Ever since Prince started the music club. We followed the lead and began focusing on more internet exposure and focused less on finding a record company that would sign us. All music, photography, artwork and website was created in our very own studio here in South Florida.

Frank Axtell does all music, while I create all visuals.


I think we're doing just fine without the major outside help and would love to share it with you guys. Cause I know I can find some good constructive critisizim here.

Come hear some music at http://www.frankaxtell.com!

If you like good jazz, you'll love this.



To listen to songs samples directly, follow the links below.


Frank Axtell: Perfectly Frank

01.) Sector A
02.) Blues For Tres
03.) Ana Maria
04.) A1A
05.) Bacon Grease
06.) On South Beach
07.) April Joy
08.) Mr. Davis
09.) Solitude
10.) Saga of Harrison Crabfeathers
11.) For Pat
12.) Rio de Suenos
13.) Samba Festival



Seven

01.) The Father
02.) God Is Love
03.) I Don't Know Why
04.) Our Hearts In Your Hands
05.) For The Love In You
06.) Falling
07.) What Gives In America (full song)
08.) Out On Your Own
09.) We Belong To Jesus
10.) Mind Of Christ
11.) Sweet Tears
12.) Emily
13.) Your Light Has Come
14.) Son Of Light
15.) Where Can You Run?
16.) Confession and Forgiveness
17.) The Wrath


With over two decades in the music industry, Frank Axtell is a renowned guitarist, composer and teacher and is a major contributor to the south Florida jazz-fusion scene. He performs with his own jazz ensemble, The Frank Axtell Group. Most recently, he has performed with other artists such as The Larry Marshall Project. He was chosen as a featured soloist at the Berks Jazz festival in Reading, PA. He toured extensively in the mid 80s along the Atlantic coast & has recorded on the West Coast at San Franciscos The Record Plant. Thankfully he has decided to make south Florida his home.

Frank graduated from the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston. He has always taken his continuing course of musical evolution seriously, learning from prominent guitarists Vincent Bredice, Joe Diorio, Scott Henderson, and Jack Wilkins. In 1990-91 Frank served on the faculty at Miami Dade Community College and has taught guitar and electric bass at The Academy of Fine Arts in West Palm Beach. He performs guitar clinics and teaches guitar and electric bass at Mars Music, West Palm Beach. Currently, with over sixty private students, Frank also owns and operates his own multimedia studio Digital Soundscapes. Frank produces many local artists in addition to composing and engineering.

An impressive list of live venues include:
The Riviera Beach Jazz and Blues Festival / Arturo Sandoval and Ed Calle
Blue Martini/City Place,WPB, FL
City Place/Jazz Series,WPB, FL
Wyndham Hotel and Resorts,Orlando, FL
The Breakers, Palm Beach, FL
PGA National Resort, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Tobacco Road, Miami, FL
The Aventura, Miami, FL
The Stadium, Tampa, FL
Magic Kingdom, Orlando, FL
Jazz on the Avenue, Delray Beach, FL
Uncle Charleys Marin County , CA
Berks Jazz Festival, Redding, PA
The Button South, Hallendale, FL
Sunfest, WPB, FL
City Limits, Hallendale, FL
The Patricia, Stockholm
The Rat, Boston, MA
Jazid, South Beach, FL
Miami Metro Zoo/Molly Hatchet, Miami, FL
The Catalina Club, Boynton Beach, FL
The Candy Store, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Penrods, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Art Stocks Playpen, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Club Safari, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Aquaterra, Palm Beach, FL
The Stadium Lounge, Tampa, FL
Opened for Robert Palmer, Pensocola FL
Opened for Rick Derringer Stage East, Stuart, FL
The Four Seasons, Palm Beach, FL
The Ritz Carlton, Manalapan, FL
Tre Amici, Boca Raton, FL
Cruzans, Boca Raton, FL
The Waterway Cafe, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Sprazos, Jupiter, FL
Airport Hilton, WPB, FL
Jamestown Cigar Co., WPB, FL
Bimini Bay, WPB, FL
The Underground Coffee Works, WPB, FL Restaurant 1325 Jupiter, FL
The West Village Tavern 521 Clematis St. WPB, FL
The Sailfish Club, Palm Beach, FL

Franks comprehensive body of recorded material includes original compositions in the jazz, rock R&B, hip hop, rap, classical, world beat and smooth jazz veins. He is a sought after session guitarist because of his versatility and talent for producing and arranging. He has written radio jingles for clients such as Florida.net, The Institute of Laser Vision, and audio for web. design for Ocwen Realty Advisors. His professional longevity is a monumental credit to his ability to progress artistically with changing musical tides throughout the past two and a half decades.






We'd love to hear any comments on the music and website. Suggestions to help grow is appriciated. Even if you hate it, we want to know how you feel about this new direction.

Thanks for any and all input.

Franks latest independently produced CD Perfectly Frank can be ordered at http://www.frankaxtell.com.

Send us some mail!
frank@frankaxtell.com
or
info@frankaxtell.com

Thank You very much!

Kelly and Frank




[This message was edited Tue Jan 28 12:07:31 PST 2003 by yamomma]

You know I like it . Tell Frank hes Shithot!

thecloud9mission said:

Dude! I've heard your music and you've got mad potential! I can't believe your only 18!

You need to move to the U.S. and study under Frank.

One of Frank's students he had for about six years just left for collage and man was he a smokin' bassist by the time he graduated high school!

This 18 year old kid could kick some sh*t!

I play drums and I would sit in on his lessons sometimes. He was the most fun. You remind me of his potential.
[This message was edited Wed Sep 11 6:44:00 PDT 2002 by yamomma]

Next Gig
Live! At the Norton: The Art of the Guitar


If you are in South Florida, come watch Frank do an incredible solo gig at The Norton Museum of Art.

September 22, 2:00 – 3:00 p.m.

The versatile guitarist, Frank Axtell, visits the Norton Museum to perform a variety of works on guitar, including classical and contemporary pieces. His solo performance features a selection of acoustic works ranging from Bach to flamenco and jazz standards.


The real deal is...
when it's just your fingers and the nylon string Guitar.
No amplifier, no efects, and no backing band. Any mistake is plain as day. That's why Frank is wood shedding 4-6 hours a day before the gig.

Talk about pressure!

The Norton Museum of Art
1451 S. Olive Ave.
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
561.832.5196
[This message was edited Wed Sep 11 6:48:59 PDT 2002 by yamomma]

Gig is now over.

Cool short video clip of the event might be ready to be put up tonight!

Ok, it's ready

http://www.frankaxtell.co...020922.mov

tell us whatcha think!

The Norton gig was a great success! about two hundred people in the theater.

Not bad for a Sunday afternoon.

how much it cost to make a website like that?

will i learn how to make a website like that if i study graphic desgin?

I made it myself.
I have also taught myself to use these tools. PhotoShop, Flash, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, and various audio software.


Then again, I was a visual artist with pencils and paint before this. It is just like anything else. The more you put into your work the more it shows.

subyduby said:

Yes but you wont know about server end stuff, in other words it'll look nice but will take hours to download, links wont work & hard to update. Learn to program first, the graphics will come later

Yup,

that too.

subyduby said:

But no, it cost me nothing but time to make this.


(Except buying the domain name and the hosting service)

Next Gig...

http://www.frankaxtell.co...s/Live.htm