Pacha Mamma

Music:

Member Since: 27/09/2007
Band Website: You are Here...
Band Members: MICKA - Vocals, Weissenborn, Resonator, 6 and 12 string guitars, Harmonica, Zyladrum, Cajon beat-box, congas, percussion and flutes.
SI BRITTAN - Yidaki (didge) & crazy things.
CRAIG ALLEN - Flute, Congas, Percussion & Bass.
JANI BURDETT - Djembe, Bougarabu & Percussion.
*GUEST ARTISTS ON ALBUM* MIKE MARIO EDWARDS -Bass. NICO DAWSON -Hammond Organ/Backing Vox. MIYA MIYA KIDS.CD AVAILABLE FOR ONLY $15. [email protected]
Influences: "ITS NOT ALL ABOUT US THE "MUSIC MAKERS" ITS ABOUT THE MUSIC, WE ARE JUST VESSELS THROUGH WHICH RHYTHM, SOUL AND MELODY PASS THROUGH AND OUR SPIRITS BRING IT LIFE." -MICKA-LOVE, OUR LAND, THE PLANETS AND ALL FOLK WHO LET THERE DREAMS BE FREE.
Sounds Like: *TRUTH*Request us on these JJJ Radio Programs.
BAND BOOKINGS/CONTACTMICKA@PACHA MAMMA CREATIONSPH: 0423265206EMAIL - [email protected] ------------------------------LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE ABOUT THE PROCESS OF OUR SELF FUNDED, SELF PRODUCED, MIXED, ARRANGED, DESIGNED ALBUM "WAKE UP". ITS A WONDERFULL STORY!!! ------------------------------------------------------------ ------ IN JULY 07' WE TRANSFORMED OUR YOGA STUDIO INTO A RECORDING STUDIO. WE THEN SPENT ALL THE MONEY WE HAD ON A FEW MICS,HEADPHONES AND A COMPUTER AND SET ABOUT THE PROCESS OF RECORDING TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITY WITH RECORDING. ------------------------------------------------------------ ------- THE CRAZY THING IS WE ONLY HAD A FEW DATES AVAILABLE FOR THE YEAR FOR A RELEASE DATE, SO I BOOKED IN THE DATE FOR THE LAUNCH 2 MONTHS AWAY IN OCTOBER, "KEEP IN MIND WE HADNT EVEN STARTED RECORDING YET". ------------------------------------------------------------ ------ SPENDING ALOT OF HOURS WITH CANS ON AND CONFIGURING AND GETTING MY HEAD AROUND IT WE STARTED THE PROCESS OF PICKING 11 TRACKS OUT OF 50 TO GIVE AN ECLECTIC MIX OF SONGS. AFTER JAN AND MYSELF had FINISHED OUR PARTS WE HAD NICO DAWSON COME IN AND PLAY HAMMOND ORGAN("THIS ORGAN WAS VERY OLD AND VERY STONED") BUT NICO PULLED IT OFF. MIKE EDWARDS A FAMILY FRIEND CAME IN AND FILLED IN THE TRACKS WITH SOME NICE BASS WHICH GAVE IT THAT GROOVE. FROM THERE WE WENT ON TO SEEK A KIDS CHOIR TO SING OVER SOME OF THE TRACKS, SO WE VISITED SOME SCHOOLS AND MET TEACHERS AND KIDS, BUT THAT APPROACH DIDNT PROVE TO PAY OFF. SO ONE AFTERNOON WE VISITED A CHILD CARE CENTRE WITH KIDS RANGING FROM 2-10, WE SNUCK THE COMPUTER, MIXER AND ALL THE EQUIPMENT IN WHILE THEY WERE ALL HAVING AN AFTERNOON NAP, SO THEY AWOKE TO A VERY UNFAMILIAR SITUATION. AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR, I FINALLY GOT SOMETHING DOWN I COULD WORK WITH, "KEEP IN MIND THESE KIDS HAD NEVER SUNG MUCH AND NOT AS A GROUP AND THEY NEVER REHEARSED OR EVEN HEARD THESE CRAZY SONGS I WAS PLAYING". SO I THEN MIXED THAT INTO SOME TRACKS, VERY ROUGH BUT THATS WHAT I WANTED. AFTER I WAS FINALLY, FAIRLY HAPPY WITH THE MIX, WE BOOKED IN A DAY TO MASTER IN BRISBANE, AFTER THE 5 HOUR MASTERING PROCESS WE WENT TO PAY BUT REALISED WE DIDNT HAVE A CREDIT CARD. nOW FROM THE MASTERING SUITE WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE HEADING STRAIGHT TO THE PRINT(BAD IDEA IN ANYONES BOOKS AS I HADNT EVEN HEARD the CD) BUT LUCKILY THE PRINT PLACE AND THE MASTERER KNEW EACH OTHER SO WE ARRANGED TO PAY THERE THROUGH EFT. wE HAD OUR PRINT PUSHED AHEAD IN THE PRODUCTION SO WE COULD HAVE IT BY RELEASE DATE IN 10 DAYS LUCKY FOR US, AS IT IT USUALLY TAKES 14 DAYS TO PRINT. ------------------------------------------------------------ ------- SO AFTER ANXIOUSLY WAITING, THE LAUNCH DATE COMES AROUND STILL NO CDS, WE THEN GOT THE NEWS THEY JUST FLEW IN TO BRISBANE AIRPORT AT 4PM, AT THIS STAGE I WAS ALREADY SETTING UP THE SHOW FOR THE LAUNCH. JAN DROVE TO MEET THE PRINT GUY HALF WAY BETWEEN TOOWOOMBA AND BIRSSY GOT THE CDS AND ARRIVED BACK AT 7 HALF AN HOUR BEFORE OUR PERFOMANCE. AFTER OPENING OUR NEWLY PRINTED CD'S WE DISCOVERED THEY HADNT BEEN ASSEMBLED TOGETHER SO WE HAD A GROUP OF FRIENDS(thank you ladies) FORM A PROUDUCTION LINE PUTTING BOOKLETS AND CDS INTO THEIR SLEEVES. THE NIGHT TURNED OUT AMAZING WITH A GREAT TURN OUT OF VERY FINE PEOPLE. ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------- SO AS OF NOW "WAKE UP" HAS BEEN PLAYED ON 20 RADIO STATIONS AROUND OZ INCLUDING JJJ AND ABC RADIO A PRETTY FINE FEAT FOR A 2 MONTH PROCESS THAT WASNT SQUEEKY CLEAN LIKE ALL THE OTHER SONGS OUT THERE ON RADIO. SO I HAVE LEARNT MUCH FROM THIS PROCESS AND MY LIFE IS EVER PROGRESSING. SO MY ADVICE IS "DONT BE AFRAID TO DO ANYTHING IN LIFE WE ARE GIFTED WITH THIS BEAUTIFUL MIND AND BODY USE IT FOR ALL ITS WORTH YOUR SOUL WILL THANK YOU FOR IT". I HOPE THIS GIVES YOU MORE APPRECIATION FOR OUR CD. WE ARE RECORDING 3 ALBUMS OVER THE NEXT 7 MONTHS WILL BE OUR 1ST STUDIO ALBUM. PIECE TOGETHER PEACE. MICKA...
Record Label: INDEPENDENT "BY CHOICE"
Type of Label: Major