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About Me

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All week, I have songs in the front of my brain. I put grooves, licks and progressions into my ipod then on the road (in my Freightliner), put the lyrics and melody together. Saturdays I do guitars, keyboard, vocal arrangements and mouse clicks. Many of the songs are a surprise as they take shape and develop. That is the amazing part of this whole process....it's like a sculptor chipping away to see a work reveal itself. It's not like I saving the planet or doing something so seriously profound. I just get a kick out of seeing were ideas can go. Lots of fun. Many more songs to come.

STUDIO PROJECT NEWS...

Line up in the new band......... TONE BROTHERS band

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Member Since: 17/01/2007
Band Website: studioprojects.wordpress.com/
Band Members: MIKE ODENDAHL: Song Writer, Guitars, Bass, Mouse, Keyboard Sequencing, Vocals
Influences: colaborations with:
ROB TREDENICK: Song Writer, player of many basses

I began music in high school playing trumpet under the direction of Stan Passfield in concert and stage bands in Orillia, Ontario. Big band, jazz, and dixieland music formed the basis for my musical education. I picked up guitar at 17, playing self taught in rock bands doing covers. The combination of formal instruction in school together playing by ear as a guitarist allows me a well rounded blend of experience to draw upon.Music was put on hold for 2 years as I went on a mission for the Mormon church in Los Angeles, CA. That 2 years of service has had a profound effect upon shaping of my character.

Upon return to Ontario, I enrolled in a drafting and design at Humber College. I discovered the great jazz program at Humber and by halfway through my first year in drafting, the music department was my regular hang out, receiving private lessons from Peter Harris for a time. Further studies continued with Toronto session guitarist, Guido Luciani. There have been many bands over the years, but now I enjoys independence writing and recording in my home studio. I am currently playing in a band called TONE BROTHERS.

Sounds Like:

"Every time I sit down with my gear, time melts away. Curiosity and excitement well up in the creative process. All you start with is an idea. To take it from conception to a song that can be played by anyone still amazes me. I love the process. It has nothing to do with vain musical aspirations... I just love making music." ~ Mike

Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

..............................................MAMA CONGA

MAMA CONGA was a real laugh to do. The funniest thing is Rob has no idea what in the world I'm gonna come up with when he gives me a bass line with drum loop.I take the bass/drum mp3 in my ipod, play ...
Posted by on Sat, 21 Mar 2009 20:07:00 GMT

..............................................I'M NOT WAITING

This song is a year or 2 old. Same tried an true process. Rob Ton bass with a drum loop doing random bass grooves. I cut up into sections arrange, add guitars, B3, horns and voice. The words spilled o...
Posted by on Sat, 21 Mar 2009 19:39:00 GMT

..............................................LESSONS

Ok, there seems to be a theme for the last couple of songs. LESSONS is about a wayward kid returning to the time tested principles given by a parent. Yes, parents are a little wiser than they get cred...
Posted by on Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:49:00 GMT

..............................................I'M BECOMING YOU

I'M BECOMING YOU like many of our tunes started as a bass and drum loop by Rob T. The B3 organ and sax parts were played on my Godin guitar synth. It saves me a lot of time since I don't play keyboard...
Posted by on Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:40:00 GMT

..............................................ALL A WONDER

I wrote ALL A WONDER for my daughter Shawna. I was thinking of her toddler years, how she had such an excitement for life. She's grown now, but that independent personality is the same. I love her. I ...
Posted by on Sun, 04 Jan 2009 04:59:00 GMT

..............................................SHAKE IT UP

SHAKE IT UP came out of a Rob T guitar w/drum loop groove. The melody and feel came to me right away. I have been living with this thing for months now before we got to it. I was driving through Ken...
Posted by on Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:42:00 GMT

..............................................SOMETHINGS

This song came out of a rhythm guitar part with a drum loop by Rob. It's still in a state of change. We really had to work at this thing. Rob did 4 bass tracks that were used to build a composite tr...
Posted by on Sat, 04 Oct 2008 22:15:00 GMT

..............................................SIMPLE & TRUE

Simple & True was going to be an acoustic tune very different than how this turned out. It's very personal song. I am always shy about doing tunes like this because I don't want meaningful t...
Posted by on Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:25:00 GMT

..............................................BLUE DOWN SOUL

We decided to keep this one an instrumental. Started as a bass/drum groove. I jammed it out on guitar. The solo guitar was done in 1 or 2 takes. A little sloppy, but I like way it flows. We will proba...
Posted by on Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:13:00 GMT

..............................................HAPPY

Rob had this bed track roughed out when I showed up for or Saturday morning session. I got a laugh out of it. It reminded me of a few new Years parties I'd played at over the years. Everybody has seen...
Posted by on Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:07:00 GMT