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About Me

______________________________________________________Hello people and welcome to the ALBA BEAT myspace page, here you can read a short Biography about my musical History. ______________________________________________________ I'm Gary Taylor, an Icelandic / English hybrid, based in Birmingham / Reykjavik, I started making music from an early age, inspired by the original music of the time, Punk, New Wave, Metal, Reggae, Electro, Pop, Disco, Funk, playing drums on cardboard boxes and tins writing lyrics and singing with friends in my parents Garage (we all wanted to make a break in to music scene even back then in the late 70's), from there on in I played on whatever Organ, Home keyboard, Piano, i could lay my hands on, always dreaming of Synthesizers and Studios and being rich and famous (Not the case now i may add), over some time i made music with my friends at home on simple old School Yamaha and Casio keyboards (you know the ones with a button for Drums and Fills), we also added taped recordings of cool phrases from Video Films of the day (yes it was the 80's and its called Sampling and Editing now), this was the start of my creative approach to music, i started DJ'ing around this period, Scratching, Mixing up Tapes and general madness on the Turntables which i still involve in my music from time to time. _____________________________________________________ Then came the 90's and i worked and played hard and bought myself my first Home Studio, i worked under the name of Solid Dawn and built up a good back catalogue of ideas and Demos all the time working harder on my DJ live set performances, this is where I really learnt what music was all about, People, Gatherings, inspiration, new technology, attitudes and different approaches to making music, for me yet another perfect building block ; ). _____________________________________________________ When the Millennium crashed in i started teaching myself more and more musical skill, everything about the musical process I could possibly find out about, I also went back to college to learn more about Music Production and Engineering, now the time is right for people to hear my Music and Sounds, with the added confidence and mobility the Internet brings i've started my Alba Beat project up, you see a form of it here and now on Myspace. _____________________________________________________ So there we have some of my Musical Journeys in a nutshell, there really is so much much more to tell you, that said I'm sorry this Biog didn't last that long or not, I do hope you will enjoy my Musical creations here, and i will stay in touch as often as possible, prepared, Peace for now, Gary, Alba Beat x. _____________________________________________________ALBA BEAT "From silence and then..." will be released Autumn 2008. _____________________________________________________

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Member Since: 7/31/2007
Band Website: arkade.com/Alba_Beat
Band Members: Gary Taylor
Influences: Here's some personal lists of People, Bands and Scenes, Past, Present, Future, who i would like to say a big thank you to, for all of their belief in me, support, help, guidance, education, over the years, they have enriched my life and focused my talents, the good the bad and the ugly, peace and respect to you all, Gary. ___________________Light through Darkness, Universe and being, Mom and Dad, all my Family, Stefania Angel and Family, Petur Fridgeirsson, Fridgeirtrausti Helgasson, Bruce Wallwork (DJ Bruce), DJ IMD, Robert Johnston (DJ Rob J), DJ Steve Warner, DJ Paul Moran, Jon Paul Ellard (Art Master), DJ Andrew Wilson, DJ Martin Heatherington, DJ Martin Red, DJ Andy Ward, Heidi Worrall, Marc Batiste, Master Greg Wilson, Amanda (Mother Funka) Jones and Rick P Jones (Swansway and Scarlet Fantastic), Steven Price, DJ Tony Price, Nick Howlett, Martin Webster, Gary Hopkins, Mathew Dare (Darey), Darren (Dub) Clarke (DJ Dub C), DJ Ben Edwards, Mark Robertson (Magoo), Gilbert, DJ Lee Fisher (Mother), DJ Jock Lee, DJ Adam Regan, Ben Ewins (DJ Be-1ne), Andy Murtagh, Helen Bentley, Toby and Gaf (The Klatter), DJ Justin Bond, Darryl aka Mr Glide-(Glideascope), Down and Out, Gretar Gunnarsson (DJ Gretar) Sean Danke, Gary Hunter, DJ Wayne Chambers, DJ Anthony O'Boyle, DJ Martin Gardener, and all my friends and the crew from ATM College Birmingham U.K from 04/05. ____________________Some of my Music Influences: Kraftwerk, Depeche Mode, New Order, Erasure, The Pet Shop Boys, The Specials, The Beat, The Selector, Madness, Duran Duran, Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Motorhead, Led Zeppelin, Deep purple, Vangelis, Tangerine Dream, Gary Numan, Visage, John Foxx, Ultravox, OMD, Anne Clark, DJ IMD, Rhythm Doctor, John Carpenter, Cybotron, Derek May, Carl Craig, Juan Atkins, Frankie Knuckles, Adonis, Marshall Jefferson, Klause Schulze, Jean Michel Jarre, Fabio Frizzi, Goblin, James Horner, Jerry Goldsmith, John Williams, Ice T, Chris The Glove Taylor, Dre Dre, World Class Wrekin Cru, Grandmaster Flash, Grandmaster Melle Mel and the Furious Five, Grandmixer D.ST, Whodini, Run DMC, LL Cool J, The Egyptian Lover, Bjork, The Sabres of Paradise, Orbital, Omni Trio, Goldie, Sigur Ros, Karl Bartos, Two Lone Swordsman. ____________________Scenes that have Influenced me: Punk 77 onwards, Two Tone, Heavy Metal, New wave, New Romantic, Electro, Old School True School Second Wave B.Boy (Breakdance Scene) 83 onwards, Original House music 86 Onwards, Detroit Techno, Ambient chill out, Drum and Bass First wave onwards, Eclectic present day, i'm generally a music lover following the progress of good quality music, i hope you enjoy my music here as well. ____________________ ____________________
Sounds Like: ___________________ Laid back some upbeat experimental Electro Music, diverse moods and foods, indulging in Atmospheres Dreams and the Elemental. "I think that about covers all the angles for now" :) . ___________________
Record Label: looking for a signing, Net, Indie, Major.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Alba Beat Radio plays update 30/09/08.

Hello everyone , i have added some more quality podcasts here, where you will find some of my music being played, these are great shows and deserve a listen not only for my own&nbs...
Posted by ALBA BEAT on Mon, 14 Jan 2008 12:24:00 PST

Alba Beat - Reviews of the first part of "From silence and then..."

Hi everyone, this Blog will be dedicated to review's of my music sent in by Myspace friends, i do hope you will take the time to read them, as we know other peoples opinions of our work&nbs...
Posted by ALBA BEAT on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 08:14:00 PST

Alba Beat News update 28/08/08.

Hi everyone , ive just posted a brand new track, entitled "Hallow Embers", a happy go lucky end of Summer dance groover, i would like to say thank you to all that have posted such cool comm...
Posted by ALBA BEAT on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:10:00 PST

Review Blog of other Myspace Artists Pt 1 (Gary Hunter).

Hello everyone , here i start a small blog for my Myspace friends who are making waves or small ripples in the Music field, the definition here being support and critical appraisal as we all need...
Posted by ALBA BEAT on Sat, 12 Jan 2008 10:12:00 PST

Polite notice: Regarding HTML and Comments.

Polite notice please adhere : Hello people of myspace with regards to HTML on my myspace page, note i will refuse to add your comments if they do not relate to me and my music, this after all is ...
Posted by ALBA BEAT on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:50:00 PST