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uplift i

...time 4 every band 2 come 2 the aid of the party

About Me

Uplift I is a constant struggle. It's a labor of love that combines many different skill sets on many different levels from many different places around the globe. I just want to record music, so I will even do yours for you under the right circumstances. You read this far? go to www.joelcotton.com Want a band to play your event? How about BIG Whiskey?I also play with THE FIRELYTES STEEL DRUM BAND, LUCKY , KELLY EVANS TRIO, ELLIOTT RUTHER TRIO, KNOTTY PINES, SOCKMONKEYS, CLETUS ROMP, TSLY Formerly I have played with Apogee, SAMIWAS, EASY AXESS, 4 TRACK ALL STARS, lowkey, Kris Brown and the Family Sauce, BW4, Luscious Brown, P.I.C., Marvin and the Experience, FreeKbass, Gwendolyn Speaks, T-SLY Band, 7tsly, with Mike Wade and Bastion. I have played with George Clinton and also The SCIENCE BAND, and for Bootsy Collins, most treasured experiences, as they are musical heroes. I truly appreciate all music as an expression of the soul. All time heros are Hendrix and Bootsy for doing with the instrument what was not previously imagined. Greatest thanks to Mom, Jeremy, Uncle Maurice, Uncle Butch, Josiah, Barami, Folz, Kruse, Little, Basone, Summers, Kinsella, Easton, shawn pearson, Brown, Why?, Coleman, Doseone and johnny rapp for having the most profound of effects on me and my musical development.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/13/2005
Band Website: joelcotton.com
Band Members: me ... wanna join? well actually I do most of the work, actually, come to think of it I do like all the work but uh barami w alot and um some other heavy hitters like josiah wolf, dennis sullivan, t sly, lucky, ian hudgins, Michael, nate, losekamp, Clark Jenkins, Dr. Walker, Verbanic, Marv Hawkins, Austin Spiegel, All the james' and big daddy funkstick though never, never at the same time. Actually looking for a couple female singers and anybody with ideas! And I will record your solo or band album or demo for reasonable rates and with exceptional quality.
Influences: My biggest influence is Bootsy, Vernon Reid, Hendrix, Great Uncle Maurice, or jeremy. Also, in no particular order, others like tribe and wu-tang, James Brown, john coltrane, herbie hancock, bruce lee, josiah wolf, why?, the J Smart Brothers, Carlos, Lucky, Robert Johnson, Ry Stephenson, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Alonzo, Shag, Zapp and Roger, Gwendolyn Speaks, Bram, CC, Mr. Dibbs, Santana, Scofield, Benson, Willie Nelson, NERD, BOBs Marley, Brown and Dylan, George Clinton, SIR SWIFTY, mmw, prince, willie nelson, pharcyde, combustible edison, roy ayers, uncle woo, j-phigga, Akira, q-deezy, 5 DEEZ, buddy miles, Little Richard, Richard Little, Pearl Jam, Chris Cornell, Black Uhuru, Simon Kinsella, Bad Brain, RHCP, Body Count, OG's Ice's T and Cube, Ray Bradbury, Beastie Boys, LOVE, Marcus Miller, Eddie Hazel, Cody Chestnutt, ERYKAH Badu, Jill Scott, Ritalin, Lauryn Hill, Muzz Skillings, Billy Joel, Tori Amos, Fiona Apple, Luda, KANYE, D, Griff, Jay-Z, and Ray Parker Jr. Weird Al., Richard Cheese, Henry Miller, Mancini, Mike Post, Mayer, Noy.
Sounds Like: Currently I play Kustom amps 9 out of 10 times that I play. I find for guitar the sound is perfect out of their 2 12 combo, and tons lighter than a jazz chorus or something, with all the good clean sound you could want. On bass I have the sweetest tuck and roll amp, silver that sounds hot and puts out monster bass through the matching 4-10s cabinet, anybody got a silver 15? I truly like the Kustom sound and you will too. Now if I can just figure out how to get one to California.
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

crazy dreams

dreamt a bunch of us whhs kids were on the writing staff for jon stewarts show? somehow all of this work was sone in a living room of some house ostensibly in NY BW, DB, EF, AME(M), SJ, MCL,  all...
Posted by uplift i on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:25:00 PST

things jeremy lucky and josiah taught me and why they are so important :wayoutline

it is this simple my mom started me off in music by enrolling me in suzuki piano because i was 3 i only barely remember it being at the musical arts center on the second floor in their larger studio (...
Posted by uplift i on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 06:16:00 PST

disestablishmentarianism

i think that i stay friends with people largely because i am at most passively offensive, and at least only mistakenly actively offensive. i think that my genuine care for humankind in general and com...
Posted by uplift i on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 07:45:00 PST

mac people help me please mac help

yo greetings and thanks in advance i have an emac (1.25ghz?)(1g ram) i run protools 7.1? it gives me problems now since i try to run amplitube and stuff it never gave me a problem before i upgraded th...
Posted by uplift i on Sun, 17 Feb 2008 04:04:00 PST

gibson robot

It's been a long time, I shouldn't have left you. Without a dope blog to schlep to. gibson robot puh-huh lease let's not joke around though here unless there is a laser shining through the truss rod t...
Posted by uplift i on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:55:00 PST

King is King

http://www.wvxu.org/schedule/kingrecords.asp />Sundays in October at 8:00 PMJoin us for King Records: Cincinnati Legacy, a four-part series airing Sunday evenings at 8 during October. This special ser...
Posted by uplift i on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 01:45:00 PST

ipod help

i wanted an ipod to be able to clear up my mac hard drivefor programs and other stuffthis new syncing stuff is more complicateddo i have to back up everything to dvds or something if i wanna take all...
Posted by uplift i on Sun, 03 Dec 2006 09:59:00 PST