Music video for Lavender Tarantula off of my latest album “Coruja” I hope you enjoy it. Download the full album for free herehttp://www.jamendo.com/en/album/95031 or buy it on Amazon.
Made with iMovie 3 on my Apple Power Macintosh G4 using public domain footage from Archive.org and my flip video camera. Additional video camera work by Cristiane Nunes Silva Wierbonski.
This was just recorded last Sunday 8.20.11 at my home studio. This is a Children of Mu rendition of my composition “22nd Ave S” which was first released on Coruja. This version features me on Drums, Rex Shepherd on Guitar, Jeremy Powell on Sax, and K Paul Boyev on Bass. This is a stripped down Mu lineup, but I think that it came out really well.
This is the first recording released under my real name. I’m not sure why I decided to use this one, but maybe it was because I feel like this particular EP basically came straight from a particular stressful week at work which I translated directly and frantic and chaotic music, hints it’s title “Work”
The instrumentation is only drums and synth, with recorder on one track. The synth used was a Yamaha TX81z. Every track was started with the drums and then I went back and improvised all the other tracks afterwards. Basically solo improvisation.
The patches I created on the synth were trying to emulate free jazz sax, horn electric piano and bass tones. Obviously since the TX81z is a 4 operator FM synth, realism was NOT my goal, but rather to create somewhat strange and warped versions of these instruments.
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Be sure to go check out my new album “Coruja” available for purchase on Amazon, iTunes, eMusic etc… I worked really hard on this one, and it is definitely a percussion lover’s album. Later an actual CD will be available as well. Since Amazon doesn’t allow back covers, you can download it here or at least look at it to see the notes.
A partial list of equipment used: Custom made 6 piece drum kit with concert toms, surdo, caixa, agogo, repinique, tamborim, cuica, Paiste cymbals, tan tan, pandeiro, 6″ Chinese gong, wood block, Kawai K1 II synthesizer, Casio CZ-3000 synthesizer, Yamaha TX81Z Synthesizer, Korg MS-2000 Synthesizer, acoustic guitar, floppy drive, Pro Tools Free for OS9, Cubase SX, Cubase SE, Audacity, Ecasound, Sure SM57, Behringer C-2, OHS OM450, Tascam M-164, and a buch of other stuff I’m forgetting about.
Or download it for free here!
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This is an album recorded by me and saxophonist, Jeremy Powell in 2007. It was recorded on Easter Sunday and the first time Jeremy and I had ever played together. I met him at a local jam session and thought he playing was incredible and asked him if he wanted to come over and record some improvised music. This is what happened.
This is free and intense music of only acoustic drums and soprano saxophone. I really think we captured some great performances here and if you are a fan of the free music genre, you should like this album.
It was recorded with two Sennheiser MD421s going straight to standard cassette tape. Everything was recorded live and the recording is practically unedited.
Justin Robert Wierbonski – Drums
Jeremy Powell – Saxophone
Download the full album MP3 format in a zip
Download full album art by Jeremy Powell
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This is the first batch of extremely limited release of floppy singles I am releasing. There are three different singles all with original hand made cardboard sleeves. Each single has a self-contained song, which means you do not need any type of player to play the song, they will play right off of the floppy disc on any windows based computer (Linux works with Wine installed) with a floppy drive. Each song is in .ogg format and each floppy has a self-contained ogg player. On each disc you’ll find a click-able script that opens the player, plays the song and then closes when it’s done. It installs nothing on your computer.
On each floppy is a link to download all three floppy single songs in high quality format plus one bonus song which make up the entire 4 song EP. None of the three floppy single songs are available anywhere else to download or purchase.
I have not decided how many I will actually make, but each one will be labeled “first copy, second copy, etc…” but it will be very limited.
Single one is a drumless melodic staticy noise/ambient piece with a chill vibe
Single two is moody chilled out and creepy with drums and synth
Single three is Latin rhythms and percussion mixed with metallic sequences
One single is $8 within the USA which includes free shipping, if you would like all 3, it is $20.
International buyers is $16 for one and $40 for all 3.
If you are ordering a single floppy, be sure to specify which single you want: 1, 2 or 3 in the “note to seller” field in paypal. Unless you are one of the first 3 buyers, your single will not look like the ones above, but will be similar in design.
US buyers all three singles $20
This is one of the recordings I made for my Batucada project using all or mostly Brazilian percussion. Though this particular track is more of an African inspired rhythm since it’s in 6/8. This track features me on all percussion. Congas, Repinique, Surdo, Tamborim and shaker, as well as my home-made Tantan-like drum I made from a concrete form tube and goat skin. I have several tracks like this recorded, but I’m still not quite done with a full album. Sometime this year though I’ll be completing it
The Moon Is Not Real – Started on 1/9/11 and finished on 1/14/11. Groove is in 5/4
I recorded the drums at Circle rehearsal studio with my custom made 5 piece concert tom kit which includes an 80s Ludwig 6.5×14 snare, Paiste 2000 20″ ride, 18″ Paiste Alpha medium crash, 19″ Paiste PST5 Rock Crash (this is a fantastic sounding cymbal) and a set of Paiste 14″ PST5 hi hats (also sound great) I’m really impressed with the PST5 stuff.
22″ kick, 12 13 14 and 16″ concert toms with single ply clear heads. Mics used were an SM57 on the kick SHS OM450s on the snare and toms, behringer C-2 condenser pair as overheads in x y position. I recorded everything in Cubase 5 via Tascam M-164 and the only instrument used besides drums is my trusty Kawai K1 ii Synthesizer. The sound bites are from none other than David Icke!
This is the first song recorded by my band Dafrebos. It’s actually nearly a year old at this point, but we’re finally getting close to having some other stuff ready. The recording was made in our rehearsal space with only two mics on the drums, two on percussion and one on everything else, we tracked everything separately into logic pro. This is an instrumental track featuring me on drums, Gonzalo Ovelar and percussion, Alan Relkin on guitar and Josh Greenberg on Keys. The dark and odd sounding cymbals you hear on this recording was a bunch of the trashiest cymbals I’ve ever used at one time, but they fit the song perfectly. The hi hats were a weird old set of painted Avanti/Cambers, 20″ Zildjian Crash of Doom, A riveted Camber 18″ Crash and an old bent up 20″ Dixie ride cymbal made from NS12 alloy. The kit I used was a late 80s made in NC Ludwig Rocker with a 24″ kick and all original silver dot heads!
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