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Deryck Murray

Love, Life, Dignity and Creation

About Me

I have played alot of gigs over the past ten years and recorded some original material in studios, I've also helped out other musicians by laying down vocal tracks and background vocals on their albums. Right now I am working on solo material in the hopes of putting back a band again that encompasses the sounds of music I like soul, funk and reggae. I can play guitar, mostly rhythm, bass and drums. I started singing when I was three years old. The drums came after I learned to play when I was fifteen that was my first real instrument I learned how to play. In my twenties I decided it was about time to finally learn how to play guitar so I could start to compose my own music on my own "My Bed's So Cold" was one of the first songs I wrote on my own, to date I've written probably over two hundred songs some of which I have started to copyright for my own protection. Locally I've played just about every venue here including festivals, now I'm looking to venture more into recording my own material and collaborating with other local artists and even distant ones I pretty much can make it work musically providing the artists and myself believe in what we are doing and most importantly are POSITIVE. Currently I am working on an album with Barry Neatby of Tommyrot a local happening indie band, Barry and I have a music relationship that goes back eight years and we have compiled music that we both wrote together and individually a long time ago and also recently. This album will be compiled of acoustic based tracks that promises to bring great vocals and hard rhythms which we are both well known for. Locally look out for me to play just about every type of music imaginable soul, funk, acoustic, rock, whatever I love music and that's what I live to do.fwl code="layout"I edited my profile at Freeweblayouts.net , check out these Myspace Layouts!

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Member Since: 2/11/2007
Band Website: funkysoulbrothaderyck.zoomshare.com
Band Members: Barry "Mr. Humble" Neatby, Matt "The Young Gun" Lusted and Deryck Lamont Murray. We are SECOND HAND LIGHT.
Influences: Marvin Gaye (All time favourite album "What's Going On"), Curtis Mayfield, James Brown, Stevie Wonder, The Funk Brothers, Sly and the Family Stone, Denise Williams, Billie Holiday, Gladys Knight, Aretha Franklin, Donny Hathaway, Isaac Hayes, The Bar-Kays, The Meters, Al Green, Bobby Womack, The Spinners, The Temptations, Harold Melvin and the BlueNotes, Muddy Waters, The Wailer's '61-74, Peter Tosh, Bob Marley, The Abyssinians, Toots and the Maytals, Jimmy Cliff, Lee Perry, Parliament Funkadelic, Dennis Coffey, James Jamerson, Earth, Wind and Fire, The Ohio Players, Tyrone Davis, Bill Withers, Barry White, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, The Velvet UnderGround, David Bowie, John Lennon, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Stax Records, Motown, The Philly Soul, Chicago Soul, Studio One Kingston, Jamaica, Delroy Wilson, Jackie Mittoo, The Skatalites, Joni Mitchell, Crosby, Stills and Nash, Bob Dylan, The Doors, The Beatles, Eddie Hazel, Todd Rundgren, Herbie Hancock, Mandrill, Eric Clapton, Carole King, Patti Smyth, many more I can't mention in one page......
Sounds Like: I hate categories I am to unique and original for that I know I originate and don't emulate so don't forget it. What this city needs is a good dose of originality which is what I offer. Rock bands are a dime a dozen in this city give the people a little soul and they go crazy. But these guys here I like cause they are original. Look out below.a href="http://www.cafepress.com/breylovefunk"
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

broken toe

It sucks having a broken toe it swells up goes away swells up, not to mention I walk like Fred Sandford. Well I can still play drums with it though I guess it's true what Marley said "One good thing a...
Posted by Deryck Murray on Sat, 12 May 2007 12:20:00 PST

Random Blog About MySpace

Since I recently started my page in February I was pleased with all the friends I met distant and close by. I have renewed faith in music once again because we the independent artists are supporting o...
Posted by Deryck Murray on Wed, 02 May 2007 08:19:00 PST