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SWALLOWTAIL

About Me

Swallowtail is an experimental music experience. Swallowtail records in 4 Track Lo-Fi at home and sometime posts new material just after recording. Swallowtail has no label or guidelines... Swallowtail strives for another musical plane....................................................... .......................RECORDINGS BY SWALLOWTAIL: ...Unknown Zone, ...Malice Parade, ...Pure, ...Counting The Notes, ...Music for the not quite right, ...Blackcoffevonjesus, ...The other songs. CONTACT ME HERE IF YOU WOULD LIKE A COPY! .. I created my layout at KillerKiwi.net

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 06/01/2008
Band Members: MarkSwallowtail: Guitarist and multi instrumentalist plays 4 , 6 and 12 string Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, and assorted Drums & Percussion. Most musical influences come from current sounds he likes and vinyl records he's had for 30 plus years...
Influences: Sonic Youth, Velvet Underground,Sigur Ros,Echo and The Bunnymen,French Accordian Music,Keith Richard(Thanks for the inspiration), Faust,Sex Pistols,PIL,The Clash,The Who,The What, The Where,The White Stripes,The Black Keys,Brisk Marching tunes,Kraftwerk, Ultravox,BJM,The Warlocks,Dead Meadow,Jimi Hendrix,Doug Sahm,The Sir Douglas Quintet,Brian Jones,Henry Cow,Hank Williams,Walter & Wendy Carlos,The Cream,The Replacements,Black Sabbath,Ravi Shankar...
Sounds Like: LO-FI EXPERIMENTAL
Record Label: Self Released
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Tough times: Try to stay positive :0

Work has been very minimal...just barely scapin' by...got to be more out there. Try to stay positive.
Posted by on Mon, 11 May 2009 18:15:00 GMT

Maya...goodbye

My friend's beloved dog Maya had to be put to sleep the other day. Maya had cancer and despite our best efforts... the cancer proved unbeatable. She's in a better place now with her big sister Deva wh...
Posted by on Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:23:00 GMT

" " New song is up!

A new song is up called: "    "  Well it doesn't have a name and is not listed, but appears uncredited at the end of the new record. My Space will not let you post a song...
Posted by on Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:57:00 GMT

Completed record: "The other songs" is up

"The other songs..." is up on the player in it's entirity. This is my 7th record. If you want a download...the button is open right now... MarkSwallowtail
Posted by on Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:16:00 GMT

Benefactor’s welcome...

Do you ever just want to admit that...you need some financial backing...well a little help... yeah... a sea of hands...nothing new here. We 're all broke more or less. Anyway times are tough right no...
Posted by on Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:06:00 GMT

Been down & Drowning on Bastille Day are up!

2 new songs are up: "Been down...but not this far" &  "Drowning on Bastille Day". This is the 3rd & 4th songs to go up on the player from the new thing I'm working on...
Posted by on Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:58:00 GMT

Say What & Dragstrip AGo-Go(1964) are up..,

2 New songs are up: "Say What" & "Dragstrip Ago-Go (1964)" You can download this one for free if you want...
Posted by on Mon, 14 Jul 2008 01:14:00 GMT

Completed record: "Blackcoffeevonjesus" is up...

The freshly completed Swallowtail recording: "Blackcoffeevonjesus" is posted up in it's entirity. The final song on the player is from my last Mudpuppy record: "Music for the not quite right...
Posted by on Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:36:00 GMT

Sigur Rós

This is a very moving video by director Agust Jacobsson and the Icelandic band Sigur R'os. It doesn't get much better than this...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSU5JgFIrR8
Posted by on Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:51:00 GMT

Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - Death Cab For Cutie

Well... from The Magical Mystery Tour film, here is some of my musical inspiration...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Omc9lkSjYjc
Posted by on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 03:27:00 GMT