Chris Covatta was born and bred in Doylestown, Bucks County. After graduating from Central Bucks, Chris began his tenure at Berklee College of Music in Boston Ma. Chris moved to Philadelphia after two years where he began studying at the Princeton Conservatory. He began composing music in 2004/05 and formed a group with bassist Todd Erk and tenor saxophonist Bryan Rogers. In 2007 Alex Maio joined the line-up on percussion and Mi head UR head was formed. Mi head Ur head is in the process of finishing their first studio album scheduled for release in late fall of 2008.
LONG STORY...................................
Mi head Ur head comes from the subjective divide that we all experience in our day-to-day lives. How does one understand a word or a concept and how does another person come to perceive that same experience? Are their similarities more prevalent or are their difference's insurmountable? Milan Kundara in The Unbearable Lightness of Being has a great chapter titles "Several Words Commonly Misunderstood." He goes on to describe concepts of human existence in which the individual formulates their lone perception in a completely isolated state. Based upon childhood upbringing, traumatic experience or lack there of, the subject comes to exist in a world completely cut off from their fellow man, but it is not this inability to communicate or empathize in which the head comes into existence, but in the oppurtunity offered to do so outside of language. The world of music where the roles of active and passive are blurred to break down the wall between artist and observer. This is what comes into being. Music offers us a bridge into another persons understanding while helping us to experience our own a little deeper. This is the birthing canal of Mi head Ur Head.
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Mi head Ur head is Chris Covatta (guitarist - Aderbat), Bryan Rogers (tenor saxophone - Shot x Shot), Todd Erk (bass - Birdie Busch) and Alex Maio (drums - Brackets & Arrows). Chris transferred his need to make sound by banging on his family's piano keys at an early age to an electric guitar, an amplifier and a distortion pedal. Todd, a childhood friend and originally a guitarist, gave Chris his first taste of the sonic beauty and chaos that he could create with these new found implements of destruction. Chris was self taught until his senior year in high school when he began lessons with Oscar-winning composer, Joseph Renzitti. He went on to study at Berklee College of Music and the Princeton Conservatory. Todd switched to the bass when he realized that he was tall, skinny, and weird. Obviously the right choice was made. He studied the upright bass with legendary Philadelphian bassist and composer Charles Fambrough. Todd introduced Chris to Bryan, whom he met while attending the University of the Arts. Bryan had been playing the tenor saxophone since middle school and somehow, miracuously had avoided the stereotype of band geek. The three became friends through late night jam sessions and discussions about music, life and relationships which were fueled by a lot of alcohol, cigarettes and ball-busting sarcasm. It was the begining of something beautiful. Alex met Chris through mutual friends. He studied under Dan Monahan and Jim Black. Being one of the few people who could stand being around Chris, Todd and Bryan for extended periods of time, it was only natural for him to join the group completing the musical thoughts of Mi head Ur head.
You totally made my surprise party. Thank u for being such an awesome friend. And thank you for the birthday comment. I totally adore you... Fucker :) btw... Why am I plumber girl??
Thanks for the add, Chris. I'll be making my local debut Wed 1.21.09 at Tritone in South Philly. Call it my post-inaugural inaugural celebration. I hope you can join me and my three bandmates - they play with real fire in their bellies. Please tell your friends. The opening band is based in Turkish rhythms and melodies. My stuff this night will straddle the jazz mainstream and improv traditions with a nod to the 70s NY loft scene. The opener, GALATA ENSEMBLE plays both traditional and popular tunes of Turkey, Iran, Azerbaijan, and other countries of Eastern Europe and the Middle East. Should be an excellent night. MUSIC WE CAN BELIEVE IN!
Ah yes. There is an absence of "guitarmonies", but I am not sure what you are alluding to or trying to allude to with the "wink wink nod nod smiley face". Hm. Some clarification would be nice. But either way, thanks for the accolades! You guys are killin too--as always!
Merry Christmas!! I hope that you guys are having a good one. I'm am out in Pittsburgh with Larry visiting his family but we still have to get together soon!
