The RPM Challenge - The Funk of Forty Thousand Years

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About

Description:	Bringin the funk to RPM! We are looking to harness the organic funky sounds of our band and to write write write! RPM was great last year and yielded some good material. peace and funkiness, MJ
Group Members:	Michael P. Jackson Bass, Cowbell, Backing Vox Geoff Harrison All Percussion, Backing Vox Craig Long All Keys, Trombone, Backing Vox Yasin Jackson Lead Vox, Tamborine, Shaker

2008 RPM Album Info

Date mailed or hand-delivered:	02/29/2008
Date Received:	03/01/2008
Album Name:	RPM 2008 One Foot
Album Description:	9 tracks of freshly baked funky goodness! Some instrumentals featuring our band members but mostly full band material. Funk/Soul with a different harmonic sensibility
Tracks (w/numbers):	1. Talkin About You 2. Nu Day 3. The Spiral 4. Drum Solo (featuring Geoff Harrison) 5. Who U R 6. One Foot 7. Icicles on My Roof 8. Slipping Away 9. KBS One (featuring Craig Long)
Preferred Track:	Talkin About You
Band Bio:	Formed on August 1st 2007 and we were the funk version of spinal tap having several drummers spontaneously combust. A few months of lineup changes and we were off and running as a 4 piece and a team that believed in my vision. I believed the scene wanted more organic funk featuring crisp arrangements and sections to highlight each members musicianship. One thing we do not feature is guitar. Everyone else solos equally and it defines our sound. We perform mainly in the Detroit/Lansing area of Michigan and will be touring in 2009.
Band Members & Instruments Played:	Yasin Jackson: Lead and backing vocals, all lyrics and spoken word Geoff Harrison: Percussion Craig Long: Keyboards, Synth, Trombone Michael P. Jackson: Bass, Keyboards
Band Location (city, state or province, and country):	Lansing, Michigan, USA

music, etc

RPM 2008 demos, works-in-progress, or tracks-finished-early... a musical sketchbook. This is just a sampler -- complete and finished albums will be uploaded into the real jukebox in March!

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Last 10 Blog Entries

Date	Title
Friday, 29 February 2008	Done...now lets support each other!
Friday, 29 February 2008	Funky goodness is fully baked!
Thursday, 28 February 2008	2 MORE SONGS TO MASTER
Tuesday, 26 February 2008	RECORDING COMPLETE....FUNKY!
Tuesday, 26 February 2008	and now....
Tuesday, 26 February 2008	Sprinting to the end....
Monday, 18 February 2008	new demo up
Sunday, 17 February 2008	Updated timeline......
Thursday, 14 February 2008	Differences from last year..