update 2009-10-29

Hi folks, just wanted to let you know that all the tunes on my record are now available through ITunes. And… The folks at WKUF-LP 94.3 in Flint Michigan have decided they really like the CD and they’ve put it on heavy airplay rotation! Whassup Kevin over at WKUF! www.wkuf.com Also, a review has been done…

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FUNKMEISTER Reviews

this one comes from Graham Barclay of Soundwave FM in New Zealand: Hi Hugh, Many Sincere Thanks for the CD” Funkmeister ” that you sent us recently. BRILLIANT – EXCELLENT We have enjoyed it immensly, and have added tracks from it to our playlists. Your presentation of music, inside the style and personality reflected in…

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PRESS RELEASE: Hugh Jarvis Hitchcock’s new pop album FUNKMEISTER released

International composer and producer Hugh Jarvis Hitchcock has just released his new pop album, “Funkmeister”. The CD is hailed as the flagship release of Hitchcock’s new record company, Funkatology Records LLC. “Funkmeister” combines funk, dance, Motown, world beat, neo-soul and Caribbean beats with a colorfully produced mix of some of the world’s most advanced talents.…

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get my songs from ITunes

you can get my album on ITunes! here are the links: Ur Makin Me Hi Mixed Messages Be My Fantasy You Didn’t Have to Be So Nice Out Of Control If I Gave My Heart to You All I Know I Want to Love You Make No Mistake Stratus-Fear

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MEB Scifi Art

Hi Y’all. I was just going through some files and I re-discovered this amazing scan of some original artwork we had done for our band, the Martian Entropy Band, when I was around 17 years old. The artist is Randy Bathurst who was a semi-well-known science fiction fandom artist. Our bass player, Mike Gould, was…

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about FUNKMEISTER pt. 2

FUNKMEISTER was the first record I’d produced under my own name as artist. I have produced other LPs and/or have been in on the production of quite a few records, but this time, I decided I would take on the whole task of writing, arranging, recording, engineering, and producing in my own space, dependent on…

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musical bio (updated 09/24/09)

“My name is Hugh Jarvis Hitchcock and I am a composer producer specializing in dance oriented techno funk. I am the architect of complex and colorful musical constructs which make your feet tap with my motown beats. I have the funk deep in my rhythms and motown deep in my soul. Let this music transport…

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Jerry Carr – Throwdown

Throwdown by Jerry Carr Album: This Must Be Heaven Label: Cherie Records (a division of Atlantic Records) Year released: 1981 Producer: William Talbert Executive Producer: Norton Stern Horn Arrangements: Hugh Jarvis Hitchcock This song is THE BOMB! I wrote the horn arrangements and produced the recording session for the horns, with Billy Talbert in the…

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to buy the cd

    FUNKMEISTER the CD is NOW AVAILABLE through CD BABY!!!  

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about FUNKMEISTER pt. 1

So my first CD, FUNKMEISTER has been pressed and will be shipping shortly. I wanted to write a few things about the CD so people know where I am coming from with this. First of all, the use of the term FUNKMEISTER is not at all intended to label myself as “the Funkmeister”, and after…

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Pinoy Favorites

In 1992-93 I produced an album for international rock star Mike Hanopol. Americans might not know who he is, but he is considered “The Father of Pinoy Rock”. Pinoy Rock is a genre of hard rock hailing from the Philippines. Mike Hanopol is as big a star in the Philippines as the Beatles were here…

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Joe Collado

Joe Collado played latin percussion on my tune “Make No Mistake” and is also featured on the video/dvd of same. I’ve played in bands with Joe since 1987 when we first met at Monty Trainer’s where the band I was in with Larry Hirt and Rob Conde had the house gig. Joe was performing with…

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