Mike Healy (Shades Below)

Keyboardist/bassist/vocalist/drummist, autodidact, and bad influence on people.
This is the home of all things Shades Below and Esotereccentric Productions.

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An A.I. description of me...I'll take it!

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Mercury Wheel doing a three-song set on open-mike night at the Brickyard Bar & Grill in Tacoma, Washington, January 17, 2006. Newly remastered, 20 years later.
https://t.co/YCUdPOtGJe

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Re-uploaded with 26 extra minutes of unheard material. Taking many ideas for a ride...at least until the cassette batteries held out!
https://t.co/FfCKGltF7x

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THE PACE: "Live At The Central Tavern, 1997"
Newly uploaded to YouTube...not only in stereo, but now presented in individual tracks for your listening pleasure.
https://t.co/99JkpHQ34F

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"Spindle Twice (Deleted Scenes, Vol. II)" is out now!

A second volume of unheard instrumentals.

https://t.co/8HFTjD6V2A

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SNEAK PREVIEW!
From the forthcoming collection "Spindle Twice (Deleted Scenes, Vol. II)".
A rough demo run-through with a heavy time-signature change in the middle.
https://t.co/49lPXDW6Pc

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Putting on my mining helmet, and doing some serious spelunking in the tape archive. Some of this stuff I haven't listened back to since recording them. I might find some rough gems, or it could be a return to Al Capone's Vault. Either way, a new collection will be coming out.

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Variations on the Zombies' song "I Want You Back Again", with the aim of playing it live as a three-piece, starting out with two guitars, and then Winter adding keyboard during the halfway mark.
https://t.co/pRE0nMpt9o

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Mercury Wheel: "Gotta Find A Way"
From an open-mike show we did at the Brickyard in January of 2006. I sang lead on this Bloodrock cover, as well as the harmonica in the middle. One of our few great performances, and one where we truly jelled.
https://t.co/a7Wvdp3HGx

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Experimental stereophonic mix, newly created with Moises online.

WINTER MIMURA: Lead guitar, vocals.
TOM PAWLICKI: Bass guitar, vocals.
MIKE HEALY: Loose drums parts.

Recorded December 3, 1997, on a Realistic microcassette recorder.
https://t.co/isa5vxJZ3D via @YouTube

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Uploaded a "stereo" mix from a four-song demo session from September of 2004 at Pacific Recorders. That's me on everything, except the guitar.
https://t.co/t8yy0g0ORU

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THE PACE: "The Train Kept A-Rollin'"

Experimental new mix in STEREO!!!! (kind of!)
Consider it a work in progress.
If all goes well, maybe the rest of it could be done this way. #ThePace
https://t.co/QLDxiVh7cl

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From the archive-box...Phil (guitar), George (bass) and myself (drums) taking an idea for a ride, and Phil has the final word at the end.
https://t.co/WSGUDJFRXI

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From the archive-box...a strange pile-up of us five guys in the rehearsal room, but with Winter and myself on drums, while the other guys run riot on their guitars. Messy and noisy, but it was fun, anyway!
https://t.co/hD72y7ARKq

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Mean-and-nasty cover of The Savages' garage-punk single.
https://t.co/O3yQYFwPqg

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"Raw" and "Vicious"...this session was not titled that for nothing. Winter and I are completely off the leash on this session, playing hard and fast like never before. No cuts or edits...this is what went down that afternoon!
https://t.co/OXoPI1nFFm

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Winter (guitar) and myself (drums) playing our asses off, sweating up the room, and making the other players afraid to join up with us.
https://t.co/9Ni3v9Y3jE via @YouTube

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Winter (guitar) and myself (drums) suddenly find ourselves reduced to a duo...what to do, other than crank it up and keep going???
https://t.co/II31EXFJif via @YouTube

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25 years ago, on this date...two more days to go before the show, and we put in one more rehearsal. This one was a little longer, but we were getting better, and it shows here. Our version of "Lost Woman" here rocks out, if I may say so!
https://t.co/BzQjk3Lgel via @YouTube

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25 years ago, rocking out again...Another rehearsal at Tommy's place, with storming versions of "The Train Kept A-Rollin'" and "I'm A Man", plus the famous "Money Jam". One week to go before the show!
https://t.co/OdThPou5L8 via @YouTube