SHAMAN

SHAMAN by SOUND BEHAVIOR TROUPE pays tribute to the original indigenous inhabitants of the UNITED STATES. From REAL VALUE PRODUCTIONS Paul Craig Roberts: Washington’s neocons think nuclear war can be won and are planning for a first strike on Russia, and perhaps China, in order to prevent any challenge to Washington’s world hegemony. Global Offensive…

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MUSIC STREET JOURNAL review: SOUND BEHAVIOR TROUPE

http://www.musicstreetjournal.com/cdreviews_display.cfm?id=103647   Artist: Sound Behavior Troupe Title: Metamorphosis Shaman Review by G. W. Hill   Instrumental music can be a tough sell for some listeners. That means the audience for this release might be a little limited. The thing is, the sound here is both experimental and adventurous, but also accessible. This outfit has created…

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Artist: Sound Behavior Troupe EP: Get Active Or Get Radioactive Review by: Heath Andrews Rating: 4 Stars (out of 5)

Sound Behavior Troupe is the brainchild of guitarist and composer Paul Kelley.  Though the band has described their sound as San Francisco beatnik music that also blends in 1960’s and early 1980’s punk influences from that region, it’s more succinctly described as jazz with distorted rock guitar.  Expanding on that definition would also go so…

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GET ACTIVE OR GET RADIOACTIVE

IF WE DO NOT CHANGE OUR DIRECTION, WE ARE LIKELY TO END UP WHERE WE ARE HEADED Listen to a track from our UPCOMING RELEASE STUDIO JAM  featuring  THE SOUND BEHAVIOR TROUPE: challenging constructs of social dominance

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The Story So Far

[text] About Paul Kelley Played in rock / new wave / world beat bands in SF in the late 1970’s and 1980’s while taking music theory courses at San Francsico State University. Subsequently studied with various Bay Area private instructors, some of whom are listed here:   [/text] [list class=”square”] [list_item]Mark Stefani: studied jazz theory…

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Who Are We?

[text] Real Value Productions is a San Francisco Bay Area music production company producing compact discs, mp3 downloads, studio session work, and soundtracks for your film projects. Writing / composition responsibilities are handled by Paul Kelley, guitarist, with a revolving line-up of Bay Area studio musicians collaborating in the recording process.   After witnessing years…

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Mission Statement

“Creating the soundtracks for the next great American economic renaissance – innovative and marketable, yet challenging, that speaks more to liberation than cloning. Take the energy of early American roots rock and roll, add the complexity of fusion / classical / odd timings, but maintain soul and rhythm. Soundtracks for the truly tumultuous political and…

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