What a wild ride for a band to have. It started back in the summer of '06 while Jeff and Greg were working at a summer camp together. Jeff mentioned how he was going to go write a song after work, and Greg said something along the lines of how they should start recording.

Well... they did.

Picking up the guitar and piano, both of them sat down and banged out two songs. The recording, however, was a little more tedious than the writing. However, almost every weekend that summer, Jeff and Greg got together and recorded a bunch of music. Also at that time, Jeff started writing with their mutual friend, Tina. The three of them never actually met during the summer for any recording, but between the three of them put out over twelve songs. They picked up the name of Uneven Ground, a play on words from one of the songs Jeff had lyrics for, but no music.

In October of '06, Tina had an aneurysm. Writing went on the back-burner as they all focused on Tina and her recovery. It was during this time that Greg stated that the name "Uneven Ground" would not come back until Tina came back to sing with the band.

Because of the distance between Jeff and Greg, they went to school on opposite ends of the state, Jeff started writing a lot on his own. He picked up the name of "Nightside," a play on words from his college radio station.

Currently, Greg is in Russia, and Jeff is at school, using weekends to blast out a CD. Tina is recovering very well, and seems to be on the fast track to coming back to sing with the group.

I am a one man show. Sometimes David plays drums for me, but besides that it is all Jordan baby.

I love my guitar. But not as much as I love my drum machine (I am not talking about David). I'm talking about my 909.

Respect.

•  Moby meets marachi
•  Dreamy
•  Constant, Flowing, good for Jogging
•  Word
•  Too Short. Only 1 minute.

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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.

Welcome! Grab a cup of tea, put your feet up and have a browse through her pages.

Carmen has been hard at work promoting, recording, rehearsing, booking and performing over the past few years. After so much hard work and due to a growing fanbase, she has decided to get some help from Marketing/Promotions Manager, Melanie Tromp.

In 2005 she wrapped recording her latest EP with Producer, John Webster (Tom Cochrane, David Bowie, Cher, Aerosmith). The EP is now available to buy (see the MUSIC page of this site). Listen to clips in the new music player above or use the play button beside track titles on the music page. Feel free to drop Carmen a line to let her know which tune is your favorite! Music from the Ep was showcased on BFBS Radio in the UK this week! Click link to listen (Carmen comes in at 12:22).

She is currently completing the full length album with Producer Hayden Cyr. She chose to work with Hayden because she fell in love with his song Breath on My Hand and felt he would understand the direction she was planning to take with the newest tracks.

You can help support Carmen's work directly by ordering in advance a copy of the upcoming album "WINDOW SEAT" at www.carmenhillary.com!! Every 8th person to order will receive a full refund!!! (CD will include the three songs found here on MySpace!)
$15.99 Canadian (all shipping/handling & taxes included)
All currencies accepted
Payment Methods: Visa, Mastercard, Amex, Echeck, PayPal (you don't have to become a PayPal member to order)

Carmen's music will be appearing in two movies which are slated to come out within the year. One is an action movie and the other a romantic comedy. More information to come...

Watch for Carmen's next co-writing project with Singer/Songwriter/Actress, Anet Ducharme. Anet is known for writing chart topping songs like "Sinking Like a Sunset" - performed by Tom Cochrane and writing for Artists such as Amanda Marshall and Larry Gowan.

•  Great potential
•  This rocks
•  Yummy...