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Graeme Mellway

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Member Since: 03/12/2006
Band Members: Whoever will have me...
Influences: Elvin Jones, Joe Chambers, Joe Morello, Bobby Hutcherson, Jack DeJohnette, Brian Blade, Carter Beauford, Art Blakey, Joe Henderson, David Schnieder, Jimmy Cobb, Wayne Shorter, Grant Green, Al Foster, Steve Gadd, Ari Hoeing, Herbie Hancock, Buddy Rich, Pete LaRoca, Charles Mingus, Stanton Moore, Harvey Mason, Thelonious Monk, Bud Powell, Curtis Fuller, Horace Silver, John Coltrane, Irdis Muhammad, Miles Davis, Max Roach, Art Taylor, Nat Adderley, Oscar Peterson, Cannonball Adderley, Jeff Watts, Tony Williams, Branford Marsalis, Kenny Garrett, Jimmy Smith, The Meters, Zeppelin, Fela Kuti, Antibalas, Fleetwood Mac, Van Morrison, Paul Simon, The Police, Rage Against The Machine, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Tool, Steely Dan, Interpol, King Tubby, Prince Far I, Bob Marley, Lee Perry, The Beatles, Dave Mathews Band, Jaga Jazzist, Jazzanova, Koop, Breakestra, Jamiroquai, L.A. Carnival, MMW, Quantic Soul Orchestra, Ahmad Jamal, Andrew Hill, Bill Evans, Brad Mehldau, Dave Brubeck, Dave Holland, McCoy Tyner, and Many many more...
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Technology and Tragedy make wonderful bed fellows

Yep, all my reason files and the vast majority of my samples are gone. Vanished in the digital ether. I still have a few completed wave files but I always like to tinker after the fact and I feel a li...
Posted by on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 13:31:00 GMT

HAHAHAHA WINNIPEG JAZZ FEST MOTHER FUCKERS!!!!

So here is the quick listHerbie HancockJoshua RedmanKenny GarrettDave BrubeckAntibalasJohn Lee HockerWHAT?!!!Now all I have to do is get my ass back to winnipeg...
Posted by on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 23:17:00 GMT

Recording with Mike Edel (updated)

Well that's it. It's all said and done from my end. Jordan, Mike's bass player, and myself laid down 10 tracks in 3 days and left Mike and Ty to deal with Rhythm and lead guitars and vocals in the com...
Posted by on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 17:37:00 GMT

Souls in Rhythm

Well to those of you who didn't make it out to witness, Souls in Rhythm put on one of the best live shows I've ever seen for one of the most "intimate" crowds. To those of you in winnipeg who saw the ...
Posted by on Sun, 18 Feb 2007 00:42:00 GMT

Recording with Soular

So we did complete the recording albeit the quality of the performance is low. I was hoping to have a few more takes but we had the help of the engineer for such a short time that we had to make do. I...
Posted by on Sat, 17 Feb 2007 15:01:00 GMT

Upcoming endeavors

Well this is somewhat uncharacteristic, what with me posting so frequently, I do have some news worth sharing. My drumming comrade Efa is involved in a bit of a soul project dubbed Soular Transmission...
Posted by on Sat, 10 Feb 2007 19:33:00 GMT

My prolonged absence explained... only to be followed by more absence.

I guess its been a while since I came by. My explanation for my absence stems from one reason and one reason alone. I really have started disliking computer technology and to a larger degree technolog...
Posted by on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 14:42:00 GMT

New Songs Later Today! (Or possibly right now depending on the time)

Well I Have good news, I finally managed to get my hands on those live recordings I did with the Grant MacEwan Jazz Band. I'll put them up later today, possibly sometime in the evening. I also did a c...
Posted by on Fri, 08 Dec 2006 13:26:00 GMT

To my Winnipeg family, have I ever got some New Years plans for you.

To everyone in Winnipeg I highly recommend checking out the Buck 65, Hunnicutt and Co-op show. I have to say it's not going to be the same without Moses Mayes rocking the set (Check out the show on th...
Posted by on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 20:15:00 GMT

New Tracks? Not quite yet.

Ok, I was wrong, I admit it. I got a bit ahead of myself so you're just going to have to wait a little bit longer. I'm having a copy of the concert made tonight so I'll have it by tomorrow (It should ...
Posted by on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 19:56:00 GMT