Motu

MOTU is an Indie NY-based Jam Band /Blues Rock recording artist and performer. MOTU's underground web-based fan club is world wide and is growing fast. This can also be demonstrated from MOTU's over 145,000 song plays on MySpace and the over 75,000 SELF PRODUCED INDIE CD sales! MOTU's TENTH Self Produced CD was released in 2009 to RAVE Reviews (see http://www.motu.net/elmore_motu_2009.html)! This CD spent OVER 4 MONTHS on CD Baby's Recommended CDs List! MOTU also just released a 2 Disc CD/DVD set which contains a 32 Track Hi-Def Live DVD. This NEW CD Release features a back up band of very well-known musicians that have played with many music greats. MOTU was a SemiFinalist Winner in the International Blues Challenge (IBC) and is also a winner of two BILLBOARD World Music Awards! MOTU's music is rock with delta blues influences. MOTU has also won praises from classic rock greats for his music based charity work. MOTU's self produced CDs and DVDs are available at iTunes, Rhapsody, and other quality music stores. Official Fan Club Web-Site: http://www.motu.net Check out some recent RAVE Reviews about MOTU: "The constant toothy presence of MOTU’s electric guitar is a tightrope walk across a pit of hungry gators in the tradition of blues greats like John Lee Hooker and Buddy Guy! " -The Deli Magazine; Music Recipes from the Big Apple ---- "It doesn’t get any better than this! This is INDIE electric JAM-BAND music at its best!" - The NYC Underground Muse Magazine. ---- "Such passionate, and impressive, music says volumes about the talent possessed by MOTU." -Neufutur Magazine ---- “Dr Richard (motu) is a fabulous slide guitarist...the best part of an Oreo cookie...even without milk.” -GoodTimes Magazine ---- "The new one from MOTU & The Roadhouse Jesters is chock full of rockin' good blues. Pop it in the CD player and crank it up! " - Jerry Schaefer, host of Graveyard Blues on Long Island, NY's ONLY Classic Rock Station 103.9 WRCN FM. ---- “This is a feel good and have a drink type of music. Thank you MOTU!” -Skope Magazine ---- “This is the real deal: unfiltered, honest music that could easily resonate with anyone who’s experienced a rough road. MOTU’s tough, yet vulnerably aching sound is the stuff great American tales are made of” –Elmore Magazine ---- “It’s the magnitude of Michelson’s grasp of Blues music...whether he is playing his smooth slide guitar or honkin’ on his harp.” –Dig This Real Magazine ---- “Interpretive, talented and visionary are all words that can be applied to the stringed fluency of Motu.... The Blues Lives!” – The Long Island Blues Society ---- “Dr. Richard Michelson, a formidable blues guitarist and very raw singer... we are talking some serious blues.” – Jazz.COM MOTU (Dr Richard Michelson) is a member of ASCAP, The Long Island Blues Society, and other Music Related Organizations. Contact MOTU by email: motu@motu.net For more information, visit http://www.motu.net