Local Motive's pop-rock preview of their debut album's first single, "Shallow Water."  Recorded at Rax Trax in Chicago and masterfully engineered and produced by Noam Wallenberg.  Thank you, Noam.  Look forward to finishing the rest of these tracks.  Debut album to come in the fall featuring Daniella Rojas (vocals), Mike Vinopal (vocals/guitar), Brett Weides (bass), Matthew Sypherd (trumpet/keys), & Jeb Rendall (drums).

Shallow Water (Local Motive Album preview)

A preview of the tracks to come from V I N O 's Stacks EP.

Nothin' You Can Do About It - (V I N O - Stacks EP)

Blue Moon - (V I N O - Stacks EP)

From Me - (V I N O - Stacks EP)

Stacks - (V I N O - Stacks EP)

6 Million Miles - (V I N O - Stacks EP)

A little sonic experiment that I perform live to a backing track with additional funky-ass, live guitar &amp; vocals. I love where the song goes in a short amount of time, ya feel me?  The lyrical content is self-explanatory, so go on...form your opinions :) 
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Chase Scene

This sonic experiment was also conceived playing music with my cousin, Chris Vinopal, who wrote this track well suited for road-rambling, featured here on guitar, lead vocals, & his debut on egg shaker :) Also recorded at DePaul University in Chicago, engineered by Brian Wright, as part of VINO's debut EP, "Lay It Down." About railroad tracks, tracks of music, tracks in life, tracks we follow...any track you want. My name for VINO's genre, not recognized by the general public, is Folk-Rock-Opera 
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Tracks

2nd to last track on "Stars & Skies" EP, sung by Chris Vinopal.  This song is about how we all gotta work jobs & sometimes we're born into them.  Teachers, brokers, servers, landscapers, assistants...in schools, restaurants, skyscrapers, homes...a job's a job & we all gotta eat.  mikevinopal.com -(V)V- 

Big Tall Buildings

I heard my dear canine friend, Dakota the Big Brown Bear, passed away.  This instrumental is for him & all the other loved ones lost by myself & the ones that I love.  Sorry for your loss, John.  Best dog ever.  Hope he can hear this too.  -(V)V-
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Rest in Peace

An original piano song for everyone.  We've all pined, so this is pining.  Once upon a time, I pined & it led to this catharsis later down the road.  Can you name that sample from a well-known movie?  Think they'll sue me if this goes platinum?
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Tragic Comedy

Live track from a Local Motive performance at Goose Island Brewpub and we brings it.  A classic funky reggae-dub original, lyrics by Daniella Rojas, arrangement by Mike Vinopal, Brett Weides, Jeb Rendall, and Chris Vinopal.  Horns arranged by Matthew Sypherd and Andrew Carlstrom.  Debut album to come in the fall featuring "Don't Forget." 

Don't Forget (performed by Local Motive)

A member of many groups including VINO & Local Motive, Chicago songwriter Mike Vinopal is a music machine.  Performing all styles electric & acoustic (soul, blues, folk, jazz, & world music), he brings massive energy to every ensemble.  His well-written songs sound both unique & familiar.  He loves the old-school & continues to craft his brand of new-old-school sounds for all ears. 

Mike Vinopal

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