Sultan Derek
Sultan Derek
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One of my hobbies is writing music. Many, many years ago- I used to play and listen to Country and Bluegrass. I haven't written in quite some time, and it seems everything I write and sing is coming out Country, despite a couple of decades of listening to Rock, Blues, Alternative and even Smooth Jazz -and NO Country since about 1982. One friend of mine says "Go with your roots" and another says "You're screwed, dude!"
I've the awful feeling both of my friends are right. Oh well. Such is life, right? Anyway, I hope to post my newest music here, for the convenience of my friends and family, and any new friends that are interested.
As always, your comments and thoughts are always welcome. Oh, and yes... I am keeping my day job!
Band/artist history
page now at http://myspace.com/derekdowns/
page at http://sultanderek.blogspot.com/
podcast page at http://derekdowns.com/ or subscribe with Yahoo! by
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Have you performed in front of an audience?
Ummm. Well, I haven't died yet, so I guess YES. I don't perform in public though, if that's what you mean. I'm a closet musician. I record when no one else is at home. Yup. I'm kinda shy.
Your musical influences
Probably Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and the rest of the original Outlaws, a bit of Don Williams, early Alabama before they got rich -and I have always loved The Eagles.
What equipment do you use?
Washburn acoustic 6 string, Style W-200 (vintage @ 1975)
Fender Squire Precision Bass Standard Plus (with additional Jazz bass pickup) (2005)
Kramer electric 6 string SF 4033 (vintage @ 1988)
Tascam Digital 8 track Studio DP-01FX (2005)
Behringer 24 bit digital effects processor "Virtualizer Pro" DSP2024P (2005)
Marshall MXL 990 XLR Condenser Microphone (2005)
Yamaha SW60XG PCI Synth PC soundcard (vintage @ 1997)
Voyetra Digital Orchestrator Plus Sequencer v2.00.31 (October 1995)
compliments of the great people that make up Thank you for the great Open Source software!
Anything else?
Yes! Thank you for listening and I hope you enjoy the music.
Take care...
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Derek
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Hi Derek, Thanks for the message on The Roadhouse Jukes page. Glad you enjoyed the tunes, hope you spread the word, afterall that's what this is all about. Regards, Cj