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Michael Faraday,Singer/Song Writer

About Me

What the...$%!@%???.........Here is the deal.....My name has been changed for a number of professional reasons....... You more observant folks more than likely noticed a long time ago that my band name did not match my url or http name which has been Michael Faraday since I started myspace.. This was a big decision and has and will be a pain in the butt for awhile but, it had to be done !!! Enough said, and thank you for all the support and friends I have made on music myspace..................................................... ............................................................ ............................................................ ....................................."MAINTAINING THE ILLUSION", MY LATEST ALBUM DUE OUT LATER THIS YEAR WILL BE MORE ROOTSY AND A BIT LESS PRODUCED. I AM VERY PLEASED WITH THE SONGS I HAVE WRITTEN FOR THIS PROJECT AND FEEL THEY ARE MUCH CLOSER TO WHERE I WANT TO BE WITH MY WORK! THIS CD WILL HAVE A GOOD MIX OF MY SIGNATURE STORY/LYRICAL DRIVEN SONGS WITH A SURPRIZE OR TWO BLUESY/ROCK ITEMS.... I WILL ALSO CONTINUE WITH MY UNANNOUNCED,UNPLUGGED HIDDEN TRACT AT THE END OF THE CD THAT SO MANY HAVE SAID THEY ENJOY. THIS ALBUM HAS BEEN A GREAT GROWING EXPERENCE FOR ME.

*******MY LIFES PRIORITIES...GOD, FAMILY, COUNTRY, FRIENDS,STRAIGHT FOREWARD CLARITY OF THOUGHT WITH AN OPEN HEART******************************************************* ************************************************************ ************************************************************ ***********'A government big enough to give you everything you want,is strong enough to take everything you have.' -Thomas Jefferson................................................... ............................................................ ......................................................
Want this badge? STOP BY BILLYS BUNKER OR WWW.LISTENERSGENERATION .COM TO SEE REVIEWS ON MY FIRST CD , "LONELY AT THE STOP"....................................................... ............................................................ ............................................................ ......................................... '"OFFICAL SITE OF THE NATIONAL SARCASM SOCIETY-"--------LIKE WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT !!!--------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------F.Y.I.----ALL OF MY MUSIC IS AVAILABLE ON CDBABY.COM MIKE BRAY..ALBUM "LONELY AT THE STOP" THANKS...--------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------

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ONE OF THE TURNING POINTS IN MY MUSICAL JOURNEY WAS ATTENDING THE MONSTER CONCERT AT DEVONSHIRE DOWNS IN "1969" BETTER KNOWN AS NEWPORT "69"....MY BAND MATES AND I WERE 16 YEARS OLD,...THE CHAMBERS BROTHERS (TIME) STOPPED TRAFFIC ON ZELZA ST., SPIRIT(I GOT A LINE ON YOU) MADE THE WHOLE FAIR GROUND JUMP, MANY MORE GREAT BANDS WERE THERE BUT, WHEN JIMI HENDRIX TOOK THE STAGE AND LED OFF WITH FOXY LADY THE WHOLE PLACE STOOD IN ABSOLUTE AWE !!!!!!! I CAN SAY THAT THE EXPERENCE DID TWO DRAMATIC THINGS TO US THAT NIGHT....one... IT MADE US WANT TO THROW OUR GUITARS AWAY....two... IT CAUSED US TO LOOK AT MUSIC DIFFERENT AND MADE US PRATICE LIKE WE MEANT IT ! ............................................................ ............................................................ ............................................................ ............................................................ ............................................................ ............................................................ ............................................................ .GOOD NEWS!!! MY COUSIN,BETH SULLIVAN IS BACK WRITING AND TEACHING AGAIN IN SAN FRANCISCO.......BETH IS THE CREATOR OF THE HIT T.V.SERIES "DR. QUINN MEDICINE WOMAN THAT RAN ON "CBS" FOR MANY YEARS.....BETH WAS CREATOR AND EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF THE SHOW....THE SERIES WAS FILMED AT THE PARAMOUNT RANCH IN AGOURA CA. FOR MANY YEARS......MY WIFE WORKED IN PRODUCTION AND WAS JANE SEYMOURS ON SET PUBLISIST..............IT WAS A GREAT SET AND A WONDERFUL PLACE TO HAVE ACCESS TO. I WOULD VISIT THE SET ANYTIME THERE WOULD BE A GUEST STAR I FOUND INTERESTING ON AND THAT WAS ALL THE TIME.....BETH WAS ONE OF THE REASONS I DECIDED TO START SONG WRITING WITH SERIOUS THOUGHT AGAIN......I WAS ABLE TO MEET JOHN AND JUNE CASH,TRISHA YEARWOOD,WILLE NELSON,JOHN SCHNIDER,MARK COLLEY,JANE SEYMORE AND MANY MORE.........IT WAS ALL LIKE DISNEYLAND TO ME........BETH TAUGHT A MOVIE WRITING CLASS AT THE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE IN HOLLYWOOD ONE YEAR AND I AUDITED THE CLASS.....IT HELPED A GREAT DEAL AND CAUSED ME TO VISUALIZE MY SONGS MORE CLEARLY.......

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 14/10/2006
Band Website: [email protected]
Band Members: GUITAR WORK:MIKE BRAY,and AL VILLANUEVA:session and international touring picker...................................................... .................................... STRINGS:THE FABULOUS MISS AMY FARRIS..GRAND OLE' OPRY///////COUNTRY MUSIC LEGEND,MR.RAY PRICE....................................................... ............................................... BASS/SLIDE GUITAR:"BAREFOOT' GLEN SHERBA..'commander cody and the lost planet airmen' , 'badfinger'; session player for "YES" and many others...................................................... ................................................ Keyboards: doug west, discovery channel t.v......................................................... .................................................. Drums / percussion: mark winkel ,session guy(and loving it)......................................................... .................................................... Backup vocals and moral support: Donna Sweikow..................................................... .......................................... Mixed AT WWW.Paradoxxsound.COM by:Mr. John Sweeny...................................................... ...............................................Layout Provided By CodeMyLayout.com - Myspace LayoutsMyspace Contact Tables
Influences: From Hank Williams sr. to Eric Clapton,Willie Nelson to the Beatles.....JAMES TAYLOR,MARTY ROBBINS,ALL 60'S AND EARLY 70'S MOTOWN, STEELY DAN, JOHNNY CASH,THE BRITISH INVASION OF THE 60S, TOWER OF POWER, BUDDY GUY, JIMMY REED, WAYLON JENNINGS, EARTH,WIND AND FIRE,JOHN MAYALL.VAN MORRISON,BONNIE RAITT,LYLE LOVETT...................................................... .................... The fact is , all music influences me at any given time......today it could be the Beatles and tomorrow it could be Hank williams SR......all music has something special, it just depends on where your head is at the time........................................................ ............................................MY LATE FATHER WAS REALLY INTO COUNTRY MUSIC AND ALWAYS HAD WILLIE OR MARTY OR JOHNNY CASH PLAYING IN THE HOUSE ,HE ENCOURAGED MY BROTHER AND I TO PLAY MUSIC AND GOT US INVOLVED EARLY IN LIFE........................................................ .............................................. HAVING BEEN WRITING SONGS SINCE "1967", I AM DAMN IMPRESSED AT THE AMOUNT OF VERY TALENTED WRITERS AND MUSICANS THERE ARE ON MUSIC MYSPACE....BRAVO TO ALL.....OUR NATURE AS WRITERS IS TO WANT PEOPLE TO HEAR AND LIKE OUR EFFORTS....I TRULY ENJOY LISTENING TO THE VAST AND VARIED STYLES OUT THERE.......I GREW UP IN THE GREAT MUSICAL TIME OF THE "60&70'S" PLAYING IN SEVERAL ROCK BANDS AS A SINGER / BASS PLAYER....I WAS ABLE TO SEE , JIMI HENDRIX AT NEWPORT "69",JOHN MAYALL,ZEPPLIN,AND DOZENS OF OTHERS...THE BRITISH INVASION OF THE 60&70'S WAS AWESOME AND INSPIRING FOR A GROUP OF SAN FERNANDO VALLEY "WANT -TO -BE "MUSICANS...MY FIRST BAND EXPERENCE WAS IN "1967"(THE RATTLERS) WE PLAYED EVERY WHERE WE COULD AND DREAMED OF BEING THE BEATLES,LIKE ALL KIDS AT THAT TIME...I FOUND EARLY ON THAT I COULD WRITE SONGS AND DID SO FOR EVERY BAND I WAS IN FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS OR SO..........WE WOULD HANG OUT IN A PLACE CALLED BOX CANYON AND JAM WITH SEVERAL MUSICANS FAR MORE TALENTED THAN WE WERE....THIS STRETCHED US AND I BEGAN WRITING MUCH BETTER MUSIC......WHEN I WAS ABOUT 12 YEARS OLD (I DIGRESS) MY DAD WOULD TAKE ME TO THE" TOPANGA CORRAL" NIGHT CLUB TO WATCH HIS FRIENDS "THE GHOST RIDERS" (STUDIO MUSICANS ALL) PLAY UNTIL THE WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING.......I ENDED UP TAKING SOME LESSONS FROM "DON LEE" A HEAVY WEIGHT COUNTRY SESSON PLAYER AND JIMMY LAUGHTON AND MIKE PRICE.......AN EXPERENCE OF A LIFE TIME........ANY WAY,MUSIC AND SONG WRITING ARE A WONDERFUL GIFT THAT I AM VERY THANKFUL TO HAVE BEEN GIVEN.......THANKS TO ALL OF YOU THAT TAKE THE TIME TO INTER ACT WITH ME.............................MY GRAND FATHER WAS IN THE MOVIE BUSINESS FOR OVER 30 YRS...HE WAS A SPECIAL EFFECTS GUY WHO WORKED ON THE ORIG. BIRDS,MAD MAD WORLD,HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL,MOST OF JOHN WAYNES MOVIES ALOT WIH BING CROSBY ETC............
Sounds Like: Something, I just can't put my finger on what???

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Record Label: YOUR MOM'S GOT A RECORD LABLE !

My Blog

PUBLIC CIVILITY.........

PUBLIC CIVILITY......... In this current world of instant gratification, fifteen minutes of fame, public disrespect for people and the deepening rift between political parties it seems appropriate tha...
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What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnRqYMTpXHc
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Dean Martin - Memories are made of this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv9PSkNkUfs
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Ricky Nelson - Travelin' Man 1961

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0janfcZ8LUw
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Abraham, Martin and John

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dHvYB5JdSs
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RANDY & RAINBOWS - DENISE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQZZ6CLaNS8
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Dion & The Belmonts - A teenager in love

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNYdcwunG7g
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I just don't get it!!!

I'm sorry but I just don't get what Obama thinks he is doing!The news anounced today that Obama has givin orders to all Military,F.B.I and C.I.A. to give all enemy combantants their maranda rights in ...
Posted by on Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:39:00 GMT

Dennis Prager & John Stossel - Myths, Lies, and Downright Stupidity (1/4)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0tXlphmoDo
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Prager University: The American Trinity

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn4IH3yng4k
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