POPKINGS [it’s acoustic week!]

About Me

Welcome to the POPKINGS MySpace page. We had a ball making this music and we wanted to share it with you and yours. We hope you’ll enjoy it too!

WHO WE ARE: We’re famous and not-so-famous musicians - some of us write for TV & Film, others are members or former members of Elton John’s band, Orleans, Rock & Pop Masters, Hall & Oates, Planet9 and others. The common denominator is that we want to help each other make music WE care about.

Most of what’s posted here has been recorded in the past year in our studios located all over the country. As you’ll find out, our music has a whole lot of influences - but it makes us smile, and that’s the point! Hopefully you’ll agree and recommend us to your friends.

DOWNLOAD OUR MUSIC: Feel free to download and share our music with your friends and family - that’s why we created this music - for you to enjoy it like we did creating it! Check back often, as we’ll be changing out the music on a fairly regular basis (we’ve got a back catalog of over 50 tunes!!!!). If you want to hear MORE music by PopKings, check out our site at www.XuWee.com:
Listen & download more of our music for FREE at XuWee.com
THE FINE PRINT: Please be cool - all music posted here is for non-commercial uses and of course we maintain all rights and copyrights to the our music. Please feel free to contact us if you’re interested in using our music for TV or film - we’ll come to an arrangement!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/21/2008
Band Website: pop-kings.com
Band Members:
John Marsden
(www.johnmarsdenproductions.com)
Vocals, Keys, Programming, Production & Engineering
Jon Demarkis
(www.jpskid.com)
Vocals, Keys, Guitars, Bass, Drums, Production & Engineering

Charlie Morgan
(www.manicdrums.com)
Drums, Production
Paul Schiebold
Vocals, Guitars
Bill Gifford
(www.billgifford.net)
Vocals, Bass

Charlie DeChant
Sax

Larry Hoppen
(www.larryhoppen.com)
Vocals, Guitars
Amy Gifford
Vocals

Influences: Probably easier to list who's NOT an influence - but here goes - we're influenced by: The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Beethoven, Steely Dan, Stravinsky, YES, Lyle Lovett, Elton John, Jeff Beck, Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington, Jan Hammer, Miles Davis, The Ruttles, Chick Corea, Alan Parsons, Pink Floyd, Earth Wind & Fire, George Duke, Ambrosia, Annie Lennox, The Blue Nile, Boston, The Buggles (and by extension, Trevor Horn), Crowded House, The Eagles, Eric Serra, AND THE LIST GOES ON...
Sounds Like: US, hopefully...
Record Label: Joyfully Unsigned - Who needs a freakin’ label?!?
Type of Label: None

My Blog

WHATS IN THE WATER IN CINCINNATI?!?

Been doing this MySpace thing for a while, and folks, I gotta tell ya, I'm a bit concerned about the status of American music - at least what's being posted on MySpace. MySpace being a microcosm of so...
Posted by POPKINGS [it’s acoustic week!] on Fri, 02 May 2008 06:46:00 PST

MUSIC FOR THE F*CK OF IT!!!!

Do you remember when we used to make music ’cause it made us happy - the sound of a new melody, guitar chord, harmonic progression or neat lyrical turn?I’ve been making music for over 35 y...
Posted by POPKINGS [it’s acoustic week!] on Sat, 22 Mar 2008 07:32:00 PST