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Old 06-25-2007, 10:49 PM
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MLH (Steve Vai contest Winner!) - New CD! - New UFO Film! - Peavey Endorsement Deal!


MLH (Steve Vai contest Winner!) - New CD! - New UFO Film! - New Peavey Endorsement Deal!

Check out Michael's new release, "Music From Here To Andromeda", a 23-song concept album showcasing Michael's guitar mastery and exposing deep-running spiritual & metaphysical interests as well. This collection of music is being used in the new David Sereda film "From Here to Andromeda" and was remastered and compiled from Michael's past two CDs, plus there is a lot new material for your listening pleasure as Well.

http://WWW.Myspace.com/Michaelleehill

"Music From Here to Andromeda" was written, recorded and realized by Michael himself, who created his own indie label, Moment Point Records, to release the CD this year. Counting Edward Van Halen, Jimi Hendrix, The Police, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani and Prince as his most significant musical influences, Michael Lee Hill draws from these and other sources of inspiration while never sacrificing one ounce of his own identity; tracks like “Feeling September” and “The Lifting” capture a tenderness and musical sensitivity that runs throughout most of Music From Here To Andromeda while “Testing 1,2,3” pulls out the stops and keeps punching.

Michael also gets to salute his hero Jimi Hendrix in “Jimi's Communication,” a recorded improvisation with a groove that feels five feet thick. In an age when too many guitar records sound like everybody else's, Music From Here to Andromeda is a refreshing and satisfying disc of mammoth proportions.

In 2001, Tonos.com teamed with Steve Vai and Ibanez Guitars for the Tonos Guitar Challenge, which sought the guitarist who could record the most creative and “best” re-interpretation of the famous Steve Vai recording "Jibboom". Guitarists from around the globe entered but Steve Vai personally selected Michael Lee Hill's entry as the winner of the competition (Hill also received an Ibanez guitar designed by Steve).

A mentoring session with Vai would follow, in Detroit at the G3 concert with Joe Satriani, John Petrucci and Billy Sheehan, and Vai granted permission to Michael to release “Jibboom” (Michael's version, featuring the original drum and bass tracks by Mike Mangini and Philip Bynoe) on Michael's previous release Frozen Thought.

"Music From Here to Andromeda" follows Hill's 1999 debut solo release, All That Is, which was well received in the “guitar underground” but never gained national attention, and Frozen Thought which was released in 2001. Fiercely independent, Michael Lee Hill recorded, produced, and released Music From Here to Andromeda himself, and is supporting the release with music press and live performances. He has recently signed an endorsement deal with Peavey and Michael now proudly endorses Peavey Joe Satriani JSX amplifiers and HP Special Guitars.

Michael is also an avid UFO researcher and his own UFO footage has been featured on Fox News, CBS news, Coast to Coast, Rense.com, hbccufo.org and in the feature films UFO's Unplugged with Dan Aykroyd, and David Sereda's latest film From Here to Andromeda which Michael also Co-Produced.

Link to new MLH UFO film - www.Myspace.com/Fromheretoandromeda

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Old 06-25-2007, 11:48 PM
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Re: MLH (Steve Vai contest Winner!) - New CD! - New UFO Film! - Peavey Endorsement Deal!


cool, i'll check it out

are you Michael, frozenthought? or obviously someone that works with him?

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Old 06-26-2007, 12:38 AM
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well i listened to a bunch of tracks, not really my thing. some good ideas but i really dislike his tone and gain sound.. it's kindof raw(as if really uncompressed) and fuzzy or tinny with lots of extra noise from picks and scratches.
and the playing just felt loose to me, as in not very tight...

i'd love to hear his jiboom cover vai loved so much though...

DVD looks great
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Old 06-26-2007, 12:45 AM
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Yes I'm Michael Lee Hill live in cyber flesh. My screen name here is Frozenthought, So you know, I didn't write that Bio piece, Rich Pike who many of you here know used to work for Steve, he created a press kit for me so I just pasted that Bio

Rich created and ran WWW.Vai.com and handled some PR stuff and was also Steve's personal assistant. Rich is also the guy who got Mikey hooked up with Steve which is cool because Mikey is awesome and the perfect guy for the gig abviously.

Anyhow Rich offered to help me start my own label and release my material and handle the press and PR after winning the Vai/Ibanez Guitar Challenge and we are still working together to this day, Rich actually created the web site for my new UFO movie http://www.fromheretoandromeda.com

And my personal Site WWW.Michaelleehill

I feel truly blessed that people like Steve and Rich have believed in me & my music and helped me more than anybody probally should have and even more important than that is they are now also my friends which is the coolest thing.

I have to tell ya, When we were filming Satch for the movie at the recent NAMM show, I was the one actually holding the shotgun Mic, That was surreal I must say.

Steve & Joe were so inspirational to me so to now be working with Peavey and playing the JSX line of amps, it blows my mind. I feel like I'm being punked :-)


Peace,
MLH

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Old 06-26-2007, 01:00 AM
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well i listened to a bunch of tracks, not really my thing. some good ideas but i really dislike his tone and gain sound.. it's kindof raw(as if really uncompressed) and fuzzy or tinny with lots of extra noise from picks and scratches.
and the playing just felt loose to me, as in not very tight...

i'd love to hear his jiboom cover vai loved so much though...

DVD looks great
I am much happier with the JSX tone, I wish I had that when most of this was recorded.

Ya, The sound quality isn't "Pro Tools: level, Everything was recorded in my own home studio, it's pretty outdated, but it is what it is and I am proud of it and I think the tunes communicate the vibes intended.

As far as my playing. I have always been way more Joe Walsh than Yngwie, and I am all about the slop & groove, If what you are trying to communicate is pain or fear/doubt in a musical phrase, that will never be accomplished through perfect precise playing.

If you are in Tears while recording to the point you become a little sloppy but when you listen back, It brings you to tears, then you notice when other people listen to it, it brings them to tears as well, I have learned to not go back and fix it.

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DVD looks great some good ideas but i really dislike his tone and gain sound.. it's kindof raw(as if really uncompressed) and fuzzy or tinny with lots of extra noise from picks and scratches.
Did you listen at Guitar 9?

I just went to the site and listened to it for the first time, it does sound freaken horrible, that is not what it sounds like. My myspace.com page sounds a 100% better than that and the CD is better yet
http://WWW.Myspace.com/Michaelleehill

That really sucks though, why does it sound so ****ty at Guitar 9?

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cool, Hi Michael.
yeah i listened at guitar9 and 2 tracks from another site i linked to(one about the soundtrack i think)
it's just not my thing for listening.. but my opinion is only worth what you paid for it
i think the 'looseness' in my opinion came more from the rhythm section, some of the rhythm guitars mixing with lead melody parts, when both got into a 'slop and groove' mode just wasn't working for me..

but i'm just trying to give some positive retrospect from a different point of view i don't want to criticize cos it's great what you've done and where you go from here will get better and better

congrats on the vai competition and the peavey gig by the way!!
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cool, Hi Michael.
yeah i listened at guitar9 and 2 tracks from another site i linked to(one about the soundtrack i think)
it's just not my thing for listening.. but my opinion is only worth what you paid for it
i think the 'looseness' in my opinion came more from the rhythm section, some of the rhythm guitars mixing with lead melody parts, when both got into a 'slop and groove' mode just wasn't working for me..

but i'm just trying to give some positive retrospect from a different point of view i don't want to criticize cos it's great what you've done and where you go from here will get better and better

congrats on the vai competition and the peavey gig by the way!!
Right On Bro! It's all good, I learned a long time ago that we all have our own opinions and they are all 100% correct to that individual ya know.

Thanks for checking it out though, Ya, the movie is cool, I'm very proud of it, I'm not even sure how it all happened, everything just kinda fell together without much input from me, it just kinda happened and it turned out to be something very cool if you are into the UFO subject.

Let me share a little about the movie...
From Here to Andromeda tops all of David Sereda's past films. The 2-DVD set includes four 1-hour segments and features analysis of mind-blowing UFO footage. The areas of Space Propulsion Theory, Sustainability, and Spirituality are also explored.

• Ben Rich, former head of Lockheed Skunkworks, said at a UCLA Alumni Speech in 1993, "We already have the means to travel among the stars, but these technologies are locked up in black projects and it would take an Act of God to ever get them out to benefit humanity...Anything you can imagine, we already know how to do."

• Boyd Bushman, a Lockheed Martin Senior Research Scientist, testifies about Anti Gravity, UFOs, Roswell, Wright Patterson AFB, UFOs and more, and demonstrates anti-gravity in the film.

• Professor David Phillips (Santa Monica College) gives us an emergency plan to save us from global warming, and talks about his UFO experiences.

• Professor Roger Weir shows us the ancient connection to Pythagoras and interstellar beings that may be here, in our skies, and among us today.

• Professor Robert Thurman tells us the ancient Buddhist secrets of UFOs and invisible dimensions, cities and the legendary Shambhala!

• The UFO Briefing Scene includes a round table debate with experts over the issue of extraterrestrials fighting over who gets earth next if we destroy it. Is our planet so valuable that a war may begin over its future?

• The Space Shuttle Columbia disaster: what was really behind it? Did ETs shoot down the Columbia?

• How can we engineer our own spacecraft and conquer the universe?

Will we be able to do it before our destruction?

• What happens to 6.5 billion souls if we lose planet earth?

From Here to Andromeda opens with the possibility that humanity may not survive due to Global Warming, an ensuing Ice Age or Mass Extinction. Al Gore's movie, An Inconvenient Truth, has swept the world with the realization that Global Warming may destroy our civilization. The question is why doesn't humanity have the will to live with Sustainable technologies like Solar, Wind, and Helium-3 Fusion to beat Global Warming? Why are the oil companies holding us hostage? Why hasn't all of humanity awakened and taken measures to ensure our survival?

David Sereda, his Fianc.., Crystal, and their dog Nuala embark on a journey to find a way to travel to the Andromeda Galaxy 2.2 million light years away to find a new home for humanity. They explore the areas of Sustainability, UFOs, Space Propulsion Theory, Spirituality, and Human Ethics on their journey to solve the greatest riddle in the universe: How can you travel faster than the speed of light and go anywhere in the universe in minutes? Is it possible that Einstein was wrong? Find out why so many UFO's are suddenly appearing all over the world. Are they here to teach us? Are they here to help humanity make a quantum leap? What do World Governments know about UFO’s? Will humanity find a new home in the universe?

Find out how to solve the greatest challenge facing humanity, and what the experts are saying.

From Here to Andromeda features UFOlogist, ecologist and space scientist David Sereda, Crystal Elina Frost, Professors Roger Weir, Dr. David Phillips (Santa Monica College), Robert Thurman (author/translator, Tibetan Book of the Dead and many others), Boyd Bushman (Senior Research Scientist),Michael Luckman (author, Alien Rock), Rex Webb, Dr. Lynne D. Kitei (auithor and writer/director, Phoenix Lights), UFOlogists Jesse Marcel Jr. (Roswell), Rob Simone, Steven Bassett, Dr. Roger Lier, Preston Dennett, Jason Martell, Jordan Maxwell, skywatchers Michael Lee Hill, Jeff Willes, anti-gravity scientist John Hutchison, entertainers Joe Satriani (Grammy Award-winning musician), Dean Haglund (actor, X-Files & Lone Gunmen), and Tony Tarantino.

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Boyd Bushman, a Lockheed Martin Senior Research Scientist, demonstrates working Anti-Gravity on Film for David Sereda


Soon to be released in a month or two, From "Here to Andromeda," by David Sereda will reveal Boyd Bushman's theories and devices which prove anti gravity is not only possible, but has been in US possession since the 1950's, obtained from a UFO shot down by our government in 1947.

One of the first interesting tidbits that David Sereda revealed on Coast to Coast is that Boyd Bushman explains that there actually nine forces governing the universe rather than the conventional five that we know of, that being gravity, the magnetic force, strong nuclear force, the weak nuclear force, and the electromagnetic force.

Seventy three old Boyd Bushman has many accolades, including being a program manager for Lockheed Martin, and also worked for Hughes Aircraft, among many other high tech industries. He had a top secret clearance, and was the engineer that reverse engineered anti gravity for Lockheed Martin.

Element 115, formerly revealed by the famous Bob Lazar has now been verified by Boyd Bushman as a second source, that element 115 is the key to developing anti gravity drive systems.

Boyd Bushman is coming forward now because he believes that survival on Earth is precarious at best, and believes that interstellar travel to other worlds is the only hope for preserving mankind.

Element 115 is just one of the new elements that Boyd Bushman reveals has been developed, that we have gone beyond 115 to other elements, which are more stable.

The expansion force, which is stronger than gravity is one of the new forces discovered. This force is the key to anti gravity. It is also the force that is pushing the universe apart. Apparently this newly discovered force is easy to manipulate, and gives the ability to make objects travel faster than the speed of light.

Boyd Bushman also confirms that the Roswell UFO was shot down by a US plane equipped with a Tesla Death Ray type weapon.

Boeing ConAir actually built the first US built flying saucer using anti gravity powered by a nuclear reactor. See the link below for a drawing of the craft and its specifications.

http://www.coasttocoastam.com/gen/pa...ml?theme=light

Part of early anti gravity research was done with opposing two magnets against each other, third illustration.

The experiment involves taking two five thousand dollar magnets, bolting the north to north, and then enclosing them in a rock like case. A rock of equal mass was then used in a drop experiment (without magnets). The two "rocks" are then dropped at the same time from a high distance. The "rock" with the opposed magnets hits the ground after the normal rock. The experiment proved that anti gravity fields could be amplified with electromagnets and nuclear power.

David Sereda also mentioned that the Columbia shuttle was apparently brought down by a strange sort of ray from above. The five photos taken by an anonymous astronomer given to the San Fransisco Chronicle leaves questions as to who, when and why the shuttle was shot down.

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Recap of David Sereda on Art Bell C2C, April 15th, 2007 UFO & Antigravity Disclosure


http://www.coasttocoastam.com/shows/2007/04/15.html



UFO & Antigravity Disclosure
UFO Researcher David Sereda discussed his recent work, videotaping the disclosure of 73-year old Boyd Bushman, a Lockheed Martin Senior Research Scientist of 20 years, who held Top Secret clearance. He holds a number of patents and designed the Red Eye Missile (now the Stinger Missile), and infrared FLIR systems. Bushman also reverse engineered antigravity and UFO technology, Sereda reported.

There is a force related to the expansion of the universe that is actually stronger than gravity, and this could be connected to antigravity propulsion, Bushman told him. He demonstrated phases that lead up to antigravity, including experiments in which magnets reduced the gravity of a rock. Bushman verified that Area 51 in Nevada was indeed the place where alien craft were tested-- but such testing moved to a facility in Utah after Area 51 became well known, he noted.

Bushman also revealed that he was friends with a Navy doctor that treated a pilot who shot down the Roswell craft in 1947. Though he didn't state the specific type of weapon used, Sereda speculated that it might have been Tesla's "death ray," confiscated by the government after Tesla's death in 1943. Bushman also showed Sereda a diagram for a nuclear-powered flying saucer (click on photo above), which he said was first flown out of Wright Patterson AFB in 1959.
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If what you are trying to communicate is pain or fear/doubt in a musical phrase, that will never be accomplished through perfect precise playing.
I just wanna say that I strongly disagree with that statement, just sayin'

anyway, good luck with your music :-)
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I love reading about government UFO's & conspiracy's.

Awesome music btw!
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I just wanna say that I strongly disagree with that statement, just sayin'

anyway, good luck with your music :-)
Ya, that might have been a little over the top I guess, but I think there is some truth in it, Some of my favorite players have been said to play a little sloppy, Page, Hendrix, Billy Gibbons, Joe Walsh, Etc.

Then on the other hand you have Joe Satriani & Vai who are spot on and still can make you shed a tear.

It's all good I guess is my point.

Peace!
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I love reading about government UFO's & conspiracy's.

Awesome music btw!
Glad you dig the tunes!

Ya, I love reading about UFO's and whatnot as well, I have been into the whole UFO subject for a while now, Kinda got kicked into high gear when I began filming them over Lake Erie.

It was so Surreal interviewing Joe Satriani about his views on aliens and UFO's for the film, I couldn't believe that was actually happening, I held the shotgun microphone during the interview. Joe's part in the film came out awesome.

Peace,
MLH
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