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Bill Reed

About Me

l've been playing and working for longer than you need to know.--------- As an audio engineer l've worked with Green Day and Staind (early in their careers), Randy Newman, Susan Tedeschi , Yellowman, the Ravers, Ratt and, well, more than a few folks. --------------- As a player l've been noted in national and local publications, as well as sharing a first band with Spider from Powerman 5000 (remember them?). A steady and imagineative player, l'm a talented multi-instrumentalist , recording three cd's under my name, as well as having guest credits on a handful of others.------------- In my free time l play bass for the Dave Matthews tribute band "Dancing Nancy" (Fall River, Ma.) and with Red Ed and the Undead. __________________________

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/29/2006
Band Website: www.myspace.com/billreed66
Band Members:

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Influences: Hunter Thompson, Delta Blues, Jimmy Page, Black Flag, early REM, THC, White Stripes, Black Sabbath, Life...
Sounds Like: a train in the distance, a fart in the tub...
Record Label: None of Your Business
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

People are getting friendlier...

l wake up to screaming. Loud shrieks. They're coming from downstairs, but l don't know that yet. lt's a sound that makes me wake up standing. My heart's pounding and my insides are twisting hard...
Posted by on Tue, 13 May 2008 11:16:00 GMT

Management of Anger...

When you occasionally have a really bad day, and you just need to take it out on someone, don’t take it out on someone you know, take it out on someone you don’t know. I was sitting at my...
Posted by on Sun, 06 Apr 2008 21:06:00 GMT

Good for me...

l just found out while l was busy with other things this past winter, l won a couple of awards for my music... nothing big, but my song "Just Thinking" (written with Jess) was named "most original tra...
Posted by on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:53:00 GMT

Hmmmn...

Rep. Frank defends proposal to decriminalize marijuana By Associated Press Rep. Barney Frank is defending a bill he plans to file this week decriminalizing small amounts of marijuana, saying the feder...
Posted by on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:19:00 GMT

l live in a quiet neighborhood...

At three this morning l turn the tv on and Taxi Driver is just starting... l haven't seen it before so l start watching... an hour into it (about 10 minutes after De Niro meets Jodi Foster), l come do...
Posted by on Sat, 08 Dec 2007 03:42:00 GMT

Hemp/ Pot misconceptions...

You can't get high from trying to smoke hemp... it has negligible THC content. Hemp is a near perfect plant. You can build cars and have the fuel to run them. You can build houses and paint them. You ...
Posted by on Fri, 07 Dec 2007 11:02:00 GMT

Hemp facts

..> ..> HEMP FACTS 1) Hemp is among the oldest industries on the planet, going back more than 10,000 years to the beginnings of pottery. The Columbia History of the World states that the oldest rel...
Posted by on Sat, 28 Apr 2007 22:02:00 GMT

oil and gas

___________________________________________________Planting only 6 percent of the continental United States with biomass crops such as hemp would supply all current domestic demands for oil and gas. ....
Posted by on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 23:41:00 GMT

paper

The Gutenberg bible ( the first book made on a printing press ) was printed on hemp paper. Almost 600 years later, the pages are still in good condition. The original drafts of the Declaration of Inde...
Posted by on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 23:36:00 GMT

cleaning fluid

_________________________________________________When we clean our homes with conventional cleaners, we are removing organic dirt, dust and oils with non-biodegradable chemicals- chemicals which we en...
Posted by on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 23:35:00 GMT