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Danny Raynes

About Me

  • 2 Kids Down / Only 4 To Go.
  • Musical Life Resumed: Enjoying writing, singing, recording, producing.
  • Enjoying smoke-free Seattle shows. Staying grounded and human.
  • Assholes not tolerated.
  • Favorite phrase, "your lyrics are like something out of '70s southern rock, we need something more raspy, more modern."
  • .. MTV Shows.. MTV Shows.. MTV Shows

    My Interests

    Music:

    Member Since: 1/4/2007
    Band Website: www.echoraynes.com
    Band Members: I'm really not sure exactly how to describe it, but it seems to work more or less.
    Influences: I don't use drugs.
    Sounds Like: A dirty shoelace:

    Record Label: Enormous Records, Ltd. of New Guinea
    Type of Label: Indie

    My Blog

    How to tune so singers can sing.

    So, I've been on about it at rehearsals sometimes. It's the hazards of using tuners. All tuners, unless they are very high-end and configurable, tune to equal temperment. This means that all the note...
    Posted by on Sun, 07 Dec 2008 13:42:00 GMT

    First Track of EP Preproduction Demo Done!

    Almost there! The first of the tree tracks of the "Echos The Human Void" EP has made it through Preproduction, and the Demo is available. Until you experience it yourself, you can't imagine what it's ...
    Posted by on Wed, 21 May 2008 09:35:00 GMT

    What Rico has Been Teaching Me.

    We've auditioned a lot of guitarists. One common theme I've noticed is that there's a lot of unrealistic thinking out there. That can get depressing, but here's what Rico (our drummer - and much more)...
    Posted by on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 11:07:00 GMT

    More on the Seattle (Danny) Raynes Mission Statement

    This is a little treatise I wrote to myself. Music is about community. That community - the music community - is kept alive and growing by communicating love. You are a part of that community, bo...
    Posted by on Sat, 19 May 2007 18:38:00 GMT

    Keeping it Real

    You get to a certain point in your life and you realize you're never going to be superman. Takes some of us longer than others to get this. Slow learners. That I'm an average critter, one of...
    Posted by on Sun, 08 Apr 2007 20:00:00 GMT

    When Rock music is insane. This keeps me sane.

    I was too young for the Baby Boom, I was too old for generation X, Y, Z. I was raised mostly abroad, and I have grey (sic) in my beard. I have a mental age of between 9 and 15, used to be ridiculously...
    Posted by on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:14:00 GMT