Making a musical is a lot like a play. So just learn your instrument parts and then integrate the sounds. These 4-track recording's consist mainly of two guitar and a vocal. Anyone can add a bass, ,keyboard, or their drum parts, as they please.Consisting of a metered verse, songwriting, & music library catalog from 1977 until present now under moniker 'Muted; piano; Keys Music BMI.' WORKED W BERTON AVERRE OF THE KNACK. BILLY STEELE OF STEVE PERRY. ROBERT KUROPTUWA OF JAN BERRY. WALTER EGAN OF COLUMBIA RECORDS AND MCA/BACKSTREET RECORDS FAME; & FEATURED IN THE MOVIE BOOGIE NIGHTS; plus AUTHOR OF ROCK 'N' ROLL BIOGRAPHY, "TOP TEN."While working with Walter Egan in the eighties, was fortunate enough to get some enormous tips from the late Randy California of the r'n'r group, Spirit. Many notes shared from Randy to me, such as that Jimi Hendrix used to tune his guitar to the key of, "C." Also, that the Spirit sound is mainly achieved by plugging his guitar into a bass amplifier, instead of a guitar amplifier. I was present when Randy California played his Jackson guitar for the lead on a Walter Egan song called, "Invisible Man" which can be found on Walter Egan's Lost Album for Renaissance Records. Randy California also lent me his advice about preparation for performing by stating all you do is: "Turn On" for the stage, & then, "Turn Off" when leaving. Randy also insisted to always warm up before a performance with scales & finger exercises. Photos from that session; including myself; can be found on that compact disc from Walter Egan called The Lost Album, on the Renaissance label. Additionally worked with: Roger "It's My Life/Animals" Atkins, of Screen Gems/Monkeys fame, Tony Zamora of Wild Colonials, James Snodgrass of Bangles, Eddie Munoz of The Plimsouls, Stanley T., Jack Sherman of Red Hot Chili Peppers, David Diamond of Berlin, Steve Wagner, Ron Parker of Christians In Art.The Missing Link played and performed with members listed, from 1986 to 1988. The Quest played together from 1989 to 1991. Members of The Quest: JIM STOKES Lead Guitar, BOB STOKES Bass Guitar, THADDEUS M. FRANCIS Lead Vocalist & Guitar, RICK CAZANO Drums, BRENT ALAN BECK Guitar. In 1991 I started playing live solo performances in Los Angeles, CA at places such as: The Central;Viper Room, Music Machine, Our House, 8121 Club, The Troubadour, Natural Fudge Company, 14 Below, & various other venues.Studied with following teachers in Los Angeles, CA.
Vocal instuction: Gloria Bennett, Kathy Ellis, Mike Campbell, Seth Riggs Helen.
Guitar Instruction: Chuck Holden, Theodore LaBashe.
Keyboard Instruction: Dennis Haggerty KC.
Valley College: Sound Engineering, Vocal Instruction.HEAR THE SONGWRITING OF BRENT ALAN BECK RIGHT NOW BY DOWNLOADING http://www.myspace.com/brentalanbeckDue to unforeseen financial events & after continuous attempts to fix account, bank has closed savings account. WORK EXPENSES OF BRENT ALAN BECK, UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA SAVINGS ACCOUNT: CCLLOOSSEEDD!!Myspace Layouts
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