Artist description Joggyn Smyler is 90% me Frank Zelasny, who sings and plays 90% of all instruments. When the music called for violin, I commissioned Diti Kadesha From the Allentown Symphony Orchestra, when the music called for sax, mandolin, or slide guitar I called my friends to join in to record. It's music that is colorful, dazzling, cheerful, positive attitude, alternative music with dimension!! Dancable songs, love songs, fun songs, cosmic songs and ballads.

Music Style colorful, cheerful, positive attitude, alternative

Musical Influences Motown, Elton John, The Rascals, Beatles, Yes, Genesis, Kansas, David Bowie

Similar Artists David Bowie, Moody Blues, Lou Reed, Jethro Tull

Artist History I Frank Zelasny (Joggyn Smyler) had toured extensively playing drums and singing with a re-make of the "Classics Four," yes, the one that had several hits entitled; Spooky, Stormy, Traces and Everyday With You Girl. I Had many local bands playing classic hits and have accumulated many songs that I have Written thru the years and Have picked the "Cream of the Crop" for this 14 song collection for you to enjoy entitled; GOOD TO SEE ME. Recorded some tracks in Allentown Pa, and Hazleton Pa. The songs sparkle, dazzle and shine, with color. Joggyn Smyler music was represented by a Member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the M.I.D.E.M Song Festivel in Cannes France,..Joggyn Smyler use to live in Phoenix AZ, so he wrote a song about the City Called FUTURE PHOENIX,which received a lot of radio airplay and was a local hit in Pennsylvania, Some quotes in which I try to live by: "Heaven rejoices with renewed strength in the giving of ones self" "the more life you see, the more life you have" "always more to learn, always more to become aware of, always a dimension higher than the one in which you find your self" "minds are like parachuttes, they only work when they're open" "rock hard opinions only serve to keep us from the child within, and from the unlimited creation" "when you think you've got it, you don't and when you think you don't,..you do!!!"

Group Members Joggyn Smyler is Frank Zelasny. Extra session members include, Charles Alexander, Josh Alexander, Michael Swartz, Jay Smar, Ed Trusky, Dean Kupetz, BoB Spanburgh, Chris Michaels, Steve Urso, Diti Kadesha, and Taylor Sappe.

Instruments Vocals, harmonies, Drums, bass, Electric and accustic guitar, violin, keyboards, chimes, tamborine, oboe, synth strings, saxaphone, lead and harmony vocals.

Albums GOOD TO SEE ME by Joggyn Smyler

Press Reviews Press review are availabe from singles released and Lots of radio Airplay in Various States and Countries. I appeared as Kid Trouzers (stage name)on the Bedful of Metaphysicians Album Which did receive positive reviews in 1986 in both Spin and Electronic Musician Magazine. Joggyn Smyler's "Isle of View" song placed in the top 300 in the Unisong 1997 International Song Contest. Joggyn Smyler music can be heard on realnetradio.com and nowhereradio.com too and A Radio station in Mass. Says "out of all the music that comes to his station only 5% or less of it ever gets played and Joggyn Smyler is in that top 5% which does get played.

Location Allentown, Pa. - USA

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