Welcome to Barnyard Sounds web
site. This web site showcases the music of John Spreier, the bands that
he has performed in, and select featured artists.
It also features pictures & video
performances of John & his
bands and serves as a portal for the best
free programs that you can download on the
internet.
Click on the links above and to
the right to listen to the albums, see the bands,
read the history, hear the music, learn the news,
look at the pictures, download the programs, view
the videos, and surf the links to the world wide
web.
John Spreier is a musician,
songwriter, and vocalist. His main instruments
are bass and guitar but he's been known to pick
up a mandolin, trumpet, or drum & bang some
keys on a piano or synthesizer to record the
parts that are needed for a song that he's
written. He began performing in the spring of
1976 and started recording in the autumn of 1979.
To date he has released five solo albums and
twenty-two albums with his bands.
John has performed and/or recorded
with Dave Lieber,
Ken & Marty Mele, Tony Miceli, Wico Van
Genderen, Lydia Jackson, Tim Waller, Brad Egner,
Bob Hollinger, Kenny & Michael Birnbaum,
Charlie Capella, Pete Kogler, Tim Turner,
Jimmy Mulligan, John Guadagni, Jon & Justin
Jelleyman, Jimmy Devine, Wilson Blue, Dave Turano,
Brian Dougan, David Chandler,
Arna Zucker,
Phil Mullen, Lloyd Nibbs, Nick & Steve Smith,
Steve Copel, Kenny Johnson, Fred Wilkes, Billy
Smith, Georgia Kaly, Willie Wilmont, Tom Parotti,
Willie Coolie, Abdul Mateen, Tony Blackett, Frank
O'Rourke, Chris Turner, Len Boudreau, John
Crafton Jr, John Crafton III, Anthony Gavoli,
Joshua Willis, Donna & Jeff Olson, Vincent
Pasternak, John Dunn, Rick Bellaire, Marilynn
Manfra, J.P. Jones,
Kurt Meyer, Caila Spreier, Michele Jeffrey, Joe Casinelli, Steve Hodge,
Chuck Smith, Kristen Chapentier, Denice Petrucci,
Seth Ramsdill, James & Sam Marriot, Danielle
Schaeffer, Judie Knudtson, Jacob Clawson, Ken
& Lori Imel, Katie & Matt Imel, Steve
Chapman, Alex Heilig, Betsy & David Elwert,
Kathleen Olive, Bryan Wilkes, Aimee Pakan,
and many other great musicians. He's also
performed with The Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Choir and The Grace Lutheran Church Choir.
John was an audio engineer with John
Guadagni for Maasai's live performances in the
eighties. He was the audio engineer for The Jon
Jelleyman Memorial Benefit Concert at One Pelham
East in Newport, R.I. He was the audio engineer
and producer for Arna
Zucker'si
love to sing-aEP. He was the
audio engineer for John Belcher's "Half
of My Time" which appears on John
Belcher's album "The Sound According to John".
He was an audio engineer for St Andrews Lutheran
Church & Bethlehem Lutheran Church. He was
the audio engineer for all of his bands albums
with the exception of the Allagash albums which
were engineered by Jon Jelleyman. He was the
audio engineer and producer for all of his solo
albums.
Click here to read
John's musical resume encoded as a PDF (Portable
Document Format) file.
Any and all lyrics, music, pictures,
songs, videos, and works of art created by John
Spreier are for your personal use only and remain
the exclusive property of John Spreier. They may
not be altered, performed, reproduced, or resold
in any form without the express written consent
of John Spreier. You are free to share them as
long as the credit goes where it belongs and you
do not profit from their use.
Barnyard Sounds is on the air. We play
your favorite BS songs 24 hours a day without
commercial interuption. We'll also feature
interviews with the songwriters and performers.
It's on demand so you can click through to your
favorite song or artist. Click the
play button now.
Unlike other websites, Barnyard
Sounds always provides the entire song (not just
clips) encoded in WMA and MP3 format for your
listening pleasure. In addition to
the music we also provide the lyrics and
the graphics for the album. Barnyard Sounds
believes that the internet is the radio
of the 21st
Century
and that listening to music on the web
should be free. If you would like to
own the albums,
you can pay for them
securely. Click here to
download the Barnyard Sounds albums for free.
Click here to
purchase the Barnyard Sounds CDs.
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links on this web site are not valid please notify us via
e-mail.