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DJ Breckheimer

Doin' the Open Mic thing :)

About Me

The tracks that I have posted here are demos from about 10 years ago (read the "Sounds Like" section to your left for track details). I hope you enjoy them! The song "Big D" is the track that sounds most like what I'm currently doing. ----- Also feel free to visit me at www.BetterMusicians.com . I change that site up on a pretty regular basis. So be sure to check back every once in a while for new videos, pics, tunes and more. ----- And for those interested I also have a number of fun photos posted in my MySpace photos section, and then feel free to subscribe to my blog to be kept up to date on what I may have running through my head at any given moment :)

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/3/2007
Band Website: BetterMusicians.com
Band Members: This is one of my favorite videos on MySpace. Just great stuff!!! It's pretty short. So be sure to watch the whole thing. A Good Joke

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Influences: Favorite guitar players and other general fret masters: Hendrix, SRV, EVH, Jeff Beck, George Harrison, Prince (Completely under-rated as a guitarist), The Edge (from U2), Alex Lifeson (from Rush), Albert Lee (the country guitar god), Doc Watson, Tony Rice, Jerry Reed, Jerry Douglas (Dobro), Ricky Skaggs (Mandolin), Sam Bush (Mandolin), Chris Thile (Mandolin), Peter Stroud (Guitarist for Sheryl Crow, Shawn Mullins and others) and more. Favorite bass players: Paul McCartney, Geddy Lee, Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers) and John Paul Jones. Other favorite bands, musicians and singer/songwriters: The Beatles (Always number 1 in my book), Hendrix, Prince, Miles Davis, Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Carlos Santana, the John Butler Trio, Jack Johnson, Jimmy Buffett, Bob Marley, Billy Preston (Always my favorite keyboardist), Elvis, Shawn Mullins among many others. Be sure to visit my video section to watch a number of my favorite videos. You'll find a lot of my hero's there, and a few funny vids as well. Prince
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Sounds Like: The tunes currently posted are about 10 years old, and about 90% of my playing right now revolves around the likes and tones of Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Doc Watson and Albert Lee. But here's a short description of each of the tunes posted: "Big D" is a fun little blues and country instrumental that I wrote as a tribute to 2 of my favorite guitarist. Stevie Ray Vaughan (blues) and Albert Lee (country). The "Guitar Synth" piece was something I wrote and recorded to be used as a backing track for a video I was producing. I really like how the "flute" turned out in the middle, and the piece as a whole was VERY different for me, so I thought that I should post it just to show another side of my song writing. Everything on this track was done with my guitar (there were 3 tracks total). "Psalm 1" is being posted just to give another example of my song writing style and a bit of guitar work (I'm not very fond of my vocals, but hey, it is what it is). And then "Acoustic Demo" is just a short clip from a larger piece so that people could see another side of my pickin'. All of these were written, recorded and performed by myself, with a few overdubs to try and give it more of a "band" or "group" feel. Well, that's it for now. ENJOY!!!
Record Label: Go ahead and sign me up :)
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Live Music: Stook, Chastity, Erin, Katey & Carl (May 5th)

This blog is in regards to an event that I will be hosting on Monday, May 5th from 7-9 PM in Apple Valley.As many of you know I LOVE live music, but sad to say, we just don't have that much of it down...
Posted by DJ Breckheimer on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:34:00 PST

Great GREEN Links from www.djBreck.com

Here are a number of great GREEN links copied from my real estate web site. ----------- ..> Green Links and Housing We all know that GREEN is in, but who would ever have thought that it...
Posted by DJ Breckheimer on Wed, 23 Jan 2008 06:07:00 PST

Self portraits...enough already :)

Ok, is it just me or have we seen just about enough self portrait pics to last us the rest of our lives??? Not much more to say than that, but that is one trend I would like to see go away. Ok, that's...
Posted by DJ Breckheimer on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 09:44:00 PST

WOW!!! Great Shawn Colvin video (Full Concert)

For those interested in the art of the great singer/songwriters should love this link: Shawn Colvin Live Concert - Link (This is from one of her solo shows.  Just Shawn and her guitar. ...
Posted by DJ Breckheimer on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 08:11:00 PST

Song writing (Magic Happens)

Song writing can be frustrating, impossible, unlikely and WONDERFUL all at the same time.   Some times it comes when we least expect it.  While other times it doesn't come around at all. &n...
Posted by DJ Breckheimer on Fri, 30 Nov 2007 06:40:00 PST

Guitarist: Willing to play & travel

As a few of you know, and have contacted me about, I am really looking forward to getting back out there and playing.  But one question that I received is whether or not I would be willing to eit...
Posted by DJ Breckheimer on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 04:35:00 PST