DC.. LaCroix (Joe is in back row, far right)

About Joe Dansereau
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Several years ago when I produced and hosted The Omega Report television show, a young couple named Joe and Teri Dansereau volunteered to help with filing, mailings and whatever else needed to be done.

Beyond that, I know very little about Joe except he is one talented musician, as these songs illustrate. His music reminds me of Kansas, Boston or Genesis.

Joe Dansereau was raised on a farm in Montana and started singing at 5 years old when his dad taught him some of country music favorite classics. At age 12, started playing guitar and writing his own songs. After graduating from Central Valley High School in Spokane Washington, At 18 Joe took his talents to Los Angeles California, a long way from his childhood home in Montana.

He got his first break singing demos at the famous "Hitsville" studios for Motown Records. With help from songwriter/producer Frank Busey, He was introduced to then producer of the year Curtis Nolan producer of the year on Rockwells smash "Somebody’s Watching Me" and started recording demos at Hitsville and thats where he cut his first single "Give me Some Attention" wriitten by Frank Busey and Produced by Curtis.

Around that same time Joe fronted the progressive rock band "TRANSPORT". (I loved that band! still do!) Joe later became the frontman and one of the songwriters for the critically acclaimed rock band "D.C. LaCroix". After that he became the songwriter/ frontman for the metal band "IN COMMAND". Both DC and Incommand were produced by award winning producer "Toby Wright".

Joe moved to Nashville in 1991 and joined up with "65 South". He went on to perform his own music at such venues as the "Grand Ole Opry", "The Wildhorse Saloon" and the "Geo Theater", as well as other Nashville hot spots.

Joe has opened for major acts and has been on TV and radio spots, sold out concert halls throughout Southern California and Nashville. It has been said that Joe has a "boy next door" approachability and gives his heart and soul to his audience everytime.

"Yeah yeah yeah ... Anyway, For the last few years I have been the proud owner of a successful company working for the music industry in Nashville Tn. I own a home in the country, a cabin-like 3 bedroom 2 bath house sitting in the middle of five acres of forest land with my two dogs and my best friend and sweetie, Terrie.

"Terrie is a wonderful author (See picture below of Terrie and Stephen King huggin’ all over her!) and is getting ready to release her next novel titled "HIM; A True Story of Magick, Music and Benign Possession." Reserve your copy today! Terries web site coming soon!

"Over the years I have become a published songwriter placing songs in TV and Film. I still produce, record and perform music. Music is one addiction there is no rehab for. You never get it out of your blood."

He injects a soulful power into his music and I have no problem visualizing him on a concert stage in front of tens of thousands of screaming fans.

I present these examples of his work for purposes of review and education (in how to put music on your own web site).

These Flashy files were created with a program called Web Audio Plus, which is free - but is limited to only one song per Flash file. Also, you'll note there is no volume control. But the program itself is very cheap and in some cases free. The advantage to Flash files is the format is harder for the average person to copy - you can't just download it and play it like you would an MP3 file.

Web Audio Plus lets you make the control buttons different colors, styles and sizes and you can eliminate the Pause button, though I wouldn't want to. You'll notice the first two sets of buttons at the top are different shades of blue.

The MP3 file of Lights Out, for example, is 4,666 Kb or 4.7 Mb. The Flash file is much smaller at 3,479 Kb or 3.5 Mb.

To save even more, I would suggest encoding them as an FLV (Flash Video) file, and putting them all on a single playlist, which takes up less space on a page, as you'll see below.

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