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Cantonese Boy

About Me

Cantonese Boy is a Jacksonville, FL instrumental outfit searching for the perfect balance between the avant garde and DIY punk ethos. Finding inspiration from progressive rock, jazz fusion, new wave, and other eclectic genres, CB aims to break new ground without forgetting the true goal of music: pleasing the ear, mind and heart. CB is currently led by James Stamper, a humble "classically trained jazz guitarist with a need to rock," and the only constant in its 9 year evolution.LOVEMYFLASH CODE

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 30/05/2005
Band Members: James Stamper-electric and nylon guitars, dx7, melodica in conjunction with: Ace McCloud-fretted and fretless bass Max Ray-synths, organ, mellotron Jake Rockwell-drums, percussion
Influences: king crimson, miles davis, mahavishnu orchestra, japan, league of gentlemen, genesis, depeche mode, return to forever, the tubes, dead kennedys, bad brains, bartok, ravel, mussorgsky, debussy, ryuichi sakamoto, ELP, deep purple, the ventures, rush, jawbox, roxy music, UK, Bruford, weather report, rory gallagher, van der graaf generator, antares, joe pass, les paul, and many more.
Sounds Like: what the music will dictate.
Record Label: dime museum records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

A sign from God

CB is still trying to find the right track to jump upon and ideas are being thrown all around.  I actually picked up the violin and am doing my best to make it a part of my bag o' tricks.  E...
Posted by on Sat, 26 Aug 2006 06:21:00 GMT

Another day in the salt mines.

CB is trying to wrap up some songs before I go on vacation next week and so far only one song is really coming together.  i have been able to record the instruments that were available and w...
Posted by on Sun, 25 Jun 2006 18:45:00 GMT

Follow the Steps

I added another track from the 1999 official bootleg called "Follow The Steps."  It certainly shows the strong influence jazz fusion had on us at the time.  I want to thank everyone tha...
Posted by on Sat, 10 Jun 2006 22:04:00 GMT

From the Dime Museum archives

Check out the live "official bootleg" version of "God Save You, Sir!" in the media player.  Two other songs, "D.M.A." and "Follow The Steps" will appear in the coming weeks.
Posted by on Sun, 04 Jun 2006 16:33:00 GMT

New Layout!

I hope everyone likes the new page design.  It needed some personality.
Posted by on Sat, 03 Jun 2006 21:58:00 GMT