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I grew up hearing the classical composers that my mom liked; Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Chopin, & many others. I still listen to them. Mom bought one of the first stereo record players in the late 1950's. It was a Magnavox 2 cabinet console system with 12" speakers. She wanted to be able to rattle the windows when the cannons fired in Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture. Thanks, mom, for showing me that music has a great place in my life.
As a youngster, I played clarinet and oboe in my school band and orchestra in rural south Georgia, United States. There were horses and other farm animals/pets to take care of and I learned a lot about life's cycle.
For as long as I can remember, I've always thought of myself as an artist. Early on it was visual art that I explored and used to expressed myself. Then, in my teens, music began to take equal importance, if not more at times. When I was 12, my family moved to northeast Atlanta. I was devastated, at least for a year or so, until I learned how to be a city girl. Listening to rock n roll, as a teenager in the 60s, was frowned upon by most parents. They thought the likes of Jimi Hendrix was a terrible influence. Ha! I remember waiting up at night to catch a late radio show that played all the new stuff: Hendrix, Procol Harum, The Who, Moody Blues, Deep Purple ... this was on an otherwise country-genre radio station in Atlanta, and the late night show ran for only 2 hours a night.
After collecting lots of 45s, my first LP purchase was The Beatles' Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. It was 1967, I was 15. That same year, my first live concert was Cream, during their first US tour. I saw Soft Machine open one of Jimi Hendrix's last shows. I saw Led Zeppelin in a high school gym in some South Carolina town on their first US tour. All that is to say I loved the psychedelic scene of the late 60s and early 70s; the music, the visual enhancers, and the edginess of the exploration. Though, I gave up the visual enhancers many years ago, I still like edgy exploration.
I began playing guitar in my mid teens, learning the hits of those days and modeling my own songwriting out of the angst of hormones and commentary on the time's events. In my early 20s, I performed some, though I didn't like the spotlight all that much. I, also, was beginning to develop a freelance career in graphic design during this time.
In the mid 1970s, I managed a retail record store in north Atlanta. In 1978, I moved employment to a major label's regional sales & promotional office. Some of the fun parts of my duties was sending out all the freebie stuff to radio stations, retail stores, and also doing special art projects for promotions of new releases. It was the best of both worlds for me: working in the music biz being a visual artist.
Then, in 1986, I started an independent record label, based in Atlanta, that produced Alternative music with national distribution of about 20 artists. In 1994, I sold my Indy label to a larger Indy company.
Music production still fascinates me and I'm enthralled with the digital applications that have taken music production out of the expensive studios to anyone's home and imagination.
I am semi-retired and now live in Hawaii. I still paint, design graphics for businesses, and produce musical projects ... because it is what I love to do. Check out my website, Dragonhouse Studios, for my art and other tidbits of my life. I'm Rebecca. My partner of 28 years, Marilou, also is an artist.
Some favorite artists/groups: Bowie, Nigel Kennedy, Yes, King Crimson, Moody Blues, Hendrix, Deep Purple, Pink Floyd, Clapton, Gentle Giant, Soft Machine, Philip Glass, Peter Gabriel, Procal Harem, Rush, Spirit, Quinn, Badmarsh & Shri, Clannad, Deep Forest, Gipsy Kings, Genius, Marillion, MIDIval PunditZ, New Model Army, Tin Machine, Sam n Dave, Otis Redding, Vangelis, ELP, Beatles, Godley n Creme, Eno, Robert Fripp.
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I have a narrated MUGshot featuring the entire Ultimately Fossil series. It runs 50 minutes.
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As a youngster, I played clarinet and oboe in my school band and orchestra in rural south Georgia, United States. There were horses and other farm animals/pets to take care of and I learned a lot about life's cycle.
For as long as I can remember, I've always thought of myself as an artist. Early on it was visual art that I explored and used to expressed myself. Then, in my teens, music began to take equal importance, if not more at times. When I was 12, my family moved to northeast Atlanta. I was devastated, at least for a year or so, until I learned how to be a city girl. Listening to rock n roll, as a teenager in the 60s, was frowned upon by most parents. They thought the likes of Jimi Hendrix was a terrible influence. Ha! I remember waiting up at night to catch a late radio show that played all the new stuff: Hendrix, Procol Harum, The Who, Moody Blues, Deep Purple ... this was on an otherwise country-genre radio station in Atlanta, and the late night show ran for only 2 hours a night.
After collecting lots of 45s, my first LP purchase was The Beatles' Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. It was 1967, I was 15. That same year, my first live concert was Cream, during their first US tour. I saw Soft Machine open one of Jimi Hendrix's last shows. I saw Led Zeppelin in a high school gym in some South Carolina town on their first US tour. All that is to say I loved the psychedelic scene of the late 60s and early 70s; the music, the visual enhancers, and the edginess of the exploration. Though, I gave up the visual enhancers many years ago, I still like edgy exploration.
I began playing guitar in my mid teens, learning the hits of those days and modeling my own songwriting out of the angst of hormones and commentary on the time's events. In my early 20s, I performed some, though I didn't like the spotlight all that much. I, also, was beginning to develop a freelance career in graphic design during this time.
In the mid 1970s, I managed a retail record store in north Atlanta. In 1978, I moved employment to a major label's regional sales & promotional office. Some of the fun parts of my duties was sending out all the freebie stuff to radio stations, retail stores, and also doing special art projects for promotions of new releases. It was the best of both worlds for me: working in the music biz being a visual artist.
Then, in 1986, I started an independent record label, based in Atlanta, that produced Alternative music with national distribution of about 20 artists. In 1994, I sold my Indy label to a larger Indy company.
Music production still fascinates me and I'm enthralled with the digital applications that have taken music production out of the expensive studios to anyone's home and imagination.
I am semi-retired and now live in Hawaii. I still paint, design graphics for businesses, and produce musical projects ... because it is what I love to do. Check out my website, Dragonhouse Studios, for my art and other tidbits of my life. I'm Rebecca. My partner of 28 years, Marilou, also is an artist.
Some favorite artists/groups: Bowie, Nigel Kennedy, Yes, King Crimson, Moody Blues, Hendrix, Deep Purple, Pink Floyd, Clapton, Gentle Giant, Soft Machine, Philip Glass, Peter Gabriel, Procal Harem, Rush, Spirit, Quinn, Badmarsh & Shri, Clannad, Deep Forest, Gipsy Kings, Genius, Marillion, MIDIval PunditZ, New Model Army, Tin Machine, Sam n Dave, Otis Redding, Vangelis, ELP, Beatles, Godley n Creme, Eno, Robert Fripp.
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I have a narrated MUGshot featuring the entire Ultimately Fossil series. It runs 50 minutes.
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Music 
Collaborations
| Title | Genre | Released | Plays |
| Angie (2010) | Rock | Jul 10, 2010 | 1008 |
| Blood In My Veins (i) | Pop | Jun 24, 2008 | 1640 |
| The Story of Red Skies -Collaboration | Spoken Word | Jan 28, 2007 | 1541 |
| Collaboration-Gates of Ivory, Gates of Horn | Alternative | Jan 8, 2007 | 2997 |
| Collaboration-Eldritch Bacchanal | World | Aug 15, 2006 | 1830 |
| A Billion Lightyears Away | Folk | Jul 25, 2006 | 2584 |
| Collaboration-Barsoom Lounge | Electronica | Jul 5, 2006 | 2228 |
Blog
| Galapagos Day 2 | May 29, 2010 |
Photos and video.
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| Here I Be | January 11, 2009 |
a pic of my work space with my kitty George
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