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blacktop musical

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About Me


Video of us IN THE STUDIO!

Blacktop Musical is in the process of recording their debut album "Teaching a Caterpillar How to Fly." Look for it to be released November 2008. They will be playing shows in the area of Mount Pleasant and beyond, if you wish to book them leave a message via myspace or e-mail Chris ([email protected]) or Jake ([email protected]).

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/4/2007
Band Website: myspace.com/blacktopmusical
Band Members: Christopher Belanger, Jake Neher, Ron Mallinger, and Ryan Lane
Influences: Elliott Smith, Damien Rice, Sufjan Stevens, Josh Ritter, Gregory and the Hawk, The Beatles, Thrice, Pedro The Lion, Bright Eyes, Cursive, Good Old War, Dustin Kensrue, The Cure, The Dears, Arcade Fire, Ben Folds, The Swell Season, Ingrid Michaelson, Imogen Heap, Buddy Holly, Simon and Garfunkel, Denison Witmer, Circa Survive, Iron and Wine, Paperface, Okkervil River, Stevie Wonder, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Danny Elfman, The Smoking Popes, William Fitzsimmons, Joshua Radin, Bayside, Craig's Brother, No Use For A Name, The New Amsterdams, Jeremy Enigk, David Bazan, As Tall As Lions, Horse Feathers, MeWithoutYou, The Snake The Cross The Crown, The Weepies, Douglas Coupland, Albert Camus, Franz Kafka, Kurt Vonnegut, C.S. Lewis, Gregory Galloway, Nick Hornby, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Knut Hamsun, Friedrich Nietzsche, Immanuel Kant, Barack Obama, Aristotle, Plato, Socrates, Johannes Brahms, Ayn Rand, George Orwell, J.D. Salinger, Richard Linklater, Cameron Crowe, Michel Gondry, Tim Burton, Zack Braff, Woody Allen, Charlie Kaufman, Diablo Cody, Fred Savage, Rob Bell, Judd Apatow, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Bret the Hitman Hart, Julie Delpy, Donatello, Herman Hesse, Dan Brown, Eddie Money, and Michael Bolton.
Sounds Like: The universe expanding
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

IN THE STUDIO!

Hey guys! We are in the studio this weekend in Coleman, MI and we are realllllllyyy excited about how things are going so far. We're recording at Guitar Sound Studios with our producer and new best fr...
Posted by blacktop musical on Sun, 21 Sep 2008 06:11:00 PST

Summer 08

Hey guys. Thought I'd give anyone that was interested an update on what we're up to and what will follow in the near future for BTM. Right now we're both back in the Detroit area for the summer. We wi...
Posted by blacktop musical on Tue, 13 May 2008 11:28:00 PST

Hey, Peoples!

Hello BTM followers! I thought I'd put up a formal introduction to the myspace community, as you obviously will not accept me unless I can convince you that I am not some intruder from Outer-Spac...
Posted by blacktop musical on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 03:13:00 PST

Our First Show In Mt. Pleasant

So we're going to be playing a show at Fifi's French Press on West Broadway in Mount Pleasant on saturday, october 13th.  We're going to be working on some new songs until then, something a littl...
Posted by blacktop musical on Tue, 02 Oct 2007 03:49:00 PST