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Tom Byrne

Progressive, classically influenced space rock!

About Me

Keyboard player in Modal Logic, though acting on audience advice, not yet giving up the day job :)Composer of diverse tunes, many at www.soundclick.com/tombyrne - which have done rather well in the charts there :)The Warlord of the Air

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Member Since: 6/4/2005
Band Website: soundclick.com/tombyrne
Band Members: Modal Logic:Craig Gregory (Guitar) www.myspace.com/croogmusicSi Powers (bass)James Byrne (Guitar)Matthew Byrne (Drums)Tim Pringle (Vox)Tom Byrne (Keyboards)
Influences: The Barddas, Ouspensky, Manly P Hall, Hawkwind; Van Der Graaf Generator; Alan Stivell; Camel; Genesis; Wagner; Nietzsche; Gnosticism; The Upanishads; William Blake; Walt Whitman; Geoffery of Monmouth; Science Fiction; Arcangelo Corelli; Byzantine liturgy; Palestrina
Sounds Like: Hawkwind; Camel; Mike Oldfield; Kansas; Genesis
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Project Progress (19/11/06)

Why is my studio such a tip? The wife wants to throw out half my stuff, I'm barricading the door.... Craigy has done a fine job on James H's song, more keyboard to be laid on tonight if I can get to t...
Posted by Tom Byrne on Sun, 19 Nov 2006 08:49:00 PST

Microcosm

Here, for a bit of fun, is my 2003 30 minute epic 'Microcosm', from the album 'The Eye of the Cyclone'. It's split into four 7.5 minute chunks as myspace doesn't cater for overblown prog. I wrote this...
Posted by Tom Byrne on Thu, 16 Nov 2006 04:28:00 PST

Project progress

'Global Greenhouse' the first song in the 'Chemical Armageddon' project, music by James Hodkinson, lyrics by Hodkinson / Byrne is almost finished and, though I say so myself, is a stormer. Searing gui...
Posted by Tom Byrne on Sun, 12 Nov 2006 08:22:00 PST

Simon House on myspace

Simon is the virtuoso violinist / keyboardist ex-Hawkwind. Have a listen to Spanish Rhapsody at: http://www.myspace.com/simonhouse for a sample of this major talent....
Posted by Tom Byrne on Sat, 28 Oct 2006 06:52:00 PST

Cromm Cruach

Here are the lyrics to my song, Cromm Cruach, written several years ago but not invalidated by events since: Cromm CruachThe Plain of Adoration; Cromm Cruach,The 'crooked god'. That ancient Celtic kin...
Posted by Tom Byrne on Mon, 09 Oct 2006 11:24:00 PST

A pome - Strands

I wrote this a long time ago, but the news over the last few months made me dig it out and look at it again.   Strands   As soon as we can grasp we gather strands And blindly try to bind the...
Posted by Tom Byrne on Sun, 08 Oct 2006 06:41:00 PST

New Modal Logic Project

Recording work yesterday started on the new Modal Logic project, current working title "Chemical Armageddon". This is a full-blown concept album based on an SF theme, and yesterday Mr James Hodkinson ...
Posted by Tom Byrne on Sun, 08 Oct 2006 06:38:00 PST

Thanks to Lee of Peyote

The redoubtable Lee of Peyote http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewpro file&friendid=57835392 has today sent me a beautifully edited DVD of Modal Logic in our raw glory at East...
Posted by Tom Byrne on Tue, 03 Oct 2006 04:31:00 PST

Eastern Haze Impressions...

Modal Logic at Eastern Haze - Photos: Jon Marsden   Hats off to organiser Vinny. I don't know what he does during the day for the rest of the year, but I wouldn't be surprised if he were the l...
Posted by Tom Byrne on Mon, 24 Jul 2006 07:49:00 PST

Aural Innovations - Album Reviews

Greetings all This is my first blog entry ever. I haven't put down any innermost thoughts, because I don't want my myspace account deleted. However, if you're having a listen to some of my tunes, and ...
Posted by Tom Byrne on Sun, 04 Jun 2006 03:36:00 PST