on the recordings it's just me on vocals, bass, drums, guitar, piano, an assortment of keys, saxaphone, sand-paper, beer kegs, a wrench, tape recorder manipulation and whatever else i think would make the song better.
live band coming soon.
Influences
elliott smith, john fahey, the zombies, left banke, jon brion, "the fountain" soundtrack, the beatles (but really who isn't?), daniel johnston, brian wilson, johnny cash, bright eyes, bob dylan, black flag, califone, iron and wine, nick drake, cat stevens, danny elfman, the charlie brown christmas album, david bowie, debussy, the deftones, the eels, some beck, the encyclopedias, fiona apple, the flaming lips, fugazi, hum, i listen to jeff buckley but wouldnt consider him an influence, the jesus lizard is pretty cool, the kinks, mark mothersbaugh, wes anderson movies, harmony korine films, the down in the valley soundtrack, radiohead, robert johnson, joey jordison, sam cooke, simon and garfunkel, old school rap, captain beefheart, tom waits, velvet underground, WILCO, corey taylor, andrew bird, owen, tom waits, ugly casanova, tom waits, john lennon, tom waits, sir george martin, tom waits, jeff tweedy, jean-michel basquiat or SAMO, musicians or artists doing it on their own.
THE CD IS FINISHED! IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN A COPY MESSAGE ME!
first and foremost thank you for stopping by!
my name is garrick, the music on this page is all written and performes by myself. jason orrick from midget pistol studios/being awesome engineered 80% of the sessions; the other 20% i did at my house or apartment.
i guess my musical journey began when i reluctantly joined the school band on saxaphone in junior high. by eight grade i managed to get into the university of illinois jazz lab band (on bari sax)which was designed for higher level high-school students.
my parents got me a drumset when i was fourteen mainly because they were tired of me creating make-shift drumsets out of buckets pots and duct-tape. i was the co-founder of my first "metal" band that same year. i still drum with my friends in what might be my proudest achievement zero-base (they're on my top 8 or 12 or however many it is. its heavy so be forewarned.)
throughout high-school i noodled with my band members electric guitars but never tried to do anything serious with it. around this time i had a moment of musical clarity. in 2002 i heard two of the albums that severly altered my life. the first being "figure 8" by the late elliott smith, and "ok computer" by radiohead. after hearing these albums i began doing home recordings.
i first picked up the acoustic guitar in the summer of 2006 and played my first show in february 2006. my mother's piano has always been present in our household but i never, for what reason i'm not sure, bothered to learn to play it. on thanksgiving 2007 i played my first notes on piano; and by 2007 was recording a thirteen track album that would labor on for almost a year because of one simple reason: i'm poor.
it 2008 and the album i started in 2007 ("Windows, Walss and Boxes") is finally finished. so if you're interested in getting a hold of it send me a message here or send me an e-mail to cky13@hotmail.com
...sounds about right this is a video i helped make and star in as the lead.
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Hi thanks for the add on your page hope you get time to listen to my songs and maybe leave a comment .. I have STRANGE TOWN my debut album on itunes at last.. be great to get your support..Thanks AGAIN .. i hope your well and i wish you well ........................PATRICK K
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We are finally ready to start promoting my 'I Surrender' single with my album, 'Ella Trip' coming right after -yey!! What d'ya think to the video teaser?
Hi imaginary numbers, It's a pleasure 2 meet you. Thank you 4 ADDing us 2 YourSpace. We're happy to B. your friends. Keep on the good energy. Peace and Love (-: B. Eitan
Hello Garrick Thanks for your kind comment, means a lot coming from a multi-instrumentalist musician extraordinaire! Somehow I lost you on myspace, I thought we added each other once before. Keep up the music -Nat
We were being and knowing That two were one, and we were three In twelve sided cosmos, drifting by I wasn’t seeing I was feeling And wasn’t being, doing, two were one And when I looked to it Nothing but the corner of my eye Then we were three, and being Being and doing I hadn’t known that two were one We were that same one, and being When I know, I feel I see that two were one We were three and being Drifted through twelve sides And we were being Knowing that two were one And falling there on clouds like stars We were three and known We were one, I don’t know I was being, doing, but I knew That two were one And clouds flow down Drifting, we know, and see Doing, and knowing we were three And knowing two were one That two were one.
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