A Little Duke Retro

[GFDuke]

I just dug up an old cassette tape of when i was in a band in 1981. I played keyboards in this band and we were actually one of the hottest things in the area at the time. These song are the only 4 original songs that we ever recorded in the studio. I played all the keyboards /strings/synth and did back up vocals. All of the songs have copy rights. I'm going to dig up some stuff/pics for you guys to see.

Sorry right now the only way i can get the sound out to the web right now is my site. I'm going to do a slide show with it. Its a little rough but its really old. The name of the band was Skylar Steele. I'll explain that some other time.

http://jbpainting.net/

[GeorgeStorm]

Where is it on your site?
On the right? Just get a white square, page doesn't seem to be able to finish loading :/

[GFDuke]

The music should automatically play when the page opens. Remember it 30 years old. This music originally was on a reel to reel recorder then put on a cassette that i've had in a box for 30 yrs. I put it on a cd today and then ripped it to mp3.

[Witchdoctor]

Awsomnes Duke ............. :thumbsup:

[GeorgeStorm]

Nothing :(
Maybe it's an opera thing?
Will try in FF

[Witchdoctor]

Explorer works....

just installed 9


meh ....

[GFDuke]

Crazy shit man. Going through some photos to scan. Ahhh the good ole days. I had to sit down at the keys and try to play along. I actually can play that shit still lol Where the fk did 30 years go?

[GeorgeStorm]

It's all muscle memory, I've surprised myself at how quickly I've remembered some pieces after a about a year since I'd last played.

[Kal-EL]

IE9 not getting sound :S

[GFDuke]

Idk. Its only windows Media Player. It should have sound. Ie9 not able to play Windows media player sounds?

Edit: Just installed IE9 and it works for me. I like the old IE better. Under add-on's check to see that Windows media player is enabled possibly?

[Witchdoctor]

yea the transparent tool bar is wigging me out :shock:

[GFDuke]

Some pics of the band. lol I'm the guy with the red hair.

Go easyh on me, this is in the early 80's. :eek:

[Splave]

Dukie I didnt know you were famous bro :) cool stuff man

[Witchdoctor]

Damm dude, you were a hippi ........... :laughing:

[Mr.Scott]

Awesome! Can I have your autograph?
It would seem we are roughly the same age Dukie. :thumbsup:

[GFDuke]

Lol Yea i guess you could call me a hippie. Thoses were tough days to be in a rock band though. Disco was huge back then. But, there were plenty of night clubs featuring live bands. Famous? Well back then kind of. Now not so much. Although i stiill run into people that know me from back then. Funny shit cause most of the time i don't have a clue who they are. But they remember some good time they had with me. I just laugh and play along.

[Kal-EL]

Haha, AWESOME! :D
Man how time flys eh?

[Spank]

OMG Awesome mate i love this music 80's ftw :clapping::clapping:
The tracks even its from casette sounds very professional. Seems you had a great band :)

[GFDuke]

Thank you everyone. The songs were mixed professionally in a recording studio. If i remember correctly it was a 24 track studio. But the final mix was to a Reel to Reel recorder. Then we just made cassette tapes from that. There was nothing digital like we have these days. I have been thinking about calling that studio and seeing if something digital could be made up. I know the guy well and he actually played in our band for a few years.

[GFDuke]

I've changed the music on the site. So if you missed it....welll you missed it. I have to change it up otherwise i get bored. lol