MIKE KENEALLY

FREE

VOLUME 1

MIKE KENEALLY

FREE

VOLUME 1

This EP is a sampling of live performances I’ve done with different groups over the years: two of the songs are from a DVD that comes with the Special Edition of my 2004 album Dog (one recorded in a living room, the other onstage), and the other three are from European live radio recordings

If you’re new to my music, I hope this selection encourages you to further check out the stuff I do – in fact, another free EP awaits you at the online Mike Keneally Store, part of www.keneally.com, which will have its 20th anniversary next year.

A little about me, if you’re totally new to me: I’ve been making solo albums for over 20 years, started out playing with Frank Zappa, currently tour with my own band and also as a member of Joe Satriani’s group and with Dethklok. My own music involves a lot of different styles, intricate composition, improvisation, many different moods and wild dynamic shifts. I love melody. I play guitar and keys, and sing also, and I work with the best musicians I can find. Our live shows have a LOT of energy and unexpected occurrences – each show is a unique event, so checking out multiple shows is definitely not a bad idea.

I encourage the spreading of this Free Live EP far and wide. Feel free to put it on as many music download sites as you want, torrent the living hell out of it, tweet, Facebook, Pinterest...the more you tell your friends, the more people will download it, and that helps me build my audience.  Which in turn helps me to make more music and tour...maybe even tour to your town. (We’re trying to play everywhere we can.) All I ask is that the contents of this download (the music, art and liner notes) remain intact and unaltered and again, it remains FREE.  So, please, share away!

I also hope you’ll hear my new solo album, You Must Be This Tall. It’s definitely one of my more in-your-face releases, with a lot of crazy writing and playing; it’s mostly instrumental, and if you like adventurous guitar-oriented music with touches of progressive writing, some jazzy stuff, some hard rock and some things that are just completely out there, I think you’ll really enjoy this album. You can order the CD and download at store.keneally.com.

Thank you for giving this EP a listen - see you on the road!

Sincerely,

HELLO, TORRENTIAL DENIZENS OF THE WEB!

1. CHOOSING TO DROWN (Keneally)

Mike Keneally BandFrom the Dog special edition DVD, 2004

Live in a living room, Leucadia, CA

Mike Keneally – voice, guitar (right)Rick Musallam – guitar (left)

Bryan Beller – bassNick D'Virgilio – drums

2. DOLPHINS (Keneally)

Keneally/Minnemann/Beller/van HaarenOctober 11, 2005 – The Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Mike Keneally – acoustic guitar (through electric rig)Marco Minnemann – drums

Bryan Beller – bassHerman van Haaren – violin

3. WHAT ARE YOU DOING (Keneally)

Nonkertompf LiveOctober 19, 2001 – Marathon Festival,

The Oosterpoort, Groningen, Netherlands

Mike Keneally - guitar, voiceBryan Beller - bass

Oene van Geel - violin, violaNick D'Virgilio - drums, voiceRick Musallam - guitar, voice

Bart van Lier - tromboneEvan Francis - alto sax, flute

Tricia Steel - vibes, percussionJan Willem van der Ham - bassoon, alto sax

Marc Ziegenhagen - keyboardsRuben van Roon - sounds, programming, synthesizers

4. ANKLE BRACELET (Keneally)

Mike Keneally soloAugust 18, 2007 – Offside Open Festival,

Geldern, Germany

Mike Keneally – electric guitar, vocal

5. NONKERCHUNK (Keneally)

Mike Keneally BandFrom the Dog special edition DVD, 2004

August 16, 2003 – Victor's By The Bay, San Diego, CA

Mike Keneally – voice, guitar (right)Rick Musallam – guitar (left)

Bryan Beller – bassNick D'Virgilio – drums

Anything you can do to help us promote this music is fantastic.

If you want to get more involved, head over to keneally.com/promo, where you can find the latest info on how you can participate in the

campaigns around my albums and tours.  Even with all of this powerful technology at our fingertips, nothing is more effective than a friend telling another friend about music that moves them. Many thanks to

you for your help and good energy – we truly appreciate it!

Produced and compiled by Mike KeneallyEdited and mastered by Mike Harris

Executive producer for Exowax Recordings: Scott Chatfield

Co-producer/creative catalyst on tracks 2, 3 and 4: Co de KloetSpecial thanks to NTR, Dutch National Radio & Television, leading in Arts & Culture

www.radio6.nl/colive

Cover photo by Tore KerstenDesign by Atticus Wolrab

Special thanks to Syd Schwartz

This EP is FREE.  

You should not pay for this and it should never be sold.

I've always been a supporter of the taping and trading community who have supported me, so thank you for doing what you do. I still

encourage the recording and trading of my live shows and my official sharing policy can be found at http://www.keneally.com/sharing.

Download Mike Keneally - Free EP Volume 2 at http://store.keneally.com/collections/free-downloads

All songs © Spen Music BMI℗ © 2013 Exowax Recordings, LLC