Asma Music
Here's some Asma music MP3s.
This is stuff I wrote and recorded with various bands. Download,
use, and abuse as you see fit (just let me know).
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These samples are bits of solo
music that I wrote, and on which I played all the instruments.
I have ridiculous amounts of this stuff, so if you have
any interest in it, just let me know and I'll send you
more. Some of it has been used for movie trailers.
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The Academy of Fists is a sometimes
funky, sometimes moody organ trio. In addition to my own
ham-fisted work on guitar, it's Kyle “12 tone” Olson
on drums and percussion, and Bob “where's my wallet?” Long
on Hammond B3. This project emerged out of the rubble of
the collapsed Peking Turtle project,
and it continues to play gigs and record albeit sporadically.
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Peking Turtle was a phenomenally energetic
and creative band that was fronted by dynamo vocalist Typhanie
Monique Coller (aka T.monique). We played a fusion of jazz,
funk, and rock, and played all over the Chicago acid-jazz
scene. We released a CD in 2001 called “Airtite.” In
addition to myself on guitar and Typh on vocals, Peking
Turtle had Benjamin Dauer on bass, Bob Long on keys, and
Kyle Olson on drums (also Shana Speigel on background vocals
and Michael Jackson on sax). Check out Typhanie's website
at www.tmonique.com.
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Barnacle Souffle was a
short-lived, strange, jazz band — the collective brainchild
of friends Michael Jackson (sax), Dr. Ross Reed (trombone)
and myself (bass). We wrote the material and then wrangled
some excellent musician friends to perform it all at a
recording studio with no rehearsal. We had John Beard on
guitar, Rick Gehrenbeck on keys, Tim Anderson on percussion,
and Dan Fliegel on drums. We released a CD in 1998.
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I also recorded with a blues band called
Howard and the White Boys that my friends
and I started back in college (Howard McCullum, Dan Bellini,
and Jim Christopulos). We had very good fortune early on
and ended up opening gigs for B.B. King, and playing as
Bo Diddley's band when he came through town. Eventually
we found ourselves playing weekly gigs at Buddy Guy's “Legends” blues
club in downtown Chicago. We toured with Buddy's band in
the mid 90s, and released a solid modern blues CD entitled “Strung
Out on the Blues” (Mighty
Tiger Records). I had to leave the band in order to teach,
but my friends carry on with Howard
and the White Boys.
Check out their website at www.howardandthewhiteboys.net.
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Forthcoming solo music CD. |
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