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Hi, We're All Mac!From its very inception, AcRock has been Mac-based. Music and the Macintosh just naturally go together, so every one of our CDs has been recorded, direct to disk, with ProTools on a Mac. Our album graphics have been generated on Macs, too, along with everything you see on the website. The behind-the-scenes stuff, too: sales, scheduling and accounting information all get generated on a Mac. Everything that you see and hear from AcRock is truly the product of a Mac. Now we've gone a step further. Our appearance schedule requires lots and lots of driving for all the guys. And the fact that Mark, Paul, Chris and JD live so far apart from each other means that even a rehearsal eats up five or six man-hours behind the wheel. So, we've taken the next logical step and moved our business meetings into cyberspace. We've always communicated via e-mail, but now, thanks to Chat AV, we've recently begun having virtual meetings right from the comfort of our own homes. So that big smile you see on AcRock faces comes from spending less time fighting traffic and more time at home with our families! The
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Ac Rock Is The Cat's Meow!If you should find yourself in Las Vegas or in one of our fine state casinos, take a look at the new Cat’s Meow slot machine. Then, take a listen! You'll hear Ac Rock singing the theme song: “C’mon down from your window, baby, tonight we’ll howl at the moon”. Yes, indeed, the loveable furry felines on the WMS Game are voiced by none other than Paul, JD, Chris & Mark. We were delighted to hear ourselves loud and clear as we sampled the action on a recent visit to Vegas ourselves. And where you play Cat’s Meow, look for the many variations of Monopoly slot machines (also featuring vocals by Ac Rock). Our friends at WMS
Gaming were nice enough to give us this cut to share with you...
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Out Of The Box is Two CDs in One!Out Of The Box breaks the mold with our first original recording,
Mark's retro rocker, Get Out The Way. The disc also includes our most
requested tunes: hits like Happy Together, Who Put the Bomp?, Under
The Boardwalk, Pretty Little Angel Eyes, So Fine, Duke of Earl, Book of
Love, Get A Job and Goodnight, Sweetheart. A cartoonish jungle scene
opens The Lion Sleeps Tonight. Chris rocks I Feel Good, only to have
JD's backing vocals morph into a classical waltz. Rounding out the
package are a funky version of Shining Star, a rockin' uptempo
Absolutely Right, a laid-back version of Little Deuce Coupe and a
surprising a cappella take on MMMBop, complete with vocal "scratching"
and punchy vocal percussion. Fourteen all new tracks... and Enhanced
Content, too!
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People always comment on the clean, transparent sound
of our CDs. Here's our secret: Shure microphones. Our first two albums
were produced using Shure Beta Green 5.0 mics exclusively, and recorded
with no eq whatsoever, so what we sing is what you hear! For Guaranteed
To Satisfy, we recorded exclusively with Shure's versatile KSM44's! We
used a mix of Shure mikes for the top-selling Out Of The Box and our
newest release, Flying Colors. Every single Ac•Rock CD has been an all-Shure
production, recorded straight-to-disk in our in-house DigiDesign
ProTools studio.
Ac•Rock insists on Shure for live performances as well. Years ago, we
started with Shure SM58's and have since moved up to a Shure wireless
package (which frees us from cords and lets us have a lot more fun with
the audience). When all you've got is your voices, the mikes better be
right - and Shure microphones are the best!
