"Don't Worry"
(Mt 6:25)

Excerpts from an 2025 interview with a famous Madison, Wisconsin music website

Dude Aeronomy Introduces
Beyond Proximity 2025

"My first single was released on a 45 RPM record on April 1, 1971. It was entitled 'Beyond Proximity' and I was pretty proud of it. On April 1, 2021 I re-released it in digital format and today it appears on all streaming platforms. My nephew James has had a set of lyrics since he was a young boy, and these lyrics fit perfectly with the music, so we used it to form the song 'Transcend' that the band Night Divine has since performed often. However, James hasn't seemed completely happy with the result as he has repeatedly used A.I. generated music to try to create many new versions. I don't like any of them. So I got some friends together and we put together the best ever version in the studio in Madison. We then sent it off to be mastered in Nashville and digitally released it. I was so happy with it that I happily re-used the name 'Beyond Proximity' as it now stands as the best song I've ever recorded, replacing the 1971 classic."

- Dude Aeronomy 2025 interview

Cast of Characters

Dude Aeronomy – Guitar and Bass

"On the song, I used the Night Divine Axtra. This nicely painted guitar is named after the song entitled 'Night Divine' by the band Dizmas out of California. That song starts with the lyrics 'Drop ship or just cast the ancor, here to fight and we won't back down.' For the bass groove, I of course used the legendary Axtra Battlecat Bass. The instrumentation is based on a classic 1970's rock sound, since I believe that is when the world's best music was written and performed."

- Dude Aeronomy 2025 interview

Ron Maiden - Vocals

"Ron is known for making his own t-shirts. To do this, he uses a black magic marker to block out the letter I on a variety of Iron Maiden t-shirts. His famous quote is 'There is no I in Ron Maiden.' Since he has LSD (Lead Singer Disorder) that results in a huge ego, if you see the obvious error in his statement, please just let it go. Don't tell him about it. Let him reside in his own little fantasy world. He does have a great voice, and that's the only reason we asked him to be part of this project."

- Dude Aeronomy 2025 interview

Potzan Panz - Drums

"Potzan Panz plays in a number of local and national bands under a different name. He grew up in a mobile home park in northern Wisconsin and as a young boy used his mother's actual pots and pans to form his first drum kit. This earned him the nickname 'Pots and Pans' and during the 80's he played under the stage name Potzan Panz. When he heard the demo for the 2025 version of Beyond Proximity, he stated that 'This song is a classic, so it deserves a classic stage name' and decided to use it again for this project."

- Dude Aeronomy 2025 interview

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Dude Aeronomy plays Axtra brand electric guitars.