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CHOP SHOP PROJECT - KNEE TO THE MID SECTION FUSION |
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| Location: | DETROIT, Michigan |
| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | Aug 15, 2007 (876 days back) |
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| .. The CHOP SHOP PROJECT HAPPY BIRTHDAY MIKHAL CALDWELL! CHOP SHOP PROJECT is the result of a meeting between two of Detroit's most repected and talented musicians Charles Stuart and Mikhal Caldwell that took place in the mid eighties. Both were at that time already well known as "chops' kinda players and fusion guys. Both of these musicians have long been considered virtuosos. Charles was and still is a 1st call session drummer ,and was at the time doing up to 3 gigs in a day,playing in a multitude of styles and locking himself away and doing Zen like woodshedding, and doing recording sessions while handling a massive teaching roster.Mikhal was at the same time hosting a weekly television show the mutli award winning " Fretboard Frolics", playing in Detroit's first instrumental neo classical metal band 'Electric Warrior" , working in the fusion band "Clinic" ,teaching and training for his other career as a professional fighter. According to both they had heard of each other through a network of Detroit's small progressive / jazz musicians , a call was made by Mikhal to Charles and they made plans to engage in a "progressive" project which never happened due to both guys just plain being to busy to commit to a demanding project such as they were planning. 1996 , A phone call from Charles and plans are made again this time there's time and both musicians had become MONSTER players and mature well rounded musicians. After the first meeting and the material was discussed and planned within and 2 weeks the project was recorded/mixed by Jay ( Coo Coo Bird) Clifton. The result was the all acoustic instrumental CD "Earth Music" . Both the recording and the musician's performances receieved rave reviews. |
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Music:Member Since: 4/16/2006Band Website: chopshopproject.com Band Members: .. CHOP SHOP PROJECT IS AN EVOLVING MUSICAL VISON SHARED AND CREATED BY CHARLES DAVID STUART AND MIKHAL CALDWELL . ALL THE MUSIC ON THESE RECORDINGS WAS PERFORMED BY CHAZ AND MIK . .. Chop Shop Project / Earth Music / Battlezone/Stuart Enterainment / Available Now/ Read The Review Chop Shop Project - Mikhal Caldwell - Acoustic Guitars & Guitar Synth. / Charles Stuart - Percussions Tracks: Silat / Tribe / Message (Drum Solo) / Jihaid / Stained Glass / Open Hearts / Path Home 2002 .. Chop Shop Project / Leap Of Faith / Battlezone/Stuart Entertainment / released 4/2003 Chop Shop Project - Mikhal Caldwell - Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Guitar Synth. & Electric Bass / Charles Stuart - Drums & Percussions Tracks: Leap Of Faith / Mental Floss / Tears of Diamonds / Atonement / Skateboard / The Return Of The Mysterious Dr. X / Spark In The Dark 2003 .. CURRENTLY CSP IS WORKING ON THEIR THIRD AND MOST IMPRESSIVE RECORDING THUS FAR ENTITLED " ETHICS vs LOGIC. EXPECTED TO BE RELEASED IN FALL 2006. LOOK FOR SOME GUEST APPEARENCES FROM SOME OUTSTANDING BASSIST SUCH AS AL CALDWELL ( from Greg Howe's "Introspection CD) ,TONY GREY ( from John McLaughlin's band), AND MAYBE EVEN SOME OTHER SURPRIZES . CSP IS EXCITED TO COMPLETE THIS AND WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF THE FOLKS WHO HAVE SUPPORTED OUR EFFORTS . THIS ONE"S FOR YOU !! All CSP CDs are available at Abstract Logix . They can also be purchased at CD Baby. You can still get'em at Mik and Chaz's Offical Sites The Offical Mikhal Caldwell Site . also availible at The Offical Charles Stuart Site . for $15 each. BE SURE TO CHECK OUT OFFICIAL SITES OF CHAZ AND MIK! .. You can find out whats up in the personal musical projects / gigs / info about both . Just click Charles Stuart's Offical site . or Mikhal Caldwell's Offical site . Thanks. Influences: .. Everything and Everyone ! Sounds Like: .. FUSION MUSIC !! Record Label: Battlezone/Stuart Entertainment Type of Label: Indie |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Jazz / Funk / Progressive) |
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Mikhal Caldwell, Mikhal Caldwell Para Vision, CHARLES DAVID STUART, Reality Check, John McLaughlin, Greg Howe, Tony MacAlpine, Sananda Maitreya, Steve Jenkins, Tony Grey, Robin, Prashant Aswani, Andy Timmons, Jack DeJohnette, Kai Eckhardt, Randy, Eddie Kohen, 100%Purefunk, Jason Macedo, Bishop, AL CALDWELL ROCK, Scott McGill, MAGICboy™, Eliazer "Bombie" Berrios, Loren, Daniel Borg, Kimberly Holloway, Tyler Mowbray, rad., Ron Paul is our only hope, Dan Zylinski, David "Skinny Devil" McLean, AL CALDWELL JAZZ, JEFF DAVIS, Earl Carter, BARRY RICHMAN BAND, MP Entertainment Group, Fuze
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