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Van Dyke Parks

Van Dyke Parks Radio

General Info

  • Genre: Other

    Location Pasadena California, California, US

    Profile Views: 226419

    Last Login: 10/21/2010

    Member Since 11/11/2005

    Website http://www.vandykeparks.com

    Record Label none

  • Bio

    Van Dyke Parks (1943-) established a recording career as artist, arranger, producer, and songwriter in 1963. In that year, he had his first professional job in movie music as arranger for "The Bear Necessities". In 1964, he signed his first contract with MGM Records as singer/songwriter, continuing through the sixties and into the nineties with eight of his own albums, and countless others, as arranger, studio musician, and producer. In 1969, Parks joined Warner Brothers Records as Vice President of Audio/Visual Services and in A&R. Parks recently has taken a hiatus from the Industry, objecting to its contract practices (with the observation "...it's fundamentally wrong to build wealth and comfort which is based on the deprivation of others"). With the re-emergence of his work for a new generation of music-lovers, Parks has resurfaced, and like Frank Sinatra and Brian Wilson (who preceded him in retirement), Van Dyke Parks is back. Van Dyke lives in Los Angeles with his Delta Queen.

  • Members

    The Van Dyke Parks

  • Influences

    Les Compagnons de la Chanson, Brian Wilson, Charles Ives, Spike Jones, The 3 B's, Paolo Conte, Florence Foster Jenkins, and Wallace Beery.

  • Sounds Like

    My influences.

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  • Forest Rodgers

    Van Dyke...You & Ry With Dylan On The Recent History Channel Special...Wanted More Of That!
    Thanks, Forest

    2 years ago
  • X is Y

    2 years ago
  • Everyday Mistakes

    Obscure Lanes - Finally!!!

    Yes! It really is true! They have finally finnished mixing Obscure Lanes. I don't even believe it myself!
    Up on their myspace you'll find three simply great songs that you haven't heard before.
    Two of them will appear on the album and the third one is an obscurity that they simply didn't know what to do with.
    All three songs on their myspace (and offcourse all of the songs on Obscure Lanes!) has everything that you have come to associate Everyday Mistakes
    with, and yet so much more:
    Mattias haunting croon (sounding more desperate and honest, but still more dynamic, ballanced and complete, than ever before),
    Mattias haunting lyrics (about the inner and outer waste lands), the haunting minor-chord chord progressions (leading you straight out to the very outskirts of the world) etc etc..

    Great vocalist, great lyrics, great songs, great arrangements and  great production - Everyday Mistakes have got it all!

    If you are a fan of David Lynch, Gregory Crewdson and the early records of Chris Isaak you'll adore them!

    2 years ago
  • Kelly Shanahan

    Happy New Year
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    2 years ago
  • Mozzy mozzy

    happy christmas !!!!!

    2 years ago
  • Purdey

    Wishing you a great Christmas and a wonderful New Year!

    Merry Christmas Comments and Graphics for MySpace, Tagged, Facebook
    Comments and Graphics - Christmas Layouts - Photobucket

    2 years ago
  • Gary Beck

    Merry Christmas" Van Dyke..
    More great American gothic trips in 2010'

    gary

    2 years ago
  • Paola Tagliaferro




    Buon Natale e Felice Anno Nuovo :-)

    2 years ago
  • ECPE

    Happy Holidays from the ECPE!

    2 years ago
  • Wim Oudijk





    2 years ago
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Bio:

Van Dyke Parks (1943-) established a recording career as artist, arranger, producer, and songwriter in 1963. In that year, he had his first professional job in movie music as arranger for "The Bear Necessities". In 1964, he signed his first contract with MGM Records as singer/songwriter, continuing through the sixties and into the nineties with eight of his own albums, and countless others, as arranger, studio musician, and producer. In 1969, Parks joined Warner Brothers Records as Vice President of Audio/Visual Services and in A&R. Parks recently has taken a hiatus from the Industry, objecting to its contract practices (with the observation "...it's fundamentally wrong to build wealth and comfort which is based on the deprivation of others"). With the re-emergence of his work for a new generation of music-lovers, Parks has resurfaced, and like Frank Sinatra and Brian Wilson (who preceded him in retirement), Van Dyke Parks is back. Van Dyke lives in Los Angeles with his Delta Queen.

Member Since:

November 11, 2005

Members:

The Van Dyke Parks

Influences:

Les Compagnons de la Chanson, Brian Wilson, Charles Ives, Spike Jones, The 3 B's, Paolo Conte, Florence Foster Jenkins, and Wallace Beery.

Sounds Like:

My influences.

Record Label:

none

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