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Tweak

Michael Burns - Creative Consultant

About Me

Hello, and welcome to my 'mini music portal' here on MySpace, where each week I try to highlight the important contributions of up-and-coming songwriters and musicians evolving outside of the mainstream music scene.
I'm also getting into the practice of making referrals for formidable artists who are seeking assistance. If you know of someone that I should feature here, drop me a line, and I'll do my best to check it out.
Thanks for stopping by. Peace!

Best regards,

-Michael

My Interests

Music, writing, photography, the essence of collaboration, constitutional law, social innovation, social capital initiatives to improve urban living, discovering great songwriters and musicians, collaborative songwriting, biking, digital/abstract artistry.

I'd like to meet:

Pros with a mutual interest in up-and-coming indy artists and songwriters, 70's Jazz-fusion, and World Music. Plus anyone that can steer me to easy-to-use computer software for composing.

Music:

Jazz-fusion, World music, Classic Rock, AAA.
Songwriters: Elton John, Paul McCartney, David Baerwald, Jeff Buckley, Aimee Mann, Michael Penn, Donald Fagan, Adrian Belew, Sting, Santana, Peter Gabriel, Everlast, to name a few.
Musicians: John Scofield, Trilok Gurtu, Ottmar Liebert, John McLaughlin, Santana, Shakti, Robert Fripp, Bill Bruford, (King Crimson), Eddie Van Halen, Joe Satriani, Eric Clapton, Neil Peart, John Paul Jones, Phil Collins.

Movies:

All the good ones.

Television:

Lost, 6 Feet Under, The Shield, Law & Order, Sopranos, CSI, and just about anything on TV Land.

Books:

"Once Upon a Town" by Bob Greene.
"Flow" by Mihaly Chikzenmihaly.
"Man's Search for Meaning" by Victor Frankl is one I read more than 10 years ago, and still recommend to friends during tough times.

Heroes:

Mad Max. Mighty Mouse. Han Solo.

"You must be the change you wish to see in the world."
--Mohandas Gandhi
"I need no warrant for being, and no word of sanction upon my being. I am the warrant and the sanction."
-- Ayn Rand, Anthem
"I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times, I've been trusted to take the game- winning shot and missed. I've failed over, and over, and over again in my life. And that is why . . . I succeed."
--Michael Jordan

My Blog

Must Hear Music!!

Wow,  I can't believe some of the incredible talent I've come across in the past few weeks. In  case  you haven't noticed who I've added lately, be sure to take a listen to the Starlig...
Posted by Tweak on Tue, 01 Aug 2006 03:58:00 PST

Moving ahead

Well, after a TON of networking over the past 4 weeks, it looks as if my efforts are paying off with getting attention for several up-and-coming artists.As to what that translates into in the grand s...
Posted by Tweak on Mon, 03 Jul 2006 02:52:00 PST

More Ways to Hear More Great Music...

Hey, thanks for checking out the latest music I've posted here on MySpace.I hope you'll have a chance to listen to some of the latest songwriters and musicians I've linked to here, and by all means f...
Posted by Tweak on Tue, 30 May 2006 12:12:00 PST