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HAVING OPENED FOR THE LIKES OF EEK-A-MOUSE & SLIGHTLY STOOPID,  THE EXPENDABLES ARE STARTING TO FILL THE  HOUSE  AS HEADLINERS WITH THEIR OWN SEAMLESS  BLEND OF ROCK, REGGAE, SKA AND SURF. 

Pictured in their homebased lab, the ETCH BROTHERS, Omar and Aaron, as in Etcheverry,  have, on their 1st CD, brewed up a fetching batch of computer generated musical experiments and variations on a theme. This two headed entity appears on the verge of becoming Santa Cruz's formidable presence on the scene of all that is electronica, both physical and cyber. Read

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other local electronica artists. The address will be www.musichitlist.com. You will see our CD in local stores soon. Our new CD should be for sale on it in a few weeks. I'm really exited about this new CD. We've learned so much since the first one.

CT: How long did it take to make this CD and  were there any steep learning curves?
AARON: It took six months to make our first CD. I knew the sounds I wanted but it took time to learn how to use all the software.
OMAR : Aaron had already made a

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AN ELECTRONIC DISCOURSE WITH THE ETCH BROTHERS
CT: How did the Etch Brothers come about?
OMAR: Aaron had been doing electronica music for 10 years with kneeboards and samplers. When trance and house came to our attention, we started throwing around ideas to each other. I think we realized how good we worked together. This happened at the same time that we were making a huge transition to computers. Everything seemed to just come together. The name is the beginning of our last name (Etcheverry). I think I thought of the name somewhere out in the middle

of the ocean on a 10-day boat trip. I think I was really bored and losing my mind!!! Ha-ha!!!!!!

CT: What hardware and software were used in this DIY production?
OMAR: Hardware: 2 fast PC's, an old scratchy record player, a Mackie mixer, Digitech DSP, Soundblaster Live soundcard, Shure microphone.
Software: Acid Pro 2.0, Soundforge, Cool Edit Pro, Frutyloops, Rebirth, and a few secrets...ha-ha.

CT: Any plans for selling the CD either locally or on the Internet?
OMAR: Yea, we are in the process of making an ecommerce website to sell our music along side with

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