrow, come on over and we'll do it." Around 1:30 PM, 4 days before my wedding, I sat down to write a song. A couple hours later, we were at Mike's place. I "sang", my wife played organ (Yamaha YC-30) and did backing vocals, and Mike did just about everything else. His wife, Wendy, also pitched in on some backing claps and some backing vocals. By midnight it was recorded and mixed. The next day, I burned enough copies so that we'd have them for the wedding that Saturday, where they were given away as part of the wedding favor. We also sent a few to DJ friends at WFMU. The song was played regularly on both Joe Belock's Three Chord Monte and Bill Kelly's Teenage Wasteland programs. Joe even picked it as his Top Single of 2007. I guess you'd call us garage pop, possibly with a taste of bubblegum.

The Coal Gems: www.myspace.com/thecoalgems - Originally a subset of The Miscreants, as it was me, Miscreants' singer/guitarist Matt Friedlander, and our then-drummer, Jahna Rain. The differences here?
I play both the Yamaha YC-30, as well as a Wurlitzer 200A electric piano.
Jahna sings lead and stands up playing a minimal kit.
The music is markedly different. Slower. People compared us to Mazzy Star, Cowboy Junkies, etc.

[plateauphase]

I guess I should post the MySpace page for A Perfect Vacuum:

www.myspace.com/aperfectvacuum

This began as a recording project for all of the electronic musical ideas that I couldn't fit into a band situation. I've been moving in the direction of Minimalism and Ambient textures lately, and it seemed that APV would be a good umbrella for that kind of work. It has taken on a life of its own, and I plan to produce a modest independent CD this winter... so comments and suggestions are appreciated.

In terms of genre... well, I hate genre labels. But it's definitely intended to be in the vein of Terry Riley and La Monte Young jam with Brian Eno and Edgar Froese in Jean Michel Jarre's studio.

Equipment includes a Vox Jaguar, Roland JX-8P and Akai AX60 analog polysynths, a Korg DW8000, a Roland Fantom X6 workstation, as well as a Fender bass and an Ibanez guitar. There is also some Yamaha DX7 on "First Ellipsis." [Which can actually be heard here because of MySpace's six-track limit: soundclick.com/share?songid=7067923 .] See if you can identify it.

[fleshtonejm]

here is my band's my space:
myspace.com/volfonis

nothing sound organ-wise but there are pictures; I'm trying to get the others to do a proper rehearsal recording so that it can be updated...

[mtwallet]

cover of the Bryds (not the Byrds) called Your Lies (very kink-ish!)
recorded w/ my band "the Diamond Rangs" on saturday night in Paris
first time I use my gem sprinter 49 on stage
fr.youtube.com/watch?v=g590I5eOpko

[fleshtonejm]

Nice video: good sound, good feeling...
I'm looking forward to seeing the Fleshtones play at la mécanique in 5 weeks time...

[ctyler]

my band's myspace is at www.myspace.com/dlistms

Band is called D List, I sing and play some keyboards + effects. Up until now we've always used NI's B4, but as i've just bought some real organs - an Acetone GT-7 and Crumar Organizer T2 - we're looking into whether we can incorporate these into live shows. Problem is, they're so d**ned heavy compared to my laptop and midi keyboard!