Still Flame

Artist Information

Biography

Singer-Songwriter-Producer Mike Dawson

Texas is the home and inspiration for great music & songwriters.
Continuing this tradition is singer-songwriter-producer Mike Dawson. Dawson’s band Still Flame plays and records music influenced by his favorite songwriters including Tori Amos, Sting, Radiohead & Peter Gabriel.

Mike Dawson heard Ray Charles in Detroit's Fisher Theatre when he was seven years old and his piano lessons were fueled by 1960's Motown and Vietnam era rock. In 1974 Dawson's family relocated to New Mexico where he picked up the electric guitar, and starting writing his own tunes. He played his first gigs withTejano bands, Navajo musicians, and sheriff deputies. In 1985 Dawson earned his classical piano performance degree, studying with Julliard graduate Thomas Uchtmann, award winning composer, Robert Kehrberg, UNT jazz piano legend Dan Haerle , and guitarist/composer Steve Erquiaga. He also played synthesizer and piano for the award winning jazz group Sidestep which won Third place in the 1985 American Collegiate College Showcase (college version of the Star Search TV show). After briefly living in Malaysia and Singapore working as an electronics engineer, Dawson moved back to Dallas and formed his 12 piece rock n' roll big band Dawson's New Rage. He ultimately self produced six CD's between 1999 and 2009. He is a community organizer and produced Texas World Music concerts that present music, art, and science education events. In 2009 Dawson formed his new group Still Flame and is currently in preproduction for new releases and live shows.

All Still Flame recordings produced by Mike Dawson

Instrumentation

Mike Dawson - guitars, synthesizers, Piano, Lead Vox, sequencers
Lead Guitar - Bass Guitar - Drums - Tabla
Female Lead Vocalist

Discography

MIKE DAWSON'S DISCOGRAPHY:

DAWSON & LAZO - The Hive Sessions - Preview EP (BBP7071) - released 2009
DAWSON'S NEW RAGE Rio San Juan "Maxi-singles" (BBP PROMO CD 2007)
DAWSON’S NEW RAGE “WHEN THE BELL RINGS” (BBP6234 PROMO CD) - released 2006
DAWSON’S NEW RAGE (BBP1039) - released 2004
DAWSON’S JAZZ (BBP6467) - released 2003
DAWSON (BBP0324 ) - released 1999

Links

• Facebook
• MySpace
• Twitter
• Still Flame Official Website
• Texas World Music at Facebook
• Texas World Music
• Dawson's New Rage

Audio

• The Looking Glass4
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• Rio San Juan [Club Mix]
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• Goodnight London
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• See You In Me
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Lyrics

• Rio San Juan
• Goodnight London
• See You In Me

Video

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Press

• Industry Testimonial [+ Show ]
  

  "Dawson has beautiful and diverse musical influences that makes his music a refreshing change" Chris..."Dawson has beautiful and diverse musical influences that makes his music a refreshing change" Chris Bell Engineer/Producer, The Recording Academy
  
  

• Industry Testimonial [+ Show ]
  

  "In an era of synthetic disposable musical artists, Dawson is the real thing!" Ritch Esra - Music ..."In an era of synthetic disposable musical artists, Dawson is the real thing!"
  Ritch Esra - Music Business Registry
  
  

• Dawson is Ready for the Challenge [+ Show ]
  

  Excerpts from article by Teresa Gubbins: "Ready to bust out" "Singer-songwriter Mike Dawson c...Excerpts from article by Teresa Gubbins:
  
  "Ready to bust out"
  
  "Singer-songwriter Mike Dawson collects years of experience and education in his debut"

Setlist

Core set list is Dawson's music.

Set List includes:

Goodnight London
Stop For A Moment
See You In Me
Try To Try
Holding You
The Looking Glass
If Our Dreams Are Real
Your Angel
I'd Rather Love You


Cover classics performed include songs by Peter Gabriel, Sting, Radiohead, and Tori Amos that gets the audience's grooving.

We play a 90 minute show. We like to keep things high energy. Dance to the world beat vibe or rock to the deep cuts.

Basic Requirements

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