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ajax rayovac

I am here for Networking

About Me

established record producer and composer with many major label credits.active inalternative indie rock, singer songwriter collaborations, americana/folk/country, loud mainstream rock, hip hop, progressive, drum and bass, (intelligent) mainstream pop, classical pop crossover,cowrites with a variety of artists ... looking to network and meet potential collaborators and clients...

My Interests

art movies, salt water fishing, vintage clothing, beat poetry, russian vodka, antiques, bmw's, traveling, Poetry of sylvia plath, bukowski, creely, eecummings, gregory corso,anne sexton,adrian rich, andrea surova, leigh gray, raymond carver, fine dining,

I'd like to meet:

potential collaborators and clients, unique non-generic artists with a story to tell, artists looking to define the next era in thier careers, sonically and emotionally taking it to the next level.

Music:

bartok, beatles, chopin, led zeppelin, eric satie, yes, elliot smith, jets overhead, film school, bopnique artists, duranduran, the killers, the go go's , the buzzcocks, the velvet underground, the ramones, prince, bjork, yes, dramagods, portishead, dr.dre, samuel barber, pixies, nirvana, weezer, kingcrimson, tracy bonham, charlie parker, tegan and sara, lamb, universal hall pass, joni mitchell, the monkeys, ash, blur, blazing lolipop, and a zillion others

Movies:

Music Video: HOLLYWOOD (EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE) - Collective Soul Commercials from Ikea any quentin T. alfred hitchcock stanley kubricketc. love cult undergrounds like a boy and his dog, eraser head, king of hearts, etc

Television:

pretty much sucks in general except for 60 minutes, Antiques Roadshow any fishing shows and general hospital while my beautiful loving wife comet does areobics. and of course the news and weather once in a great while

Books:

raymond carver, robert creeley , gregory corso, hemmingway, and of course bukowski

Heroes:

jon brion brian wilson john lennon george martin squarepusher amon tobin ed roland simon lebon nick rhodes nuno bettencourt karyadi sutedja andrea surova gizmo static wendy m stanley kubrick steve sadler and countless others

My Blog

Collective Souls Afterwords Debuts In Top 25 On Billboard Album Chart

Los Angeles, CA  September 25, 2007  Multi-platinum hitmakers Collective Soul's new album "Afterwords" debuted three weeks ago at 25 on the Billboard Comprehensive Albums chart and 5 on Billboard's ...
Posted by ajax rayovac on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:51:00 PST

"AFTERWORDS" top ten at I Tunes 1 in some radio markets

62 4 and 5 star reviews at I TUNEs 7 I TUNES top downloadsITS HERE!7th studio album from collective soul "afterwords"download today, or buy the CD at TARGETOn Page 3 of the rollingstone magazine issue...
Posted by ajax rayovac on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 07:38:00 PST

New COLLECTIVE SOUL single climbs to 8 ON THE Mediabase charts

New COLLECTIVE SOUL single climbs to 8 ON THE MEDIABASE HOT AC CHARTCollective Soul's new single from the forthcoming album "Afterwords" (Aug 28th) has climbed to 8 on the Mediabase hot ac chart. Pr...
Posted by ajax rayovac on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 09:47:00 PST

In Roland Gear News, Joel and Dean of CS and ajr

http://www.rolandus.com/community/insider/artists_articles.a spx?ArticleId=58short and sweet article about some of the roland pedals Joel and Dean of CSoul use.thanks for the mention Joel!!!!!!!!!!!aja...
Posted by ajax rayovac on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 09:14:00 PST

Two songs at Radio with Major Airplay

Anthony J. Resta/BOPNIQUE /AT RADIO heavy rotation/NEW RELEASES Current mood: inspired Category:bopnique musiqueHI GUYS!!! hey please listen up at Radio!!! currently in rotation and just cracking the ...
Posted by ajax rayovac on Sat, 07 Jul 2007 04:30:00 PST

Anthony J.Resta and Atlantic Recording Artists "need to breathe"

Really excited to be working on three songs for Atlantic Recording artists"Need to Breathe" on the followup to thier critically acclaimed debut.(including the first single) thanks to seth, bear, k...
Posted by ajax rayovac on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 07:54:00 PST

Feb or March EQ magazine feature

Studio Bopnique Musique Update:Jan 07:From Anthony J. Resta:"Keep your eyes out here for a full length feature on my involvement with the upcoming new perry ferrell release "satellite party" in EQ mag...
Posted by ajax rayovac on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 05:58:00 PST

News Update from the collective soul blog

news update from Ryan Hoyle of Collective Soul www.myspace.com/collectivesoulSo what's next? On December 10th I will be flying to Boston to track the new Collective Soul record with super-producer: An...
Posted by ajax rayovac on Sun, 26 Nov 2006 10:25:00 PST

from ed roland of collective soul

Thursday, November 09, 2006 From Ed in The StudioHey everybody, believe it or not it's 65 degrees here in Boston today, which to me, relates to golf weather...but, I have my priorities in place and n...
Posted by ajax rayovac on Sat, 11 Nov 2006 06:14:00 PST

new tracks up at www.myspace.com/bopniquemusique

track descriptions/notes/credits for new music tuesdayArtist SongTAKEN FROM EARTH "laydow" written by dave caira and anthony j. restaDave: Verse Guitar, cowbell, Lead vocalAnthony: Crunch Guitar, Spac...
Posted by ajax rayovac on Wed, 19 Jul 2006 08:19:00 PST