Cyndee Lee Rule: News

Composed by Jeff:

Greetings Fellow Humanoids, Earthlings, Extraterrestials, Androids,
Bipeds, Quadrupeds, Amoeboids, Cyborgs, Exoskelatals, Insectoids,
Reptoids, Artificial Intelligences, Carbon-based and other lifeforms...

Coming hot on the heels of our very successful living room concert with
Cyndee Lee Rule and Hawkwind's Harvey Bainbridge, by popular request
will be our first Spring Space Out Spice Doubt Jam Party.

Spatial and Temporal Coordinates (East Coast, North America, Earth,
Solar System Epoch 2000 Reference Specifications):

-Saturday May 17th
-8 PM
-email violincyndee@yahoo.com for address

What to Bring:

-Yourself and any guests, your Symbiots, Hosts, Parasites, Imaginary
Companions, etc.
-Audio Generators of any type...Electric, Electronic, Acoustic,
Percussive, Modular, Discrete, Integrated, ElectroMagnetic, Organic,
Inorganic, Bionic, etc.
-BYO Whatever :>) [Solid and Liquid Life Support Fuel Sources will be
provided, however they will be most suitable for Carbon/Earth-based
vegan lifeforms]

What to Wear:

Organic or Inorganic/Metallic Exoskeletons, Earth-style Outerwear,
Robotic or Borg Manipulation Extensions, Enhanced Sensory Devices, Life
Support Technology, Musical Digital Interface Devices, or other
appropriate ornamentation. Integral or Modular Phased or Energy-based
weaponry is NOT permitted

What to Expect:

Due to the unpredictable nature of wormhole travel, space-time warpage,
and phase inversions, we cannot predict with any certainty which of the
many interdimensional travelers and space musicnauts invited may be
appearing or disappearing. However, there is a high probability that
various members of the Radio Eris Collective, Brain Statik, Scattered
Planets, Red Masque, and other local hive inhabitants will be present.

Hope to see you transport, teleport, phase, or warp drive in!


Jeff & Cyndee

"Project Moonbeam" is a project that I have been working on with incredibly talented prog-rock musician/producer, Chris Fournier. My Viper appears on 6 of the songs, and is now available through CD Baby as a digital download here:

http://cdbaby.com/cd/projectmoonbeam

Notes from the CD Baby site:

"Skillfully merges the sounds of classic space rock, electronica, and progressive rock for a mind-expanding experience.tracks

"Chris Fournier released several successful solo electronic/progressive rock CDs in the 1990s under the Fonya psuedonym. Project Moonbeam came about as a collection of pieces he composed after the Fonya years while working to get his professional recording studio understood and operational. In the end, this activity turned out to be an excellent three-year learning experience during which Chris got to work with some very talented musicians (Cyndee Lee Rule, Anthony Fournier, Nick Kerzner, Tobe London, Jim Kelsey, and Steve Bosse) - these recordings are the result."

More info at the Project Moonbeam MySpace:
www.myspace.com/projectmoonbeam

Hope you enjoy the soundfiles! Physical CDs will be available soon, as well.

Thank you for your continued support!
Cyndee

The new Systems Theory album, "Codetalkers" is now available for FREE
download! My Viper appears on 2 of the pieces.

Link to d/l:
http://www.mikedickson.org.uk/codetalkers/

Hope you enjoy the music!

Sunday Space Rock..good news

After the debarcle with the changed lock to the street door on Sunday. BMR now have keys to the new lock and the presenters can get back into the studio!

The great news for Space Rock Sunday fans (the most popular show on BMR..Thank You!!) is that next Sunday will be a 3 hour show, 7pm to 10pm, GMT. (3:00 PM-6:00 PM, EST)

As well as packing in all the great music I had lined up for last Sunday, and the interview with Cyndee Lee Rule, I will be talking to Danny faulkner ahead of the release of the new Pre Med album on monday, and giving exclusive air play to tracks from the new album.

So Sunday Space Rock 17th Feb 3 solid hours of the best Space Rock music and 2 interviews.

You cant miss it folks

Sunday night is Space Rock night.
Link to listen:
http://www.banburymusicradio.com/
--Dave Adams, host

"Light Speed Dreaming" is finally in print and available at Film Baby
(yes, that's CD Baby's twin sibling)
http://www.filmbaby.com/films/2454

This music-video DVD project is basically my calling-card that took me six years of practice and learning
and a lot of late nights being inspired by a lot of great music.
Download the preview trailer
http://www.vmotionpicturelab.com/clips/LSDpreview.WMV
more excerpts
http://www.vmotionpicturelab.com/html/video_main.html
and TONS of stills at
http://www.vmotionpicturelab.com/html/image_main.html

Here's an adver-torial...or, whatever the yuppies are calling it these days:
"Light Speed Dreaming" , a theme-driven compilation of moderately fast-paced (and sometimes dizzying)
CG animation music-video combines psychedelic, surreal, and fantasy animation
inspired by the music of artists at the forefront of today's progressive, space, and experimental music scenes.
Each chapter takes the viewer through audio-visual voyages between worlds ranging from out-of-body experiences,
trips through impossible landscapes, and on into contemplation of space and spirit.
Avoiding abstract ambience and employing recognizable elements in an other-worldly context,
"Light Speed Dreaming" invites the viewer into their own ultimate immersion.
The music of Light Speed Dreaming is bracketed by the heavenly atmospheric "Lux Universum" by Farpoint
and fueled throughout by the experimental/avant/space/prog works of Systems Theory, Tanuki, and Cyndee Lee Rule.
(and some naive yet enthusiastic electronic wankery by David Frain)

NTSC DVDs are ready for distribution in North America and Japan.
PAL format (UK and parts of western Europe) will be ready later this year.
--David Frain

From Dave Adams, host of Space Rock Sunday:

So sorry,

but I arrived at the station to find that the lock to the street door of the building has been changed. It transpires that another tenant of the building is £16,000 in arrears with his rent and balifs have been in and changed the lock.
Now none of the buildings tenants can gain access.

Hopefully the situation for BMR will be resolved and Sunday Space Rock will be back on the air next week.

Dave

Space Rock Sunday.. and the VIPER

From Dave Adams, host:

Yep, this Sunday 20:00 GMT, (3:00 PM EST) Space Rock violinist Cyndee Lee Rule will be calling in live from Philadelphia.
Cyndee appears on many albums by noted Space Rock
bands and musicians and also on her own recordings.
She has played live with many of the genres top
people, such as Harvey Bainbridge.

I will be playing tunes from many of the musical
projects Cyndees Viper violin is featured on.

Also on the show music from:Hawkwind, Humanoid,
Absinth House, Omnia Opera, Leviathan and more

Be sure to tune in this and every Sunday on www.banburymusicradio.com

"Earth Born", produced by Don Falcone of Spirits Burning, featuring Bridget Wishart of Hawkwind, and an all-star spacerock crew.
"Spirits Burning is all about celebrating what space rock is and can be. Past CDs have included a virtual who's who of the genre. Everyone from Daevid Allen to Robert Calvert to Mike Moorcock. And Earth Born, our fifth CD, continues this rich tradition." Don Falcone
http://www.voiceprint.co.uk/web/Release/VP431CD/

"1967 1/2" by Mooch:
Now, in CD and DVD format, come twelve pieces of music from this sensational year.
On 1967½, Dr Silbury works with many of the ’07 musicians, including Star Lighter (Chris Gill)
who sings all the songs, Dr Panacea and Aunty Clockwise (Don Falcone and Karen Anderson)
injecting the necessary San Fancisco input, and Sorcerous Sadie (Cyndee Lee Rule) on the
violin. Also playing is the notorious Johnny Creedence (Pete Wyer) making a welcome return
to the band of Mooch.
http://www.ambientlive.com/albums/mooch_1967.htm

Project Moonbeam on MySpace:
http://www.myspace.com/projectmoonbeam

More info, quoted from the PM MySpace:
"Project Moonbeam came about as a collection of pieces I composed while working to get my professional recording studio understood and operational. In the end, this activity turned out to be an excellent three-year learning experience during which I got to work with some very talented musicians - these recordings are the result. Many thanks go out to Cyndee Lee Rule (my primary collaborator on this project) for helping me realize this material was ready to be put together and released – without her efforts in this area Project Moonbeam likely would have remained in the studio archives.

"Now that the album is full produced, mastered, and ready to go, I am currently seeking a label to do the pressing and distribution - interested labels please send an email to this account!

"In the event a label is not brought on-board, this music will be self-released. I will most likely attempt to sell select Project Moonbeam MP3s from this site to raise money for the pressing - your support will be greatly appreciated!"
-Chris Fournier

"So on Saturday my wife and I went the Gathering concert series to see
RMI (and Cyndee Lee). Short review: amazing

"Slightly longer review: Last year we saw Air Sculpture at the same
church. When we walked in I was blown away by the huge moog they had.
Well this year when we walked in there were two (yes two!!!) `trons.
The significance of this was lost on wife, believe me I have tried to
get her to understand the import stuff, I really have.

"The show was way more crowded then the show I went to last year. Must
have been at least 200 people there. Well OK 180 middle age white
guys, and the rest woman and children and others. Saw Ken Golden and
chat for a while. Saw Cyndee and didn't go over to talked to her. Not
sure what to say after hey and great first cd. Picked up a couple of
cds (but of course)

"Once the show started it was simply amazing, opening with those
heavenly `trons, about 10 or 15 minutes in the sequencers started and
I was in a state of bliss. The first set last about 45 minutes with
the usual assortment of fast and slow pieces. After a short break so
Cyndee could get ready second set started with Ms. Rule adding in
many heavenly solos on top of the bed of sequencers that were being
laid down.

"RMI really is one of the best of the EM bands around today. Cyndee's
parts made magical evening even more so. The only downside beside it
not being long enough was the mix from were we were sitting was bit
office, it was hard to hear the guitar or Cyndee at time, those big
fat sequencers just overwhelmed at times (not really a bad thing at
all!!)

"Keep the Faith (in the Music)
Ken"

From the Gagliarchives site:

RADIO MASSACRE INTERNATIONAL - 11/15/07
The big, regular season programming show was planned a few months in advance. It was a big undertaking and the first of its kind at the college. The plan was to have a live show at the College as part of the new Gagliarchives Concert Series. It was very special. Radio Massacre International was to perform live. It was a magical night that reinforced the strength and power of the ‘live’ show. RMI was incredible and hypnotic. Their set was almost 2 hours and the limited audience loved every minute of it. We had the band in the studio for an interview as well. They played shows in Philadelphia, on Star's End, and in Baltimore with rave reviews. Violinist Cyndee Lee Rule of Scattered Planets joined them as well. Radio Massacre International did not have a drum kit for this show, but it was still just as great as anything I have ever heard from them. I have invited them again to play down the road which they happily obliged. Carol Rogalski, Jack and Ryan Webster, and Brett Holcomb along with the A/V department at BCC were a big help as well. All of our staff were a big help that ultimately pulled off the show that was easier than expected.

You can download this show here:
www.gagliarchives.com
then to the "On Demand" link

These photos were taken by a fan at the Orion gig who posted the link on Progressive Ears:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandonwu/sets/72157603236118597/

More pics coming too!

Radio Massacre International will be in the Gagliarchives studio in Pemberton, NJ on Thurs, November 15th @ 7:00 PM.

There will be a VERY LIMITED audience invited in for this special performance, while the show is being taped to air at a later date!

If you would like to come to the studio, please call Tom Gagliardi during his show this Saturday, November 10th between 10:00 PM-2:00 AM EST.

Please bring some canned food to the studio!

Request Line - (609) 894-8900

Also, if you live in the Philly/SJ area, you can hear the show at 88.9 FM. Everyone else can stream online at: www.z889.com

Looking forward to RMI in the US!!
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Quoted from the Gagliarchives newsletter:
"It's that time of year again! Time to cast your votes for the top
progressive
rock albums of 2007! This is our 10th year doing this and you can be
a part of
it again. You can pick multiple albums if you can't decide on one.
The final Top
100, will be broadcast on the GAGLIARCHIVES beginning Saturday,
November 24th,
Thanksgiving weekend. Listen through http://www.z889.com at 10pm
Eastern that
weekend for part 1 of the 3 part program. Spammed votes will be
removed for this
poll is checked hourly. Once again, vote for as many albums that you
feel made
an impact on 2007. The poll will end at 11:59 pm on Friday November
23rd, 2007.
Thanks and have fun. You guys continue to make this a classic 3 part
program,
year after year!"

Link to vote:
http://misterpoll.com/2217631185.html

Some suggestions, which include my Viper (please vote for these!):

Radio Massacre International--"Rain Falls in Grey"
Mooch--"Dr. Silbury's Liquid Brainstem Band"

Other friends:

Mahavishnu Project, The ~ "Return to the Emerald Beyond"
(which features Premik Tubbs, who will be at the RMI gig in Baltimore)

Band of Rain ~ Arts and Allurements
(I have done some violin for a few of Chris Gill's tunes, featured on
the Band of Rain site: www.bandofrain.com)

Oreseund Space Collective ~ The Black Tomato
(amazing improvised spacerock! OSC thanked me on their "It's All
About Delay" CD)

Speechless ~ Time Out Of Mind
(Sean, founder of www.progressiveears.com, and a GREAT band too!)

Have fun voting!

Radio Massacre International is a British trio of Steve Dinsdale (keyboards, electronics, drums), Duncan Goddard (keyboards, electronics, bass) and Gary Houghton (guitar, synthesizers). These three musicians have worked together in various configurations since they were 16 year old students in the 70's and formed R.M.I. in 1993. Their second Cuneiform release (and the band's 27th overall) is something quite different from the band's previous work. Best known for electronic space music for keyboards, electronics and guitars, here Radio Massacre have expanded greatly upon their usual sound and also use conventional rock instrumentation, adding bass and drums, to create a sincere and moving tribute to Syd Barrett, and in doing so, manage to capture some of the psychedelic magic of 1967-1968. This album features a really striking cover by Daevid Allen, which is also a hommage to Syd.

"This album is our way of saying goodbye and thanks to a genuine one-off. His passing had an unexpectedly profound effect, despite the fact that he hadn't been near a guitar in more than 30 years. It forced us to consider what an enormous influence he was, despite his space-ageascendancy and equally rapid burnout. He picked up a zippo lighter, invented glissando guitar and incorporated non-musical sounds into the context of the new psychedelic movement that had hardly had time to leave the conformity of Rhythm & Blues behind. His creation was a particularly English take on what we now call 'rock'...and for those of us engaged in experimental or space rock, the debt is enormous."-Radio Massacre International

http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=RUNE%20256

Hi Everyone,

One of my tunes is on the Melos Prog Bazaar Progcast.

Progcast 3

Can be heard/downloaded here: http://progbazaar.podbean.com/

Playlist

Rainwound – Oppressing the Past - http://www.rainwound.2ya.com/
Noise626 – An Infinite Shade of Gray - http://www.noise626.com/
Cyndee Lee Rule – As Go The Moments - http://www.cyndeeleerule.com/
Unitopia – Slow Down - http://www.unitopiamusic.com
Dream Aria – Snapshot - http://www.dreamaria.com/
Rick Ray Band - Nothing to Lose - http://www.rickray.net/
Kara – The Gathering - http://www.kara-music.co.uk/
Brighteye Brison – The Battle of Brighteye Brison -
http://www.brighteyebrison.com/
Mermaid Kiss – This Feeling - http://www.mermaidkiss.co.uk/
Trigon – Trigoness Oblige - http://www.heavyzenjazz.in/
Kevin Dallas – Sequel - http://www.myspace.com/kevindallas

Lots of great bands there, too!

From the RMI site:

RAIN FALLS IN GREY by RADIO MASSACRE INTERNATIONAL released 19/9/07 on Cuneiform Records of America.
Pre-release copies will be available at the Leicester concert.

Details (As spoken to Joyce @ Cuneiform)

Is Rain Falls In Grey different from our other CD's ?

Very much so. They're all different otherwise it wouldn't be worth making them, some are more different than others, and this is the album we wanted to make this time. It's quite a departure from the sequencer/electronics of `Emissaries' but if you listen closely, it's the same people at the core.

We have over the last three years enjoyed several rewarding collaborations with other artists, having operated pretty much in a three-sided bubble before that. We have shared a stage with Damo Suzuki on several notable occasions, which introduced us to some valued collaborators besides Damo himself. Martin Archer was one such artist, who we found ourselves onstage with in Sheffield and immediately asked him to contribute some hot wind to the album. We've been after a reeds player for years, but you never know when one's going to turn up.

In late 2006 we very much felt the glorious spirit of the Gong Unconvention in Amsterdam and as our album was taking shape we decided to ask Daevid Allen to create some unique artwork for the project. We knew that he had seen his personal future of glissando guitar playing because of Syd, and so we felt that this tied in beautifully with our wish to acknowldege Syd's pioneering spirit in the realms of space rock through some of the pieces on this album. Whilst at the Gong Uncon we alsomet with American violinist Cyndee Lee Rule, who expressed an interest in contributing after she heard us on a CD of ours (Septentrional) she bought in aid of the Tim Blake legal fund. The violin being an important element in much space rock, we had to say yes and we were truly viperized by her contributions. The album is in many places like a greatly expanded RMI line-up (with us all doubling on keyboards too) and we were very excited by it as it came together. Being a guitar/bass/drums trio as well as sequencer and electronics wizards, ( I love that expression) it was only a matter of time before our dark side was fully let off the leash in the `full on' opus which opens the album.

On a philosphical level the pieces can be seen as a celebration of the eternal life and energy that pioneers such as Syd Barrett give through their music for us all to share , and the sadness when they lose their way like he did. The conclusion of the album is more of a reflection on the dearly departed, whose physical-being is surrendered but whose spirits will always be with us because of what they gave of themselves during their time with us.

Or alternatively, it's a great collection of prime space rock to play loud and enjoy for what it is and not get too hung upon what it all means.

The album title is a quote from the Syd Barrett song 'Baby Lemonade' which we felt summed up the elegiac mood when we first reflected on his passing, although the opening piece is a vibrant celebration of many of our favourite elements of space rock, with homages to Syd's Floyd, Gong, Hawkwind, The Kosmische movement and much else. (I hear Van Der Graaf in the reed playing, there's a cheeky Robert Wyatt quote on drums and hell there might even be a bit of Deep Purple in there somewhere). By contrast, the closing track `Far Away' could be seen to represent a yearning to be with the departed for just a little longer, apparent here in Gary's guitar playing.

The only thing which really matters is how it all works as an entity to be savoured and enjoyed with your drug of choice be it tea, nicotine, red wine, marijuana, acid or just good old fresh air regardless of our past track record and cultural refrence points. We always make a bargain with new music to see it on it's own terms, and we know many of our audience and Cuneiform diehards do too. There will be many fans who wanted us to make the same album as `Emissaries' again, but in presenting something different we'll try and take them where we want to go.

Here’s what the critics said about `Emissaries’ Radio Massacre International’s debut on Cuneiform !

“Frankly there isn’t anyone out there doing this kind of music better” (Space Rock)

“Crikey, RMI don’t do things by halves, do they?” (Sequences)

“A great example of how this genre can transcend time” (Ghostland)

“The soundtrack to an unmade documentary about plankton or dust” (Signal to Noise)

“Evolution is on a large time scale, but things do happen, and they happen for a reason” (Axiom Of Choice)

“This music is no self-indulgent noodling. There are concepts at work here” (Acid Dragon)

“A top pick for 2005, regardless of musical categorizations” (All About Jazz)

“I believe it should carry a warning sticker to the effect that listening to it could potentially be damaging to the pocket, since few bands this side of Acid Mothers Temple have been as prolific” (Terrascope Online)

“Interestingly their record label seems to think that Emissaries will introduce the band to the music world outside of the Electronic Music cognoscenti. So, how better to do that than with an hour long studio CD, a 74 minute live set …and an electronic comic in .pdf format. Yup, that’ll wheel in the James Blunt crowd!” (Space Rock)

“Muito recomendado!” (Rock Progressivo Brasil)

Dr Silbury's Liquid Brainstem Band will make their debut in the world on June 21, which, cosmically enough, is the summer solstice.

Pre-orders are now available through ambientlive records:-

http://www.ambientlive.com/albums/drsilbury.htm

and later - possibly - as a download off t'Internet. The price from ambientlive will be a tenner - note that the album is a double CD; over two hours of space psych insanity!

The Cast

Aunty Clockwise……….....…………. Karen Anderson
Cora Cornucopia……….……………...Bridget Wishart
Sergeant Damien Aztec Doughnut….Damien Redmond
Dr Panacea…………………………....Don Falcone
Dr Silbury………….…...………...…...Steve Palmer
Mr Sopht……………………...…….....Erich Z. Schlagzeug
Paul Didge……………………..………Paul Dunmore
Sir Frank Lee “Quite” Mad...…..…….Jez Creek
Sorceress Sadie Of The
Blasphemous Hells Of The Joyful...Cyndee Lee Rule
Star Lighter………………….....……..Chris Gill

And
Alan Palmer……………………….…..Himself
John Toon……………………...…..….Himself
Jon Weber………………………….….Himself
Daisy…………………………....……..Herself

Hi Everyone,

Hawkwind, will be at the Sterling Hotel in Allentown, PA on Sunday, June 24th!! Doors open at 6pm. Scattered Planets is scheduled for 8:00, before Hawkwind takes the stage at 9pm!!

Admission: $25
Location: The Sterling Hotel
Advance ticket purchases are highly recommended

Money order + $3 shipping to:
Geoff Thomas
PO BOX 409
Whitehall, PA 18052

Or order tickets online: http://www.thesterlinghotel.com

Tickets may also be purchased directly at The Sterling
Hotel in Allentown.

Scattered Planets lineup:
Doug McMahon, synths/vocals
Cyndee Lee Rule, spaceviolin
Jeff Nutkowitz, bamboo flute/glissando guitar
Kenny Brown, theramin
(maybe others)

Other bands performing:
Cheap Dinosaurs
Artek
The Volcanologists
Audiophyle
D-Monster
MORE TBA

More June gigs:

Cyndee Lee Rule, solo Viper
Medford Village Arts Festival, Main St., Medford, NJ
June 3rd
Raindate June 10th (in which case I will not be at the Brainstatik gig)
11:00 AM on the Main Stage and 12:30 PM in front of the Photo Loft

I will be performing some new and unreleased material at this gig.

Sunday, June 10, 2 - 4 pm
Brainstatik presents "Art Music"

The New Hope Arts Council Building
Corner of Bridge St. and Stockton St., second floor
New Hope, PA.
http://www.brainstatik.com

Brainstatik
Ken Palmer, synthesizers
Robert Burger, guitar, guitar-synth
Glenn Robitaille,drums
George Mahlberg, stick
Mike Hunter, guitar, loop-guitar
Jim Silvestri, bass
Cyndee Lee Rule, violin

Clark Park Festival
June, 16 2007
West Philly, Philadelphia

Scattered Planets will be appearing in full force at the Clark Park festival. Start time around 6:30 pm. More details soon.

Hope to see some of you at these gigs!

Cyndee

Quoted from the Bowed Radio mailing list, by Mark Allender:

Bowed Radio #22
Use this link to download podcast:
http://www.bowed.org/022/022.mp3

Mark Feldman - "Father Demo Square"
The Evil Twin - "Get It"
Cyndee Lee Rule - "Telekinetigram"
Virus String Quartet - "Azulerias"

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Mark Feldman is one of my favorite players out there. He has recently
released a disc called No Exit - his first disc of jazz performances
where
he is the bandleader. Jazz aficianados often complain of violin jazz
that
it suffers from baroque excesses. Feldman's disc is a refreshing
departure
in this regard for its sense of restraint, having a profound sense of
space
and an artistry of tone. Violin jazz for people that love jazz.
www.markfeldmanviolin.com

The Evil Twin shows in many ways the opposite of restraint; choosing
instead
to kick your ass with an aggressive sound and killer grooves. Fung
Chern
Hwei on violin and Jeremy Harman on cello.
www.myspace.com/theeviltwinfusion

Out of Philadelphia comes prog rocker Cyndee Lee Rule. Her work brings
the
feel and complexity of space rock into the 21st century. Wild, loud,
intelligent, fun. And dare I say, futuristic. www.cyndeeleerule.com

And closing out the show is the Virus String Quartet - an electric
string
group out of Barcelona (and one of my favorite string groups). They
combine
jazz, flamenco, and swagger to create a truly original sound. And if
ever
they need a bass player, I'd love to get the job.

###

Like I keep going on about, this is the first show in the new format.
Let
me know what you think!

Mark Allender
Producer, Bowed Radio
web: www.bowed.org
email: string@bowed.org
phone: 330-781-4387
skype: mark.allender