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Bernie Hudecki

a song is more than a song

About Me

From 1965 to 1980, I played and wrote and recorded with some serious and dedicated musicians, who also happened to be my brothers. John, Peter, Stephen and future brother-in-law, Paul Thompson performed in Hamilton and southern Ontario until other realities forced us to concentrate on writing and recording over 300 songs with our own resources. 100 of those songs now live on a 4 cd set called BackTracks, created as much for family archives as anything else. I'm happy to say my 'analog' brothers and I are learning more about the digital world every day, and who knows what that will mean as the roles keep rockin'.Today I write and record because the songs just keep on coming from wherever they come from.Today I learn from my effervescent and brilliant son Dylan, (Moonkarma, Junior Blue, By Divine Right, Cowlick) whose patience and endless optimism have allowed me to even consider MySpace at my pace. Drums on 'In Your Painting' are by my talented and willing son Jackson (Alive&Living, Cowlick). None of it is remotely possible without the everlasting love and support of my best friend for nearly 40 years, my beautiful wife, Mary.I mark my 60th birthday (yeeesh!!) by sharing 4 recent gifts of inspiration. I’m not happy about the aging process, but I’m thrilled to be still here and part of the game in my own way.I know there are thousands of musicians out there, writing millions of songs. I’m just happy to be one of them.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/15/2006
Band Members: Mostly me, with the help of my ongoing digital guru and ProTools advisor Dylan Hudecki.
Influences: Songwriters - John Hudecki, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, David Gilmour, Craig Northey, Kurt Cobain, Thom Yorke, Josh Homme, J. Spaceman, Jeff Tweedy, Trent Reznor, Jose Contreras, Kristen Hudecki. These folks can work and play with the sounds and meanings of words and music in such a way as to make a transitory thing, like a song, into something that touch a listener in a personal, soul-deep way.
Sounds Like: I hope I can make music that fits into the broad soundscape of the 21st century. My roots are deep in rock and roll and musicals and my branches live in air of classical, electronic, experimental and today's independently minded music.
Type of Label: None