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  • Genre: Alternative / Electronica / Experimental

    Location OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, US

    Profile Views: 57566

    Last Login: 9/3/2012

    Member Since 5/17/2005

    Website http://www.magneticmotorworks.com

    Record Label Magnetic

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    cds are available at ..CDBABY!.... information available at ..MAGNETIC!.... 320kbps Mp3s now at ..Amie Street.... Music from various dance company performances, etc.: ..JSegel.Bandcamp.com.... Chamber Music Scores are at ..Material Press.... .... Some new live shows, from the Fillmore Oct 31 2009 and Nov 1 2009, opening for Built To Spill:.. ..Oct 31 2009.... ..Nov 01 2009.... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ...... ..Jonathan Segel............ .. Jonathan Segel started playing guitar when he was about 7 years old. At about 10 he had a crush on a girl who played violin, so he thought he'd try that too... Unfortunately he sucked at it... That did not stop him, however, from later playing the violin in rock bands when everybody else only knew how to play guitar. Sometime around 1983 (!) while carrying a violin across the quad at Porter College at UC Santa Cruz, he was approached by some kids who had moved their band up from Redlands, CA. This turned out to be ..Camper Van Beethoven and the Border Patrol..... Well, what we didn't know is that this association was apparently for life, as Camper Van Beethoven has now made records/CDs for the past 23 or so years, and is still playing (recently touring with Built to Spill)... Through all the ups and downs of that band,Jonathan has continued to make his own records (../CDs/tapes/whatever... nearly 20 of them so far!) in a variety of genres ranging from guitar-based rock music to way-avant-garde electronic music and many places in between. Recently he finished a very guitar-based CD, "..Honey.." which is available in a limited edition of 400 hand-screened covers... Several things precipitated the making of this collection of songs, but primarily: while Camper Van Beethoven was on tour in late 2004 promoting their first CD of brand new material in many years ("New Roman Times"), most of their instruments were stolen in Montreal. Jonathan lost his famous sticker-and-paint covered violin and his old Fender Stratocaster. A kind Canadian violin maker (Andrew Kirk) donated a violin, but soon thereafter we all found out that the 1960s and 70s guitars we had all been using for 25 years or so were now collectors' items and way over our ability to pay to replace! So Jonathan became obsessed with his missing guitar (named "Honey", a kitchen labeling sticker on its front so stated) and began listening to and playing more guitar. Since Jonathan had actually started on guitar many years before picking up the violin, it only took a short time to get into new territory and start writing more heavily guitar based songs reminiscent of the bands that inspired him to start playing guitar in the first place way back when... A reprinted history and interview can be found on this blogspot by ..Art Into Dust.... .. .. you are free to upload or download LIVE recordings of this artist at ..www.ARCHIVE.org..'s live music archive!!!.... here's a new show from ..Sept. 13th 2008.., at Pappy and Harriet's Pioneertown Palace as part of the Camper Van Beethoven/Cracker Camp-Out Festival!.. .. get some other magnetic cds at ..CDBABY!.... ..To find on iTunes:.... .. Jonathan Segel: Honey.... .. Jonathan Segel: Summerleaf.... .. Jonathan Segel: Underwater Tigers.... .. Jonathan Segel: Edgy Not Antsy.... .. Jonathan Segel: non-linear accelerator.... .. Jonathan Segel: Scissors and Paper.... .. Jonathan Segel/Jack & Jill: Fancy Birdhouse.... .. Jonathan Segel/Jack and Jill: Chill and Shrill.... .. Jonathan Segel/Hieronymus Firebrain: Here.... .. Jonathan Segel/Hieronymus Firebrain: There.... .. Chaos Butterfly + Biggi Vinkeloe: Live at Studio Fabriken.... .. Chaos Butterfly: threelivingthings.... .. Chaos Butterfly: radio.... ..Fred Frith, Joelle Leandre and Jonathan Segel: Tempted to Smile.... ..Shoko Hikage and Jonathan Segel: Gen.... .. or on Emusic:.. ..Jonathan Segel: Scissors and Paper .... ..Jonathan Segel/Jack and Jill: Chill and Shrill.... ..Jonathan Segel/Hieronymus Firebrain: Here.... .. Chaos Butterfly + Biggi Vinkeloe: Live at Studio Fabriken.... .. Chaos Butterfly: threelivingthings.... .. Note: i also take any donations to help fund recording:.. .. .. .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ....currently many other jes and chaos butterfly videos are available on JES' ....YouTube.... channel .... also:.. ..Magsatellite's Video Studio.... .. here's some iSound player of Jack and Jill's Chill and Shrill cd:.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... Powered by ..iSOUND.COM...... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. common name misspellings include: Jonathan Segal, Jonathan Siegel, Johnathan Segel, Jonathon etc. i mean Willem Shaxepeere's name wasn't solidified til years later either......

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CDs are available at CDBABY!

information available at MAGNETIC!

All Jonathan Segel music is available at: JSegel.Bandcamp.com

Chamber Music Scores are at Material Press


Some new live shows, from the Fillmore Oct 31 2009 and Nov 1 2009, opening for Built To Spill:

Oct 31 2009

Nov 01 2009


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Jonathan Segel started playing guitar when he was about 7 years old. At about 10 he had a crush on a girl who played violin, so he thought he'd try that too.

Unfortunately he sucked at it.

That did not stop him, however, from later playing the violin in rock bands when everybody else only knew how to play guitar. Sometime around 1983 (!) while carrying a violin across the quad at Porter College at UC Santa Cruz, he was approached by some kids who had moved their band up from Redlands, CA. This turned out to be Camper Van Beethoven and the Border Patrol.

Well, what we didn't know is that this association was apparently for life, as Camper Van Beethoven has now made records/CDs for the past 23 or so years, and is still playing (recently touring with Built to Spill).

Through all the ups and downs of that band,Jonathan has continued to make his own records (../CDs/tapes/whatever... nearly 20 of them so far!) in a variety of genres ranging from guitar-based rock music to way-avant-garde electronic music and many places in between. Recently he finished a very guitar-based CD, "Honey" which is available in a limited edition of 400 hand-screened covers.

Several things precipitated the making of this collection of songs, but primarily: while Camper Van Beethoven was on tour in late 2004 promoting their first CD of brand new material in many years ("New Roman Times"), most of their instruments were stolen in Montreal. Jonathan lost his famous sticker-and-paint covered violin and his old Fender Stratocaster. A kind Canadian violin maker (Andrew Kirk) donated a violin, but soon thereafter we all found out that the 1960s and 70s guitars we had all been using for 25 years or so were now collectors' items and way over our ability to pay to replace! So Jonathan became obsessed with his missing guitar (named "Honey", a kitchen labeling sticker on its front so stated) and began listening to and playing more guitar. Since Jonathan had actually started on guitar many years before picking up the violin, it only took a short time to get into new territory and start writing more heavily guitar based songs reminiscent of the bands that inspired him to start playing guitar in the first place way back when.

A reprinted history and interview can be found on this blogspot by Art Into Dust

you are free to upload or download LIVE recordings of this artist at www.ARCHIVE.org's live music archive!!!

here's a new show from Sept. 13th 2008, at Pappy and Harriet's Pioneertown Palace as part of the Camper Van Beethoven/Cracker Camp-Out Festival!

get some other magnetic cds at CDBABY!

To find on iTunes:

Jonathan Segel: Honey

Jonathan Segel: Summerleaf

Jonathan Segel: Underwater Tigers

Jonathan Segel: Edgy Not Antsy

Jonathan Segel: non-linear accelerator

Jonathan Segel: Scissors and Paper

Jonathan Segel/Jack & Jill: Fancy Birdhouse

Jonathan Segel/Jack and Jill: Chill and Shrill

Jonathan Segel/Hieronymus Firebrain: Here

Jonathan Segel/Hieronymus Firebrain: There

Chaos Butterfly + Biggi Vinkeloe: Live at Studio Fabriken

Chaos Butterfly: threelivingthings

Chaos Butterfly: radio

Fred Frith, Joelle Leandre and Jonathan Segel: Tempted to Smile

Shoko Hikage and Jonathan Segel: Gen


or on Emusic:

Jonathan Segel: Scissors and Paper

Jonathan Segel/Jack and Jill: Chill and Shrill

Jonathan Segel/Hieronymus Firebrain: Here

Chaos Butterfly + Biggi Vinkeloe: Live at Studio Fabriken

Chaos Butterfly: threelivingthings

Note: i also take any donations to help fund recording:

.. .. .. .. ..

.. .. .. .. .. .. ..

currently many other jes and chaos butterfly videos are available on JES'

YouTube

channel

also:

Magsatellite's Video Studio

here's some iSound player of Jack and Jill's Chill and Shrill cd:


Powered by iSOUND.COM

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. common name misspellings include: Jonathan Segal, Jonathan Siegel, Johnathan Segel, Jonathon etc. i mean Willem Shaxepeere's name wasn't solidified til years later either....

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