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It's just gotta have a good melody! |
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| Location: | Worcester, |
| Country: |  United Kingdom |
| Last Login: | Jul 17, 2008 (516 days back) |
About Me |
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| Hey, check out my new material above and let me know what you think Based in Worcester, England, I took up the guitar in 1978 after hearing two instrumental tracks on the radio. One of them was 'Wonderful Land' by The Shadows and the other was 'Peter Gunn' by Duane Eddy. Both tracks are still stunning to hear, even these days. Another band that caught my ear were - Johnny Kidd & The Pirates, they were probably one of the hardest sounding bands during the late 1950's and early 1960's. I quite often listen their songs and give them a serious blasting through the house!! I have remained active on the music scene since 1979 and although most of my work has been with cover bands, songwriting has been the biggest occupier of my time. Most of the compositions in the early days were instrumentals, influenced by The Shadows & The Ventures, so there was a definite slant towards 'Surf' music. However, vocally is was The Beach Boys, The Searchers, CSN&Y and The Beatles that had a massive impact on writing, so the songs began to incorporate complex harmonies . Throughout the 1980's/1990's worked some great bands as lead guitarist/vocalist, which included: The Stingrays, Night Shift, Blue Movers and One World. Since 2000, I have worked, at ffg Studios as a session musician and played guitar and bass on album projects with 1960's legends Dave Berry & Brian Poole. The song was a cover of the Bee Gees 'To Love Somebody' and was released in November 2006 on an independent label in Europe. Other artistes on the tracks included: Brian Poole's daughters (Alicias Attick) on backing vocals and Rob Mason on drums. In 2002 worked in the studio with girl band 'Spirit' which eventually went on to become part of Gemini (of notorious Eurovision failure fame in Turkey) and late in 2005 completed a session playing two tracks on Bouzouki for a Hollywood film company. A new album 'SUNDAZE' is in the making and should have been ready by January 2008, but as usual time has got the better of me, so it will now hopefully be completed by October 2008. It will include the songs: Sundaze, Forever, The Same Man, My Country, I Think Of You, Right Or Wrong, Hunger For Your Love, Somewhere Someday, When Evening Comes, Meadows Of My Mind, Song For Summer. SUNDAZE is slightly behind schedule, mainly due to time constraints. A third album will start in October 2008 and will be Instrumental. So if you are into The Shadows, The Fentones, The Ventures, Duane Eddy or Dick Dale........ You may just like it? If you are a band, producer, or artiste looking for new material to record and release, then let me know, as I may just have a song for you!! I would like to thank everyone for their fantastic support over the last three years. This has been quite a busy time and with the next album on its way... I think it may just get busier. I must also say a massive thank you to Babs for creating & running the Support page based in Germany. Looks like I must make sure that I get over there to do some gigs very soon. Latest Information Update: I will be assembling a band during the autumn and rehearsing tracks from both albums, plus a few fave cover tracks, for some dates in 2009 in UK, Germany and hopefully the USA. I am currently looking for a bass player with vocal harmony capabilities, so if you are interested, then give me a shout! If you're into guitars and twangy sounds, then the following were used on the album 'Black Day' and the new album Sundaze: Rickenbacker 360-12 V64 Rickenbacker 330 - Blueboy Fender USA Telecaster - 'Power Deluxe' Fender USA Jaguar - 1962 Reissue Burns - Marvin Burns - John Rostill - Shadows Bass Gretsch - Nashville 6120 'Brian Setzer Gretsch 6119 Fender Strat '62 JV Fender 1979 Stratocaster - 'Antigua' Dan Electro 6-String Bass Takamine EN20C Yamaha CPX8-12 Gibson - Les Paul Standard Burns Jazz Split-Sonic Gibson ES-335 Fender -Precision Bass Demetrious -Bouzouki Amps were: VOX AC30-TBX, Fender 'Twin'-Reverb, VOX AD120-VT Valvetronix. If you liked the songs on here, have a listen to SHEPPARD JARVIS & MASON SHEPPARD JARVIS & MASON - click to hear more songs I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V3.6 ! |
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Music:Member Since: 3/2/2006Band Website: darrenjsheppard.co.uk Band Members: Darren J Sheppard: Vocals & Harmonies, Guitars, Bouzouki, Mandolin, Bass Guitar, 6-String Bass, Harmonica, Piano, Keyboards. Joe Singh: Drums & Percussion. Ria Keen: Backing Vocals & Harmony on 'Hunger For Your Love'. Keith Baker (ex-Uriah Heap): Drums on 'Hunger For Your Love'. Maurice Hipkiss: Pedal Steel on 'The Same Man'. Dave Draper: 2nd Guitar on 'My Country'. Ronnie Emms: Drums on 'My Country'. Orchestra conducted & arranged by: Darren J. Sheppard and Dave Draper. Produced by: Darren J Sheppard & Dave Draper. Influences: The Kinks XTC Cher Foreigner Whitesnake The Pretenders Tom Jones The Eagles Icehouse Simple Minds Aerosmith Billy Idol The Doors Bruce Springsteen Steve Stevens The Byrds Brian Wilson The Beach Boys John Miles Tom Petty Crowded House James Burton Johnny Kidd & The Pirates Wilko Johnson The Jam Chris Isaak The Beatles Crosby Stills Nash & Young The Yardbirds Traffic Buffalo Springfield Grateful Dead The Searchers Cliff Richard The Shadows Jet Harris & Tony Meehan Marvin Welch & Farrar The Ventures Shane Fenton The Fentones The Who Duane Eddy Asia China Crisis Prefab Sprout Kirsty Macoll Roy Orbison Jeff Beck The Stranglers Pink Floyd The Moody Blues Buddy Holly & The Crickets Johnny Cash Gene Vincent Eddie Cochran Chet Atkins Jerry Reed Clint Black John Barry The Move Jimi Hendrix Kuunta Anglais-Mouldin The Smiths The Swinging Blue Jeans Gary Moore Michael MacDonald George Benson Eric Clapton Brian Gregg Mick Green Joe Morretti Jim Sullivan Andy Summers John Rostill 10cc Gram Parsons Pete Townshend Roger Daltry Ray Davies Burt Bacharach & Hal David The Clash Captain Sensible Level 42 Duran Duran ABC Alexander O'Neal, Wilson Pickett Otis Reading Steve Cropper Ray Charles Gene Pitney Sounds Like: Darren J Sheppard. Type of Label: Indie |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Rock / Pop / Acoustic) |
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