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About Me

My name is Russ and I played bass in a local rock band called Adore the last several years. Over the summer of 2008, I decided to take a break from being in a band. Even though I wasn't in a band I still had the itch to make music. My wife and I had our first baby on the way, so I thought it would be fun to write an album before the baby was born. It's basically about my perspective on things prior to having a child. I recorded it on a digital 12 track at home since I didn't have the time or budget to take the project into a studio. The different components of the music are vocals, bass, an effects processor, a synthesizer, and a drum machine. It took 9 months, but I finished the album in 6/09. This was my first attempt at anything other than bass, so it was a learning experience. Now that the first album is done, I've decided to make another one. To switch things up, I'm adding some acoustic guitar and using a drum sequencer App on my phone to create some of the beats. Stay tuned for more updates and new songs.

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Member Since: 27/08/2008
Band Members: Russ Fyne
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Adore, Cold, Filter, Radiohead, Blindside, Team Sleep, Thievery Corporation, Massive Attack, Deftones, Ken Andrews, Army of Anyone, The Mars Volta, Korn, Tool, AFI, Chevelle, Quicksand, Deltron, Jamiroquai, Incubus, flyleaf, James Morrison, P.O.D., ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, The Doors, The Police, Green Day, Rise Against, Papa Roach, Linkin Park, Static X, mudvayne, RHCP, Jane's Addiction, Rival Schools, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Snot, Tenacious D, Nirvana, Queens of the Stone Age, Rancid, Foo Fighters, Nonpoint, STP, My Vitriol, Oasis, Porno for Pyros, Primus, Scars on Broadway, Sevendust, Silverchair, Taproot, Zero 7, mewithoutyou, The Vines, Muse, Coldplay, A Perfect Circle, Portishead, Thom Yorke, 10 Years, 30 Seconds to Mars, Gnarls Barkley, The Beastie Boys, Gorillaz, System of a Down, RATM, Eminem, A Tribe Called Quest, Charlie Hunter Trio & Quartet, Medeski, Martin, & Wood, Mogwai, Beck, Bob Marley, Johnny CashMyGen Profile Generator
Sounds Like: AV
Record Label: ADS Entertainment LLC
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

7/09 update

 I finished recording 7 new percussion tracks and 3 new ambient tracks.  I'm hoping that the surviving material will be the foundation of the 1st half of a new album.  There hasn't been much spare tim...
Posted by on Sat, 11 Jul 2009 10:19:00 GMT

alta vista - into the abyss - now on itunes

The album is up on itunes now.  Here's the link:alta vista - into the abyss (itunes)
Posted by on Sun, 14 Jun 2009 16:57:00 GMT

whats next?

now that I've accomplished my goal of making an album, I've been thinking about what I would like to do next. We've had our baby about 2 1/2 months now and so much has already changed in my life. ...
Posted by on Sun, 14 Jun 2009 09:00:00 GMT

album out now on cd baby - cd's and mp3's

Here's a link for my solo album that I made for fun durring Jen's pregnancy. It's out now on cd baby and it will be on itunes in a few weeks.alta vista - into the abyss
Posted by on Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:29:00 GMT

duplication / art design

The art design is done and the package has been submitted for duplication. The cd's will be ready early June and then I'll send them out for distribution.  Also, I've uploaded the art design for the c...
Posted by on Fri, 22 May 2009 17:56:00 GMT

album has been mastered

  The album has been cleaned up and mastered.  ...I've posted a few of the mastered songs.  Now i'm just waiting on the layout design for the cd and then it can get printed up and shipped off to cd ba...
Posted by on Tue, 05 May 2009 06:23:00 GMT

mastering / art design

  ...the album has been dropped off for mastering and the cd art design is also in progress.  Once these steps have been completed then I can send the package off for duplication.  ...cd's should be r...
Posted by on Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:11:00 GMT

04/19/09 update / peace of the pi

  All of the songs for the album are basically done aned posted.  I have a little bit of mixing to do this week and then the album will go off to mastering and the artwork / layout design will begin. ...
Posted by on Sun, 19 Apr 2009 22:27:00 GMT

binary humanity

I posted a new short song called binary humanity.  It's about the internet, myspace, facebook, etc. binary humanity has removed an element of realitymaking communication via space possible through int...
Posted by on Sun, 19 Apr 2009 22:24:00 GMT

baby

our baby jameson davis (or jd) was born 4/4/09 at 6:08 a.m.  both mom & baby are doing well!  i'm taking some time to be with my family and then i'm going to get back to finishing up the album.  close...
Posted by on Fri, 10 Apr 2009 07:37:00 GMT