Music:
Member Since: 2/20/2007
Band Website: cdbaby.com/cd/ericmire
Band Members: For booking or general music inquiries: [email protected]
Melissa Czarnik and Eric Mire of Hyperdrive Motivator Productions.
Album will feature appearances by: Eric Mire (production, guitar, vocals, etc..), Robert Figueroa of Nabori (latin percussion), 2Face (vocals), Robin Pluer (vocals), Maurice Cotton of Cotton Gin Music Productions (keys), Don Bradshaw (latin percussion), and Brad Bloom (sax)
Beats made by: Eric Mire, Maurice Cotton, and Erf
I've been blessed with the opportunity to perform live with the following talented musicians: The Eric Mire Band: [Jess Lemont (drums), Maurice Cotton (keys), Don Bradshaw (latin percussion), Brad Bloom (sax) and Eric Mire (vocals & guitar)].
Influences: Mixing them poets with musicians - with albums with books - mixing them people with people- mixing it up...
Hettie Jones, Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings, Lauryn Hill, Tupac, Ani Difranco, Sade, eric mire, Eryka Badu, Fionna Apple, Jill Scott, Reading Lolita in Tehran, Nikki Giovanni, Ishmael Reed, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Stevie Wonder, Barack Obama, Saul Williams, gertrude, bell hooks, Richard Wright, J-Boogie, Om Records, Spearhead, Poor Righteous Teachers, Fugees, Queen Latifah, MC Lyte, TLC, Salt N Peppa, Eternia, David Sedaris, Langston Hughes, Talib Kweli, Premiere, Megan Feifer, Blackalicious, Hi Tek, Democracy Now!, Robert Figueroa, Mos Def, Tribe, De La Soul, The Final Tic, The Funk Brothers, Michael Jackson, Zora Neale Hurston, Judy Garland, Maxwell, frankie baby, Latyrx, miho hatori, M.E.T.H.O.D man, Monica, En Vogue, R Kelly, Missy Elliot, Aaliyah, Timbaland, Dr. Dre, Eminem, John Legend, Lin Que, Latyrx, Outkast, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, India Arie, Nabori, MC Solaar, Janis Joplin, Al Green, Roberta Flack, Aretha, Sketches of Spain, King Solomon, Max Roach, John Coltrane, Fader Gremlins, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Dead Prez, Citizen Cope, Floetry, Common, The Roots, Chopin, Stravinsky, Wynton & Branford Marsalis, Negotiations and Love Songs, Madonna, Justin Timberlake, Motown; any and all, and Rock N ROLL ... The Infamous Dr. Wippit from Chi-Town, and DOPE CLOTHING!
Strawberry Cadillac: Sounds Like Hip Hop, Feels Like Poetry, Smells Like a New Car!
Sounds Like: A music lover making music.
Miramar Theatre, 2008
Soul Fire Feature
Melissa Czarnik & the Eric Mire Band [eric mire (guitar), Jess Lemont (drums), Don Bradshaw (latin percussion), Maurice Cotton (keys)].
In the July edition of the Riverwest Currents, freelance writer, Julie Strand wrote a piece on the release of Strawberry Cadillac. Pick it up, at your local shops on the east side while you can, or check out in my blog.
Record Label: Hyperdrive Motivator Productions
Type of Label: Indie
