Tim and Dave , close childhood friends, grew up in Victoria and then moved to Vancouver to pursue music. To make ends meet we began to work in the film industry as lighting technicians. I also picked up some minor acting roles.We got to work with the likes of Robin Williams, Robert de Niro, Al Pacino, and even my favorites Ringo Starr and Jack Nicholson. During this time I gained the experience of lighting rock videos (one of which went to number one on Much Music). Anyway, because of this we were able to buy recording gear and teach ourselves the art of recording music. In the process of recording we were robbed of most of our recording equipment. We worked to replace the gear and eventually produced this C D, Never Leave it Too Late, by Mojo Filter. Can you dig it?


1 Sparks in the Ashes (modern blues rock with some groovy tempo changes at the end)


2 Sunset Blvd (LA Rock)


3 Remember That Girl (Rock n Roll)


4 Sleepless Nights (Fast Rocker)


5 News of the Day (Heavy re-write interpretation of a "Day in the Life", by the Beatles


6 How Can Love Be Wrong (Garage rock punk)


7 If Not For You (funky clean guitars with dual vocal harmony)


8 Do You Feel Like Talking (funk rock)


9 You're On Drugs (rockin boppin comedy number with sax)


10 Too Much (Clean and jazzy but it still rocks)


11 War Song (I want You) (Heavy war rock with a nice rippin guitar solo at the end)


12 The Universe (Ballad with a big ending)

We now have written over 100 songs. a lot of our new material is even more centered on the vocals and harmonies. We are currently producing a video for Sunset Blvd. We started this while in Los Angeles, shooting scenes along Sunset Boulevard. Completing the principal photography in Vancouver on 35 mm film. We are now collecting our nickels to develop the film and edit the video.

Thanks for listening, Tim Heller (Vocals and Guitar)
Dave Innes (Vocals and Bass)
These are some of the influences filtered through the
MojoFilter
Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Cream, Black Sabbath, Sly Stone, Led Zeppelin, Iggy Pop, Ramones, Talking Heads, Cars, Devo, David Bowie, Pink Floyd, Alex Harvey, STP, CCR, Ray Charles,, Marilyn Manson, Weezer and Britney Spears (just kidding).

I play and record everything myself. I am hoping to find some other musicians who would like to join me in creating a new and unique sound. I listen to a lot of metal and punk, and also like a lot of psychedelic stuff. I see music as a painting of feelings, not just another song, so I am always trying to paint a picture of what I am hearing in my head when I pick up my guitar. The music I play isn't commercial friendly, I play for myself and hope other people like too.

• Trippy mellow guitars float in...
• Most original piece in a...
•  I'm tripped out
•  Late night sci-fi
•  Interesting concept music

There is a New Kid in Town...And he's Smokin' Ray Burnt. He is a Smokin' young guitarist from the highest peaks of the Smokey Mountains. He is a real throwback to the good ol' days of the Instrumental Blues. Is he the next crazy Hendrix or the younger soul of a B.B. King? Maybe.. Go on, Find Out for yourselfAnd So it Begins...Smokin' Ray was born on June 1, 1977, high on top of Smokey Mountain. His Mother and Father were both musicians ( His father played the fiddle, his mother played the accordion.) They had a decent life, poor but not without. As the story goes, Ray was struck by lightning and burnt nothing but his soul. Something came inside of him and now he is what he is. He wasn't hurt...He was just destined for something... He was destined to play the guitar. So from high upon the tree tops the first song he ever heard was the soft/heavy tone of B.B. King's, 'The Thrill is Gone'. That was like magic to his ears. The next? Jimi Hendrix, 'Red House'. 'WOW! He thought to himself, 'I have to do that'. And so he did. He studied all the greats, even as far back as the great Robert Johnson. He learned from John Lee Hooker, SRV, Leadbelly, Chuck Berry, and many others. Lightning Hopkins, 'Lonesome Dog Blues' scared him to shivers. Tucked away in a little studio he recorded by himself. No one could ever guess what would come out of there next. His tone could fall a mountain, his playing could hypnotise you. His brain...insane.Over his short span of playing I think that he really developed his own style. Is he Chicago? Maybe more Texas Style? Perhaps Modern Electric Blues? I don't know, Whatever it is, He calls it the 'Smokey Mountain Style'. Whether SRB is playing clean or dirty you can tell it's him. As you can tell from his acoustic picture and the way he plays, he likes Heavy Metal, Rock and Punk. He is very much influenced by such bands as Metallica, Megadeth, Nirvana, Green Day, AC/DC, Guns & Roses and more. But his true calling is the blues. All you have to do is hear his songs and you will be shown.Where does all this lead up to? I don't know. Maybe something new or maybe just a blip on the radar. We will have to see.Some day his Guitar will quit burning,But until then... Keep on Smokin' Ray Burnt.Available music is Awesome

you can also listen to my songs on :
Amie Street,Last.fm,mp3.com,Myspace,Wat.tv,Jamendo,

General Purpose is a musical project born in 2005 by the impulse of Jean-Philippe Miasnik, singer, songwriter and guitar player, who will supply the band its songs. The group gets fed with inspiration and influences of all the members to enlarge its musical limits and create a music without boundaries in style or time.
The birth of these songs is due to a long maturation and various musical experiences.
Things get serious as Jean-Philippe Miasnik joins SFH (Six Fingers' Hand) in the mid 90's. The style is punk rock, influenced by major bands like Bad Religion, Face to Face or NoFX. The first recording in 2000 gives the band the opportunity to participate to international live shows around Paris. But the professionnal choices of some of the members forces the band to give up after five years of what will remain a great human experience.
Following Arnaud Innocent, former drummer in SFH, in a new hardcore band, JP plays the guitar in Jetsex, talentuous and freaked out parisian combo which is about to end its second LP after playing all around the world in prestigious festivals. That's where he meets Yann.
The real musical transition takes place in 2001 : JP & Raphaël Fontaine (bass player in SFH) set up Fonic together. Based on a duality principle, both write many songs and the set list quickly reaches 30 songs !! Their electro-acoustic sound is supported in live by the caribean rythms of Mister Henri Quarmenil. The trio will play almost 100 live shows in Paris within a two years period. But the two buddies take different directions in their music and Fonic loses its reason to exist little by little. Raphaël sets up Fontaine whil JP starts working on General Purpose.
At this crucial period, JP opens to new music styles and widens its influences by discovering the golden age of the Motown (especially Stevie Wonder), Stax, disco and jazz music. The songs evolve with more sophisticated arrangements with a constancy in melodies. JP plays more and more picking to give its songs subtelty and intensity at the same time.
As he meets Aurelien Latouche & Romain Guillot (bass and drums), these acoustic songs evolve to fit with a band spirit. The Jazz Rock and Funk influences of the rythm section will slightly modify the folk rock approach of the titles to give them a more subtle and powerful sound. Then starts a long recording process. The base of the songs gets enriched with the voices of Dellya Ombade & Claude Rigoreau, the percussions of Henri Quarmenil and the heat of the Gibson, giving Genral Purpose songs something special, halk way between styles and time. Furious rock songs integrate tribal percussions, you can hear the 70's spirit in the folk ballads, pop songs vibrate on bossa rythms while electric and acoustic guitars share the scene.

By the time they produced their third album, ACHE and the 4 track 12" single DIE TOMORROW, The Cateran were edging closer to finally shaking off the Hüsker Dü comparisons that had dogged them since they formed in Inverness in the mid 1980s. With these two releases they were creating their own sound, merging layer upon layer of grungy guitars and delicate harmonies into a sonic maelstrom that only found its true expression in the bands increasingly intense and unstable live performances. High spots for the band included joyfully chaotic European tours, an abysmal BBC Radio One session and a couple of disastrous TV appearances. More memorably and despite the earlier unfavourable comparisons, the band played with Grant Hart on his first UK appearances after the demise of Hüsker Dü. They also had close links with such luminaries as Nirvana, Mega City Four, Bitch Magnet, Lemonheads and many more. Shortly after the release of Ache, Andy Milne left the band and was replaced by Willie Murray on drums. An acrimonious split followed soon after, which saw Kai and Murdo move on to form the Joyriders before eventually going their separate ways. There are no reports of Cameron having done anything post Cateran.

If you dig deep into your heart and find longing, aching, drunken nights, and love gone wrong, then what on earth are you doing? We can't mend your broken heart and make you fall in love again. We won't change your life forever, man. We won't get you back together and we certainly can't fix your car.