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Mike Lasala

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About Me

Mike Lasala (pronounced luh-sal-uh) is a New Haven, CT based performing singer/songwriter who merges gritty vocals, introspective lyrics, and hard-driving acoustic guitar to create his unique brand of acoustic rock. Mike's songs convey life lessons, observations, and experiences that seek to reassure others they are not alone on the journey we call life.***RECENT REVIEWS***"Eleven acoustic-based tunes that reside happily on the corner of Rock and Folk streets. Simple and well written with a smoky vocal coating...Lasala also gets to show off his lead guitar chops which ain't nothing to shrug off" - Craig Gilbert, New Haven Advocate, 12/7/06"...a voice very similar to Scott Weiland or a later-day Springsteen...With deep confessionals, story songs, and just plain catchy words and melodies, This Strange Place, is a cut above his 2003 debut Somewhere to Be." - Patrick Ferrucci, Register Entertainment Editor, PLAY Magazine, 12/6/06

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/29/2005
Band Website: mikelasala.com
Band Members: Mike Lasala: Acoustic guitar/vocals; occasional electric guitars and piano hacking.Backing band on the new record (aka:The Evolving Souls) Pete Szymanski: bass Mike Franzman: drums Al Raebuck: rhythm guitars; backing vocals
Influences: Too many to list.
Sounds Like: Mike Lasala
Record Label: Unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Black Sheep Ranch Set List

BLACK SHEEP SET LIST 6/7/08 Lose The Fence (capo 2nd; moderate) We Do What We Want (capo 2nd; slow version) If Vanity Were Man of the Road (w/ fast ending) A Dear John Letter (capo 3rd) The System is...
Posted by Mike Lasala on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 06:18:00 PST

New Song "If Vanity Were"

This new song, "If Vanity Were"  is a product of a song circle I've been frequenting as of late. The topic given was vanity. This demo was recorded in near record time today at Media Pa...
Posted by Mike Lasala on Mon, 26 May 2008 04:57:00 PST

New Song "The System is Broken" plus Anna Liffeys Gig on 3/14

Greetings from the Elm City. Just uploaded a new tune and I think it might be the best  I've recorded on the PC to-date. I don't think I need to explain the inspiration or message but let's put i...
Posted by Mike Lasala on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 06:10:00 PST

New Song "Star in the Sky"

New year...new song. This one's short and sweet. Kind of has a Gun & Roses "Patience" meets Simon & Garfunkel "Sounds of Silence" vibe going on but hopefully it's uniquely me.  Once again...
Posted by Mike Lasala on Mon, 21 Jan 2008 06:30:00 PST

Throwme Align on 99.1 PLR

Hi Folks: So I never expected my demo version of "Throwme Align" to end up on the radio and yet that's what happened last night!  It came over the 50,000 watts that are the airwaves of 99.1 WPLR ...
Posted by Mike Lasala on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 07:00:00 PST

New Song - "Throwme Align"

Hi folks:Just uploaded a demo of a new song recorded on the home computer. It was originally intended to be called "Throw Me A Line" but I thought I'd change it to "Throwme Align." Not sure why, just ...
Posted by Mike Lasala on Sun, 25 Nov 2007 03:07:00 PST

Mike Lasala @ Bottega Lounge, Fri. 10/12 | New Song "A Dear John Letter"

Hi Folks:   It's Ultraradio.com happy hour time again at Bottega Lounge and I'll be playing this Friday, 10/12 from 5:45p to 8:00p.  I'm bringing along a bunch of new cov...
Posted by Mike Lasala on Mon, 08 Oct 2007 04:54:00 PST

New Lyrics - "A Dear John Letter"

A "Dear John" Letter   Words and music by Mike Lasala © 2007 Says she's had enough of the shell she's become, it's time to act And she'd like to do it with grace and tact Time has been good ...
Posted by Mike Lasala on Sun, 30 Sep 2007 04:51:00 PST

Why new version of "For You" is not posted

The first version I uploaded was available almost immediately.  When I uploaded the second version w/ bass and crybaby it said it was processing which meant, according to MySpace, that it could t...
Posted by Mike Lasala on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 04:07:00 PST

Uploaded new version of "For You" w/ bass and crybaby

Just uploaded a new version of the demo of "For You" which I recorded on the Dell computer at home.  Added bass as well as an acoustic guitar track with crybaby for texture and ambience. Hop...
Posted by Mike Lasala on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 08:50:00 PST