30. December 08.

Site updated a bit. So what is new? You can listen to Gary Kramer Guitars promo song, unusual rendering of christmas carol "Metal of the Bells" HERE and you can see some of the GK guitars HERE
I will put mp3 in media section at Milking Rosewood for download later.
After some quite big and unexpected delay, Trigger new video will be finished during January, hope you will like it! We had small domestic tour here and hope to book some more dates in next few months.
You can also visit my youtube channel and take a look at my latest beauty, Gary Kramer Turbulence 36 frets seven string, and how it looks when played!
Happy New Year to everyone!

12. August 08.

After quite a some time, site is bit updated and back online. I was so busy working on some other stuff and lazy to take care about milking-rosewood.com that it ended being offline for a month, and was not updated for a few months more, sorry! If you ever need some informations, you can always reach me by mailing me or by visiting my myspace page.

02. January 08.

At the annual music TV Metropolis channel awards in Belgrade, Trigger got "Discovery of the year" award, as best new band or artist in Serbia! Video for song "Jedan dan" has been choosen for yearly Top 10 videos list on the same TV.

22. December 07.

Album "Love" is finally out! It is for domestic market only, but we hope to have English language version done during 2008. CD can be bought online from www.yu4you.com and if you are in Serbia you can order it from us by writing to our mail kontakt@triggerband.net
Learn more about band "Trigger" at our webpage www.triggerband.net or by visiting our myspace profile.

28. October 07.

Trailer for the new album of my band Trigger and video for a song "Jedan Dan" added at Media page, also there are some minor changes to the site.
Even though TV commercial and first video are in rotation on domestic channels, for reasons beyond our control, the album is still not in distribution here. I hope we will sort this out soon! On a bright side, we are getting very positive feedback from everyone and song "Jedan dan" has already charted at 1st place in "Top 10", music program on Metropolis TV in Belgrade, after being on list for 3 weeks!

27. September 07.

New pictures in gallery!

09. September 07.

Trigger album will be finally released in next few weeks, and first video for song "Jedan Dan" is in rotation. You can watch it HERE (better quality) or HERE (myspace so less quality but faster). You can also watch Trailer for album on the same locations.
Trigger also opened Beerfest in Belgrade, not a big crowd as we were first to play, but nice event and friendly crowd anyway! Some photos to be upped soon!

14. May 07.

I am officially endorsed by Gary Kramer Guitars! Master luthier Leo Scala has made a beautiful guitar for me, customized "Concord" model with some changes here and there. It looks and plays amazing, really unique instrument. Big thanks to Leo and Gary and also to our mutual friend Nebojsha! You can check Leo's designs here:
www.garykramerguitars.com

Shooting of first video for Trigger album is finished yesterday, we hope to have it ready at the end of May/early June when album release is scheduled. Yes album is (finally :)) mixed and is about to be mastered while we are finalizing negotiations with record company. There is a lot of very positive feedback from people that have heard it and I hope general reaction of public will be the same - it really is a pioneering project compared to rest of the more mainstream music scene here.

...And finally, just to mention that there are some updates to links section!

11. February 07.

New pics in gallery taken at recent gig! Aaaaaaaand another delay for album as we will mix again few songs. I will put some small preview for album artwork in a few days. Patience is my middle name, yes. :)

11. December 06.

Not much news about me personally but new stuff about my band Trigger :) We are scheduled to have album out in February of 2007, at least that is estimated date :) We will shoot video till the end of December so that it can start rotating during January on local TV stations here. Deal is not yet signed (until some final touches are added to mixes and record is mastered) but we have shaken hands with people from label so I hope everything turns out as it was planned. Mix has taken ages, especially because we had a long break for a month and a half, caused by some stuff not directly connected with our work, but it is close to a point of being finished and we are quite satisfied with results.

Band also played first gig in new line up in SKC. it was a small gig with some friend bands, we had a lot of fun, and got a lot of positive feedback about our songs. We will also take part in recording New Years Eve show for Belgrade TV Metropolis and play outdoor concert as support for band "Van Gogh" at main city square in city of Pancevo at 1.1.2007.

You can see new pictures in a gallery, taken at recent gig in SKC, Belgrade.

16. September 06.

What the hell is a purpose of deadlines anyway? :) So yes, we are late but we are mixing album at last, and it should be done in next few weeks. While mixing and doing all other stuff needed to get record out, we are also about to make a video for one of songs, so it can go to rotation on tv stations at the same moment the record is out. We are currently checking locations with director, working on script etc. It was hard to resist a temptation to put online some kind of preview clips of album songs, but as I like surprises it will wait until mixing and mastering is done.

There are also new pictures in gallery taken from the studio and during recent visit to our frinds in city of Nish for you to check. They are refreshing and educational at the same time. Sort of. :)

12. June 06.

Small links section update... Myspace page is up at www.myspace.com/dushansvilokos, and www.triggerband.net is "parked". This site dedicated to my new band is coming soon hopefully. Www.milking-rosewood.com will still be functional, naturally, but more focused on my efforts as a guitar player, and triggerband.net will be about Trigger as musical unit.
All instruments and vocals for new Trigger album are recorded, so now we are in editing phase, and album is expected to be mixed in July by Goran Shimpraga. Goran is renowned mixing and recording engineer and producer, also a part of the "Biber" creative team. (you can find out more about "Biber" by following link from links page) or just by clicking HERE.
Band is rehearsing for some time, and as some songs are really challenging to perform live because of loops, sequenced synths and fx, a lot of work has gone into translating music from album into a live band situation. We are also about to throw in some interesting cover versions of our favorite other artists songs together with our own material for live appearances.
Album will be sort of conceptual record with all songs being about one subject but approached from different points of view. Dark mood, heavy guitars, clean vocals, a small (un)healthy dose of electronica. Album will be first out in Serbian language, but we hope to have English lyrics version out later. Trigger material represents me more as a songwriter and producer than solely virtuoso guitar player, so I hope people who like my playing will like it when it is functional, in service of making song better instead of usual merciless fretboard milking :)
All artwork for album cover and for web page will be done by Vladimir Petrovic, our friend and talented young designer. As this record was almost 4 year in the making I am really excited that finally we are close to having it out. I am also especially happy about vocals of Milena Brankovic, she did a great job above any expectation. I have always considered that good singer has to be kind of "Intimate storyteller" that has to reach heart of a listener, and judging by comments from people that have heard raw material with final vocals, Milena did just that.
I am also glad to say that by now album is a pure child of love that is coming to birth with help of our numerous friends that participated at some points. When album is out, there will be surely VERY long list of people that helped Trigger album to see the light of day. But more about it when album is out!
See ya soon!

08. March 06.

It seems that I was too optimistic about our work on Trigger album... Although demos are over, and some final keyboards, guitars and vocals are already recorded, we have had few problems, and there was a break for month and a half. I am not really happy about it, as my plan for releasing album in the spring of 2006 obviously won't work, but on the other hand it does makes situation more relaxed and it will give me more time to pay attention to all those little details.

There are some good news too, but I will talk more about it in a few days. Result of this new opportunity is that I will start to work on songs for full length guitar instrumental album very soon, so even if nothing happens on business side, people stopping buy here at milking rosewood dot com will be able to enjoy some more instrumental music :) Stay tuned.

09. November 05.

There is a new instrumental, "Arrhythmia Kiss" in Media section. People were asking if there is more instrumental pieces, so even if this one is just unfinished demo, I don't have spare time and energy to work on guitar instrumentals right now anyway. Hope your ears can handle unusual time signatures :-)
Trigger now has a keyboard player in his ranks, and demos for album are more or less finished. We will be using most of programming, but "live" instruments will be re-recorded in next two months. I hope we will finish all work untill January, and have album out before spring.
New web site for Trigger is under construction, and you will find all stuff connected with my work as a part of a Trigger there.
Milena, our new singer pleasently suprised me with great interpretations, and people that have heard demos have only good things to say about songs so I think we are heading in the right direction. Album will be conceptual, and will have focus on songs, so naturally you won't find too much of guitar virtuosity there, but I will still record few flashy guitar solos here and there, just can't help about it :-)

There are also few photos added in gallery for no particular reason. One of these days I should make some decent photos, posing with guitar and all that usual stuff.

03. August 05.

Well, I have been busy, and for good reason: my band Trigger has new singer, finally, and we are working on a material for new album. As a lot of work is already done, we hope to have it finished in next few months. More informations and maybe even some sound clips are coming soon.

17. May 05.

"Zrno Prasine", first video single from "Klinika" album is now in Media section, and there are also entries for 30 sec solo contest. Also, links are finaly updated. Check them!

02. May 05.

I was planning to get some of my own stuff finished, and upload mp3's to media section, but have been kind of busy last month, doing some studio work, and helping my friend's band working on their first album. I will talk more about it later. For now, we are working on song structure, arranging, and moving things around... more or less, having fun.
Also I did few pieces of music for "Best 30 sec solo" contest on www.acidplanet.com. You can listen to mp3's by doing search for Dushan from artists menu on main page, by following this link , or if you are too lazy for all that, just wait until I upload them here at milking rosewood. :-)

22. March 05.

www.milking-rosewood.com is finally up! As I am hopelessly lazy bastard, it took almost three months for me to finish it. Take a look around, and if you have any ideas or suggestions let me know by leaving a comment in guestbook.