I've always been interested in Astronomy and Physics. I dig the whole warping the visual spectrum idea. It's a project because the members never stay the same, at least not right now.

I used to play live, I have not in quite sometime in order to concentrate on the recording aspects. Soon again though.

Ask the RIAA.

Yes

p>10 years and counting

"RedShift Project is an undertaking I and my partner began to express
our inherent idea of composition. It began its roots in 1991. As our abilities
became more scattered we decided to start the project up and see where it would
lead us. Turning inwards we set out to create and build. We completed cycles
of arrangements. Found a new passion for combining and inventing. Multiple instrumentation
and recording apparatus integrated into a blueprint. It became our canvas, and
now, a consistent work in progress."

We started building the road in college. While attending the Art Institute
of Dallas, Jaymz met a 19 year old drummer. "I had been looking for some
fairly professional people to jam with. I had been playing just to have fun
with some people, but there wasn't any solidarity to It.", Jaymz says.
"While in class o­n our second or third day, we all had to go around
the room and give a small story of who we were. Mike was in my class and the
teacher had called his name." "Mike Shaver?” the Instructor asked.
"Do you shave often?" "Mike replied, "No sir but I hope
to someday!" Mike proceeded to explain that he came down from Oklahoma
and played drums.

While outside o­n a break Jaymz walked over to Mike. "So I hear you
play... Are you any good?" Mike quickly replied in a rather stern voice,
"I can hold my own." The next 10 years would prove to be interesting,
to say the least.

Initially the two worked with new recording technologies and wrote. Most everything
was o­n a project basis. Being in college for recording and video production
proved to be coincidentally perfect. In 1992 audio and video technology were
merging with the digital age. Studio productions to silly musing o­n 4 track
recorders were produced between Mike, Jaymz, a cast of characters and other
musicians.

As time passed and college was over, both Mike and Jaymz endeavored in other
projects. Jaymz went back to former band, Vision. Mike worked with old friends
N8V. After a few years, Jaymz left Dallas to finish school in Lubbock, TX. "I
was pretty much burnt, broke, and jobless and a bit screwed up here in Dallas.
I had to make a change. Looking back, I'm not sure Lubbock, TX was the best
change I could have made. Actually, it was quite horrifying. I moved back to
Dallas in 1995.” Jaymz says.

For a brief time of about a year, Jaymz rekindled the music with his old band
mates in Vision, now called New Century Vision. Soon, directions changed and
Jaymz left the band. "I was rather ready to do something totally backseat.
I found some guys who were looking for a second guitarist and keyboardist. They
pretty much had the songs worked out already. I decided to take backstage approach
and free myself of my own preconceived notions. It was a great learning experience
for me." Soon, the band lost it bass player and drummer. Jaymz contacted
Mike who was just getting out of his former band. The timing was right and Mike
became the new drummer of T.H.I.Q. "We played out a few times and had some
really great material.” Mike spoke of the band. "Like all good things,
external factors came into play and everything slowly disintegrated."

A few years later Mike and Jaymz who were frustrated with the whole scene started
a new project - a personal recording studio. Jaymz tells, "After about
3 years of building, we now had the ability to do exactly what we wanted to,
write and record." Now, they start a new endeavor from those recording
sessions. With Larry White from Vision o­n Bass, Eddie o­n Guitar, Jaymz
o­n Guitar and Keyboards and Mike o­n Vocals. RedShift Project will
soon lose its project in favor for a Static Band.

 

Anything Pop rock oriented with really good production and songs. Vertical Horizon, Linkin Park, Tonic, Newer Tears for Fears, Filter, Fuel, etc

New Zealand

Current line up as follows:
(See www.redshiftproject.com for more info)

Recording Apparatus (Hardware)



Custom Built Tower

P4 3.0c Ghz Hyperthreading 800 mhz FSB Processor

6 Fujitsu 18 GB UW III SCSI HDD (15,000 RPM)

Compaq Smart Array 431 RAID controller

ATI Radeon dual port card (One monitor for mixing, o­ne for performance/editing)


3 Delta 1010 sound cards (24 channel analog, 3 channel S/PDIF)

19 inch monitor, 17 inch monitor

1 GB RAM

Homebuilt Workstation (Dual PIII 1 Ghz, 2 EIDE 60 GB HDD for storage, sample storage
- Used for MIDI control and librarian functions)



Recording Apparatus (Software)



Cubase SX (Production, Mixing)

Soundforge 6.0 (Mastering, Editing)

Assorted plugins, DirectX effects

Lame MP3 encoder

Various Keyboard/Module librarians



Keyboards/Modules



Yamaha Motif-8 88 key Sampling Workstation

Korg Trinity Pro

Korg MS-2000R

Korg ES-1 Sampler

Korg ER-1 Groove/Drum Box

Korg EA-1 Acoustic modeler

Alesis DM-Pro Drum module

Roland D-50

Korg T-3



Guitars/Bass/Amps



Jackson something or another custom moded with GK-2 synth

ESP Horizon Electric

Taylor 414 CE Acoustic

PRS McCarty Standard

Roland VGA-7 COSM Guitar Amp

Fender Precision 4 String Bass

Fender Jazz fretless 6 string bass

Crate BX 440H Bass Amp

Custom Bass Cabs

Yamaha 500 watt PA head/mixer

Alesis/Haflin 300 watt studio amp

Various EV PA cabinets (2 18/12/horn, 2 12/horn, various monitors)



Misc/Drums/Mics

8 Piece Yamaha Recording Custom drum kit

Various Zildian Cymbals, high hats, etc

Various percussive instruments (tambourines, shakers, etc)

M-Audio Groove Tubes GT-67 Vacuum Tube Mic

3 AKG 414 Tom Mics

AKG D-112 BD microphone

4 Shure SM 58's microphones

2 Shure SM 57's microphones

Oktiva 4 series Vocal microphone

2 Shure SM-81 overhead microphones

2 Alesis Studio 32 console mixers (monitor, input)

Aphex 104 Aural Exciter

DBX 2401 24 dual channel EQ

Sony DAT recorder

Roland/BOSS ME-10 Pedal Effects