Member Since: 7/22/2006
Band Website: coinhead.com
Band Members: Courtney Audain/ multi instrumentalist is currently performing with Cyril Neville & Tribe 13
Influences: My influences are a very broad range of musical styles, I LOVE ALL MUSIC BABY! From my native country of Trinidad and Tobago styles such as Calypso, Soca, Jazz, Pop, Reggae, Funk, Soul, Gospel, R&B, Rock, Country, Opera, Classical, World Music and many others performed on "Steel Drums" the group I performed with was the Solo Harmonites, we played everything.Reggae: Bob Marley and the Wailers, Steel Pulse, UB40, Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer and many other unknown reggae artists. My two favorite reggae albums are Babylon by Bus and Handsworth Revolution by Steel Pulse and many others.Jazz/smooth Jazz: Stanley Clark, Herbie Hancock, Jaco, Tommy Shannon, Percy Jones, Miles Davis, Nat King Cole and many others.Funk: Parliafunkadelicment, George Clinton and ParlimentFunkadelic, James Brown, Bootsey Collins, Ohio Players, the Meters and many others.Soul: Marvin Gay, Otis Redding, Aaron Neville and many others.Pop: Jacksons, Baby Face, Guy, Prince, The Time and many others.World Beat: Fala, Baba Tungi, Johnny Clegg and Saavuka and many others.R&B: The Temptation, The Supremes, Smokey Robinson, Barry White, Isaac Hayes, Brothers Johnson of course and many others.To be continuedReview from the Austin Chronicle of FUZECOURTNEY AUDAINFuze (Coinhead)Fuze is the self-produced album by Austinite Courtney Audain. The title is appropriate because each of the 11 well-produced original tracks drip with Audain's ability to seamlessly blend reggae, soul, R&B, blues and other styles into his own signature sound. The irie-laden Fuze also signifies Audain's genius in hosting musical friends to enhance the work, such as the gorgeous flamenco intro and outro by guitarist Teye in "The Longest Years," a tune that also features Charlie and Will Sexton, or the Jimmy Cliff-like version of Lennon and McCartney's "We Can Work It Out," replete with powerful vocal gesturing by Austin's own MC Overlord. Suffering at times from lyrical repetition, the righteously superfine Prince-y groove of "Born to Be a Star" is well-complemented by Malford Milligan's sweet soul backing vocals. More? "Let Our Love Grow" and "Give Love a Try" bring to mind Lenny Kravitz's Let Love Rule. Audain, who sings and plays at least seven instruments on Fuze, is surprisingly humble and credits God for his talent. In less-developed hands, these many influences and contributions might result in a hodgepodge of samples and examples, but Fuze wins as a uniquely accomplished debut.
3.5 Stars-- David Lynch
View Courtney Audain's EPKPlease visit this site for more Cyril Neville and Tribe 13 photos and video
http://www.miracledreadproductions.com/cyril%20slideshow.htm
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Sounds Like: Prince, Bob Marley, Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gay, Asward and Steel Pluse.My music is a web of six diffrent styles of music all blended together. These are six styles of music that I've combined for the flavor of my FUZE (fuse) CD; Soca, reggae, R & B, Pop and east indian traditional over tones.
Record Label: Coinhead Media Studios
Type of Label: Indie