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NoonHour

About Me

Noonhour has been playing for at least 7 years. We play mostly originals but covers are becoming more common in our jams. Everyone in NoonHour is multi-instrumental, so we switch or trade instruments a lot. It makes it interesting not only for our sound, but for our audiences.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/12/2007
Band Website: members.tripod.com/noonhour
Band Members: KEITH- I play Guitar, Harmonica, drums, bass and I sing. I am also the primary songwriter of the group. I've been playing for a long time, its my passion. I have a full time middle management job but music is a calling. I like orange. Peace. ************************************************************ *** DANA- I play Electric and Acoustic Violin, Guitar, Vocals, Bass. I have been playing violin since I was 9 or 10 and guitar since I was about 11. I have been singing all my life but only formally since high school. I have been in many different types of music ensembles throughout my musical studies, but rocking out is my favorite. myspace.com/danavwmusic ************************************************************ **** PAUL- I play drums and have for many trips around the sun. I have been playing bass for a minute. Music is my love. ************************************************************ **** MATT "Mothball"plays drums on some of the recorded materials. Unfortunately, Matt no longer plays with Noonhour.
Influences: Neil Young, Pearl Jam, CSNY, Live, REO Speedwagon, Soundgarden, Les Claypool, Bootsie, Buffalo Springfield, David Bowie, Feist, Led Zeppelin, Stone Temple Pilots, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Ween, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Travelling Wilburys, CCR, Marvin Gaye, Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp, Tenacious D, Kansas, Bob Marley and the Wailers
Sounds Like: Dana's My Grammy Moment Audition. She didn't win, but you still love her, right? Myspace Backgrounds
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Credits for new songs

All song writing, lead vocals, and guitars by Keith. Drums by Paul Auxilliary Percussion Matt "Mothball" Violin, Backup vox, Bass- Dana   Hope you enjoy the new tunes! Thanks for being our friend...
Posted by on Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:20:00 GMT

Update

Noonhour news: we are in the process of working with the recordings of 4 new songs (and one old.) We will keep you posted on this. (The songs rock, they really do, and its incredibly frustrating that ...
Posted by on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 06:04:00 GMT

Keith on Youtube!

Keith has a video of "Grit" on youtube! www.youtube.com/keithinth Check it out!  
Posted by on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 15:43:00 GMT

basements suck

the basement flooded. Had to carry about 12 guitars up the stairs and find new homes for them until it dries out. grrrrr
Posted by on Sat, 04 Aug 2007 17:59:00 GMT

Dana on Youtube!

Since the band doesn't have any official gigs right now, I'm practicing my performance skills by making videos. You can catch them at www.youtube.com/musicgirl82 Let me know what you think!
Posted by on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 06:48:00 GMT

Penguins and other flightless birds

How is everyone in blog land? I'm good thanks for asking. Not too much news to report right now. We had our second practice as a trio, it went well. My friend Matt Crossland called tonight and asked i...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 19:19:00 GMT

You have to be prepared to get gritty to play in a rock band.

This is Dana I was listening to some bands from around the area. Theres a couple bands that also have violin in them. This is great! It bridges different types of music and gets people to listen who m...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:26:00 GMT

Rehearsing today

hmmm what to play.... so many choices..... all I know is that its going to ROCK!
Posted by on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:46:00 GMT

New NoonHour

Hey this is Dana. We are currently working on some exciting new stuff: RHCP "Snow." A Dana creation of "I Heard it Through the Grapevine," (based on the CCR version) and a brand new Keith so...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 08:39:00 GMT

The reunification of Germany and its effect on the North American Woodchuck

As most people who know our little band already know we have recently lost a member. What better reason to head off into a new direction. The band is now a trio but we still want to make big sound. I ...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 14:39:00 GMT