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You Wouldn't Steal Descartes!

London 5 piece alternative rock/post-punk act

email : mayabanduk@outlook.com
tiktok : @mayalikestorunhermouth

Hi there, can't wait to show you my toys!  I've lived a long and fascinating life.  I spent some time in the minor leagues of the music biz, but never found my place in that 'traveling circus' ecosystem.  So I did other things professionally to support my family.  But, even when I left the music, the music never left me. Songs kept leaping out - the dream tigers.  I tried to capture them - in a long-running series of notebooks - and sometimes literally on the backs of envelopes.  These micro-stories trace my path - people I've known and loved, things I've seen and done, dreams I've lost and found. It all goes by so fast - I slow it down by journalling key moments for later recall, when I 'need' them. If they amuse, inspire, and/or comfort you, too, it's a bonus.  I'm profoundly grateful for the technologies - digital and analog - that now enable me to do this inexpensively and without intermediaries. Music elevates our emotions and enshrines our humanity. MY SOUND:  I'm a song preservationist-restorer, empowering a range of 20th century song forms with modern metrobeats, instrumentation, and production.  I call this North Country - rooted in the present, supported by a healthy respect for the past. Given a choice, I nudge things off-grid and organic. My blood runs with equal parts Hudson River and Kentucky bourbon. As a result, I'm genre-fluid - you'll hear traces of folk-rock, country, classic soul, and roots reggae - among others.  MY MUSICAL DNA:  Buddy Holly, Smokey Robinson, Bob Dylan, John Lennon, Ray Charles, Everly Brothers, Chuck Berry,  Pomus-Shuman, Goffin-King, Bacharach-Hilliard/David, Sam Cooke, Brian Wilson, Paul McCartney,  Gene Clark, Mary Travers, John Sebastian, Joni Mitchell, John Hammond Jr., Koerner, Ray & Glover, Ray Davies,  Willie Dixon, Hank Williams, Dwight Yoakam, Rodney Crowell, Don Williams, Steve Winwood, Eric Clapton, John Mayall, BB King, Stevie Wonder, John Fahey, Jimmy Cliff, Toots Hibbert, John Fogerty, Jesse Colin Young, Phil Spector, Glimmer Twins, Animals, Doors, Byrds, Tom Petty, Rick Nelson, Robert Smith, Martin Gore, Amy Winehouse, Linda Ronstadt, Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, BB King, Eric Clapton, Roy Buchanan, Lonnie Mack, Prince, Andres Segovia, Chet Atkins, Boudleaux Bryant, Cindy Walker, Charlie Christian, Django Reinhardt, Gabor Szabo, Bill Frisell, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Jerry Garcia, Cornell Dupree, Elvis Costello, Joe Jackson, Richard Manuel, Jim Morrison, Roy Orbison, Neil Young, JJ Cale, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Oliver Nelson, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Johnny Hartman, Sonny Rollins, Willie Nelson, KT Tunstall, Sarah Jarosz, Alan Jay Lerner, Atlantic Records, David Lynch, David Hockney, William Blake, Philly radio...to name a few.  MY STORY:  Writer, singer, guitar slinger.  Independent, DIY, small-batch, vertically integrated, direct-to-you songwriter and studio player-producer based downtown NYC, USA. Aka T-DUB, The Dream Tigers. I was born about 10,000 years ago in Media, PA. Bitten hard by the music bug in the early '60s - Maybellene by Chuck Berry, Cathy's Clown by the Everly Brothers, and Cupid by Sam Cooke on WIBG 99AM Philadelphia.  Stage debut at 8, school play lead singing role ("the King.") Pro guitar debut at 17 with the Al Raymond Band, Philadelphia, fronting Johnny B. Goode. Earned two Yale degrees on scholarships and loans. Broadcast DJ, WYBC-FM, 94.3 from New Haven, CT (1968-70).  Various bands in various genres in the late '60s and '70s in New Haven and in the '80s in NYC (guitar, bass, voice, writing, arrangements and repertoire).  Recorded early '80s on Warner Brothers and SOS Records helping launch dance-pop singer Bobby Stewart's career.  Co-authored, arranged, and guitar'ed on Copyright on Love b/w Interception 12" vinyl (Plan B Music, ASCAP), charted deep on Billboard Dance chart. Then reWired from the music biz for a fascinating career as a management consultant and father.  Four decades later, during the pandemic of 2020, I rebonded with music as with a long-neglected lover.  I do this as a calling, not for fame or fortune.  SUPREME THANKS to the best hero, mentor, supporter, and pal a budding muso could possibly have had - my Daddy Jim (RIP), banjoman, whistler, raconteur, and mood elevator. There was always music in our house - Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, the Weavers - and plenty of Cisco and Sonny and Leadbelly, too.  Special thanks to Jack Adams (RIP) and to Tom Marshall (RIP) and the entire gang at The Green Forest. THANKS TO MY BANDS:  The Students (folk), The Rum Runners (folk-rock), The Vacant Lot (pop-soul), Ice Nine (psychedelic), The High Street Rhythm Kings (roots rock), Red Beans and Rice (skiffle), and Tenderloin (blues-rock). Eternal thanks to Harry, John D., Ray, Eric R., Jim K. and others for promotion, bookings, tech support, gear logistics, and live audio recordings - and most of all, to the dancers. Thanks to the Sir Charles Quintet:  Charlie Hickox, Dave Pieri, Kevin McKean, Mercer Sullivan, and Ben Slotznik - you continue to challenge, inspire, and tickle me pink!  Thanks to Mat Kastner, John O'Leary (RIP), Norm Zamchek, Ed Landler, Ezra Doner, and the other jamsters at the late, great Yale70 Cabaret.  THANKS TO my amazing guardian angels and creative collaborators: Delia Marshall Turner, Dana Smith, Ashley 'to the Max' Lieberman, Perry Meisel, Fletcher Buckley, Neil Shropshire, Hap Ellis, Chris Glenn, Bobby Stewart, Cara Sheehan, Steve Etzel, Bruce Lundvall (RIP), Meghan Marx, Les Joynes, and Dan Friedlander (RIP) - my first and best co-writer. Special thanks to Kevin McKean for your six decades of inspiration and encouragement.  Extreme thanks to DSS for your generous studio time and gifted engineering that got me rolling in 1974; and to DFB for helping me build my first home studio in 1996. Thanks to Chris, Fletcher, Twitch, and April for the Z-MO nights at The Music Building on Eighth Avenue. Thanks to Fletcher and Traci for the smokey nights of music and conversation on First Avenue.  Intergalactic thanks to Jody Breslaw (RIP) for opening my ears, mind, and soul to so many flavors of music, culture, and life - can you hear me up there, pal? THANKS FOR YOUR HELP AND SUPPORT TO Bob Ogg (RIP), Greg Bannister, Linda Frommer, Anne Bellegia, Bob Jampol, Malou Mallison (RIP), Karen Eisner, Barbara Damashek, Marty Freeman, Judy Dynia, Peter Menta, Barbara Miller, George 'Bunny' Doolittle, Patty Murray, Nick Moy, Rika Burnham, Grace Duffield, Renee Freedman, Traci Devine, Jay Dougherty,  Anna Demaras, Marcie Drexler (RIP), Manny Campbell (Stage-Art), Monte Morris, Ira Lowenthal, Jon Tiven, Kevin Beers, Elyssa Davalos, Joan Klyhn (RIP), Jim Sheehan, Bobo Lavorgna, Tim Cain (RIP), Gary Lucas, Clark Johnson, Marc Bailin, John Hunke, Bob Kimball, my sweet book-loving grandmother Julia "Mimi" Ross Thurman, my funny music-loving grandmother Margaret "Gammy" Wood Powell, my beloved sons Mike and Dave, my revered parents Kay and Jim (RIP), my beloved sister Susie, and my cherished lovemate, guardian angel, mankeeper, chief-of-staff, and best pal Ellen. TO the Philadelphia Folk Festival for introducing me to titans like Mississippi John Hurt and Doc Watson. TO my formal music teachers, Skip Davidson (guitar), Lucky Mosko (theory, Yale), Henry Gaffney (songwriting, New School), and the guy who taught me hip hop production (New School). TO Kevin McKeown and Rich Sanders (WYBC) for teaching me the basics of audio engineering - and to Gordon Weingarth (RIP) for guiding me into radio.  TO my choral directors Jean Houck (RIP, Nether Providence HS Meistersingers) and Patrick Gardner (Riverside Choral Society). TO Swarthmore (PA) Music Center for hiring me at 16 to teach guitar.  TO People's Tire Store, Media, PA for the first records that inspired me.  TO Tad Shaffer at Sweetwater, from whom most of my gear flows. TO Matt Umanov for the gear and conversations over the years. TO B&H for over four decades of great service. TO the team who fixed my broken hands:  Dr. Steve Beldner, Dr. Nick Wessling, Dr. Jason Cooper, and Nicole Pizzolato. TO my fitness guru Robert Kiernan. TO Leslie Hassler for the photos. TO Bob Siroka, Tom Moore, and Iain McGilchrist for your words of wisdom. TOOLS I TRUST: Apple, Metric Halo, A Designs, Avalon, Neumann, Lauten, Royer, Sennheiser, Bayer, Waterloo, Fender, Gretsch, Gibson, Nord, Moog, Waldorf, Sequential, Melbourne, Roland, Isla, Akai, Celemony, Izotope, FabFilter, UAD, Tone Projects, SoundCloud, FarPlay, DigitalDeckCovers, Chelsea Piers Fitness, YouTube, Wikipedia, Union Square Travel Agency.  All music, lyrics, arrangements, performances (except where noted), and recordings Copyright © Tim Wood Powell for TW Powell Co. Inc. dba DreamTiger Media, all rights reserved.  These are compressed files - please contact us to access full-spectrum files and other songs not shown here. Inquiries from artists, producers, and publishers welcome.  No persons living or dead were harmed during the making of these songs. Music is never finished, only abandoned - look for evolved mixes here, dated YYMMDD. That photo at the top is the Hudson River, where I live.  "To live outside the law, you must be honest."  Thanks for listening!  With love, from your American friend.

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