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Nick Parker

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Nick Parker’s website - Nick is the youngest of the Parker brothers, a family of world-renowned drummers. He has played drums for many international artists including; Tod Rundgren, Rick Derringer, Robbie Dupree, Orleans, John Hall, Aldo Perez, Rory Block, Warren Bernhardt, Black 47, Artie Traum, Randy Van Warmer, Seanchai, Fernando Saunders, Tony Levin, and others.

Nick started writing and playing keyboards with sampling genius Bruce Diones (MASTERHEAD, The New Yorker) and utilizing MIDI to create on his own. He has also engineered and produced several original recordings in his studio, (Kitchen Sync Studios) and later produced records for several artists and bands. He has done sound design for Off Broadway theater and is looking to place an original song or do sound design or film/TV scoring work.

SOUNDS LIKE:
The Blue Nile, Peter Gabriel, Esthero, Portishead, Brian Wilson, Sneaker Pimps, Harry Nilsson, Depeche Mode, The Orb, Beck, Annie Lennox , Paul Young, Richard Grassby-Lewis, The Insects, and Bjork to name a lot.

NEWS: Nick uses strings and atmospheres mixed with the pulse of a narcotic drum loop for his love sick durge, “Heaven." The song, “Go To Heaven” by Nick and Valerio was featured on the 2005 Woodstock Film Festival compilation CD. This CD went out to 1,000 of the festivals directors, writers, etc.(Woodstockfilmfestival.com)

OTHER NEWS:
Nick has been missing the old gigs with Mood Ring featuring; Robbie Dupree, Larry and Lance Hoppen of Orleans, and Tom and Anne Nicholson of Joe Cocker fame. Here is a snapshot from our gig at The Colony in Woodstock, NY.

Here are some pictures of the crazy kit Nick uses to flush out unruly and abstract rhythms.

Check out new Jungle Drums…
head for Nick before-see here…

Gigs with Renaldo The, Psycho The Clown, and Aldo Perez ended this year but Aldo still gigs at The Living Room in NYC. This show is not to be missed!! Aldo is certifiable and is proud to demonstrate it.
Some snapshots from aldo fest at The Living Room…

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EMERGENCY CD

So you've made the decision
To be responsible for the feelings you have
And still you hear phones ringing your number
And letters calling your name
From this far away love who's lost her name
With a little less of you and a little more of myself,
I might find a happiness I know hides inside these dark halls
Where stories never told are the sounds of
A dream I've had over and over again
What's lying there between us is
Is this huge ugly space
So this is what I do...

EVERYTHING

I kissed your photograph today
I feel like it's once too much
I think I must be falling down

I had this little dream
About a boy who could sing a song
Hope you can hear me now

Boy's got everything but the girl
He wants to have it all in this world

I could walk my father's steps
And a soul would never know
But his shadow is no longer hiding me

I'm sorry to break you down so bad
I needed to start over again
I wish I wanted to let go

Boy's got everything but the girl
He wants to have it all in this world
Boy's got everything but the girl
He wants to have it all in this world
Getting tired of pining away
Boy's got everything in this world
I wish you'd realize it's time to play

When I'm old
And rarely seen
I'll feel so tired
Not to be done
What can't be cured
Is sure to be
A tribute
to this life of yours

this is an emergency...

Boy's got everything but the girl
He wants to have it all in this world
Boy's got everything but the girl
Boy's got everything in this world

Boy's got everything but the girl
Getting tired of pining away
Boy's got everything in this world
I wish you'd realize it...wish you'd realize it
Boy's got everything but the girl
Boy's got everything in this world

players:
Nick Parker - lead vocals, background vocals,
electric guitar, percussion.
Sham Morris - background vocals, acoustic guitar.
Molly Farley - background vocals.
Tom Camp - pedal steel guitar.
Carl Adami - bass.
Harvey Jones - keyboards.

COME WITH ME

How tall you stand
With the wind in your face
This is sure
You are quick on your feet

Blowing toward your heart
You've watched it build for years
From time to time
You let the tears touch your cheeks

Open your eyes now
Come with me
Pick a highway
You want to see
And we'll drive to the place
You know you can be
With me

Open your eyes now
Come with me
Pick a highway
You want to see
And we'll drive to the place
You know you can be
With me

And one day
Your heart will be showing
Beautiful
The fact is I know it
And I 've been showing you
What I see in you
And I say
You are gorgeous
In every sense of the word
The rejection you seek
Is so undeserved
And the suffering you bare
When you sleep at night
Is the loss of love
Unknown in daylight

Open your eyes now
Come with me
Pick a highway
You want to see
And we'll drive to the place
You know you can be
With me

Turn around...

Open your eyes now
Come with me
Pick a highway
You want to see
And we'll drive to the place
You know you can be
With me

Turn around...turn around

players:
Nick Parker - lead vocals, background vocals,
percussion.
Aldo Perez - nylon string guitar.
Colin Brooks - background vocals.
Tom Camp - vocal sample.
Harvey Jones - keyboards, electric guitar.

WAYFARING STRANGER
(anonymous/traditional)

I am a poor
Wayfaring stranger
Wondering through
This world of woe
Yet there's no sorrow,
Toil, or danger
In that bright world
To which I go

I know dark clouds
Will gather round me
I know my way
Is rough and steep
But golden fields
Lie out before me
Where men redeem
Their vigils keep

I'm going home
To see my mother
She said she'd meet me
When I come
I'm only going over Jordan
I'm only going...I'm going home

I'm going home
To see my father
I'm going there
No more to roam
I'm only going over Jordan
I'm only going
Over Home

players:
Nick Parker - lead vocals, background vocals,
percussion, radio.
Harvey Jones - mellotron, synthesizer,
electric guitar, morse.

ABC (OCD)

A body can't deny
Everything for good
How ingenious jokes
Kill love more nights
Over pale queasiness
Restful sleep takes us
Very warriors
Xanadu-ing yonder
Zealously

abcdefg - now look what you've done to me
12345678 - nine times out of ten too late
abcdefg - now see what you've done to me
12345678 - nine times out of ten too late

A boy's coming down
Every favor's gone
How I've jumped kings
Like mother nature
Our painted queenv Rising skyward to unveil
What excited you, excited you
Very warriors, xanadu-ing yonder
Zealously...Zealously...

abcdefg - now look what you've done to me
12345678 - nine times out of ten too late
abcdefg - now look what you've done to me

abcdefg - now look what you've done to me
12345678 - nine times out of ten too late
abcdefg - now look what you've done to me
This is waht I do...
players:
Nick Parker - lead vocals, background vocals,
percussion, electric guitar.
Colin Brooks - electric and acoustic guitar.
Carl Adami - bass.
Harvey Jones - keyboards.

PAIN

The number lies here on the floor
The call I promised not to make
I know this property is condemned
I have to find a place to hide

Gonna get high tonight
With the man I cannot be
Like a prisoner
Seems like all the time
I can't let you see

Because it always starts the same
The truth there lying on the floor
Consider a fool who cares no more
Time to leave this wretched place

I say goodbye tonight
To the man I cannot be
Like a prisoner
I set myself free tonight
I can't let you see

I don't want to let you
See this pain tonight
I'm not gonna show this...

Pain
I don't want to show this
Pain

I'm not gonna let you see this pain tonight...

I'll try not to leave a mess
Of this life I leave behind
No common sense denied
No happy end in sight

Pain
I don't want to show this
Pain
I don't want to show this, I don't let you see this
Pain
I can't live in
Pain

players:
Nick Parker - lead vocals, background vocals,
percussion.
Jon Ossman - bass.
Tom Camp - pedal steel guitar.
Harvey Jones - keyboards.

THE LAST SONG

Fear of losing you
From the first time
I met you

Fear of losing the only love
I'd ever know

Afraid a circumstance
Would take you away from me
Like everything else
Just goes away

Not a choice to be had
Just quiet subtraction
Be sure you will take
What little love
I had

I'm ashamed and embarrassed
To let this get the best of me
To let my fears run wild
Inside my head
From the moment
You're not with me
Anymore
You're not with me
Anymore

players:
Nick Parker - lead vocals, background vocals,
percussion.
Diana Penz - violin.
Harvey Jones - piano, synthesizer, short wave.

1. EVERYTHING
2. COME WITH ME
3. WAYFARING STRANGER*
4. ABC'S
5. PAIN
6. THE LAST SONG

all songs written by Nick Parker and Bruce Diones, copyright 2004,
Faustian Bargain Music, BMI.
* except "Wayfaring Stranger" (traditional/public domain)

Produced and arranged by Harvey Jones.
Programming by Harvey Jones.
Balance Engineer: Cig Gothos.
Recorded at: The Office, Woodstock, New York.
Kitchen Sync Studios, Saugerties, New York.
Mastered and edited by
Tod Levine at Magnetic North, Saugerties, New York.

the players:
Nick Parker: lead vocals, background vocals, electric guitar, drums, percussion.
Harvey Jones: keyboards, drum programming, electric guitar.
Aldo Perez: acoustic guitar.
Tom Camp: pedal steel guitar, background vocals.
Colin Brooks: electric guitar, acoustic guitar, background vocals.
Sham Morris: electric guitar, background vocals.
Carl Adami: bass.
Jon Ossman: bass.
Molly Farley: background vocals.
Diana Penz: violin.

Very special thanks to:
Bruce (Little God Man) for your unflinching love, care, and talent.
Mom & Dad, Max, Willem, Pinball, Chris, Tony, Eric, Geoff, Harvey,
Leo, Todd at Magnetic North, Lucy at Turning Mill, Andrew E.
for the inspiration, The Ashokan,
Wilson, The Hudson, The Esopus, and the ocean.

I also want to thank all
the wonderful musicians:
Harvey, Aldo, Jon, Colin,
Sham, Carl, Diana, Molly,
and Tom.
You made it all finally
sound like music.

Please write or email inquires to:
Nick Parker Kitchen Sync Studios
148 Main Street
Saugerties, NY 12477
Email:nickparker@earthlink.net

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Cover image: ©1965 by Consumers Union of U.S., Inc. Yonkers, N.Y. 10703,
a nonprofit organization. Reprinted with permission from
the Testing:Behind the Scenes at Consumer Reports 1936-1986 for educational
purposes only.
No commercial use or photocopying permitted.

Inside images: Leo Sorel, Nick Parker, David Ogden.

Graphic Design: The Turning Mill, Saugerties, NY.