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Xela Music Project

Instrumental Rock

About Me



The Xela Music Project (pronounced "ZEL-la") is an instrumental musical experiment in progress. Flavors of rock, blues, jazz, metal, country, punk and funk and more will come and go. It is a one-man production currently based in Kyoto, Japan.

LATEST NEWS: On Sept. 6th "Desperado" will be the Track of the Day at GarageBand

Interview with Xela on The Awful Show

XMP's Entire Archive of Songs at GarageBand (All at 320 kbps)

XMP is On The Air at:

- - - Radio Atom - - - All Music Radio - - - Metal Rocker - - - Radio TOR Hershman

XMP Dedicated Radio

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/5/2006
Influences: 19 Inches From The Curb, AC/DC, Aerosmith, Agent Orange, Agnostic Front, Alice in Chains, Andrew W.K., Angerkill, Anthrax, Anti-heroes, Anti-Nowhere League, Apocalyptica, Big Brother & The Holding Company, Black Label Society, Black Sabbath, Bloodhound Gang, Blunt Force Trauma, Bolt Thrower, Bon Jovi, Brak, Cannibal Corpse, Cindy Lauper, Corrosion of Conformity, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Crushed, D.R.I., Damageplan, Danzig, Dave Brockie Experience, David Allen Coe, Dead Kennedys, Dead Milkmen, Deep Purple, Dick Dale, Dire Straits, Down, Dream Theater, Entombed, Eric Clapton, Eric Johnson, Extreme, Faith No More, Fantomas, Fear Factory, Frank Zappa, Fu Manchu, Fuckemos, Fugazi, Guns N' Roses, Gwar, Hobble, Hole, Ignorance Park, Isaac Hayes, Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane, Jethro Tull, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash, Johnny Mandel, K-Floor, Kiss, Lamb of God, Led Zeppelin, Lenny Kravitz, Leonard Cohen, Los Lobos, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Machine Head, Man or Astroman, Meat Puppets, Megadeth, Metallica, Michael Andrews, Ministry, Minor Threat, Misfits, Monk Turner, Morbid Angel, Motley Crue, Motorhead, Mr. Bungle, Nancy Sinatra, Nashville Pussy, Neil Young, Nina Simone, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, No Doubt, Nocy, Ozzy Osbourne, Pantera, Paradise Lost, Pearl Jam, Pink Floyd, Pocket Fishrmen, Queen, Queens of the Stone Age, Rage Against the Machine, Rammstein, Ray Charles, Rebel Meets Rebel, Reggie and the Full Effect, Sepultura, Sex Pistols, Slayer, Sloppy Seconds, Soundgarden, Squatthrust, Static-X, Steppenwolf, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Stone Temple Pilots, Stormtroopers of Death, Suicidal Tendencies, System of a Down, Ted Nugent, Tenacious D, The Cars, The Doors, The Dwarves, The Hellions, The Reverend Horton Heat, The Yoshida Brothers, Timmy and the Lords of the Underworld, Toadies, Tom Petty, Tool, Tori Amos, Type O Negative, Unleashed, Van Halen, Violent Femmes, White Zombie, X-Cops, Yoko Kanno, ZZ Top, Zamfir
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Nothing New

As is plainly obvious, nothing new has happened here in a long time.  No time to make music.  When something is put together, it'll appear here as soon as possible.  I hope nobody is ho...
Posted by Xela Music Project on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 09:53:00 PST

NEW SONGS

"Metal Up My Ass" (Thrash Metal) and "Stone" (Heavy Slow Rock Jam)    have finally been added to the Xela Music Project page!  You've been waiting for the heavy stuff, and now it's...
Posted by Xela Music Project on Sat, 23 Sep 2006 05:12:00 PST

XMP NEWS: Interview with Xela on The Awful Show

Alex Farrell, the man behind the Xela Music Project, has been interviewed on The Awful Show.  Topics of discussion include:- The secret behind the "drums"- The underacknowledged influence of surf...
Posted by Xela Music Project on Sat, 26 Aug 2006 12:09:00 PST

XMP NEWS: Vote for XMP and (possibly) Win $10!

Update:  Voting has closed and XMP was not the winner.  It was fun competing though, and many thanks to all those who cast their votes for "Desperado".The Xela Music Project's "Desperado" ha...
Posted by Xela Music Project on Sun, 20 Aug 2006 10:28:00 PST

XMP NEWS: Desperado Featured on the Bang Music Hour

Well, the headline pretty much says it all.  You can hear XMP's high-energy song "Desperado" on the August 12th edition of  The Bang Music Hour, a weekly Internet radio show featuring "indep...
Posted by Xela Music Project on Sun, 13 Aug 2006 08:56:00 PST

XMP NEWS: Two Songs Added to Metal Rocker Radio

"Desperado" and "Horton Came To Town" have been added to Metal Rocker, an Internet radio station presented by Pulse X and based at Funender.Metal Rocker is "an excellent blend of metal and rock music"...
Posted by Xela Music Project on Wed, 09 Aug 2006 08:51:00 PST

XMP NEWS: Hitting the Airwaves

The Xela Music Project has hit the airwaves, so to speak.At Funender, XMP has been featured on a couple stations.  (Click on the images to visit each station's site.)Radio AtomRadio Atom is one o...
Posted by Xela Music Project on Sun, 06 Aug 2006 06:51:00 PST

XMP NEWS: Final Mixes, Podcast and New American Songbook

POST-DEMOThe debut songs "Desperado", "Ride Into The Sunset", "Horton Came To Town" and "Bill vs. Kiddo" (produced by the Xela Music Project based in Kyoto, Japan) have been released in their final mi...
Posted by Xela Music Project on Tue, 01 Aug 2006 07:53:00 PST

COMMENTARY - What happened to the harmonies?

I love metal, and I'm not afraid to admit it.  The people who hear this proclamation often ask, "Why?"  Music listeners who say they enjoy Pop or R&B usually aren't asked why they like t...
Posted by Xela Music Project on Sat, 29 Jul 2006 01:42:00 PST

XMP NEWS: "Horton Came To Town" on the Spleen Machine

The latest demo version of Xela's "Horton Came to Town" has been featured on the Spleen Machine, a regular internet talk show at Seek Japan.  Check out the episode entitled Foul Language and Brus...
Posted by Xela Music Project on Sun, 07 May 2006 05:07:00 PST