Westside Steve Posted July 1, 2014 Report Share Posted July 1, 2014 http://soundcloud.com/westside-steve-simmons/she Hi guys. I don't know if anybody's interested but between my solo CD is this winter I was working on a compilation of some ballads and standards. These won't be for sale I will press a few just to give to friends or anyone would like to have one I'm also going to put some of the songs this Soundcloud page. Check it out if you are interested. if you like them it would be great if you followed the page and even shared it! I will be adding more songs from the standards project as well as some other odds and ends of my own. This song was originally sung by Elvis Costello in the movie Notting Hill. let me know what you think! Thanks WSS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miktoxic Posted July 1, 2014 Report Share Posted July 1, 2014 very freakin nice! there's always a time and place for a great ballad or a standard. and as i get older the melancholy music seems to hit home more than ever before. the production quality is fantastic. do you have your own studio? did you record this yourself playing all instruments or do you have musicians that accompany you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westside Steve Posted July 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2014 very freakin nice! there's always a time and place for a great ballad or a standard. and as i get older the melancholy music seems to hit home more than ever before. the production quality is fantastic. do you have your own studio? did you record this yourself playing all instruments or do you have musicians that accompany you? I do have a studio in my house. (Roland V700 Sonar X3 Pro) In these cases I am only showcasing my voice. I have about 15 ballads and standards so far, some of them I've programmed and some I'm using commercially available backing tracks. WSS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowburn Posted July 1, 2014 Report Share Posted July 1, 2014 sounds great. you crushed it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westside Steve Posted July 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2014 thank you! WSS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miktoxic Posted July 1, 2014 Report Share Posted July 1, 2014 have you ever, in your many years of playing music, travelled outside of ohio on a type of tour? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westside Steve Posted July 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2014 have you ever, in your many years of playing music, travelled outside of ohio on a type of tour? Oh hell yes. The band, Easy Street, 1970-1988 played across the US as far west as Denver Colorado as far south as Texas southeast to Florida and across Ontario. Shared the stages with some well-known acts probably the best-known of which would have been Carl Wilson, Gregg Allman, meatloaf, Tom Petty. also lesser known acts including Southside Johnny, Pat Travers, Joe Ely, head east, Michael Stanley, Artful Dodger and some others who have probably slipped my mind. I've been solo sincentives www.easystreetband.com WSS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miktoxic Posted July 1, 2014 Report Share Posted July 1, 2014 awesome. saw travers at the old richfield coliseum for one of three main act concerts i saw there styx, queen or kiss. can't remember which one. michael stanley was one of my fave cleveland bands way back when. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westside Steve Posted July 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2014 Mike and Kevin sing harmony on our album in 1982. Tommy was our last drummer for the last trip that I probably shouldn't have booked .. WSS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted July 7, 2014 Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 Oh hell yes. The band, Easy Street, 1970-1988 played across the US as far west as Denver Colorado as far south as Texas southeast to Florida and across Ontario. Shared the stages with some well-known acts probably the best-known of which would have been Carl Wilson, Gregg Allman, meatloaf, Tom Petty. also lesser known acts including Southside Johnny, Pat Travers, Joe Ely, head east, Michael Stanley, Artful Dodger and some others who have probably slipped my mind. I've been solo sincentives www.easystreetband.com WSS Don't forget playing backup to Chuck Berry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calfoxwc Posted July 8, 2014 Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 Amazing voice - really great job on the song ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westside Steve Posted July 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 Don't forget playing backup to Chuck Berry. We did? WSS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westside Steve Posted July 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 Thanks Cal! WSS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axe Posted July 9, 2014 Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 Nice work Steve!! Pardon my spam, but I have a couple cds out myself.. https://soundcloud.com/axe-music/undercurrents-12-9 https://soundcloud.com/axe-music/escape-from-sheol-full And a very old one from the first effort.. https://soundcloud.com/axe-music/battle-axe Hey, it's the offseason and we're all trying to fight off the boredom... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westside Steve Posted July 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 Thanks Axe. I'd like this to be a little bit of a free-for-all board anyway. Movies TV music art Theater; hell, anything like that. I just finished my gig at Put in Bay and will plug in the earphones and have a listen. WSS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axe Posted July 10, 2014 Report Share Posted July 10, 2014 Well I hope you enjoy it It's a lil different.. I spent what felt like a couple lifetimes out on the circuit playing everyone else's stuff so I stay away from covers these days.. I have a fairly extensive lil home playground ( I will never again use the word "studio") where I can do everything myself music wise and do my Sat night radio thing as well.. I do collab with a Canadian Bassist on "Escape from Sheol" and the track in my sig.. Thanks for listening Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westside Steve Posted July 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2014 powerful stuff axe, it makes me want to follow Odin into battle! what are you using for drums? WSS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted July 10, 2014 Report Share Posted July 10, 2014 We did? WSS Didn't you? I thought Marsek and Wallace said you did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westside Steve Posted July 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2014 Didn't you? I thought Marsek and Wallace said you did. Nope. When we saw at Chuck Berry law was the band that was the backup band. WSS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted July 10, 2014 Report Share Posted July 10, 2014 Nope. When we saw at Chuck Berry law was the band that was the backup band. WSS My mistake. Was there some other old rocker you guys backed up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axe Posted July 11, 2014 Report Share Posted July 11, 2014 powerful stuff axe, it makes me want to follow Odin into battle! what are you using for drums? WSS Battle Axe certainly was written in this mentality, almost 15 yrs ago Pardon the intrusion to your thread.. I use Superior 2.0 for drums but honestly, Toontrack sent me EZdrummer 2.0 and I have to say I'm impressed! I didn't expect to be.. I don't know if you use this type of thing in your "In Home Playground" but if you have a use, look in to it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westside Steve Posted July 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 Battle Axe certainly was written in this mentality, almost 15 yrs ago Pardon the intrusion to your thread.. I use Superior 2.0 for drums but honestly, Toontrack sent me EZdrummer 2.0 and I have to say I'm impressed! I didn't expect to be.. I don't know if you use this type of thing in your "In Home Playground" but if you have a use, look in to it.. I do, actually. There are so many MIDI drumming programs. And recorded loops. I've tried a few of them and don't particularly love me. Session drummer comes with sonar X 3 and all previous versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickers Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 Nice stuff you guys..Heres My soundcloud page of Demos I made..All My own compositions and ideas except Maggot Brain lol...Some of the mixes are crap but. hey..it was fun putting them together. https://soundcloud.com/nick-costa-7/tracks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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