Marco Droetto sings and plays the four basic instruments : guitar, bass, keyboards, percussions.
From the beginning of his musical passion he has personally written arranged and produced all his music and has also collaborated with other artists and producers.
He presents his music , a music made by the heart of the artist for the spirit of the people.
In the face of adversity, some people just flourish by sheer determination!
At aged six, Brendan was the victim of a road traffic accident and was
pronounced clinically dead. He had to be revived in hospital, but was left
paralyzed and told he'd never walk again!Brendan saw this as a challenge and,
after many years of surgeries and through his personal strength of character
and sheer determination, Brendan proved the Doctors wrong.
Brendan always had a love for music, and at age twelve he could play three
chords on his guitar. Then he began writing songs. He soon became 'The
Entertainer' within his local area.This is Brendan's first venture into
recording his own songs, and described the experience as "euphoric - like
reliving my childhood"!
Since his first single release in 2017, Brendan has over two million video
views. Winning many awards for his song writing in the UK & America. His
first album of original music was released in 2019 “ Our Crusade “.
Brendan’s new single “ BROTHER “ November 2021
This song is based on the bond between brothers and the bond between friends growing up. Always having each other’s back, never running away from whatever was in front of us. Always being there for each other. As time goes by, even when life gives you a hard time, whether it be mental health, financial or family issues, we will always be there for each other.Giving advice and support to each other. It will get better for you and I will be right by your side until it does, “ As the song says “ “ Go out and live your life “
Madison Mueller's unique sound and style has captured the hearts of
those that have been watching her grow online over the past 8 years, as
well as those that catch her live shows, up-close and personal.
Madison grew up in the heart of Barrie, Ontario, which has been a
hub for art and music for the past 15 years or more, which she has
contributed to for most of her musical journey. Whether it be teaching
piano and vocals for the past six years, playing at local bars and
venues, or out busking downtown during the summer months, Madison is
very involved in making her presence known locally. She has been working
with a Canadian Co-Operative called OMCI for the past three years,
learning, and now teaching the ins and outs of the music industry to
aspiring musicians and artists. Her love for her community and those
within it brought her to receiving the Emerging Artist Award at the
Barrie Arts Awards in 2019.
Since 2016, Madison has been releasing music on all the major streaming platforms. Her first single, “Who Am I?” began to gain online and FM radio-play after it’s release, and since then she has been consistently putting out new music each year that has been receiving the same accolades and traction across many different countries around the world.
Since her first release, Madison has given her fans five other singles, several of which have been nominated for different independent award shows, and has also topped the charts on several online radio stations! Madison began gaining more of a presence in the industry when she began to travel to different places to propel her career forward! She attended Judy Stakee Songwriting Retreat in Nashville, Tennessee in 2017, and then in 2018 she was a feature performer at the Millenium Music Conference in Pennsylvania. One of her most influential trips was to the Josie Music Awards in Tennessee, coined as the largest independent awards show in the world. In 2018, she won Young Adult Artist of the Year, and in 2019 she took home Pop/Contemporary Rising Star of the Year. In 2019, she also attended the International Singer-Songwriter Awards in Atlanta, where she performed at the after show, and took home the award for International Female Rising Star of the Year; and in 2020 she won International Young Adult Artist of the Year, as well as the International Silver Music Video of the Year for her song “Exhale”! Her most recent trip to the United States was to record her song “Too Nice”, which was produced in Pennsylvania with Andrew Chervak from MIDNIGHT STUDIOS.
Madison’s newest release is a song called “Sweet Bitterness”, which was released April 28th, 2021. With this song, the desire to look at life the same way you would when you were a child is the most prominent source of inspiration. The hitting line in the song is “I wanna feel alive”, which encompasses the entire meaning of the song. The song was co-produced with Michael Jack, a very talented producer who has worked with artists such as Rush, The Trews, Hillary Duff, Bono, and many others. He has had singles charting on Billboard, and has received 25 Gold and Platinum Records. “Sweet Bitterness” also includes several other talented artists that have received national, and international awards over the past decades. The song has been nominated for "Song of the Year" at both The Josie Music Awards and The International Singer Songwriter Awards!
While she has garnered quite a bit of attention from these accomplishments, you wouldn’t expect it from the young artist. Her ability to remain genuine and humble throughout all her successes is some of what keeps people coming back to see what else the songwriter is achieving. Her music, with storytelling and vocals that remind people of Joni Mitchell, mixed with a modern pop/rock flare, appeal to many different groups of people. Her goal is to allow her audience the ability to relate and see themselves in her songs, no matter the age or demographic.
With a lively personality, ability to experiment, and talent for songwriting, Madison Mueller is an up and coming artist that you’ll want to keep your eyes on.
Influenced by jazz, blues, and rock music, Gov’t Mule blends these styles into their own version of an improvisational power trio. Drummer Matt Abts, singer/guitarist Warren Haynes, and bassist Allen Woody formed the group in 1994, while the latter two were still in the Allman Brothers Band. After three years, the trio decided to dedicate all of their time to Gov’t Mule. After Woody died in August of 2000, Gov’t Mule continued to record and tour with guest bass players.
By the time they formed Gov’t Mule, each of the members brought years of rock ‘n’ roll experience to the recording studio, as well as to the stage. Haynes, a native of Asheville, North Carolina, previously played with David Allen Coe and the Dickey Betts Band. He joined the Allman Brothers Band in 1989 and recorded five albums with the group. He also released a solo album, called Tales of Ordinary Madness, in 1993. Woody was born and raised in the musical city of Nashville, Tennessee. In the mid-1980s, he performed with the Artimus Pyle Band and then joined the Allman Brothers Band, where he met Haynes. Born in Oklahoma, Abts grew used to traveling at a young age, when he and his family moved to various military bases around the world. At the age of 16, Abts settled down in Virginia. He played with groups like Montrose and with Mick Taylor, former guitarist for the Rolling Stones. He met Haynes when they played together in the Dickey Betts Band.
The birth of Gov’t Mule began with a conversation between Haynes and Woody while they were on tour with the Allman Brothers Band in 1994. They started talking about the extinction of the improvisational power trio in music and their interest in bringing it back. Woody decided that all they needed was a drummer to make it happen, and Haynes knew just the person. Haynes told Woody about Abts.
The duo decided to get together with Abts for a jam session in a Los Angeles club after an Allman Brothers show. The chemistry worked immediately. “It was pretty exciting,” Haynes recalled in the band’s biography on the Gov’t Mule official website. “As we played together more and more, we got to thinking that maybe we should put the time and effort into making it a real band.” The group’s name was found during a conversation between Woody and Allman Brothers Band drummer Jai Johanny Johanson. Johanson had used the phrase in the conversation, and Woody liked it so much that he suggested it to Abts and Haynes. “It can mean different things to different people,” Haynes explained in the Gov’t Mule official website biography. “Besides, the name kind of describes us: we’re a slow, hard-working, non-glorious animal.”
With their name in place, the trio headed into the recording studio to produce their debut, Gov’t Mule, which was released on Relativity Records in 1995.
Site: http://mule.net
Javier Vargas is the creator of the Vargas Blues Band, he was born in Madrid in 1955, but his family moved to Argentina when he was barely six years old. At the age of ten, his father gave him his first guitar and he began guitar and music theory lessons, although he soon grew tired of those classes and continued to learn on his own. He is self-taught in music. His beginnings were influenced by blues, the fashionable rhythm at the time. In 1971 he went to Venezuela, although it would not be long before he left for the United States, where he really wanted to learn from the true blues masters and discover the new prevailing trends.
His first contact in North America took him to Tennessee, where he drank from the sources of country and collaborated with the Loco Covers Band, doing covers of famous groups. His next step was to go to Los Angeles, where he rubbed shoulders with many established stars, such as Van Halen. In 1977 he returned to Spain. In his beginnings he collaborated with Miguel Ríos, Joaquín Sabina and Manolo Tena, with whom he made the album 'Sangre Española'. Parallel to these collaborations, he created the band called 'Vargas Blues Band', with a bass and a drummer, and dedicated himself to touring Spain to make himself known. In 1991 he published his first album, 'All Around Blues', with the collaboration of Elena Figueroa, among other prominent friends. In 1992 he published 'Madrid-Memphis', with which he achieved notable success in Spain and sold a considerable number of copies. In 1994 he released his third album, 'Blues Latino', with the collaboration of Chris Rea, Andrés Calamaro and Flaco Jiménez among others.
The title track of the album was also performed by Carlos Santana on his album 'Santana Brothers'. A year later, the Vargas Blues Band published 'Texas Tango', recorded in the United States, and in 1996 Carlos Santana invited him to participate in a concert in Paris, in which they played as a duo. In 1997 'Gipsy Boogie' came out and a year later 'Feedback' and 'Bluestrology', which includes his songs with more blues feeling. In 2000 he released 'Madrid-Chicago Live', a live compilation of his best songs.
The heart and the heritage of country music and farming are intertwined in EllieMae. Born and raised in Southern Idaho, EllieMae is familiar with the dirt roads that led to both harvest and song lyrics. As a songwriter, EllieMae writes what she knows: country life, family, love and loss, and Coors Light. She’s the best parts of country – good music and incredible storytelling.
EllieMae’s gumption is evident from the first note she sings. Listeners know she is exactly what she sings: hard working, kind, persistent and won’t take shit from anyone. Her lyrics are thoughtful and relatable with a touch of sass. Her stage presence is like watching a friend play you a song and then realizing that friend is on the cusp of country music greatness.
She was a member of Team Blake on NBC’s the Voice, and she’s recorded with Grammy winning engineer, Eric Delegard. EllieMae has opened for John Micheal Montgomery, Ian Munsick, Sam Riggs, Lainey Wilson, Morgan Wade, Koe Wetzel, Read Southall Bank, Chris Janson, Sundance Head and Jessie G. From county fairs to the Idaho Inauguration Ball, HWY 30 Music Fest to Iowa State University homecoming, EllieMae has a sound that’s raw and real. She’s been compared to Kasey Musgraves and Miranda Lambert and yet, she holds her own on every stage she sets foot on.
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John Lee Hooker, bynames John Lee Booker, John Lee Cooker, Texas Slim, and Birmingham Sam and His Magic Guitar, (born August 22, 1917, Clarksdale, Mississippi, U.S.—died June 21, 2001, Los Altos, California), American blues singer-guitarist, one of the most distinctive artists in the electric blues idiom.
Born into a Mississippi sharecropping family, Hooker learned to play the guitar from his stepfather and developed an interest in gospel music as a child. In 1943 he moved to Detroit, Michigan, where he made his mark as a blues musician. On such early records as “Boogie Chillen,” “Crawling King Snake,” and “Weeping Willow (Boogie)” (1948–49), Hooker, accompanied only by an electric guitar, revealed his best qualities: aggressive energy in fast boogies and no less intensity in stark, slow blues. A primitive guitarist, he played simple harmonies, pentatonic scales, and one-chord, modal harmonic structures. Later hits included “Dimples” (1956) and “Boom Boom” (1962). He toured widely from the 1950s and appeared in the motion pictures The Blues Brothers (1980) and The Color Purple (1985). Hooker, whose music influenced such bands as the Rolling Stones and the Animals, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991. Among the more than 100 albums he recorded are The Healer (1989), which features appearances by Bonnie Raitt and Carlos Santana; the Grammy Award-winning Don’t Look Back (1997); and The Best of Friends (1998).
Versatile artist Olya K is known for the Pop gem 'Hollywood". She traveled around the world to achieve sucess as a singer and a songwriter. From Bulgaria to Chicago, and from Nashville to Los Angeles...
She's a global artist with a sense of humor that shines through her lyrics.
Recently she recorded a new version of her song "Waking up in Nashville" - this time in the style of Rock and Roll.
There's no doubt about it, the state of Texas is well known world wide for its fiery blues guitar players.
Even just a cursory look will reveal the state's rich tradition, which easily rivals Chicago and Mississippi for producing players who have been both originators and contributors to the legacy of the guitar's significant role in the genre's history. Dating back to the 1920's with "Blind" Lemon Jefferson, continuing through the 1950's with such legends as Freddie King, T-Bone Walker and "Lightning" Hopkins, with the advent of the rock era of the 1960's the pressure cooker exploded.
Albino blues giant Johnny Winter, from Beaumont, in 1968 was signed to what was then the largest advance in the history of the recording industry---$600,000. Houston's ZZ Top, with the Reverend Willie G, i.e. Billy F. Gibbons - armed with a '59 Les Paul- during the 70's went from being "That little ol' band from Texas" to being world wide ambassadors with their unique brand of deep blues infused boogie rock.
Although disco and subsequently new wave lessened blues rock's influence in the late 70's, by 1983 it was another native Texan, Dallas born Stevie Ray Vaughan, whose combination of raw blues mixed with Hendrix styled pyrotechnics spearheaded yet another resurrection as the genre rose its evil head once again. A breath of much needed fresh air amongst the synth heavy offerings on MTV and radio airwaves of the time, the guitarist's massive influence has extended long beyond his untimely, tragic death twenty years ago.
One such player whom Vaughan touched the soul of was young, gifted blues/rock axeslinger Lance Lopez. Although born in Shreveport, Louisiana, at the age of 12, his family moved to Dallas, where with the exception of a spell back in New Orleans and Southwest Florida, the guitarist has called his home ever since.
A professional musician since the age of 14 when he began playing local bars in and around the New Orleans, Louisiana area, at 17 he was hired by soul great Johnnie Taylor, with whom he toured for six months. By 18 he was hired as the band leader of blues legend Lucky Peterson's band, spending three years touring throughout the world.
It was while with Peterson in Europe that he struck up a close friendship with the larger than life drummer Buddy Miles, subsequently becoming the guitarist for The Buddy Miles Express for a brief time. The former Band Of Gypsys legend would go on to mentor Lopez, leading to him co producing his debut album 'First Things First', along with Grammy winning producer Jay Newland (Norah Jones) which was released independently in 1998.
From 2003 to 2007 Lopez recorded, and released three studio and one live CD for a small independent label, Grooveyard Records - all of which were heavily influenced by another of the guitarist's main influences - Jimi Hendrix. Despite the hindrance of being released on such a label, the albums are all prime examples of post Hendrix heavy blues, filled to the brim with awe inspiring fretwork, which led to him garnering a cult following amongst guitar fanatics world wide.
After a three year break, Lopez came back with a brand new studio album 'Salvation From Sundown', his first release on MIG Music/String Commander Records, based in Hannover, Germany. 'Salvation From Sundown was produced by legendary Producer/Engineer, Jim Gaines (Stevie Ray Vaughan, Santana)
Intentionally conceived as a more traditional Texas blues styled offering, which has elicited none other than guitar god Jeff Beck to call him "A very exciting and intense blues guitarist". In 2012, MIG Music released 'Handmade Music', Lopez's 6th studio album. Again, he worked with legendary producer Jim Gaines and recorded at the legendary Ardent Studios in Memphis, Tennessee. It's one of the guitarist's most mature recordings to date, showcasing strong songwriting while still retaining the red-hot fretwork. 'Handmade Music' shows him poised to take his rightful place as one of the finest blues players on the planet. In 2013 Lance began work on his 7th album with Producer Fabrizio Grossi (Joe Bonamassa, Leslie West, Steve Vai) in Los Angeles. They are currently writing and recording material for this new album.
Lance Lopez continues to tour internationally playing, clubs, Blues, Jazz and Rock Festivals, biker rallys, charity events and concerts. He also works as a producer and songwriter for other artist, as well as teaching guitar lessons to hand picked students when his schedule allows. If you are just now discovering what many die-hard fans of obscure Blues-Rock and guitar music have known about for many years, take the time to delve into Lance's catalog spanning 6 albums and you will soon find, that he is one of the greatest guitarist that the State Of Texas has ever produced...
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