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The Signal Corps

The Signal Corps

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The Corps Core: Alan Stevens Hewitt writes, arranges, produces, sings and plays whatever he needs to. Steve Wolf plays drums and percussion. Thad DeBrock plays SGs and a beautiful 335 through all kinds of stuff. BrotherBen Taylor plays old Fenders through old pedals and old amps. BrotherSam Taylor plays upright and electric basses. Mike Caffrey engineers, records and mixes at Monster Island. Oliver Strauss engineers and records at Mission Sound. Various brilliant friends drop in now and again to class up the operation.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/21/2005
Influences: Bach, Chopin, Satie, Debussy. Beatles, Eno, Talk Talk, Blue Nile.
Sounds Like: Beatles, Blue Nile, Nick Drake, Echo and the Bunnymen, Roxy Music, Sister Lovers, Talk Talk, Tears For Fears, This Mortal Coil, Rufus Wainwright, Yo La Tengo
Record Label: corps issues
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

notes on lyrics

Diana Ross, 'Upside Down': "Respectfully I say to thee..."THEE???Alan Thicke (yes, Alan Thicke), 'Diff'rent Strokes': "...then along come two who got nuthin but their jeans/genes..."Double entendre ...
Posted by The Signal Corps on Thu, 07 Sep 2006 03:29:00 PST

Stoodero

Heading into the studio tomorrow to begin recording our debut EP for release early spring. We've added upright/electric bassist Sam Taylor to the ranks and are moving operations to Mission Sound in W...
Posted by The Signal Corps on Mon, 16 Jan 2006 05:11:00 PST

George Harrison visits Greenpoint in the middle of the night.

I dreamt I was hanging out with George Harrison in a Victorian townhouse in West Philly. It was the home and business of a choclatier/caterer who presented a tea-service. I felt very comfortable wit...
Posted by The Signal Corps on Sun, 11 Dec 2005 11:14:00 PST

WWJLD?

Went to pay my respects at the Dakota last night. It was a police state at Strawberry Fields with barricades and people cued up into cattle-chutes. My friend and I didn't bother, but were harrassed ...
Posted by The Signal Corps on Fri, 09 Dec 2005 01:35:00 PST

Holed up.

Checking out studios. Will be avoiding the winter cold by the warm glow of vacuum tube amplifiers and compressors.
Posted by The Signal Corps on Thu, 01 Dec 2005 03:13:00 PST