John Wood
with
(but not always and certainly not limited to)
Oscar Schedin,
Mike G,
Bram Inscore,
Jason Golday,
Drew Jorgensen,
Gabe Noel,
Lisa Tremain,
Andrew Epstein,
Lewis Keller,
Cat Lamb,
Charles DeCastro,
Joe Tepperman,
Sam Robles,
Max Markowitz,
Damon Zick,
Corey Fogel,
Noah Harmon,
Scott Farr,
Marcel Camargo,
Devin McNulty,
Davin Givhan,
Douglas Pipes,
Peter Slocum,
Daphne Chen,
Gus Seyffert,
John Kirby,
Beth Schenk,
Matt Wrobel,
Alex Silverman,
Alex Noice,
Aaron Arntz,
Alex Lily,
John Gillilan,
Zach Harmon,
Alice Linn,
Keith Karman,
Mahatma Gandhi
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Archivist: John Gillilan, vosotros
john AT vosotros DOT com
Publicity: Meghan Pochebit, Off Central PR
meghan AT OffCentralPR DOT com
Influences
now cloud
storm and stress
mooey moobau
mills brothers
terry riley
woody guthrie
calibungai sargents
slow deep breaths
Sounds Like
This Month:
"A self-reflexive commentary on synth pop, gloriously orchestrated by Mike Richardson." - jw
The fourth issue of Learning Music Monthly is more than just an album of songs. It's a collection of music videos by some very talented film-makers. Unlike the process for most music videos, these songs were written after the films were completed, creating sounds to fit the images, rather than the other way around.
Learning Music began as a collaborative album-a-month project. Started in November 2006 by John Wood (keyboardist for Inara George, Sebastien Tellier, Mike Andrews, Kelly Osbourne, Anni Rossi, etc.), the series included an album recorded entirely on handheld cassette recorder, a collection of music videos, an autobiographical musical written by a robot, and dozens of homemade electro-acoustic folk-pop anthems.
Twelve months and twelve albums later, Wood decided it was time to get out of the house. Inspired by the early works of Terry Riley, the Talking Heads, Storm & Stress, and Woody Guthrie, Learning Music became a live band, which has included as little as four to as many as twenty musicians at one time (usually averaging around fifteen people).
One year after the original series concluded, having established the band with two month-long residencies in Los Angeles and a handful of other performances, the album-a-month schedule now resumes.
What is Learning Music Monthly?
Learning Music Monthly is a collaborative, subscription-based album-a-month series. As a subscriber, you receive a brand new full-length album of original music every month. You can choose to receive your monthly issues on CD (delivered to your mailbox in beautiful handmade packaging, with cover art by a different artist each issue), or in downloadable high-quality mp3 format. Subscribers also receive unlimited access to our online archive of music, including a newly re-mastered album from the original twelve Learning Music albums released each month. Additionally, you are invited to collaborate in the creation of Learning Music Monthly, with remixes, covers, and sound donations, regardless of whether you are a subscriber or not.
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Includes unlimited access to the online LM archive for one year. Each month, the latest issue is uploaded in high quality mp3 format, along with a newly re-mastered album from the original series. You can download the newest album or any of the previous ones!
Yes sir, I'm glad that you asked - in fact, John Wood IS fearless! He was born without certain glands and cells that promote instinctual fear, something out of a marvel comic book, but real. John Wood is real. So, fearless promotion is nothing new to Won Ju, eurasian basketball phenom. 7 habitat for humanity builds, sponsors 3 aboriginal tribes simply from the royalties he accrues from the naughty by nature videos he produced. For John Wood, in the words of Frank Sinatra, it was a very good year.
are you FEARLESS in promoting your music? do you need to spread the word about a TOUR coming up or an ALBUM dropping soon? do you have a song that the WORLD just needs to hear? do you want to GROW your FANBASE? WE CAN HELP!!! the Nobody Cares Show is a podcast that critiques underground unsigned music. we have subscribers all across AMERICA and INTERNATIONAL listeners too. message us to find out how to get your song on our show.
your new music is amazing! i love electric letter, but am generally in love with all your music...gets stuck in my head for days and never gets old! can't wait for the first monthly installment to arrive at my door! cheers! jordan
sonova B****! i'm sitting here listening to your album, getting sentamental and out of the blue wanted to tell you guys how much i love the album and how proud i am to know you guys and ask when you're playing again. you're freakin playing right now and i'm missing it! way to inform me of your shows! can i be on a list or something, damnit?! hope your show is great... love randolph
There are people Who would keep a Weary eye upon a peep hole Of a door Looking for Someone to befriend before Saying simply I am guilty Of the want to have you with me So it goes We are those Who will say aloud in prose Thanks to thee For finding we The wacky Atma Family We won’t run From what you've done We accept you as our chum We won't hide If you come by We accept you in our Pride Of Lion Cubs Smoking dubs Or if your sober, we don't judge Thanks again, Know its been A creamy treat to call you "Friend"
Hey John Falsetto Teeth is playing at Tangier in Los Feliz this Monday 9/29/08. We are doing an early show, 7:30pm and its only a $5 cover, so come on out and get crazy with us on a Monday night. Falsetto Teeth @ Tangier Monday September 29. 7:30pm 2138 Hillhurst Ave Los Angeles, CA 90027 $5 cover. 21+
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