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The Sanford Effect

About Me


Sanford Mark Barnes, from West Mifflin, PA. Formerly of the house band in the Poconos, PA (Caesar's Resort), Wizdom World Beat Reggae Band and still performing with The Flow Band of Pittsburgh, PA. Sanford started playing professionally at the age of 16, playing in his uncle's band in the summers and learning from the professional greats. Using music as a therapy to heal people hearts and souls, Sanford has been exposed to many styles of music from reggae, jazz, soul, classic rock, to blues. Traveling around the nation as a free lance musician, he has also spearheading his own jazz quintet. Sanford has also been one of the source in Pittsburgh for new film directors, becoming one of the leading movie score composer in the area for Indepedent Films. His latest project has been with film director Scott Nunnelly in his making of the film "The Intercourse." Sanford soothes your higher self with his soulful trumpet playing and his soulful voice with captivating performances.
Now You Can Hear DJ "S.Effect" ROCK THE TABLES, Sanford Now offers his music knowledge and "TRUE" Stage Performance as DJ "S.Effect!"
The NEW Offical DJ of The Pittsburgh Passion (NWFA) http://www.pittsburghpassion.com.
JUST RELEASED THIS MONTH: THE SANFORD EFFECT "Finally Me" - A Collection Of Thoughts. Look for more info on my CD Release Party, and my new second CD that will be released in April.

A proceed of every Cd will go to Cancer Awareness in memory of My Son's Mother who lost her fight with cancer, Tammy Lynn Seiss June 20, 1970 - April 30, 2006. (R.I.P. ShortShit)
Some of the Musicians and Bands played with:
Van Pressley Jr.
Kenny Blake
Tony Janflone Jr.
Shari Richards
Jonny Smooth
R.H. Factor
Al Dowe and Etta Cox
The Flow Band
The Wizdom Band
The Freedom Band
Spider Spinelli
Mike Stout and The Human Union
The Wrecking Crew
Ike Cooze and The Cold Bloods
Kim Waters
Cyrus Chestnut
The Byrd Pressley Show Band
Soul Stew and Sweet Potato Pie ( Now name changed to "House Of Soul" )

Studio Time Available Also!
FuGe Garfield Productions is a Complete Portable Studio, able to come to you and record in your own home or place of busniess.
Equipment and Software used:
Acer Aspire Laptop
M-Audio Radium Controller
PreSonus Firebox Firewire 24 bit Recording System
M-AudioMobilePreUSB Audio Interface
AKG Perception 100 Condenser Microphone
Reason 4.0
Recycle 2.1
Steinberg Nuendo 3.2 Professional Recording Studio and Mastering
CakeWalk Sonar 7.2 Producer's Edition with Rapture
Ableton Live 7.0.2 Recording, Sampling, and DJ Software
Steinberg Wavelab 5.1.0
Har-Bal 2.3 EQ Mastering Software
Sony Cinescore 1.0 Professional Soundtrack Creation (Soundtrack Scoring)
Sony CD Architect 5.2 (Mastering Software)
Melodyne 3.0 (Vocal creation and mastering)
Virtual DJ Studio 4.0 (DJ Software)
MixMeister Studio 7.2 DJ Software
Native Instruments Absynth 1.3 (Sound Module)
Native Instruments Kontakt (Sound Module)
Korg M1 (Sound Module)
Korg WaveStation (Sound Module)
Call for Detail and Pricing 412-482-8811

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 05/04/2006
Band Members: Sanford Mark Barnes - Vocals, Trumpet, Keyboard, Arranger, Composer, DJ


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Your Icecream Flavour is... Neopolitan! You aren't satisfied with just one flavor. They say variety is the spice of life and this shines through in your Ice cream of choice! Just don't eat all the chocolate and leave the strawberry and vanilla behind! What is your Icecream Flavour?
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What Sanford Means
S is for Shy

A is for Altruistic

N is for Neglected

F is for Friendly

O is for Optimistic

R is for Rare

D is for Dramatic
What Does Your Name Mean?

Official Myspace for Celebrity Publicist, Idalyze Nasiha Rose
Influences: Bob Marley, Miles Davis, Yan Hammer, Nat King Cole, Smokey Robinson, Sting, Will Downing, Luther Vandros, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, I love The Rock Scene, 80's and 70's Too...too many to say...I just love good music!!
Your results:
You are Superman Superman 85% Green Lantern 85% The Flash 75% Iron Man 75% Supergirl 70% Wonder Woman 70% Spider-Man 65% Hulk 55% Batman 50% Robin 50% Catwoman 45% You are mild-mannered, good,
strong and you love to help others.
Click here to take the "Which Superhero are you?" quiz...

Sounds Like:
Record Label: FuGe Garfield Records (Indepedent Records)
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

My other myspace page..Stormshadow

Much Respect to everyone, My other myspace page..stormshadow66 will be featured TONITE, THURSDAY 10th 2008 "LIVE" on "ON DA SET" with Idalyze Nasiha Rose. 9:15pm Est...Talking about what's up for the...
Posted by on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:55:00 GMT

New Production and Studio Name....

I have changed the name to "FuGe Garfield Studio, Record and Production", New energy, new music , new times.... ALL in Glory To JAH...Let his Name BE Praised!!! The Sanford Effect aka DJ S.Effect
Posted by on Thu, 24 May 2007 08:50:00 GMT

Been on Break

Been on break, my grandmother has been in the hospital, will be back full force in mid August, thanks for your support
Posted by on Fri, 21 Jul 2006 23:28:00 GMT