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About Me

Suburban Groove was an album 12 years in the making. After surviving music college and business school and sharing the stage with several bands, Stan targeted his vision into making instrumental grooves. Being a self proclaimed "Bad Singer", he uses only music to express himself. This has broadened Stan's musical landscapes by not being limited to any particular genre. By studying music of many different artists in many different genres, Stan felt it important to focus on the central part of any good tune, The Groove. Without a groove, there is no reason to tap your foot, bob your head, or make sexy time with your hips on the dance floor. In a world of musicians that can sometimes get caught up with how many notes they are playing or how many tritone subs they are employing, Stan has chosen to focus on "The Groove." Stan has had the pleasure of playing in such acts as SD3, Nu Funk Mafia, Nathan Anderson, The Main Ingrediant, Wayne Kile (formerly of American Head Charge), Sarah Wagner, and Bluestone Moon. Stan is currently playing with Ali Washington and the Movement. Be sure to add her as a friend and check out up and coming shows..

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/20/2006
Band Members: Stan Dotseth- Guitars, bass, drum programming, all the other noises you may come across.
Influences: First and foremost, all of the musicians I have had the pleasure of sharing the stage with, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimi Hendrix, Warren Haynes, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Tommy Emmanuel, Jimmy Thackery, Taproot, Sevendust, Kincaide, Mudvayne, Primus, Beethoven, Mozart, Fernando Sor, Carcassi, Bobby Stanton, and anyone that has blown me away at the local music venues!
Sounds Like: Something I would like to listen to! ..
Record Label: Searching
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Wisconsin Tour

What a great experience. You really do learn a lot once you leave the comfort of your own city and spend some time in unfamilar territory. Day 1 - Hudson, WI (aka Hudstock 2008)- This was about ...
Posted by Stan Dotseth on Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:16:00 PST

Musicianship to me

Musicianship is Trust Communciation Restraint Selflessness Vision Egoless Collaboration Connection Proficency Open Mind Compassion for the Listener Undying confidence that your viewpoint on music is u...
Posted by Stan Dotseth on Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:19:00 PST

Times of Change

What a year it has been already! As a write this blog while staring at the Minneapolis skyline, I can’t help but feel thankful for where I am in my life. It was just over a year ago ...
Posted by Stan Dotseth on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 08:05:00 PST

The power of words

I was listening to this at work and could believe how much of an impact these lyrics had. I would highly recommend you check out Warren Haynes in Gov't Mule! black and white, it's all the...
Posted by Stan Dotseth on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 05:07:00 PST

I promise I am not ignoring you

So you think your Stan has abandoned you on this myspace thing? Well, it certainly isn't intentional. The day has come when Stan's 1987 desktop computer blew up (literally exploded into mo...
Posted by Stan Dotseth on Sat, 13 Oct 2007 03:06:00 PST

My sales pitch for you to buy my album!!

Like great music? Well me neither!! That's why you should check out the tracks on my ole myspace page, and support mediorce music by purchasing the entire album on iTunes. That's on...
Posted by Stan Dotseth on Sat, 29 Sep 2007 02:18:00 PST

Choosing wisely, Stan’s late night wierd thoughts part 1

In my view One note can say more than a thousand. One note can change feelings and how you interpret it over a set of changes. It amazes me. Find that one note, and listen to it take...
Posted by Stan Dotseth on Sat, 08 Sep 2007 08:33:00 PST

Art to me

I had a great talk last night with a friend of mine about what it is to be an artist. Different parts of the world place artists on different parts the social class structure. This made me...
Posted by Stan Dotseth on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 10:01:00 PST

Nightmare

Some amazing words from a band called Taproot!!! You painted offense while you plead a defenseYou took advantage of averageYou pleased those deceived but couldn't earn meMy god wouldn't use his...
Posted by Stan Dotseth on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 10:41:00 PST

Snowfall Update

Well, after trucking into work after the 2 feet of snow that dumped on us, I figured I'd let you know I'm still doing this thing called music! I have just finished recording a trance song, and i...
Posted by Stan Dotseth on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 07:00:00 PST