Born in 1977 in Illinois, U.S.A. Studied piano during his formative years.
Began seriously pursuing music in 1993 by playing bass guitar in an
electric guitar-bass guitar-drum set-vocal ensemble; began composing soon
thereafter. Taught self guitar and drum set. Began formal music training
at the University of Illinois School of Music in 1996 by joining the University of Illinois Javanese Gamelan orchestra. Completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Composition in 2000. Studied Balinese gamelan music and dance in Bali, Indonesia in Summer 2000. Has performed as a guitarist for the hardcore band Eve's Revenge (2003-2004); as a violinist in the BENJAMINJAMINMAN Violin Duo (2003-2005); and as bass guitarist for the technical grind-core band
Harlots (2004-2005). Currently a graduate student in music composition at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music and director of the virtuoso amplified chamber music ensemble BASILICA.
For more information including résumé, please visit my official website at:
(D)(B)(H) - "not all girls just wanna have fun" c40 TAPE "skirting the line between commune-psych excess(es - i’m implicitly
reminded of the swedish early 70s wave - international harvester, et.al
- but also contemporary hydra-headed beasts like sapat) & a kind of
desultory group-mind version of the freewheeling fire music, this music
takes in a lot of disparate influences yet stays on target
throughout... this tape features a bunch of shorter tracks; each living
it’s own fidelity/soundworld, each edited to provide the “meat” of each
given session / lineup without too much in the way of “filler”;
something a rarity in these days of endless “fill the void”
documentation... free and focused extended-jams courtesy of this rag-tag collective from bloomington, indiana. recorded in 2007 & 2008, involving: justin rhody, clare hubbard, keith wright, jail flanagan, jeff witscher, dave easlick, tricky matt, kray fanny, greg blakemore, dorey fox, chris barth and more. recorded live (no overdubs) onto a small one track thrift store tape deck. tribal and bizarre, not quite fitting into any of the pre-charted territories..."
released throughRARE YOUTH recordings (www.rareyouth.org) available through:rare youth, friends & relatives, forced exposure, mimaroglu music, molehill, armageddon and volcanic tongue...
$7 ppd in the U.S.A.
"DJ Monkey …soul-stirring, excitingly edgy music…just disturbing (read ‘mind-f**king’) enough to demand attention. There is a whole spice rack of auditory flavors here, served up like fractured poetry on a collection of intensely listenable Hallmark cards from Hell." Bill Margold, Cinema Seen, L.A. X..Press
Hey,
Are you looking for some FRESH new music?
I'm doing this all by hand and I think it would be amazing of you if you checked out
my band,Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
we are being featured and you can hear our ENTIRE album @
funny thing, I met a guy this week in merriville/hobart area that knows/is friends with you (i think). It was a lawyer dinner thing and usually they are somewhat boring if you're not a lawyer. But Rodney (a 2nd year law student) and I had a good time talking about metal and classical music. And that's how you got brought up. Small world, huh?
It's been awhile since we talked last and I'm not sure if you still live in Bloomington but.... If you do and are free tomorrow I will be performing at the Bluebird. You should come hang and catch up.
Ben, 4 CD reviews & 5 live Audio Interviews about everything Metal and ... Violins... and bow ... and NO GUITARS on our MySpace page under 'Blogs' and the beginning of our rock journal at www. metalmonthly. com/RockJournal. html ;) - Armand
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