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About Me

Music reflects the human spirit—it is a core element of our lives, a constant source of inspiration for most and the lifeblood of one Magic Brook, musical journeyman, roving guitarist and occasional activist. The Bay Area musician defies labels and genres with his soulful acoustic guitar work and unique blend of sounds. Brook’s fluid two-hand guitar technique, percussive use of the instrument and blending of styles enables him to create his own intriguing brand of powerful acoustic music, merging rhythm and melody to create truly magical sounds on the acoustic guitar.
Magic Brook is one of those artists whose music transcends traditional terminology. He consciously crosses from one interconnected genre to the next, utilizing grooves, structure and improvisation in all their fundamental glories as he lets the music lead him wherever it ventures. This gratifying combination of energies and exploration is on full display on Brook’s fine, new collection of finger-style solo acoustic guitar, The Source—Two Hands, One Guitar (Melusine Records), which has already charted in the top 15 on the New Age/Ambient/World Radio Charts.
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Member Since: 1/2/2008
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FAME Review of The Source

I forgot to post about this review. I guess I was too busy musing about fan contests! Mark S. Tucker reviewed "The Source" for the Peterborough Folk Music Society, "FAME Reviews". Wow!, I'm humbled to...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:43:00 GMT

Popularity Contest as Marketing Strategy?!?

Today, I got an email (not the first) from Moozikoo.com. There are soliciting artists for a fan contest. The reward is inclusion on a college radio promo CD***. When Melusine Records was doing pre-rel...
Posted by on Sat, 21 Feb 2009 13:11:00 GMT

East Bay Express: Your Daily Lick

Thank you very much, Nate Seltenrich for your wonderful compliements and encouragement:The East Bay Express: Your Daily LickI'm humbled. And, I'm trying. Take care, Nate.
Posted by on Fri, 30 Jan 2009 21:03:00 GMT

Booking $5000 a Month?

In a blog post about helping one's self (http://sivers.org/up2you), Derek Sivers writes about the hard realities of gigging music:"There are no great agents that would want to take you on unless you'r...
Posted by on Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:29:00 GMT

Review of "The Source" by RJ Lannan

Today, R J Lannan published a review of The Source radio EP. Wow! Thank you, RJ, for your kind words of encouragement. Im humbled and more than a little stunned at what you wrote. Im not sure tha...
Posted by on Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:08:00 GMT

"The Source" charts 14 NewAge/Ambient/World Radio

"The Source" has broken the top 15! - The album is listed at 14 (of 204 charting albums). New Age/Ambient/World Radio Playlist ChartI am so deeply grateful for the support of listeners and the brave D...
Posted by on Sat, 29 Nov 2008 13:00:00 GMT

"The Source" is charting at 68 (out of 191) on the New Age Reporter for Albums

Friends, "The Source" is charting at 68 (out of 191) on the New Age Reporter for Albums http://www.newagereporter.com/charts/viewchart.asp> 2 other stations have not reported: Santa Rosa CA and Rich...
Posted by on Wed, 05 Nov 2008 04:31:00 GMT

The Source on WDVR 89.7FM

I just received this wonderful comment from WDVR 89.7 FM in Atlantic City NJ: "I got the new Magic Brook:The Source and will be playing it on my show. I play a lot of guitar and like this one very muc...
Posted by on Sat, 18 Oct 2008 13:56:00 GMT

Cool Vibes Acoustic Diner Today!

Another of the tracks off of my new album, "The Source" is on he CoolVibes Acoustic Diner today!src="http://coolvibesradio.podOmatic.com/badge.gif" border="0"style="border:0" />The music programming o...
Posted by on Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:26:00 GMT

3 days, 2 gigs, 1 workshop. Yikes!

I just finished an all day workshop here in Denver. 3 days, 2 gigs, 1 workshop. Yikes! I'm pretty tired after teaching (well, really, facilitating!) for 8 hours on top of a couple of nights of gigs. M...
Posted by on Sat, 04 Oct 2008 21:59:00 GMT