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About Me

Soul Station No.1 was born out of a band from San Pedro, CA called Melting Pot. Melting Pot originated in 1992, bringing a blend of Ska, Funk, Punk, Metal, Jazz to the Southern California area. They have played many shows in the California area as well as New Mexico and Arizona. They have shared stages with great artists such as Fishbone, the Skatalites, and Dave Wakeling. They relaesed an EP "Live at Berklee Square" and an LP "Polarities of Parodox" both on Stiff Dog Records. MP Muzak has appeared on variety of Ska compilations and was also featured on a Ska documentary call "Red, White, and Black all Over". Melting Pot has been on a haitus a couple of years but have recently came back to save the world!! Soul Station has also performed with other bands such as The Allentons, Chingas De Mingus, Frijoles Negros, D.C. Clique, and the Sufferahs. He has also worked with artists such as Eric "Monty' Morris, Mums the Word, RedHeadphones, Rico Rodriguez, Leroy Sibbles, Freda Rente, DJ Julio, Irie Beats, George Hurley, and Mike Watt.When you see the brotha with the Buddha around his neck either playin' the sax, flute, singin', spinning records or spittin some rhymes, come up and say Hi. You see we were meant to meet this way.

My Interests

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Member Since: 11/8/2004
Band Website: meltingpotmusic.net
Band Members: Soul Station No.1 - Sent from a past life to teach new but old lessons.
Influences: Love, Life, and Happiness
Sounds Like: No one else!
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Free advice for all you humans on planet Earth

After talking to my friend Thomaso, I realized I should have my own lil' advice column. It seems like he and alot of other people come to me for my comment on things, so I've decided to help all...
Posted by Soul Station #1 on Wed, 28 Nov 2007 08:08:00 PST

R.I.P. Dave Fuentes

I have met Dave briefly through the many ska, rocksteady, reggae shows in the Los Angeles area. I have always been a fan of his bass playing and the couple of bands I have seen him play with. It...
Posted by Soul Station #1 on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 03:44:00 PST

Last Night

I just wanted to say thank you to all the peoples that showed up to the show last night. You guys made it fun. It seems like the more we play over at the San Pedro Brewing Company, the mor...
Posted by Soul Station #1 on Sun, 13 May 2007 08:11:00 PST

Spring Cleaning

I am curently cleaning up my friends list of profiles which don't exist anymore. I accidently deleted you, feel free to add me agian.
Posted by Soul Station #1 on Tue, 08 May 2007 01:17:00 PST

Vivid Dreams

I have been having some really vivid, lucid dreams lately. I know people say that dreams are a way to figure out the subconcious. What do you good people think? Should I post up...
Posted by Soul Station #1 on Tue, 08 May 2007 12:29:00 PST

Babel

I just watched the movie Babel, what an emotional ride. This really made me think about all the despair that exists in this world. I realize that it exists, but I choose to focus on the po...
Posted by Soul Station #1 on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 10:57:00 PST

the (white) Rapper Show

I have to confess that I love this show. Ever since I have heard hip-hop for the first time in 1982, it has been love at first listen. In my 9th grade year, I was introduced to 3rd Bass an...
Posted by Soul Station #1 on Tue, 16 Jan 2007 02:50:00 PST

I love L.A.

This past Saturday, I got a chance to play at the anniversary show for the BlueBeat Lounge. It makes me appreciate living out here and experiencing music that I truly love. The "ska" scene...
Posted by Soul Station #1 on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 03:24:00 PST

Hello People

Hi Friends, I just posted two new songs that have not been previously posted. One of the tunes is a rough mix of a song that will be on my upcoming album. Please enjoy and I will try to be more involv...
Posted by Soul Station #1 on Fri, 10 Nov 2006 06:55:00 PST

R.I.P. Billy Preston

I just wanted to tke this time to say thank you Billy Preston for the wonderful music you had shared with the universe. I can remember pulling out an old album my dad had and seeing a guy with a...
Posted by Soul Station #1 on Wed, 07 Jun 2006 08:51:00 PST