Harmonica, Music and production – Miguel Weissman, rhythm and lead guitars – Brother Dave, Piano – Dave Keyes, bass – Bob Stander, drums – Jason Ewald.
The world is burning
I’m looking for submissions of very short videos of people saying “the world is burning”.
The audio must decent to high quality, little noise background.
It can be one or many people saying it in unison.
It would be wonderful if there was a nice background of the location you’re in.
Outdoors or Indoors, standing next to a significant monument.
I will put it on YouTube and everywhere possible.
I did pay the musicians. But I am not selling this video. It is for the world. A gift.
Joey Havlock art and video, Designed and programmed with virtual instruments altered though computers, composed and produced by Miguel Weissman recorded 2012
Miguel created this from photos he has taken in his travels around the world.
Big News, I hired Studio VU LLC to design my studio right! He did Cindy Lauper’s and Grand Master Flash’s recording studios as well as many other notable clients. I will have video and sound ready to record at a moment notice.
Eventually I will do podcasts and compose music. This is a project studio. not for hire. But, if you think you have something I would be interested in, Let me no in about two months {today is august 20th}.
Finally after some tuff physical recovery, I’m starting to practice again and will be taking lesson from Mark Hummel and others to improve my technique on the harmonica.
My Recording studio is almost completed, This will be a project studio to produce my music and other artist I want to collaborate with. No longer open to the public.
I am working on two new albums. I play in many different genres. And I work with many different bands.
So I decided to produce or co-produce these projects with new or original arrangements of tracks I like.
This includes the Brooklyners, two different blues projects, one with brother Dave, electric blues and jump swing. The other with Michaela Gomez and david langlois, prewar blues.
I’m also working on some electronic and worldbeat tracks.
Nikki Armstrong and Greg Baker and I are collaborating on lyrics.
I’m working with Bob Stander and Crag Randel to notable producers.
I’m also remixing two tracks, one is “the boat goes to the bottom” by zap mama and also a track by Afrika Bambaataa.
I’m collaborating with so many musicians that it would be silly to list them here for now.
But I’m looking forward to getting these done in a timely manner, the right way!
I’m working with Nikki Armstrong co writing for her up coming album. We’re also working on a track called “We Declare Peace”!
I’m also working with Sarah Herliani Saputri from Indonesia and her partner on some cool fusion of Downtempo and some of their countries’s indigenous music.
I plan on producing my first full length album this year too. This will focus on my harmonica and feature different groups that demonstrate the different genre and sound I’ve created the music.
Along with the new music written for these projects, I’ve invested in custom harmonicas from Blue moon harmonicas Custom Marine Band 1896, Corian Comb, Set up for Overblows and Overdraws, “Blues Tuning” and Custom Suzuki Manji, Corian Comb, Set up for Overblows and Overdraws, “Jazz Tuning” and Sydel harmonicas costumed by Greg Jones. And costuming two amplifiers and vintages microphones.
Amps-
1949 Epitome guitar Amplifier
Gibson GA 5 Skylark (1959)
Lone Wolf Harp Train 10
Space Tone 6V6 se Amp
ZT Lunchbox Acoustic 2-Channel Acoustic Guitar / Vocal Amplifier
Vintage Harmonica Microphones
– Astatic JT-30 & W30 B Series Brown Bullet & Brown Bisket
– RCA CX56A (vm828)
– Sure Bullet microphone
– Unidyne 3 5455
Pedals
– Boss direct box
– Hall of Fame Reverb TC Electronic
– Signal Pad Electro-harmonix
– The Squeal Killer
– Ten Ban EQ MXR
– PS-3 Digital Pitch Shifter/Delay
– Yellow Fall Delay 1949 Epitome guitar Amplifier
Here is some history I found: “Valco was a prolific manufacturer of guitars, guitar amplifiers, and other musical instruments from the 1940s through 1967”
“In the 1940s, Valco was formed by three business partners and former owners of the National Dobro Company; Victor Smith, Al Frost, and Louis Dopyera. The company name was a combination of the three partner’s first initials (V. A. L.) plus the common abbreviation for company (Co.).
Side Note; Brothers Louis, Robert and John Dopyera previously formed the Dobro Manufacturing Company in 1928. “Dobro” is both a contraction of “Dopyera brothers” and a word meaning “good” in their native Slovak language. An early company motto was “Dobro means good in any language.” (brother John invented the resonator guitar).
Valco manufactured Spanish acoustic guitars, metal-faced resonator guitars, electric lap steel guitars, and vacuum tube amplifiers under a variety of brand names including Supro, Airline, Oahu, National, and others. They also made amplifiers under contract for several other companies such as Gretsch, Danelectro, Harmony, Bronson, Dickerson, McKinney and Kay, and others. In the 1960s they began producing solid body electric guitars.
One of the oldest guitar amp companies on the planet.
Ellard-James Moose Boles and The Bullet Proof Band will be making their way up to New Jersey/Bergen County for 4 shows…January 15th (Friday Night) 2016 at The GW Grill (2139 Hudson Terrace, Fort Lee) 9 Pm No Cover, 1/ 16, 2016 @ The Blue Moon, S.Amboy, N.J. and also Thursday January 21st at Ranchero Cantina (214 Kinderkamack Rd, Emerson NJ), 22/16 @ R & Bz, BAYONNE, N.J for a night of “Blues & Nothing But The Blues” and these guys are “The Real Deal”….Moose a former “Downtown Manhattan Blues Musician” and also former Lou (8 Years) Reed and Gregg Allman Band member and his unbelievable “Top Notch” band as well as many special guests expected at most “Moose Sightings” are sure to bring the house down!!!
Ellard-James Boles (Moose) is a veteran blues singer, writer and musician. He has played and recorded throughout the U.S., Canada and Europe with such legendary performers as Lou Reed, Greg Allman, Stevie Ray Vaughn, David Bowie, Buddy Miles, James Cotton, Lonnie Brooks, Junior Wells, C. J. Chenier, John Belushi, Steve Marriott, and Steve Miller.
Moose is of African-American, Native American (Choctaw and Cherokee), Cajun, and Georgia redneck descent. He discovered his love for music, specifically the blues, as a young boy. He sang in church choirs at age seven. He got his first taste of the blues from his father, a guitarist and song writer who had jammed with Muddy Waters.
He continues to perform and record extensively. He is currently touring with his Bulletproof Blues Band and invites all blues fans to experience his dynamic performances when ever the opportunity arises.
Moose and the Built Proof Blues Band’s Moving on was produced by Ellard-James and Miguel mixed and co produced with Craig Randal At Brass Giraffe, recorded in 1995. Moose wrote the lyrics, Miguel composed and arranged the music with the Built Proof Blues Band, Ellard-James Boles (Moose): bass and vocals. James “T”T illson: guitar, Earthen Steel: piano, Danny Cipriano: sax, Dan augmented Miguel’s horn lines with the harmonies, Richie Johnson: drums, Miguel Weissman: harmonica.
This Line up traveled from Europe and though the south, and were regulars all along the east coast. They were the first electric band to play at the 92nd street Y. For three years they were the house band at Chicago Blues and the 55 Bar where they warmed up for James Cotton, Buddie Miles, Junior Wells, Dave Maxwell and Clifton Chenier. The band had the honor to play at the UN, jamming with Eartha Kit on TV and having the dubious honor of being the last band to get payed at Dan Lynch before it closed!
Ellard-James Moose Boles, James Tillson and I { Miguel Weissman} played at a club in Fort Lee NJ in February 2015, Moose, Tee and I have been playing off and on for 25 years! We were joined by the talented Tom Cucchiara on drums. Playing with them was like sipping on a warn in pair of slippers. Molded to you foot, just the right amount to stink so no one else would where it, but it feels good! The very talented Nikki Armstrong came by and killed it! My buddy Nicholas Opalenik came by and helped with the sound.
At one point these two women were dirty dancing, the fell in into my lap, I was sitting down, just grazed my lip with my harp and mike! I lived to play another day!
