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Bill Berends

just play...

About Me

This started off as a page for my music outside of Mastermind and has evolved into the home of THE BERENDS BROS BAND basically, so music fans are welcome! Check out our other musical ventures..... Mastermind and Mastermind live! The Berends/Wilson Trio and BERENDS MUSIC TV

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If you do want to be my personal friend send a note saying hello or something, especially if you are a BAND. Banners & ads from people who aren't my real life friends will be promptly deleted. ~Bb

I Don't Live Today & THE RUMBLE (new!) - more videos here

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/1/2005
Band Website: mastermindband.com
Band Members:
Influences: caffeine, nicotine, alcohol Sagittarius foibles: yes straight/divorced

Can you hear me now?
mastermindband.com
Sounds Like: Cream, Mahavishnu, Ten Years After, Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Dawkins, West Bruce & Laing, Lifetime, Masters of Reality, Hendrix, ELP, Mountain, Miles, Mayall, blues, rock, jazz rock, fusion, psychedelic, Mastermind = Berends Bros
Record Label: StellarVox
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Repertoire ....

At gigs lots of people will ask "what songs do you guys play?" so I hand 'em a song list and they kinda stand there with a blank look on their face, scratching their heads... yet at the same time, the...
Posted by Bill Berends on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 05:29:00 PST

Gibson Guitar Corps Top Friend... is me!

Every week Gibson Guitar's official MySpace picks somebody playing a Gibson guitar to be their Top Friend. Well I've been doing that for 40 years (!) so this week it is me! It's about time! LOL... ser...
Posted by Bill Berends on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 02:01:00 PST

The Berends Bros Band

I'm sure Mastermind fans will wonder what is going on.... since we lost our bassist my bro Rich & I started a project called The Berends/Wilson Trio to get our jolly playing old Cream tunes and th...
Posted by Bill Berends on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 12:39:00 PST

Me, My Gitar & the Blues

A Jimmy Dawkins tune.... the myspace player doesn't allow long enough song titles. Just sorta where my head is at right now. Recorded live in rehearsal this Tuesday past (w/ Rich & JB on upright)....
Posted by Bill Berends on Sat, 07 Jul 2007 06:13:00 PST

Advice for getting things done...

Computer --> OFF
Posted by Bill Berends on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST