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Transmitter (album)
''Transmitter'' is the first studio album by American rock band Spiraling. It was released in 2002 as a self release by the group. Reviewed on CD Baby as "the best new pop record I have heard in years. Spiraling plays high-energy, rocking pop songs with delicious vocals and awesome lyrics that are damn near impossible not to sing along to Personnel *Tom Brislin: keyboards, vocals * Bob Hart: bass guitar, track 1, 3, 4, 6-12 * Nicholas D'Amato: bass guitar, track 2, 5 *Marty O'Kane: guitar, track 5, 7 *J.P. Doherty: guitar, track 1-4, 6-12 *Paul Wells Paul Wells is a Canadian journalist and pundit. He was briefly a national affairs columnist for the ''Toronto Star'' in 2016–2017. Before that, he was a columnist for ''Maclean's'' for thirteen years; his column originally appeared in the bac ...: drums, track 1-3, 5-10, 12 * Rajendra Sharma: drums, track 4 * Tim Metz: drums, track 11 * Sylvia Mincewicz: violin, track 11 Track listing #"The Connection" #"The Girl On Top (Of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock Music
Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles in the mid-1960s and later, particularly in the United States and United Kingdom.W. E. Studwell and D. F. Lonergan, ''The Classic Rock and Roll Reader: Rock Music from its Beginnings to the mid-1970s'' (Abingdon: Routledge, 1999), p.xi It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, a style that drew directly from the blues and rhythm and blues genres of African-American music and from country music. Rock also drew strongly from a number of other genres such as electric blues and folk music, folk, and incorporated influences from jazz, classical, and other musical styles. For instrumentation, rock has centered on the electric guitar, usually as part of a rock group with electric bass guitar, drums, and one or more singers. Usually, rock is song-based music with a Time signature, time signature using ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Brislin
Tom Brislin (born October 5, 1973) is an American keyboardist, songwriter, singer, producer, and author. In December 2018, American progressive rock band Kansas (band), Kansas announced Brislin as the group’s keyboardist; his playing, vocals, and prominent songwriting contributions are featured on the band’s most recently released studio album, ''The Absence of Presence'' (2020). Biography Early Life Brislin was born and raised in New Jersey, the youngest of five children in a musically inclined household in Dunellen, New Jersey. His older siblings provided his first exposure to music, which consisted of Album-oriented rock, album-oriented 1970s rock acts such as Foreigner (band), Foreigner, Yes (band), Yes, and Led Zeppelin. As a young piano student in the 1980s, he drew inspiration from pop acts such as Prince (musician), Prince, Men at Work, Men At Work, Duran Duran, and The Police, as well as keyboardists like Keith Emerson and Herbie Hancock. Brislin formed his first band ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spiraling
Spiraling is a New Jersey-based pop-rock quartet. The band was formed out of a previous incarnation called You Were Spiraling by keyboardist/vocalist Tom Brislin. Spiraling gained national exposure with its self-produced independent release ''Transmitter''. Critical and popular response to the album was enthusiastic. The Star-Ledger of Newark hailed, "There isn't a dull moment on the band's self-released, immaculately produced debut album ''Transmitter''." It also attracted the attention of The New York Times, among a host of other national publications. It is difficult to pigeonhole the group's dynamic, synth-infused modern rock sound. The band has performed with marquee acts such as OK Go, They Might Be Giants, Violent Femmes, and Rooney at various venues. In 2007, Brislin toured with Deborah Harry during the True Colors tou and Spiraling was the whole band for Harry's Necessary Evil tour. Spiraling regularly plays at Glen Burtnik's XMAS Xtravaganz performing "Nutrocker" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Hart (bassist)
Bob Hart is a multi-instrumentalist currently living in Brooklyn, New York. He is a member of the chamber-pop band Clare & the Reasons, and has played with Debbie Harry (Blondie), Van Dyke Parks Van Dyke Parks (born January 3, 1943) is an American musician, songwriter, arranger, and record producer who has composed various film and television soundtracks. He is best known for his 1967 album ''Song Cycle (album), Song Cycle'' and for his ..., Spiraling and others. External linksClare & the Reasons' website Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American bass guitarists Guitarists from New York (state) Musicians from Brooklyn American male bass guitarists Place of birth missing (living people) {{US-bass-guitarist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas D'Amato
Nicholas is a male given name and a surname. The Eastern Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic Church, and the Anglican Churches celebrate Saint Nicholas every year on December 6, which is the name day for "Nicholas". In Greece, the name and its derivatives are especially popular in maritime regions, as St. Nicholas is considered the protector saint of seafarers. Origins The name is derived from the Greek name Νικόλαος ('' Nikolaos''), understood to mean 'victory of the people', being a compound of νίκη ''nikē'' 'victory' and λαός ''laos'' 'people'.. An ancient paretymology of the latter is that originates from λᾶς ''las'' ( contracted form of λᾶας ''laas'') meaning 'stone' or 'rock', as in Greek mythology, Deucalion and Pyrrha recreated the people after they had vanished in a catastrophic deluge, by throwing stones behind their shoulders while they kept marching on. The name became popular through Saint Nicholas, Bishop of Myra in Lycia, the inspi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marty O'Kane
Marty O'Kane played guitar for the rock band Spiraling from 2002-2008. In 2010, Marty played guitar in April Smith's Great Picture Show for the album Songs for a Sinking Ship.' In 2012, Marty debuted his solo performance at Hoboken’s Northern Soul. Marty O'Kane currently resides in Hoboken, New Jersey. Musical style Playing instruments ranging from guitar, ukulele, accordion and sometimes bass with boyish Vocals, Marty's music is heavily influenced by Paul McCartney (Beatles) and Rush Rush(es) may refer to: Places United States * Rush, Colorado * Rush, Kentucky * Rush, New York * Rush City, Minnesota * Rush Creek (Kishwaukee River tributary), Illinois * Rush Creek (Marin County, California), a stream * Rush Creek (Mono Cou .... Discography *'' Transmitter'' (2002) *Challenging Stage' (2004) *Time Travel Made Easy' (2008) *'' Songs for a Sinking Ship'' (2010) References Guitarists from New Jersey American rock guitarists American male guitarists Living ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Wells
Paul Wells is a Canadian journalist and pundit. He was briefly a national affairs columnist for the ''Toronto Star'' in 2016–2017. Before that, he was a columnist for '' Maclean's'' for thirteen years; his column originally appeared in the back page slot famously occupied for many years by Allan Fotheringham but was subsequently moved to the front of the magazine with other columns. Background Wells was born in Sarnia, Ontario, the son of Seigrid Eleanor (Wedin) and Allen Rollins Wells. His mother's family was Swedish. Wells's first book, ''Right Side Up: The Fall of Paul Martin and the Rise of Stephen Harper's New Conservatism,'' debuted in October 2006 and quickly appeared on multiple Canadian best seller lists. In early 2012, he released his e-book ''The Harper Decade'', following Stephen Harper Stephen Joseph Harper (born April 30, 1959) is a Canadian politician who served as the 22nd prime minister of Canada from 2006 to 2015. Harper is the first and only ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajendra Sharma
Rajendra may refer to: * Rajendra (name) Rajendra is popular Hindu given name. It is derived from the Sanskrit ' 'lord of kings', 'supreme sovereign', which is a compound of the words ' 'king' and ' 'supreme'.'' Indra'' is also the name of a Vedic deity. Notable people with the name in ..., a male given name (including a list of persons with the name) * ''Rajendra'' (moth), a moth genus * Rajendra Radar, a phased array radar {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvia Mincewicz
Sylvia may refer to: People *Sylvia (given name) * Sylvia (singer), American country music and country pop singer and songwriter * Sylvia Robinson, American singer, record producer, and record label executive *Sylvia Vrethammar, Swedish singer credited as "Sylvia" in Australia and the UK * Tim Sylvia, American mixed martial arts fighter * Colin Sylvia, Australian football player Places *Mount Sylvia, a former name of Xueshan on Taiwan Island * Mount Sylvia, Queensland, Australia *Sylvia, Kansas, a town in Kansas, United States * Sylvia's Restaurant of Harlem, New York City, New York, United States Art, entertainment, and media Comics * ''Sylvia'' (comic strip), a long-running comic strip by cartoonist Nicole Hollander Films * ''Sylvia'' (1961 film), an Australian television play * ''Sylvia'' (1965 film), an American drama film * ''Sylvia'' (1985 film), a New Zealand film about New Zealand educator Sylvia Ashton-Warner, * ''Sylvia'' (2003 film), a British biographical drama film a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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