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Mykel

About Me

I'm an instrumentalist. I play guitar, bass, Cajun accordion, and percussion. My experience has been playing country when I was a kid, crappy punk and rock bands when I was a teen, doing the DJ thing, pissing around in the studio, playing on Bourbon Street later in life, and now playing for myself, though I still play Cajun/Zydeco, R&B, New Orleans funk, and what-not in Bourbon Street and New Orleans clubs on occasion.
I write and play anything from punk, rock-a-billy, Cajun/zydedo, country, pub-rock, electronica, and whatever catches my fancy.
No interest in the music industry. I love playing live. I doubt that I'll be able to play my own music live for a while, so I'll just post my stuff here and continue walking around anonymously putting CDs in people's post boxes.
Enjoy. Hey, it doesn't cost anything, so I'm free to suck. :) If you like something I post, let me know.
All the best,
Mykel

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 15/12/2005
Band Members: I play guitar in The War Office. Check us out at http://myspace.com/thewaroffice I play often with The Parishioners (http://myspace.com/theparishioners). Most stuff here is just me. Occasionally Mike Fowler, Jak Locke, Steve LaFleur, and whoever else that may cross my path.
Influences: Michael Hedges, The Church, Killing Joke, Waylon Jennings, Hank Williams Sr. and Jr., Joy Division, Black Flag, Everything But The Girl, Roxy Music, The Who, Sex Pistols, Chrome, Pretenders, Christian Death, Johnny Cash, Joe Walsh, Steely Dan, Chick Corea, Lloyd Cole and the Commotions (I hate his solo stuff), Oasis, Blur, The Jam (and pretty much anything Paul Weller has done), early Sisters of Mercy, Cornelius, etc.
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

A few notes about the "Vicodin" song and old recordings

I guess my Mum was cleaning and going through things at her house when she found a bunch of cassettes and she shipped them off to me.  At first, I didn't know what to think.  It was so bizarre and une...
Posted by on Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:34:00 GMT

The War Office

Yay! After far too long, the band I’ve been rehearsing with for over 6 months has finally agreed on a name: The War Office.Go and ’friend’ my band or consider yourself terminally la...
Posted by on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:49:00 GMT

MySpace "featured artists" are so lame

Y’know, if MySpace is going to "feature" an "artist", they need to open up the lines on the comments because I’m not about to "friend" some band that sucks they feature just so I have to a...
Posted by on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:19:00 GMT

I love being in a band!!!

Wow! What can I say? I was totally blown away by our rehearsal/recording session today. Whilst not perfect (it's getting there), but the spirit and energy were there. All the time, I'm thinking to...
Posted by on Sun, 13 Jan 2008 17:57:00 GMT

New band. Name suggestions welcome.

As luck would have it, I've found myself in a new band dedicated to originals. It's really quite perfect for me: a group of talented individuals willing to work with my f***ed up guitar style who wan...
Posted by on Mon, 19 Nov 2007 21:43:00 GMT

Livin' in a FEMA trailer

Just a few notes about the song after a few messages about it.*It's a part of a bigger collection of non-whiney and non-political songs about the whole Katrina experience. Just reflecting on what I ...
Posted by on Sun, 24 Sep 2006 20:27:00 GMT

Luziana Feelin'

Just a quick note about that song in it's current state.It was just something rush-recorded. I wanted to get it down so I wouldn't forget it (especially since I'm in the process of moving). Yes, it'...
Posted by on Tue, 02 May 2006 20:26:00 GMT

I'm going back home

Looks like I'm finally heading back to NOLA. Don't expect much from me for the next few since I'll be busy packing up and hanging out with the kids until they're back in school.
Posted by on Mon, 01 May 2006 08:23:00 GMT