Experimental Audio Arts– TuneSmith~Producer~Engineer: Home
" Cogito Ergo Sum ≈ " I think there for I am."
NEW JAZZ ALBUM OUT SOON! THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN A GREAT ADVENTURE IN ART.
SPANNING 3 YEARS, 3 CONTINENTS, 7 STUDIOS 9 MUSICIANS & 1 NEPALESE BUDDHIST MONASTERY.
THIS IS MY MOST DEFINITIVE PIECE OF WORK TO DATE CHECK OUT THE EXCITING NEW EXPERIMENTAL JAZZ ALBUM....
"FÅREWELL PROTOCOL"
My music is about combining space, notes, melodies, counterpoint, colors, ideas & concepts utilizing a diverse set of instruments. I play all instruments, wear all studio hats and when Im not able to perform a task due to not having 8 arms and 6 feet, my good friends come in to help with their artistic ideas. Thanks folks!
I started out as many musicians do by playing along with headphones trying to cop that one riff from our favorite music.Headphones/guitar/record=goodtimes! Vinyl records influenced me tremendously.
As a young man I was performing and going to colleges with recording programs, hanging out with the bands, students and getting to know the faculty. I performed anywhere & everywhere that would let me play sometimes when they were not to keen on my music.
In 1992 I started performing and stepping in for session work at a few small indie studios.Having played at this point with so many different musicians ,playing a variety of styles, in many different venues I learned to listen, be quick with a riff and by all means COMMUNICATE!
In 1994 I started a studio in a school bus in the remote Yaak Mountains of N.W. Montana. This was a lab for listening, laying it down and learning from all my mistakes. I made some crazy music up in them there mountains!
My early music was solo classical guitar but with an Alex DeGrassi style to it,performing all over I landed in a studio only to find that my way of playing fit very nicely with jazz and especially world generes.I started to incorporate more elements into these tunes,a sitar here an ud there and all the while continuing to create works.
I love to play drums, bass, guitar, sitar, keys in so many variations. Here are but a few:
JAZZ¬WORLD¬REGGEA¬CLASSICAL¬I.C.M¬AFRO,POP¬ÒPSYCHEDELIA¬AMERICANNA¬SOUNDTRACKS......
I pull from all these genres to create my tunes, at times using all these ideas and elements in one movement. I improv most of my material both instrumentation and words if I do feel moved to sing. I open my mind and then the flow begins. For this reason I have recorded nearly 90% of every tune I have ever played, from early ProTools to my favorite ANALOG TAPE! Sonically some of these recordings are pristine some are not. To me they work and I enjoy listening to them, perhaps you and yours will too!
I dont sell my music but I do ask that you support the arts and music in schools across the country. Here are a few organaizations below or √ out the linx page.
NATIONAL+
http://www.menc.org/
MINNESOTA+
http://www.earcandycharity.org/Music-Partnership.aspx?Id=56
WISCONSIN+
http://themamas.org/
√ out your area for an organization to help music & arts for our youth they need our help more than ever.
If you really feel like buying an album or cd you can. I wont stop you but as for singles they are free. If you are interested in using some of my material or hiring me for a project as an audio professional or session musician drop me a line and we can talk.
Thanks and enjoy!
Jeremy Brockman