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ALL NEW SONGS UPLOADED |
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| Location: | SILVERLAKE, LOS ANGELES, California |
| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | Jun 5, 2008 (554 days back) |
About Me |
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Thanks for checking out my space. Stop Go is now available on my website and on iTunes . Following my spring Europe tour I'll be playing some sporadic live dates in California throughout the summer, so check back for details. In the meantime holla back, or silently type if you prefer. Thank you to all the radio stations who've been spinning the tracks! * * * * * "Stacked with catchy songs that glisten with pop sheen... lush delicate and infectious... Just about as good as it gets" - First Coast News "Holmes is a singer-songwriter who pens the kind of melodic, unpretentious songs that scream for usage in film and TV. There's a humor, wistfulness and universality that would compare well with some of the best of Ben Folds or Beck" - Los Angeles Times "Seek this music out and your soul will be shaked and baked" - PowerPopaholic Holmes’ music career started in Boston where he worked as a bar pianist and session keyboardist while studying at Berklee College of Music. He then moved to NYC, working as a composer, and now resides in LA spending his time producing records, taking care of his aging dog, staying up late, occasionally composing for television and running his own record label. His music has been featured on television shows CSI Miami, The Hills, The OC, Sex and The City, Independent Lens, Without a Trace and Nip/Tuck; a Nissan Motors commercial; movies Poseidon and The Devil Wears Prada, as well as recent album compilations for Pepsi Cola, Tommy Bahama and The Sharper Image to name a few. “I’ve always enjoyed records that reveal a bit of versatility – ones that draw from a number of different moods and styles” says Holmes (given name Roy Shakked), “My influences vary; my moods vary, and so I like to keep things moving in an attempt try to get a more complete picture”. Enlisting a group of friends that would make any record producer's mouth water - Guitarists Lyle Workman (Beck, Sting, Frank Black), Joel Shearer (Alanis Morissette, Ben Taylor) and Chris Bruce (Seal, Wendy & Lisa); Drummer Ramy Antoun (Seal, Alexi Murdoch, Goldspot); Cellist Sarah O'Brien (ELO, LA Philharmonic); Bassist Brett Simons (Alexi Murdoch, Liz Phair), and other close pals Holmes spent the winter of '06-'07 locked up in his home studio, bringing to fruition a long overdue project. Stop Go is brimming with influences from 70's era rock & roll with a nod towards The Beatles, but is produced with personal touches and an ear to the future. Effortlessly moving from power pop to hard-hitting rock to tender singer-songwriter ballads, the album stays true to a melodic core with Holmes' intimate voice as the anchor. A man of many aliases Holmes is known to many for his Los Angeles record label Groove Gravy Records . Borrowing from a plethora of music genres and a variety of world flavors Holmes' production career reached a turning point as he recorded “Fresh Goods” - 2002's ultra-eclectic release under the pseudonym The Tao of Groove ( “Shakked's work could quite possibly take mixing to a whole new level." -The Oakland Tribune.) As Jazzelicious he has remixed classic tracks by Sarah Vaughan, Jimmy McGriff, McCoy Tyner and Carmen McRae among others, produced tracks for Shihan and Ursula Rucker and, in the process, has developed quite a distinctive musical style. Stop Go represents a brand new direction - more introspective and largely reliant on Holmes' lyrics and vocals. From the existential to social commentary; relationship matters to just good old party songs Holmes delivers. www.sweetholmes.com |
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My Interests |
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Music:Member Since: 10/19/2006Band Website: sweetholmes.com Band Members: Myself - Vocals, Piano, Keys and misc. toys, with big help from my friends (see bio). CLICK HERE FOR LIVE VIDEO CLIPS CLICK HERE TO ORDER THE CD -OR- Influences: The Beatles, Stevie Wonder, David Bowie, Howlin' Wolf, Jimi Hendrix, Elvis Costello, Harry Nilsson, Paul Simon, Miles Davis, ELO, Jackson Browne, Queen, Cameo, Prince, Run DMC, Randy Newman, Bach, Beck, Wynton Kelly, Brian Wilson, Hunter S. Thompson, Woody Allen, Nabokov, Warren Olney, random encounters, friends with candy, good dreams, bad dreams. Sounds Like: If you feel like helping spread the word about the music just copy/paste the following code/s into your myspace page and the corresponding link banner will appear. Just like magic. Type of Label: None |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Rock / Pop / Alternative) |
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My Blog |
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EUROPE TOUR, PART 2 - The End |
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| Picking up where I left off last time...After the best show of the tour and a late Sunday night at Struik in Amsterdam we woke up early Monday morning for English Breakfast Radio - an 8:30 AM radio sh... Posted by Holmes on Fri, 09 May 2008 10:54:00 PST |
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FIVE SHOWS IN FIVE NIGHTS - EUROPE TOUR, PART ONE |
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| DAY 1, WEDNESDAYWe leave LA. Mike takes his guitars; I take my wurlizer electric piano, and with some extra socks and underwear we're on our way. It's a long flight from LA to Brussels, with a 3-hour ... Posted by Holmes on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:49:00 PST |
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Gone / Europe |
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| Hello people who sometimes read what I write,This is going to be short one...Just uploaded the final mix / master of GONE. The one that's been there for a couple of months was a temp mix. Nice to see ... Posted by Holmes on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 02:23:00 PST |
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AMP party |
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| Downtown LA jam session put together by pluginamp.com artist connection site. Crazy fun. Good crowd (invisible to the lo-fi cam unfortunately.)Enjoy (I hope. I did):
If the video window doesn... Posted by Holmes on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 02:41:00 PST |
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December |
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| It's been a while - time to blog again.My holidays are usually spent in LA and, since my entire family lives overseas, this year is no different. My free days will be occupied with attempting to pull... Posted by Holmes on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 01:54:00 PST |
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LA is Starting to Feel Small, etc. |
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| Summer's over. My memory lapses should really worry me a bit more. LA is starting to feel small. Same places, same faces, same daily routes. In an attempt to get out of town for a bit I'm trying to bo... Posted by Holmes on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:59:00 PST |
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First Blog: August update and miscellaneous ramblings |
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| By request, my very first blog entry:
It's Monday night and I just finished recording another song. This one is called Gone a demo mix has just been posted on Myspace. Nothing final here but ... Posted by Holmes on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 12:31:00 PST |
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My Friends |
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KCRW, Hotel Cafe Tour, Patton Oswalt, Lyle Workman, Ferraby Lionheart, AMP: Artists Meeting Place & Resource Collective, regina spektor, Deron Johnson, Nigel Godrich, Groove Gravy Records, Elvis Costello, Ray LaMontagne, meiko, Gilad Chushani, Mike Sawitzke, Beck, Zak Schaffer, Teo, Paul McCartney, Colin Hay, Laydi-Jay, 1SMORE, Cher & Gene Klosner, System Zion, BirdGirl, brightmillion, isabel, Given Sugar Given Salt, Fabio, Fure Boccamara™ - NEW SPACE / STREET VIDEO!!!!!!!!, Yarita, Paolo Tocchet, elle wrathall, Alice Durigatto, Grace Maxwell, My Place-->Your Space™, Nadine, Kelsey LeAnne Music, Jody, Pasiones Obsesionantes / Haunting Passions, Maaike, Joe Rodriguez, Eva Ellingsworth, Tally, Poeta: Deanna Nikaido, poivreVert, ºBeckyº, A Tribute To Jeff, Wanagiyata, Nicki ... House Concerts York.., Bright Eyes, paul, Ginger Gonzaga, Jimmy Paxson, Singing Bear, Marcelle Spirit (Klepsydra na Minimax pl 5!!!), anja, Crystina Maez, Nicolina Brisco, Maël Isaac, Eleonora Beddini, Angelita Sandrita, Mojca, DANCE GROUP OBSESSION
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