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End War Now

COMMUNITY PROJECT AIMED AT BRINGING AN END TO WAR

About Me

"End War Now" is more than a song; it's the catalyst for a community-wide, multi-artist movement focused on creating in a world without war.

The "End War Now" project began in January 2007, initiated by Boston-based T Max (The Noise) , the song's composer. The demo was recorded and produced by T Max and Joe Kowalski , and launched as a Myspace exclusive in February 2007.

End War Now (the Boston community recording) was recorded on March 25th (basics) and April 15th (vocals) at Hi-n-Dry, and May 8th (vocal over-dubs) at Barefoot Studio with an all-star cast of Boston musicians.

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Music:

Member Since: 1/31/2007
Band Members: END WAR NOW PARTICIPANTS
VOCALISTS
John Powhida (The Rudds)
Emily Grogan (Emily Grogan)
Michael Bloom (Tim Mungenast & His Pre-Existing Conditions)
Andrea Gillis (Andrea Gillis)
Mick Mondo (...& Streaker)
Linda Viens (Angeline)
Casey Desmond (Casey Desmond)
Peter C. Johnson (Peter C. Johnson)
Kelly Knapp (The Darlings)
Corin Ashley (Corin Ashley)
Chris Mascara (Mascara)
Jordan Valentine (World's Greatest Sinners)
Maria Christopher (27)
Karen DeBiasse (Girl on Top)
Sue Minichiello (My Own Worst Enemy)
Michelle Paulhus (The Dents)
Ad Frank (...& the Fast Easy Women)
Mr. Curt (Mr. Curt Ensemble)
Kier Byrnes (Three Day Threshold)
Liz Borden (The Liz Borden Band)
Vikki Sixx (Sugabomb)
Simon Ritt (The Darlings)
John Hess (Awakening Stick)
Ayal Naor (27)
David Simmons (Girl on Top)
Jim Collins (Brett Rosenberg Problem)
Joel Simches (Black Fortress of Opium)
David Kirkdoffer (UNDO)
Dee Stroy (Boilermaker)
Ajda the Turkish Queen (Black Fortress of Opium)
Carol Namkoong (Take You Higher)
Izzy Maxwell (Count Zero)
Leeanne Williams (ex-Vagiant)
Valerie Kahn-Dorato (Killer Circus Pups)
Suzanne Barnes (Mass Art)
Rachael Ieszenberg (Tickle Fingers)
Ruby Viens (Linda Viens’ daughter)
Lily Grogan (Emily Grogan’s daughter)
Sophia Grogan (Emily Grogan’s daughter)
Shawn Marquis (The Church of Flying Dreams)
T Max (The Noise)
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BAND
Roger Miller (Mission of Burma) – lead guitar
Rick Berlin (Rick Berlin) – piano
Valerie Thompson (Fluttr Effect) – cello
Shawn Marquis (The Church of Flying Dreams) – drums/percussion
Joe Kowalski (onlyone) – bass
Carol Namkoong (Take You Higher) – keyboard
Billy Conway (Twinemen) – cymbal
T Max (The Noise) – electric and acoustic, guitars/ glockenspiel

HORN SECTION Dana Colley (Twinemen) – baritone sax
Ken Field (Birdsongs of the Mesozoic) – alto sax
John Beaudette (Destroy Babylon) - trumpet
Scott Getchell (The Bad art Ensemble) – French horn
Corie Steinman (Lazy Cat Quintet) – French horn
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BEHIND THE SCENES
T Max (producer/song author/props/CD design)
HI-N-DRY —
Billy Conway (studio manager)
Matt Malikowski (sound engineer - mix and recording)
Jabe Beyer (sound engineer)
Dan Cardinal (sound engineer)
Ben Gruba (studio assistant)
BAREFOOT STUDIO —
Taylor Barefoot (sound engineer)
Paul Voitkus (studio assistant)
M-WORKS —
Jonathan Wyner (mastering)
WONDERDRUG —
Ken Cmar (manufacturing)
VIDEO & PHOTO —
Tim Casey (video production/camera work)
Artie Freedman (camera work)
Chuck Rosina (camera work)
Diane Andronica (camera work)
Ms. Donna (camera work)
Mr. Curt (camera work/photography)
Mach Bell (camera work (at rehearsal)
Kelly Davidson (photography)
Liz Linder (photography)
Catherine Carter (photography)
ARTISTS (at Hi-n-Dry) —
Ed Colley
Asa Brebner
Dave Tree
EXTRA —
Suzanne Barnes (props for Hi-n-Dry, lyric assistance)
Joe Kowalski (demo recording)
Lexi Kahn (extra vocals on demo)
Valerie Kahn-Dorato (lyric assistance)
Mr. Curt (effective song critique)
Carol Namkoong (effective song critique)
Maria DeFelice (promotion)
Stuart Freedman (video footage supplier)

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End War Now (the Boston community recording) was recorded on March 25th (basics) and April 15th (vocals) at Hi-n-Dry, and May 8th (vocal over-dubs) at Barefoot Studio with an all-star cast of Boston musicians. Here are some links to photos from the vocal recording session on April 15th:
Liz Linder photos.......................... Liz Linder photos2 ............................................................ ............................................................ .........................Kelly Davidson photos ............................................................ ............................................................ .......................Stay tuned for more...
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My Blog

Getting Up to Date

A lot has happened since I last wrote about recording the basics with Shawn Marquis and Joe Kowalski at Hi-n-Dry.April 15th 2007 was the big recording day where over forty Boston area vocalists came t...
Posted by End War Now on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 09:57:00 PST

Two choir rehearsals down

For the past two Sundays (April 1 + 8) there have been choir rehearsals for the recording of "End War Now." The choir parts are sounding good.The Phoenix (Jim Sullivan) gave the project a blurb in th...
Posted by End War Now on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 07:07:00 PST

Recording the basics at Hi-n-Dry

This was a long fun day. Shawn Marquis, Joe Kowalski, and I (T Max) started off by laying down the guitar, bass, and drum basics with Jabe Beyer engineering, Billy Conway overseeing the studio, and me...
Posted by End War Now on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 07:05:00 PST

RECORDING TIME & PLACE

We're recording the basics at Hi-n-Dry on Sunday, March 25.Then we'll be recording the vocals with the media present. Again, at Hi-n-Dry (288 Norfolk Street, Cambridge) on Sunday, April 15 (1:00pm)....
Posted by End War Now on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 12:56:00 PST

LYRICS

The lyrics are not popping up so I'm putting them here. They are slighly different from the lyrics on the demo.END WAR NOW (T Max, Feb. 2007)When children play with their toy guns They never mea...
Posted by End War Now on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 12:53:00 PST

T Max, Joe Kowalski, and Shawn Marquis rehearse

March 9, 2007Picked up Joe Kowalski (bass) and Shawn Marquis (drums) tonight and drove out to Shawn's rehearsal space in Arlington to work on the rhythm of "End War Now." The original idea was to have...
Posted by End War Now on Sat, 10 Mar 2007 09:53:00 PST

The Beginning

The End War Now project began early in 2007 when I, T Max, felt the country react to a war that had gone bad. If you ask me, all wars are bad. I started thinking of how we teach our children to deal w...
Posted by End War Now on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 10:54:00 PST