Michael Butler
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Michael Butler

New York City, New York, United States | Established. Jan 01, 1963 | SELF

New York City, New York, United States | SELF
Established on Jan, 1963
Solo Folk Acoustic

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"World's Greatest Unknown? Michael Butler Dec 2011"

Will the world please make Michael Butler a "star", as in a guy who gets rewarded well in cash and recognition for the extraordinary contributions he makes to this creative world? Were there justice in this veil of tears, our friend from Harlem would be passing out cash wherever he goes because his pockets would be booked just trying to carry the wealth of his talent. I love this guy. He has a poet's soul, a guitar attack that feels utterly spontaneous and effective, and he has that rare quality of the authentic in his voice. He also has that other thing going that confounds and perplexes almost every singer-songwriter: that commercial/cultural requirement to do what is familiar and loved by audiences while being completely original within one's self. Michael Butler has the advantage of sounding completely like himself while evoking ghostly recognitions of a hundred beloved and familiar singers who have gone before. He also has a cross-cultural thing going for him, a personality who owns all that comes with being Black but is so much more. Jimi Hendrix had this quality, a kind of unbound nature that belonged to a world larger than that in which he was set, which was no doubt a key to his other worldly musical expression. Ditto for Butler, whose off-the-cuff way with a melody is fresh air to those of us galvanized by a world of broadly endorsed copies. And then there is the intelligence of the songwriting, again completely universal in its cultural associations and aspirations; real melodic song structures, unbound by the narrow-band restrictions of commercial radio today, though I am unaware of a more emotionally evincing performer working anywhere in the world in 2011. Butler's biggest hurdle is that he is like a raw diamond too cool to cut.

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"World's Greatest Unknown? Michael Butler Dec 2011"

Will the world please make Michael Butler a "star", as in a guy who gets rewarded well in cash and recognition for the extraordinary contributions he makes to this creative world? Were there justice in this veil of tears, our friend from Harlem would be passing out cash wherever he goes because his pockets would be booked just trying to carry the wealth of his talent. I love this guy. He has a poet's soul, a guitar attack that feels utterly spontaneous and effective, and he has that rare quality of the authentic in his voice. He also has that other thing going that confounds and perplexes almost every singer-songwriter: that commercial/cultural requirement to do what is familiar and loved by audiences while being completely original within one's self. Michael Butler has the advantage of sounding completely like himself while evoking ghostly recognitions of a hundred beloved and familiar singers who have gone before. He also has a cross-cultural thing going for him, a personality who owns all that comes with being Black but is so much more. Jimi Hendrix had this quality, a kind of unbound nature that belonged to a world larger than that in which he was set, which was no doubt a key to his other worldly musical expression. Ditto for Butler, whose off-the-cuff way with a melody is fresh air to those of us galvanized by a world of broadly endorsed copies. And then there is the intelligence of the songwriting, again completely universal in its cultural associations and aspirations; real melodic song structures, unbound by the narrow-band restrictions of commercial radio today, though I am unaware of a more emotionally evincing performer working anywhere in the world in 2011. Butler's biggest hurdle is that he is like a raw diamond too cool to cut.

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Scroll Little Down It's on the Right Side (For The Computer Viewer)

VIEW REVIEW HERE ON SONICBIDS IN MY PHOTOS Area - Rarewriter


"Seeking A Worthy Stage NYC Songwriter Michael Butler 2008"

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"Seeking A Worthy Stage NYC Songwriter Michael Butler 2008"

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To Be Added Soon
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"Feedback From Solar Japanese Gala Event NYC 12/9/06"

First email
Dear Mr. Michael Butler

"We all appreciate you from all of our hearts for your burilliant powerful performance on 12/9.
We received a strong inspiration and messages coming out from you and your band ".

"Please tell our thanksful feeling to your wonderful band members and your friends.
Please keep in touch with us for the future ".

(2nd Email )

"Hello.
I would like to say thank you for your being, your voice, and your performance for the event. Email is not enough to deliver my feeling how much we all moved from you on the stage, but I really want to show my delightful feeling to you and your band members.
I look forward to meet you for next time we will have something together".

"I truly wish your further going-forward activities and so does our stuff here".

Thank you.
Sincerely,
SOLARA USA
President Yasuko Kato
Executive Producer Yukihide Nakamura
Translator Suomi Fukushima
and all SOLARA USA stuff
info@solarausa.com
- Soar Gala Event 2006


"Feedback From Solar Japanese Gala Event NYC 12/9/06"

First email
Dear Mr. Michael Butler

"We all appreciate you from all of our hearts for your burilliant powerful performance on 12/9.
We received a strong inspiration and messages coming out from you and your band ".

"Please tell our thanksful feeling to your wonderful band members and your friends.
Please keep in touch with us for the future ".

(2nd Email )

"Hello.
I would like to say thank you for your being, your voice, and your performance for the event. Email is not enough to deliver my feeling how much we all moved from you on the stage, but I really want to show my delightful feeling to you and your band members.
I look forward to meet you for next time we will have something together".

"I truly wish your further going-forward activities and so does our stuff here".

Thank you.
Sincerely,
SOLARA USA
President Yasuko Kato
Executive Producer Yukihide Nakamura
Translator Suomi Fukushima
and all SOLARA USA stuff
info@solarausa.com
- Soar Gala Event 2006


""Twoj Blues Magazine" Sept 16th 2006 Issue"

"Music For Another Day" (Roots). The Author of this CD is a 43 year old African – American New Yorker who Plays music which he describes as “modern folk”. His style falls somewhere between Bob Dylan (from the time of “Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid” or “Desire”) Crosby, Sills, Nash & Young, Tracy Chapman, and Erik Bibbem. The full blooded sound of acoustic guitar together with a violin, piano and folk voice gives it a unique atmosphere sprinkled with beautifully sounding “Beatle” choruses. From the very first sound to the last, this CD grabs your attention and creates an atmosphere. Michael Butler wrote that he will gladly accept invitations for concerts in Europe. I suggest to the organizations to accept his offers. Andrzej Matysik------ - Twoj Blues Magazine ( Poland )


""Twoj Blues Magazine" Sept 16th 2006 Issue"

"Music For Another Day" (Roots). The Author of this CD is a 43 year old African – American New Yorker who Plays music which he describes as “modern folk”. His style falls somewhere between Bob Dylan (from the time of “Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid” or “Desire”) Crosby, Sills, Nash & Young, Tracy Chapman, and Erik Bibbem. The full blooded sound of acoustic guitar together with a violin, piano and folk voice gives it a unique atmosphere sprinkled with beautifully sounding “Beatle” choruses. From the very first sound to the last, this CD grabs your attention and creates an atmosphere. Michael Butler wrote that he will gladly accept invitations for concerts in Europe. I suggest to the organizations to accept his offers. Andrzej Matysik------ - Twoj Blues Magazine ( Poland )


Discography

"Gravy" 2010
"Virginia Louise" (Pop Single 2006)
"Music For Another Day" (Acoustic CD Released July 2004)
I Wanna See My Kid" (Rap Single 1999)
"Every Turn" (Rock CD 1998)
"Demo" (Hard Rock Demo 1989)

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First there was Lennon and McCartney. Then there was Elton John. It was a while before Tracy Chapman. Artists that get to the heart and soul of all that is beautiful in music come around far too rarely. Thankfully, one man has been that tireless champion of the purest joy and most powerful songs for 35 years. That man is Michael Butler.

With nothing but the spontaneous attacks and rhythms on his acoustic guitar, an earnest and soulful voice, and a proven ability to connect with live audiences, Butler exists to bring people together with the ever-binding spirit of song.

A resident of Harlem, this "New York city boy" had already spiritually crossed the Atlantic Ocean by the age of four, when he first heard the Beatles and was immediately hooked, realizing his calling incredibly early.

"Well, that's for me," Butler says of that epiphanic moment. "That's what I must do."

The Beatles inspired Butler to embark on a performing and songwriting career that has spanned six studio albums and two continents over 30 years. He has been through every genre---hard rock, rock, Motown, Americana, and even rap---you name it. But 1993 brought a reinvention where Butler traded up his electric guitar for an acoustic & grew out his dreadlocks never looking back. Since then, he has performed cover songs and original material in front of packed audiences during an 11-year residency in New York's Times Square. He has also toured overseas in countries like Denmark, Germany, and Ireland, where at one memorable moment a teenage girl on a Longford Street ran after him "just to touch my hair - A Hard Days Night moment to say the least"

The Locks: These sort of experiences (And Hair) are tied to Michael Butler's identity. He is African-American, but his music transcends ethnicity and race in a way that's reminiscent of Jimi Hendrix. As RARwriter.com put it, Butler "has a cross-cultural thing going for him, a personality who owns all that comes with being Black but is so much more."

This post-racial identity is heard through all of Butler's music, a style that has elements of the singer-songwriter genre, delta blues, and Americana, but every melody is unmistakably familiar, with touches of classic songwriters like John Lennon and Paul McCartney, Tracy Chapman, and Sly Stone, influences found in songs like "Denmark and Me," "Catherine Michelle," and "Key West." Most importantly, Butler's music also transcends nationalities---sometimes he sounds eerily like European stars like Denmark's Thomas Helmig, Sweden's Patrik Issakson, and Ireland's Glen Hansard.

Up next from Michael Butler are his next few albums, a collection of intimate acoustic songs as well as off to the side projects of Hard Rock, New Wave & Dance/R&B as well. Why ? Because they exists & are writtenand for the fun of it as Butler puts it. Quote: I let the song write itself, and if it goes the way of Techno, I let it take itself there. As far a My Style, the acoustic cds All 2 to 3 of them - will Spell that out what Michael Butler is about. The Acoustic songs are the narrative of Butlers here and now 2013/14 songs of the moment, of the place, and completely from the heart. He is also seeking ever-burning desire to form real connections with audiences worldwide, especially in Europe.

"When I find myself watching the show from above me," Butler says, "with the crowd swaying & locked together, all in the same direction, to the same beat...That's when I know it's a great show. Somehow, I levitate, and the show is going on its own. And I'm just watching, quite pleased and along with the ride."

It's a ride that has always been at the heart of every great song, and at the heart of music, driven by a great musician. Michael Butler is that musician. Join him as he guides you through all the places that make music real.

Contact: Michael Butler
(646) 894-0330
NY, NY USA
Email: mic63butler@aol.com

Site:
www.michaelbutlermusic.com

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