Eric Dahlman---Trumpet, Trombet, Slide Trumpet, Fluegelhorn, Mellophone, Percussion, Vocals, more...
Michael Knoblach---Percussion, Vocals
Eric Nugent---Overtone Singing, 3 note didgeridoo, Pyrophone, Woodwinds, Other Invented Instruments, Percussion
Little Mystery:
Eric Dahlman---Trumpet and related horns
Michael Knoblach---Hat Box Drum Set
Blair Raker---Trombone
Jim Warshauer---Contra Alto Clarinet
I am looking for musicians for a new rock oriented project where I would predominantly play drum set, instead of percussion. I am pretty open-minded stylistically. Contact me if interested.
Influences
Drumming and percussion influences:
Pheeroan AkLaff, Tim Alexander, Tony Allen, Colin Bailey, Ginger Baker, Ray Bauduc, Louis Bellson, John Bergamo, John Bonham, Bill Bruford, Clayton Cameron, Ed Cassidy, Rob Cook, Kahil El’Zabar, Pierre Favre, John French, Michael Giles, Milford Graves, Earl Hudson, Jo Jones, Roy Knapp, Gene Krupa, Corky Laing, Nick Mason, Mitch Mitchell, Keith Moon, Joe Morello, Olodum, Ian Paice, Harry Partch, Bernie Purdie, Buddy Rich, Emil Richards, Gino Robair, Savage Aural Hotbed, Michael Shrieve, Fredy Studer, Nana Vasconcelos, Glen Velez, Johnny Vidacovich, K. R. T. Wasitodiningrat, Iannis Xenakis...
Poetry Influences:
Dante Alighieri, W.H. Auden, Robert Bly, Robert Frost, A.E. Housman, Langston Hughes, Ted Hughes, Galway Kinnell, Antonio Machado, Archibald MacLeish, H.P. Lovecraft, John Boyle O’Reilly, Wilfred Owen, Kenneth Patchen, Theodore Roethke, Jalaluddin Rumi, Carl Sandberg, Sappho, Kurt Schwitters...
Artistic Influences:(partial list)
Francis Bacon, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Romare Bearden, Peter Blume, Hieronymus Bosch, Andre Breton, Joseph Cornell, Otto Dix, Hannah Hoch, Cornelius Huyberts, Alfred Kubin, Edvard Munch, Louis Nevelson, Emil Nolde, Robert Rauschenberg, Odilon Redon, Felicien Rops, Georges Rouault, Frederik Ruysch, Kurt Schwitters, Andy Warhol...
HERE ARE THE DETAILS ON THE ABOVE SONGS. The first 3 tracks are improvisational in nature, while the last 3 are more rock oriented:
Snake Dance (Excerpt) - Ken Lovelett & Michael Knoblach - Lap Drum Album
This is an unmixed excerpt of a live percussion duo from Ken Lovelett's forthcoming Lap Drum album. The track was engineered by Pete Levin. Ken is playing a Lap Drum: a type of drum he invented which can be seen on his site (www.americanpercussion.com). He also made the large frame drum I play on the track, which I designed and refer to as my rattlesnake drum. Ken built the drum and I had him build a web in the back made from old tabla straps to which I had him attach about 75 rattlesnake tails i got off of ebay from all these weird hunters, mostly in Texas and Montana. That is why the low drum has such a nice, light, dry resonant buzz. Ken will probably be bringing some of his fine musician friends along for this CD. Past recordings have included Danny Gottleib, Pete Levin, Tony Levin, Bucky Milam, more...
Bowls - Eric Dahlman -Ripped Echo CD
This is a track I co-composed with Eric Dahlman which features me playing ceramic bowls with mallets, as well as some other percussion. It also features John Funkhouser on bass, Erik Nugent's throat singing and Brendon Wood on Lap Steel Guitar and Eric Dahlman on trumpet.
Naughddity - Auddity - Foil CD (Demo)
Opening track from an early demo of ours. A spacious, sonic soundscape with many ambient qualities.
Conjugal Visit - Ad Frank - Mr. Fancypants
Rock tune from local pop rock maestro Ad Frank, including Chris Mascara on Bass and myself on drum set.
Space Booty - Valhalla Kittens - Rock or Roll Compilation CD-Vinyl Ritchie Records
Glam rock early space age madness from one of my more recent rock projects. Not only am I playing drum set on this, but I also am responsible for all the NASA samples and telemetry signals sampled on this tune.
Paying For Damage - Twitcher - Leg of Lamb of God CD
Frantic, fast aggressive rock in many odd meters, including Reg Bloor on guitar (who later went on to marry Glenn Branca and play in his band, vocalist Sandra Malak (who went on to play bass with World Inferno Friendship Society) and bassist Dark Mark White who remains an in demand bassist and musician in the local Boston music community.
I am a drummer, percussionist, vocalist, artist, writer, poet, dj, percussion instructor, antique dealer, vintage drum dealer, record dealer and much more. I have one of the larger percussion collections in the New England area, including the only full set of Qing (Chinese Stone Chimes) in the Western Hemisphere and Gamelan Murti Arum (a full 64 piece Javanese Gamelan made by Pak Tentrem). I am originally from St. Cloud, Minnesota, but have been living in the Boston area for a long time.
I have played with the following musical artists/bands: Auddity, John Amaral, Yani Batteau, Reg Bloor (Glenn Branca Band), Boston Rock Opera, Brian Viglione (Dresden Dolls), The Calypso Invaders, Cul de Sac, Eric Dahlman, Susan DeLeo, Creed Dew, Ted Drozdowski's The Scissormen, John Fahey, Curtiss Florczak (B-Movie Rats), Ad Frank, Ricardo Frota, Emily Grogan, Andy Kasparian, Kiniwe African Percussion Ensemble, Jonathan LaMaster's Saturnalia, Ken Lovelett, Lower Wacker Drive, Machinery Hill, Sandra Malak (World Inferno Friendship Society), Chris Mascara, Bill T. Miller, Tim Mungenast, Neovoxer Ensemble, Orgy Of Noise, Blair Raker (ex-Brian Setzer), RAMZ, Rev. Busker (Michelle Shocked), Sonny Schoen (The Falsies), Zak Sherzad, Ajda the Turkish Queen, The Trojan Ponies, Twitcher, Valhalla Kittens, The Void, Jim Warshauer, Eric Wivinus (Skye Klad, Gentle Tasaday), Zizka, The Boston Village Gamelan, more...I played the New Year's Countdown for Boston, MA in Copley Square for a number of years with Donald "the junkman" Knaack (ex-John Cage, ex- Louisville Symphony). I have also recorded on tracks with Roger Miller (Mission of Burma) and Elliott Sharp. I have done soundtrack work for the Troma Films release "Terror Firmer", as well as other music, foley and soundtrack work for various projects.
I have had extensive studies in Arabic hand drumming and classical Egyptian tambourine, including studies with Mary Ellen Donald. I studied tabla and North Indian Classical Music with Ali Akbar Khan and Swapan Chaudhuri at the Ali Akbar College of Music (San Rafael, CA). I also studied tabla with Jerry Leake (Natraj) and Marcus Wise (Steve Tibbetts). I also studied West African drumming with David Locke (author of Kpegisu: a War Drum of the Ewe, Drum Gahu, more...). Studied drum set extensively with Gene Piccalo (ex-Jack McDuff, ex-Woody Herman, ex-Glenn Miller Band, more ...and he was also a long time student of Ed Thigpen (Oscar Peterson, more...) and Shelly Manne (Stan Kenton, more...)). I also studeid berimbau with Deraldo Ferreira. I have a B.A. in English from Tufts University where I was also general manager of that radio station: WMFO. I have also done radio at WBRS and KFAI.
I have designed several hand drums made for me by Ken Lovelett from American Percussion (www.americanpercussion.com) I am currently working on several new musical projects as well and have recently begun playing hurdy gurdy.
I am writing a couple of books on drumming history: an Encyclopedia of Drummers and Percussionists and a Dictionary of Percussion Instruments and am nearing the completion of my first book of original poetry. I have included a couple poems of mine in the blogs.
I create 3 Dimensional Collage/Assemblage artwork made in part from items found through my work as an antique dealer and am now also expanding into mosaics.
I still have a few copies left and can arrange the purchase of some of the above CDs (as well as some other titles I am on). Contact me if interested.
Dude! I don't think I fully expressed just how much I loved the "Ripped Echo" CD. You and Eric and the gang did a tremendous job. This is the music I've been trying to integrate into my own band, but you guys have it hard-wired, effortless and graceful. Keep up the good work! Your Pal, Tim
It's been a rainy summer, eh? Well we're really gonna pour it on (sorry, couldn't resist) in the next few weeks. We have not one but two gigs coming up!!! Please mark your calendars for Saturday August 30 at 9pm - we're playing at KC's Tap/ Cats in Pawtucket, RI (530 Broadway, phone# 722-0150, online @ http://www. myspace. com/kcstap).
And just when you thought your life couldn't be any more sweet, we've got another gig on Sunday Sept 7 at 6pm at The Penalty Box (1119 N. Main St, Providence, RI, phone# 331-8545). This one is a Battle of the Bands and the other contenders will be Always Elwood and Frequency Control (http://profile. myspace. com/index. cfm?fuseaction=user. viewprofile&friendid=294879411). You need tickets for this one. We have them for sale ($4-) or you can buy them at the door the night of the show for $5-. Please contact us at jonasdream1@gmail or here on myspace for tix.
Both shows are sure to be a blast! Pick your favorite date, day of the week, venue - however you want to choose which show to go to OR look at it this way...you don't have to be satisfied with just one dose of Jonas Dream. You can actually have two!!! Yes you can!
Hey Michael, thanks for finding me and great to see you've been MySpaced! Interesting samplings of your musical stuff you have downloaded, too. Any chance you can get a Trojan Ponies song downloaded someday?
Greetings from 'Lucky # 13'....story of my life. Glad ya' found me & let me say again, & in cyber-public, how much we really D-I-G the Eric Dahlman C.D. !!
