VISIONS OF ATLANTIS, SPOCK'S BEARD Members Featured On 2KX s 'Fast And Blue' CD

Prog rock musician/keyboardist Lisa LaRue has announced the final lineup for her CD "Fast and Blue" by 2KX, which will be released by First People Media LLC in February 2011.

The core band consists of:

* Lisa LaRue - keyboards
* John Payne (ASIA FEATURING JOHN PAYNE) - vocals
* Steve Adams (ARZ) - guitars/bass
* Merrilll Hale (ARZ) - drums
* Michael Alvarez (BASS CLEF EXPERIMENT) - cello

Special guests on the CD include:

* Mitch Perry (ASIA FEATURING JOHN PAYNE, CHER, AEROSMITH, MICHAEL SCHENKER, EDGAR WINTER) - guitar
* Don Schiff (ROCKET SCIENTISTS, LANA LANE, ERIK NORLANDER, TAPPESTRY) - NS/stick
* Michael Sadler (SAGA) - vocals
* Maxi Nil (VISIONS OF ATLANTIS) - vocals
* Ryo Okumoto (SPOCK'S BEARD, GPS) - keyboards

The "Fast and Blue" CD by 2KX will be packaged as a souvenir "magazine" containing a DVD with the title track's video, the trailer for the "Fast and Blue" CD, and all video blogs as well as the music CD. A sneak peek video blog is currently available for viewing below. The tentative release date for the full-length CD is February 14, 2011.

Fans can be involved in the 2KX project and reap rewards for doing so via funding resource Indiegogo. For information on pledging to this project, please go to this location. Those who pledge to the project could qualify to receive a song written by LaRue for them or a loved one as well as numerous other rewards for their participation.

Based in Northeastern Oklahoma and working for her tribe (United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma),Lisa LaRue is not only fulfilling her dreams but hoping to be an inspiration to other native entrepreneurs. While staying in her home community and doing important work for her tribe, she is recording a progressive rock album with musicians from around the world! Progressive rock has recently witnessed a resurgence across the world, particularly in the U.K., but as a Native American woman, Lisa has taken on a new challenge of working with musicians of different cultures and backgrounds to work in a unique way — each participant writes and records their own parts without any musical direction, but what comes from their heart. The combination of backgrounds, influences, demographics and talent is not only proof that music is the universal language, but that an indigenous woman can stay in her own tribal community and still work with the world and touch the world as well, in a way that is not stereotypical but uniting - while using modern technology to create the final product. One of the "hold-ups" to native people being successful is the lack of opportunities in the tribal community. But with the Internet and other forms of technology, it is now possible.

"I've connected with fabulous musicians from other parts of the United States, Greece and the U.K., and we all share the common goal of creating great music, and have proven to ourselves that we write and play in spiritual harmony," says LaRue.

By allowing each musician the opportunity to add to the songs what comes from their hearts without any musical direction, the outcome will show that music IS, indeed, the universal language.

Even though technology is easily available, it costs money — not only for the small necessities like high-speed Internet, quality computers and software, but for the costs of professional mixing, mastering and final production. "Staying in my community and working for my tribe is my priority, but so is using the gift the Creator gave me — the ability to play what comes from my heart," LaRue says. And I want to show other Native artists that they can reach out to the world while staying an integral part of their community!"