The Oozing Grooves
It's Pop. It's Rock. It's Punk. It's Groovy.
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Happy Freaking Birthday Happy Freaking Birthday
A sarcastic pop punk song for people who hate birthdays.
Little Miss Perfect Little Miss Perfect
I married Miss Right. I didn't know her first name was ALWAYS.
Faraway Eyes (Here Comes the Girl) Faraway Eyes (Here Comes the Girl)
Smiles at you once and brings your whole world crashing down to size.
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Every band likes to think their music defies categorizing, while at the same time usually realizing that to be unique is to invite commercial failure. The Oozing Grooves solves that dilemma by taking a samurai philosophy towards music: commercial failure is inevitable, so why not just enjoy the act of creation and write what you want? The resultant blend of new millennium pop punk and 80s synth-pop rock features thick vocal harmonies layered over simple bar chords in an arrangement several listeners -- including a couple of industry insiders -- have called a blend between Green Day and the Beach Boys.Band/artist history
I was a determined young songwriter in the 1980s, pouring everything I had -- money, time and soul -- into writing and playing original music in first Dallas and then Las Vegas. But it was easy to spin one's wheels back then, and not very easy to get paid. So eventually, I gave in to the desire to eat and live indoors and I abandoned music completely in 1990. In 2003, I heard a guy playing acoustic guitar on a ship I was on, and the bug bit me again... hard. Now I'm a determined old songwriter, pouring everything I have -- money, time and soul -- into writing and recording original music.Have you performed in front of an audience?I'm between live bands at the moment, but even when I was in one, we only played covers. It was cool, we played in places like Crete and the Ukraine; but it takes a lot of trust to let a band start playing your originals, and also a lot of time. I think we had the former, but not enough of the latter. I'm very particular about the way my song is going to sound to an audience, and I have a lot of layers, both vocally and instrumentally, that would be hard to reproduce live to my satisfaction.
Your musical influences
I don't disregard any one genre just completely out of hand; but when I'm just going to listen to something, like in the car, I'm most likely to grab something with loud guitars and a strong hook. I became aware of music in the mid-70s and grew up listening to Queen and Zeppelin, etc., but it was really the 1980s, with everything from Bowie to AC/DC to The Cars to Gary Numan and Ultravox that really shaped my musical mentality. As such, I'm pretty slavish to pop sensibility when I write. I'm very structured in my writing -- a little too structured sometimes, and I insist on a strong melodic hook, a twisted bridge, lots of layers and a clever lyrical turn, or I just won't bother finishing a song I'm working on. I used to put lots of synth layers in my songs, but I got tired of being labelled retro. You can still hear a synth in there, though, here and there.What equipment do you use?
I was a synth player in the 1980s, now I've morphed myself into a guitarist to shed my "retro" image somewhat. So my gear locker is mostly guitars, which I like to customize: Line 6 Variax 500 with custom neck/ebony fretboard, and custom pickguard. Three Washburns: WG587 7-string customized with Duncan pickups ('59 neck/Distortion bridge), WI66PROe with ebony fretboard, gothic cross inlay, and EMG 81/85 pickups, and a stock X40 Pro. Squier mini-strat for my 5-year-old, which I also bash around on when I want to get nuts, and I'm rebuilding a crazy old 1980s Hondo Explorer. I play an ESP B55 (5-string) for the bass lines. For amps, I use Guitar Rig in the studio and a Behringer V-ampire LX112 which I customized with a twice-as-loud Eminence Legend speaker. For recording, I'm weening off of a Yamaha AW4416 and switching to Nuendo, with the full suite of Waves, NI and Blue Tubes plug-ins. I also use an old Korg M1 as my midi keyboard. I've lots of rack gear, but I'm selling it off little by little as I convert to a digital-only solution.Anything else?
Yeah, thanks for coming by the hotel to interview me. On your way out, could you send in the maid?
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I really like your work...When you get a chance, check out my page, Let me know what your favorite tracks are...
I really like your work...When you get a chance, check out my page, Let me know what your favorite tracks are...
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