ERIK NORLANDER, LANA LANE Channel Now On YouTube

January 11, 2007

Videos featuring Think Tank Media symphonic/prog rock couple Erik Norlander and Lana Lane are now featured on YouTube.com at this location. The popular musicians have compiled full-length videos from the many projects they created over almost 15 years and have posted 13 videos at the Think Tank Music YouTube channel for their fans' viewing pleasure. Norlander also plans to post videos on a channel for his highly successful project ROCKET SCIENTISTS in the near future.

"YouTube is an undeniable phenomenon that is changing the way information is transmitted around the world," Norlander affirms. "Through our MySpace pages, we have met a lot of new friends and reconnected with many older ones. We hope that by sharing some videos of Lana Lane, Erik Norlander and ROCKET SCIENTISTS from the vaults of the Think Tank Media archives that we will introduce our music to some new fans and also provide some great online content for the old ones. Music is about communication, and I really believe YouTube will be a great channel for the Think Tank Media music ... pardon the pun!"

Lana Lane's "Gemini" is an album of classic rock covers from the '60s and '70s featuring the backing musicians Vinny Appice (drums),Tony Franklin (bass),George Lynch (guitar),Mark McCrite (guitar, vocals) and Erik Norlander (keyboards) along with Kelly Keeling providing additional duet and harmony vocals. Gemini is the astrological symbol for twins, and since this is Lana's second album of all covers, the album carries the theme of "two" throughout. Lana recorded two songs by each classic rock artist for this release: a pair of songs each originally recorded by CREAM, PINK FLOYD, THE MOODY BLUES, HEART, JEFFERSON AIRPLANE and FOREIGNER. Of particular note is Lana's "Pink Moon Suite" that combines the song "Johnny Moon" — originally recorded by HEART — with songs from most of "Side One" of PINK FLOYD's landmark "Dark Side of the Moon" album.

Erik Norlander's "Hommage Symphonique" is an album of progressive rock covers recorded by Erik along with Gregg Bissonette (drums),Don Schiff (bass),Mark McCrite (guitar) with Kelly Keeling handling all of the vocal duties. Erik employed a small ensemble of acoustic instruments featuring Jon Pappenbrook (trumpets, flugelhorn),Eric Jorgensen (trombones),Mike Alvarez (cello) and David Schiff (woodwinds). David is the brother of Don Schiff, and in addition to Don's NS/Stick work on the album, he also fills out the acoustic string ensemble with the new Bowed Guitar instrument. Erik's choice of covers reflects his own broad musical taste, performing songs originally recorded by ELP, ELO, YES, RICK WAKEMAN, KING CRIMSON, PROCOL HARUM and JETHRO TULL and CHUCK MANGIONE. The last artist may sound the most surprising, but Erik's stirring rendition of MANGIONE's "Children of Sanchez" brings this jazz-fusion classic more into Erik's world of symphonic progressive rock supported by his seasoned and highly versatile band.

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