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Hey everyone. My name is Rob Mackenzie. My friends & gig goers know me as Macka! Thanks for dropping by :) I’ve been a fulltime Guitarist/Singer/Entertainer for some time now & LOVING IT! The only thing I HAVEN’T done in the music business is put an official CD out so I aims to put this right VERY soon. I guess my perfectionism has gotten in the way, but no longer! The raw songs you hear on this page are my homemade demos in my home studio recorded many moons ago (maybe you can tell? hehe) ahh but WHAT THE HECK! good music will always be in style so I have finally after all these years uploaded something of my toils. Please listen to & rate Calm Before the Storm, Beefcake Baby, The Castle Walls & Satchlike 4 Mike. Satchlike 4 Mike really is just a toss off jam done in one take. I was mucking around with a rhythm track & instead of leaving it bare with no vocals I chucked on a temporary lead & this is what it sounds like when you haven't a CLUE what scales or mode to use with it & you're kind of FEELING your way around hehe, by the end I had actually semi-worked out a hybrid scale. My friend Mike is a HUGE Satriani fan (we went to the G3 concerts together HI MATE!) & when I listened back I thought I probably won't use this but it sounds a little bit like Satch so I think I'll give this to Mike, so there you go! Also I have included some more recent live performances as a solo act. It’s all very eclectic as you can hear, just like my influences. I listen to EVERYTHING old & new & find SOMETHING of value in nearly all forms & pieces of music. Currently I perform from Tweed Heads to the Gold Coast & even as far north as the Sunshine Coast in QLD. Mostly I perform solo with backing MIDI file tracks which I program & sometimes with a mate Dave Brown who plays bass & does some backing vocals for me as a duo. As a solo I go under the name of Macka & in duo mode it’s Mackenzie – Brown. Mostly you will find the duo at The Cooly (Coolangatta Hotel) at least once a month & it’s a pretty happening vibey gig so I would invite anyone to come down for a good night I will post any upcoming dates or email me to find dates that might be local to you. I am also in Sydney on tour for a couple of times a year. At the moment I play mostly classic rock covers in solo & duo modes. Anything from Tears in Heaven by Eric Clapton on acoustic to Metallica! My specialities are weddings, parties, functions, pubs & clubs, ANYWHERE that needs a guaranteed good time show. For the near future I am working on a studio album of my own originals & re-workings & arrangements of some of my favourite blues songs that are more funk, soul & rock whilst still based in the blues. There will be lot’s of Brass/Horns & Hammond Organ on there along with lots of guitar solos & vocals from yours truly! The whole album is very groove orientated so u can shake your ass to it while the band cuts it up. For this reason some of the tracks will be recorded LIVE! together in the studio to get a dynamic & organic feel to them. They should be exciting party pleasers to perform live & I can’t WAIT to play in a band again! In the past I formed & played in two really EXCELLENT 3 piece bands. Eliminator (The ZZ Top Tribute) & Southbound Train. Eliminator was pretty spectacular & fun to do with dancing girls, hot rod car & cactus all on stage. But Southbound Train was my baby & my home. Southbound Train was a blisteringly hard working, hard rockin blues force. I intend to re-invent “The Train†to tour for & promote the new blues CD I mentioned above it should be AWESOME! Cheers & keep a rockin Macka