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Kurt Michaels

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About Me

Please refer to the "Who is Kurt Michaels?" blog.........and if that doesn't fill in enough of the blanks for you, there's an interview with me that is posted here that goes into some more detail:http://www.musicstreetjournal.com/kurtmichaelsintervi ew07.htmIf this *still* isn't enough info for you, then I guess you better take a chance and ask me a question or two.......

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Member Since: 4/29/2006
Band Website: kurtmichaels.com
Band Members:
Well you can pretty much count on me showing up to play my own shows...beyond that, it's usually Jim Gully ..boards. Next time you come to one of our Borders shows, check out Jim's new custom designed "latte machine" sampled keyboard synth patch. It's so authentic, you'd swear it's real !!!

Gravitas be damned....the picture & caption below made me laugh....

DOG: "Hey Kurt. You spelled "consensual" wrong!"

CAT: "Oh yeah? BFD. I have more talent in my left dewclaw than you'll ever have. Now stay still, dammit......."

This above picture & caption was swiped from a post by Amy Blahblahblah at a place where all the people are good

Influences: Paul McCartney, Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, John McLaughlin, Steve Howe, Trevor Rabin, Yes, Tangerine Dream, Frank Zappa, Robert Fripp, King Crimson, Pat Metheny, George Benson, Jeff Beck, Danny Gatton, Scotty Moore & Les Paul
Sounds Like:
Here's a short review by Nic C over at Alt Music Yes:

"You too can do this at home! Boring endless self indulgent doodling with absolutely no path in the music leading to nowhere. Get a band. Otherwise have a nice day. "

Keep those cards and letters coming Nic!

What does it sound like? You tell me.........For anyone that's interested in hearing a nice cross section of my new cd "Outer Worlds" (on Umbrello Records), I just found this Amazon link that has samples of the tracks....and while they are 30 second bytes, they seem to convey the flavor of the cd pretty well:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/recsradio/radio/B000NQR7Y8

Record Label: Umbrello Records (UK)
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

House Concerts Series

Recently I've begun performing house concerts at private parties here in the Chicagoland area an in the Midwest. As a musician I've discovered that house concerts are one of the best ways for me to co...
Posted by Kurt Michaels on Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:26:00 PST

Soul Transportation: Music & Spirituality

Please forgive any unwanted religious intrusion into my blogspace, but I saw this essay and thought it's message had a direct relationship to my music and what I am trying to channel through it. The c...
Posted by Kurt Michaels on Mon, 07 Jul 2008 07:58:00 PST

New 2008 festival dates for August, September & October!

Hi Friends....thanks for stopping by! I'm happy to announce some festival shows that we have coming up! We get to see some of our old friends again at Electro-Music 2008 in K...
Posted by Kurt Michaels on Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:01:00 PST

Kurt Michaels @ Prairie Arts Fest - Sun May 25, 2008

..TR vAlign=top> ..TR> Ahhh springtime, when a man's heart turns to shamelessness !!!It's just me again, doing what I do best...and that would be the shameless self promotion of my "fourth dimensiona...
Posted by Kurt Michaels on Wed, 14 May 2008 12:26:00 PST

All the news that’s fit to print........

*Release Source: Umbrello Music EntertainmentFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe Future (of The Syn) Will Be TelevisedNew core lineup announced as Brislin, Dunnery and NardelliFebruary 24th, 2008  As a founder ...
Posted by Kurt Michaels on Sun, 24 Feb 2008 12:44:00 PST

Reviews !!!

..> as reviewed in Music Street Journal 3/28/07 by Rick Damigella http://www.musicstreetjournal.com/kurtmichaelsouterworlds.ht m                    ...
Posted by Kurt Michaels on Wed, 28 Mar 2007 09:08:00 PST

new cd "Outer Worlds" to be released on Umbrello Records 4/24/07

      *Release Source: Umbrello Records FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Outer Worlds - Live CD From Kurt Michaels Set For Release on Umbrello Records March 12, 2007  "[Music} is a force of natu...
Posted by Kurt Michaels on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 10:04:00 PST

Who is Kurt Michaels?

  The road leading Kurt Michaels to the release of his second CD, "Outer Worlds, Part Two," is a long and winding one. As a child armed with a stack of 45s and a transistor radio, he became...
Posted by Kurt Michaels on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 01:19:00 PST

Talk to me !!!

This is as good a place as any to give you and the rest of the world a place to talk about anything that pops into your head. I suppose it would be nice if my music were an occaisional topic, but it c...
Posted by Kurt Michaels on Mon, 10 Jul 2006 03:47:00 PST