The genesis of Aardvark was the meeting of Rusty Gumbo and Manfred (Manny) Trendelenberg in High School detention. Manny was caught smoking in the boys room & Rusty made an inappropriate comment to the school principal during a pep rally. Conversation ensued. They discovered little in common with the exception of Rock & Roll and girls.
Manny began playing piano at age 4 when his parents forced him to take lessons from the little old lady across the street. He's still taking lessons from the same little old lady who is now 97. She thinks he may have a small amount of talent.
Rusty (his given name is Russell) picked up the guitar (literally) during a burglary. He was 12 years old and was arrested in the act. "I was young and stupid. But that guitar spoke to me."
Chen-Ao Martinez-Jones met Rusty during a fight at a local convenience store. Rusty started the fight & Chen finished it. Conversation ensued. They discovered little in common with the exception of Rock & Roll and girls. Chen started out on the guitar, playing with a punk-ska-hip-hop band "Amoeba" before switching to Bass. He took to the Bass like a rat to spoiled garbage.
Kenny Beluga was a straight-A student in High School and was elected Class President his senior year. He was voted "Most Likely To Succeed" by his classmates. He was the quarterback of the football team and they won the state championship by 97 points that year. Unfortunately for Kenny, he blew out both knees when two linebackers from the other team made a sandwich of his legs (the game was well out of reach by that time). Kenny joined the school band in 8th grade & chose the percussion section. He promptly mastered every instrument in sight.
Kenny met Rusty at the Police Station while visiting his father, the Chief-of-Police. Rusty was being booked for stealing a set of guitar strings. Conversation ensued. They discovered little in common with the exception of Rock & Roll.
These four young men from divergent backgrounds and social strata decided to form a band. They set up shop in the garage of the Beluga home, as his parents were the most open to loud music pulsing from the premises. After several weeks they had mastered sufficient material to play at the High School Talent Show where they finished last.
This lead to a gig at the Police Bazaar & Carnival where they were cited for excessive noise and, in Rusty's case, lewd behavior. Kenny's father was able to get the charges dropped.
This notoriety gained them paying jobs at local clubs & college frat parties. They slowly began to build a rabid following of mostly drunk rednecks who cited their renditions of the ancient Celtic song "Green Grass & Cold Beer" as a favorite.
After three years of gigging all around Texas and Oklahoma, they hit upon the idea of writing and playing their own music. All four contributed to the process. Naturally, fights over creative control and musical direction took place often. One fight resulted in a broken hand for Chen. Fortunately it was his right hand, so he could still play the Bass.
This CD is the culmination of many years of effort by our intrepid heroes.
Ladies and Gentlemen, please direct your attention to the debut release from Aardvark!
Now for the TRUTH: This CD was written, recorded, & mixed by one guy in his spare time using a computer, sequencing and sampling software and several virtual instruments. No live instruments were harmed in the making of this CD. Thanks to Cubase SE, Native Instruments Kompakt, Music Labs RealGuitar, Arturia minimoog V, Garritan Personal Orchestra, Synth1, 4Front Piano, and the ZR-3 Organ.
WHATS DA DEAL. DIS YO BOY D-BOSS SLIDDING BY YO PAGE 2 SAY WHATS DA DEAL. ITS A NEW MONTH SO U KNOW ITS ALL NEW MUSIC UP. CHECK OUT THE STREET ANTHEM "BUSTA'S" FEAT. C-MOE (tha one) AND THE BIG HOMIE BIG POKEY. U CAN HEAR IT REGULAR OR U CAN HEAR IT CHOPPED UP, NOT SLOPPED UP BY DA HOMIE O.G. RON C............ YESSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!
DIS YO BOY D-BOSS HITTING U UP 2 SAY WHATS DA DEAL. ITS ALOT OF THESE RAP CATS WHO TALK ABOUT DIS STREET GAME, AND I CANT LIE IM 1 OF THEM, BUT JUST 4 A MINUTE, I WANNA GIVE MY PEOPLE SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. SO ALL U CATS OUT THERE WHO GET IT HOW U LIVE, RATHER ITS A 9-5, OR U EAT OFF THE STREETS, CHECK OUT THE NEW SONG 4 THE MONTH CALLED "REAL TALK". AND 2 ALL DA BABYMOMMA'S OUT THERE WHO GOT SOMEONE THEY CARE ABOUT IN THE STREETS, SIT'EM DOWN AND LET'EM HEAR THIS 1. STAY UP AND STAY BLESSED...................... YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!
Change is coming. We've been promised "change we can believe in." We'll see. Times are changing like Dylan said. However, with a nearly universally flawed assessment of what is driving this change there is little hope of avoiding unfortunate resulting consequences. Politics is never the answer during times like these. The problems and challenges are profoundly larger than can be dealt with solely through human interaction. THE PROPHETS HAVE SPOKEN was written many years ago. It could have been written last week. It speaks of maintaining perspective in a world that is carried away by emotionally driven societal insanity. Please don't be part of this escalating problem. Keep some perspective and avoid being caught up in it all. Give the song a listen and see if you agree with its premise. If not, just listen to the guitar parts. They're pretty good. www. reverbnation. com/tunepak/1000457 ~Tioga Dan
Hi, it's been awhile since I checked in. Hope you're doing well in all this craziness we call our world. Still trying to sell my real-estate in Texas so I can get back to Virginia where my bandmates and recording studio are. I've got an album to record and no way to get there. If you like our music and would like to hear more, please say a prayer for me to sell my property in this crashing economy. I need a miracle right now. Here's my comments on politics and the direction of humanity in general. Hope you enjoy. Feel free to pass it on. ~Dan www. reverbnation. com/tunepak/818011 Here's my complete digital offerings to date: hear anything you can use? Get back to me at Myspace or Reverbnation. www. reverbnation. com/tunepak/820372
Hi David!, Thanks for your friend request!. I'm glad to know you and enjoy your great music, magnificents sounds!. And thank you for featuring my "Mintius" song in your radio show, I hope in the next week to have updated my web site www. Eliomis. cl, before your program.
Hello David how are you doing? We all are doing fine. Mac is in forth grade an he is reading 10th grade Level he is doing well in shool. I am making a water wheel I am going to us the flowing well across the road to hook up to a Generator to try to make my own power.
http://www. planetnerve8. com/index. php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20&Itemi d=29 please help me out and take this survey. go to the link above and find the survey link. we're involved with the launching of a new online radio enterprise. this is uncharted territory and your input is both appreciated and needed. thanx for your support. ~ dan sloane
Thanks Guys for the 'ad-to'. GOOD TUNES! For your fans that like to keep up with the 'new-to-the-myspace music scene' *** progressive/ rock/ fusion, I'd like to invite you to review my songs and let me know what you think. COMMENTS PLEASE!
