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bug67
(Dave)


Member Since: Wednesday, March 30 2005 @ 11:07 PM CST
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Homepage: http://www.macjams.com/artist/bug67
Location: Eagle River, AK U.S.A.
Song Comments: 489
Song Votes: 135
Forum Posts: 860
Weekly Points: 20.85
Total Points: 3843.00
Bio:






~About me~


Born in the West Texas town of Midland and raised mostly in Dallas, TX. I have lived in several places throughout my life and visited many more. One of the more interesting was Tehran, Iran in 1979 during the overthrow of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi.

Although I had always had toy guitars and sang in youth, church choirs prior, I also lived in Cobham, Surrey U.K. for a brief time in the '80s. This was the place of my formal musical origins. I began taking guitar lessons from a local musician at the age of 15.

Also while living in Great Brittan, I was fortunate enough to tour most of Europe including the home of my ancestry, Czechoslovakia. I feel very grateful for the opportunities I was afforded as a child and young teen to see the world.

As a young adult, I found myself drawn to sea. So, at the tender age of 18, I signed up for service with the United States Navy. Lucky for me, my first tour of duty aboard the USS Taylor allowed me to see the Persian Gulf again during Gulf War Version 1.0. Upon my return to the Taylor's home port of Charleston, SC, I received orders to attend school at the Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, IL to continue my education in propulsion engineering. My second tour of duty found me on the pre-commissioning crew of the USS Chosin in Pascagoula, MS. After ship construction was complete, we sailed to our home port of Pearl Harbor, HI.

Despite all the wars and moving from place to place, I always kept music close to my heart. It was always there when I had no other friends or family. Music was my comfort and Higher Power. It came with me to my place of residence at present, Eagle River, Alaska. Here, I have honed my skills as a musician and a recording artist. I enjoy having the luxury of a well paying career as a Petroleum Pipeline Operator that affords me a private studio in my home, various instruments and equipment.

As I continue my journey, I find myself slowing down both physically and musically. However, even though I don't play as often as I used to, I still find great comfort in the recording and engineering process. I will always enjoy the work of others' as well.

MacJams has been much, much more than an inspiration over the time I've been here. I have made many, dear friends and, even though we cannot be close physically, we all share the same spirit. I love this place as it is probably the largest "venue" I will ever experience. You all, for the most part, have given me much more than support and encouragement. Thank you MacJams and thank you MacJammers!



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bug67's Songs (33)
Date Title Rating Hits Genre Last Comment Status
02.10.09 Follow the Bouncing Bear With the Kazoo Blues in E (MJRF)  (---) 779 (70) Blues (contemporary) 05.02.09 Active
10.08.08 Tied In Knots (Live)  (---) 526 (11) Acoustic 10.10.08 Active
10.08.08 Maybe (Live)  (---) 319 (5) Acoustic 10.11.08 Active
07.14.08 With All of This  (---) 1059 (42) Soft Rock-Adult Contemporary 04.10.09 Active
11.14.07 Bright White  (---) 1027 (32) Rock 09.15.08 Active
07.30.07 Brain Trap (Analogapalooza Version)  (---) 611 (8) Rock 04.23.08 Active
07.30.07 Reaching (Analogapalooza Version)  (---) 816 (13) Folk-Rock 10.26.08 Active
07.30.07 Decision (Analogapalooza Version)  (---) 638 (6) Indie Rock 11.14.07 Active
12.17.06 O Holy Night (bug67)  (---) 1733 (33) Holiday 11.29.07 Active
11.15.06 Amanda Rose (with ziti)  (---) 33035 (45) Blues (contemporary) 05.02.09 Active
10.25.06 Cowboy's Song  (---) 2810 (20) Country-Western 05.16.08 Active
06.19.06 Procrastination  (---) 1502 (25) Rock 09.15.08 Active
06.06.06 Amanda Rose  (---) 497 (2) Blues (contemporary) 07.27.07 Active
04.26.06 While You Sleep  (---) 1733 (14) Soft Rock-Adult Contemporary 04.29.09 Active
01.06.06 Bittersweet  (---) 1340 (14) Rock 04.28.09 Active
12.17.05 Never Alone  (---) 2794 (15) Rock 08.29.08 Active
11.22.05 Vegetable Forté  (---) 1330 (26) Acoustic 04.29.09 Active
11.17.05 Say You'll Be Mine  (---) 1477 (9) Rock & Roll 04.28.09 Active
11.08.05 Keep On Knockin'  (---) 1370 (26) Blues (contemporary) 04.28.09 Active
09.26.05 Decision  (---) 1149 (22) Rock 09.13.08 Active
09.22.05 Tied In Knots  (---) 1221 (17) Soft Rock-Adult Contemporary 08.25.08 Active
09.13.05 I Know  (---) 1087 (18) Experimental 07.20.07 Active
07.28.05 Movin' Along  (---) 1334 (5) Soft Rock-Adult Contemporary 09.13.08 Active
06.16.05 Reaching  (---) 1405 (9) Folk-Rock 10.09.08 Active
06.09.05 Brain Trap  (---) 1887 (14) Rock 04.29.09 Active
04.25.05 Need A Friend  (---) 1193 (3) Rock 05.23.07 Active
04.21.05 Coming Down  (---) 1680 (8) Rock 06.12.05 Active
04.12.05 Perpetual Fall  (---) 1293 (8) Rock 04.28.09 Active
04.11.05 Yer Neighbor  (---) 1248 (10) Rock 08.10.07 Active
04.07.05 Strawberry  (---) 1730 (21) Rock 09.13.08 Active
04.07.05 In The Hole  (---) 1207 (10) Rock 12.10.06 Active
04.07.05 Brain TUMi  (---) 1118 (3) Ambient 10.09.08 Active
04.03.05 Organ-ick  (---) 1150 (5) Funk 04.28.09 Active
Favorite Songs (109)
Title Artist Date Genre
MagnaFlight magnatone 06.12.09 Pop Orchestral
Let's Go Babe ( bug67,tireiron,Roxylee) Feter 04.17.09 Rock
Classical Smackdown magnatone 04.08.09 Piano
Dual Tapestry (w/kassia) magnatone 02.17.09 Piano
Lowlands (w/ Luna Trick) Rebsie 02.16.09 Film Scoring
Doing The Eggshell Walk (MJRF) w ziti, ktb, kevmikwa jiguma 02.15.09 Alternative Rock
Awareness (MJRF) Alannah 02.14.09 Folk-Rock
The Song That Never Was - Imogen Heap Remix SmokeyVW 02.14.09 Pop (mainstream)
Innocence Gone MJRF Willywagga 02.14.09 Indie Rock
Rainstorm 2009 with iG.STUDiO - (MJRF) Dadai.2 02.08.09 Soul
Grip On The Bottleneck (MJRF) Rocha Malhada 02.04.09 Blues (contemporary)
Love Is Pleasing (w/ Luna Trick) Rebsie 02.04.09 Acoustic
Imprudenses I (MJRF) HenriROGERsoloandbands 02.04.09 Piano
Voices in the Ether MJRF kristyjo 02.03.09 Ambient
Legacy for the Living (MJRF) awigze 02.03.09 Children's Music
North Atlantic Remix (MJRF) Kicbal 02.03.09 Electropop
Mary Jane (MJRF) rsorensen 02.01.09 Acoustic
Green Fields of Canada 09 (MJRF) Rebsie 01.31.09 Folk (traditional)
Too Many Ghosts (MJRF) jiguma 01.31.09 Alternative Rock
Still, She Weeps (Ember-CharMix) Char 01.29.09 Ballad
Tie (For Battlestar Galactica Fans) falo 09.29.08 Heavy Metal
Leo Kottke Jean-Christophe 09.13.08 Fingerstyle Guitar
dallas cowboys theme song paralax 08.02.08 Rock
I Need Gasoline (folk-psych) michael2 07.08.08 Psychedelic
menopausal health - GOOC caroline 07.08.08 Country-Western
punk junk by cinderella snot .... caroline 05.02.08 Spoken Word-Poetry
Patient Man (Sketch stage-remastered less muddy) duhdewd 04.26.08 Alternative Rock
Out the Front Door stevec 01.26.08 Indie Rock
HOW I'D LOVE TO eleveneyes 01.06.08 Alternative Rock
Luckystrike CIPHER 11.13.07 Techno
Do I Look Mortal To You? falo 08.24.07 Heavy Metal
Lace Panties Alannah 05.25.07 Ambient
The Road falo 05.06.07 Heavy Metal
No Regrets Nikos 04.30.07 Progressive Rock
Overtime Joe Brady 04.26.07 Acoustic Rock
BLUE POOL (w Anne Cozean, kevmikwa, alfalpha and Ms jig) jiguma 04.25.07 Acoustic Rock
PERFECT STORM Scott Carmichael 04.21.07 Acoustic Rock
Hut Hut Nikos 04.10.07 Progressive Rock
No Better Day V2 Scott Carmichael 04.09.07 Folk (contemporary)
CoriAnder and Kazoo!!!! caroline 03.25.07 Experimental
I Miss You (take two!) stacey 03.22.07 Acoustic
Driving Joe Brady 02.12.07 Folk (contemporary)
Damaged Goods colab with kevmikwa e46 01.12.07 Rock
Do You Remember racerat 01.02.07 Alternative Rock
So Selfish - Colab with kevmikwa e46 12.27.06 Acoustic Rock
Silent Irish Night (Oíche Chiúin) Rebsie 12.19.06 Holiday
Sleigh Ride Bubowski 12.19.06 Pop Classical
Greensleeves SecaMode 12.19.06 Electropop
Let no one stay outside (multi collab) thoddi 12.18.06 Soul
Tell Me A Secret racerat 12.18.06 Alternative Rock
Comfort and Joy waynehinton 12.17.06 Holiday
Silent Night Mystified 12.17.06 Holiday
Marche Militarie No1 Cori Ander 12.17.06 Fingerstyle Guitar
3 a.m. Bar (A Perfect Stranger) Day For Night 12.17.06 Alternative Rock
Ding Dong Merrily on High/Good King Wenceslas Ms Miss 12.17.06 Holiday
Yet Another Holy Night Leon 12.17.06 Holiday
Nu tändas tusen juleljus Cori Ander 12.14.06 Fingerstyle Guitar
Angels We Have Heard on High Postludes Trio 12.14.06 Holiday
Do You Hear? snowdragon 12.12.06 Holiday
O Holy Night+First Noel thetiler 12.09.06 Folk (traditional)
oh come Emanuel Scott Carmichael 12.08.06 Holiday
Xmas in Hell I. Spike 12.08.06 Soft Rock-Adult Contemporary
Ice Fairies racerat 12.07.06 Art Rock
Drowning racerat 12.07.06 Alternative Rock
RaceRat racerat 12.07.06 Rock
The Quarry racerat 12.01.06 Rock
Don't Tell the QUEEN eleveneyes 11.30.06 Acoustic Rock
Dream A Little Dream BareKoala 11.19.06 Open Collaborations
ANOTHER WAYFARER Scott Carmichael 11.18.06 Folk (traditional)
Touch Feel Need e46 11.17.06 Alternative Rock
TubeTrick-fishboisfo fishboisfo 11.17.06 Dance-Club
Dungeons in the Secret Castle (remixed) Mystified 11.15.06 Cinematic Soundtrack
Soulmonk's Music for Intimacy ziti 11.10.06 Rock (instrumental)
Singer's Prayer phyllomania 11.10.06 Folk (contemporary)
So Selfish e46 11.09.06 Acoustic Rock
Something Like That (by Mystified-Remixed) MattGranz 07.13.06 Alternative Rock
Angel Eyes jiguma 07.01.06 Acoustic
The Marrow Song caroline 05.01.06 Other
Mockingbird(Jonx/mcboy) Mcboy 04.23.06 Acoustic Rock
Find Him Scott Carmichael 03.18.06 Folk-Rock
MY RELIGION v4.0 eleveneyes 01.29.06 Alternative Rock
Blur Mystified 12.28.05 Dance-Club
Vox Populi (w magullo and Drew Kopr) perceptualvortex 10.23.05 Rock (instrumental)
Snap Krackle Pop w/Amanda Chapman (remix) stevec 09.27.05 Pop (mainstream)
Rehlehna Mystified 09.17.05 Cinematic Soundtrack
Dance 'Til You're Doomed perceptualvortex 08.23.05 Political
How I'd Love 2.0 eleveneyes 07.25.05 Alternative Rock
Believe My Love. cormacbrenock 07.23.05 Classical
Freedom Riegns - Overture Toested 06.29.05 Game Soundtrack
And from that silence.... Mystified 06.21.05 Classical
Neutralize grid stalker 06.03.05 Hard Rock
jitterspook Stun Nutz 05.09.05 Experimental
Warrior Supergene 05.08.05 Alternative Rock
America The Beautiful jazz piano solo John Stebbe 04.18.05 Jazz (instrumental)
Mozart Jazz Collaboration John Stebbe 04.14.05 Jazz (instrumental)
Ready To Brew giovanni 04.11.05 Rock & Roll
Ode To Joy jazz collab John Stebbe 04.09.05 Jazz (instrumental)
Railroad Jazz John Stebbe 04.09.05 Jazz (instrumental)
Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen John Stebbe 04.07.05 Jazz (instrumental)
Amazing Grace (Live At Nordstrom) John Stebbe 04.03.05 Jazz (instrumental)
this is a gun woodguy32 04.02.05 Other
Tristezza Mystified 03.31.05 Classical
Beethoven Jazz Trio John Stebbe 03.28.05 Jazz (instrumental)
Kids Are Kryptonite Paul_T 09.22.04 Alternative Rock
the pain of impermanence brb 08.20.04 Alternative Rock
i would brb 08.19.04 Alternative Rock
if not now, why? brb 08.12.04 Alternative Rock
Hard Enough brb 08.11.04 Alternative Rock
Cliff's Edge TobinMueller 04.22.04 Jazz (instrumental)
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Music Background I started singing with my mother at church at a very young age. I was always involved with a youth choir in one form or another either in church or in school. It seems as far back as I can remember, I always had a guitar in my hands. Mostly just toy guitars but still, it planted a seed. It wasn't until I was 15 and living in London, that I decided I wanted more from the guitar. I took lessons for a year and the rest, as they say, is history.
Music Skills I don't consider myself as really being a "skilled" musician. I feel that the one year of guitar lessons I took when I was young were way less than adequate. I would have liked to have a more formal training but things just didn't pan out. I am mostly self taught and get great satisfaction of what I can do. I haven't really played in many bands but the ones I have been involved in have been and are extremely rewarding.
Music Hardware

Computers: Dual 2.7 GHz PowerMac G5 / 6.5 GB DDR SDRAM, 15" 1.67 GHz PowerBook G4 / 2 GB DDR SDRAM

Visual Monitors: 23" Apple Cinema Displays (X2)

Interfaces: MOTU® 828mkII, PreSonus® DigiMAX LT, PreSonus® FireBox

MIDI Keyboard: Novation® ReMOTE 25

Audio Monitors: Logitech® Z-5450 Monitors, Roland® DS-50A Powered Monitors, Sony® MDR 7506 Headphones

Microphones: RØDE® NT-1A (X2), RØDE® NT5 (X2), AKG® C3000B, AKG® C1000S, Electrovoice® N/D 868, Shure® SM 57 (X5), Shure® SM 58

Instruments: Fender® American Stratocaster, Fender® Power House Stratocaster, Fender® 1952 Re-Issue American Telecaster, Gibson® Les Paul Classic, Taylor® 410CE Acoustic, Toca® Synergy Freestyle Cannon Djembe, Sigma® DM-4C Acoustic, Martin® Backpacker, Epiphone® MM-30E/AS Mandolin, Oscar Shmidt® OS-120 C/N Autoharp, Folkcraft® Mountain Dulcimer, Adler® Barockmeister Soprano Recorder, Fender® Standard Jazz Bass

Amplification: Mesa Boogie® DC-5, Peavy® TransTube EFX 258, 1953 Gibson® GA-50T, Pignose®, Line 6® POD 2.0

Miscellaneous: Auralex® MAX-Wall 1141vb, Auralex® ISO Producer Pack, ART® HeadAmp V Headphone Amp
Music Software Digital Performer 6, GarageBand '08, GarageBand Jam Packs 1-4, Soundtrack Pro, Native Instruments Guitar Rig 2, MOTU Mach V, FXpansion BFD
Keywords Spirit, Alaska, Guitar, Rock, Volkswagen, Bug, Gear Junkie, Digital Performer