Artist description DAM produces an eclectic sound forged from a casual perspective. I use dense arrangements of both full synths and pseudo-acoustic instrumentation, especially piano and winds. You'll hear interlaced quirky melodic figures building and falling over upbeat rhythms and unusual drum styles. What a mouthful. Lyrically, Murray skews toward an ethereal romantic, the songs have a slightly sarcastic yet serendipitous tone. Don't take this too seriously. Please listen for the ideas and forgive me the technical drawbacks of limited time and funds. ENJOY LIFE.

Music Style Technoclassipop

Musical Influences Beatles (natch!), Dick & Pat Murray (Dad & Mom), John Tumminia, Peter Gabriel, U2, Bowie, Dolby, Sparks, Sting, Elton, Seal, Beck, His Purpleness, Simple Minds, XTC, TFF, ELO, Boingo(of course the Elfman himself), Pretenders, D'Mode, Numan, DEVO, Stranglers, Killing Joke,The Normal, Holst, Tchaikovsky, The Chairman(ole Blue Eyes),NKC, Sarah Vaughan,Orb, Orbital, Leftfield, Moby, FBS,Unkle

Similar Artists You tell me? I'm a mixed bag I'm told, from Thomas Dolby to Zappa to Human League to Bowie to Donovan to Sting, all flattering but questionable!

Artist History Since I was about 12 I had these little ditties ringing in my head back in South Jersey. Honked a bari sax all through high school trying to drown out the ditties. Moved to the west coast to be a songwriter (and eat my parents food.)Studied Composition at Cal State Fullerton for 3 years then decided to mainstream into the world of hardware cause Bach wasn't gonna put bread on the table, or give me dental coverage.In 1997 I purchased a used Roland PMA-5 personal music assistant and the ditties started pouring out. Can't stop the leak now. In 1999 I bought a Tascam 424MkII and a Digitech S-100 processor (songs prior to that courtesy of an Aiwa home stereo!) This opened up the ability to add multiple vocals and on rare occasions a tenor sax. I also discovered what reverb and chorus can do for my voice and arrangements, but I've yet to master that delicate skill. I hope to open up my palette of sounds and expressiveness later this year with a full blown workstation, the brand of which is still up for debate. (Korg Triton, perhaps?)I welcome any and all feedback that will enable me to better utilize the gear I have to better results. 2 years ago, I promised my brother on the east coast a tape. 2 years later, it took 8 weeks out of work with neck surgery for me to pull all my songs together and finally send the poor guy a tape. Thus was born "What Did U Expect?" **Special Thanks to my Bud, Jesse Richter, for mastering and file conversions! Hey, his disc was bigger than mine!

Group Members Doug Murray, songwriter, arranger, programmer, musician, lyricist

Instruments PMA-5, Vito Tenor Sax, Casio Midi Sax, ReBirth

Albums Peculiar Way 1998; What Did u Expect? 2000

Press Reviews "Dad, that song should be on Radio Disney!" Dustin, 10. "That's nice honey...will you take out the trash?" Honey Doll,??

Additional Info Alter egos MynDwave and Dug-E-Dawg are in the house.....

Location Fontana, CA - USA

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