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Mike Barber
Jazz / Experimental / Ambient

		I'm keepin' an eye out fer ya' Montréal, Quebec Canada Profile Views: 12073 Last Login: 1/2/2009
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Mike Barber: General Info

Member Since	5/17/2005
Band Website	alienbeatpoet.com
Band Members	Mike Barber: Contrabass; Bass Guitar; Sitar; Guitar; Keyboards; Percussion; Irish Whistle; Yokobue; et cetera...
Influences	John Coltrane Charles Mingus Sun Ra Ornette Coleman Charlie Haden Don Cherry Art Ensemble of Chicago Charlie Parker Dizzy Gillespie Dewey Redman Charles Gayle Salvidor Dali Rashied Ali Ravi Shankar John McLaughlin Chris Haskett Zakir Hussain Nikhil Banerjee Rahsaan Roland Kirk Babatundi Olatunji Melvin Gibbs Mahavishnu Orchestra (original lineup) King Crimson (1981 and on) Les Paul John Abercrombie Many Ray Ray Brown Chuck D/Public Enemy Rollins Band ('86 - '97) Abdullah Ibrahim Marcel Duchamp Eric Dolphy John Cage Arnold Schönberg Philip Glass Zen Buddhism Dadaism This very moment Everything Nothing ∞
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About Mike Barber

Spontaneous composition.
Free.
Deliberate.
In the moment.
Of the moment.
Artist and instrument are one.
No actor, only act.

untitled: Recorded live @ The Rotunda, Philadelphia PA - April 11, 2007; Dan Peterson reeds; Mike Barber contrabass; Toshi Makihara drums

Waiting for the Smoke to Clear: Mike Barber organ, drum sequencing

Loyalty Oaths and Witch Hunts: Mike Barber guitar, organ, bass and drum sequencing

Mao Descends on Tibet: Recorded live @ benefit for Students for a Free Tibet, Columbia MO - December 9, 2003; Phil James shakuhachi; Mike Barber sitar, effects; Jeff Wheeler keyboards, percussion

Toshi Makihara, Mike Barber, Dan Peterson
Philadelphia 4/11/07

DmHotep, Knoel Scott, Kimpedro, Mike Barber.
Philadelphia 12/21/06

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Dellaneira	Mar 23 2008 11:44 PM hahaha I love the pic comment. Thats funny hehe... Batman...lol
Dellaneira	Feb 20 2008 3:28 AM NO! I am not giving up. You started this YOU finish it! LOLOLOL
Dellaneira	Feb 20 2008 12:48 AM You and i have an issue to discuss Mr. No, i have not forgotten...
Santa Nicoletta	Feb 19 2008 7:53 PM seisure inducing??? I hope you mean that in a good way ... ;)
Santa Nicoletta	Dec 23 2007 11:01 AM Alright... That sucks. BUT! You could always cheat :-)) Just kiddin- but wouldnt it be awesome to receive comments like: "DUDE, when Barber goes to bed at night, his beard hits the town without him, picking up ladies and buying rounds of shots, and comes home at dawn smelling of cheap perfume." - LOL! Check "orange beard" out- it's hilarious what people posted below his pics: http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/orangebeard/7854/
Jeff Wheeler	Dec 21 2007 5:39 PM ARRRG!!!!! gotta watch out for those canadian pirates
Santa Nicoletta	Dec 21 2007 11:31 AM YOU SHOULD BE SLEEPIN!!!!!!
Emmanuel	Dec 20 2007 11:57 PM Hi Mike, Musician Party on the 23 @ My place??? Please let me know asap Peace, E.
Ivan Bamford	Nov 29 2007 6:54 AM Good luck! Hope to see your doc. one day!
*Tesz	Oct 31 2007 9:25 AM well, you stole my acoustic bass and bow, you kleptomaniac!
Ivan Bamford	Oct 25 2007 9:50 PM Cool! I'll be in touch..
Ivan Bamford	Oct 25 2007 3:08 PM Hey! Why haven't I seen you around before?! Nice to meet you here, hopefully see you soon!
Claude Maheu	Oct 13 2007 5:31 PM Hey Mike!! Bienvenue à Montréal!!! .....à bientôt!! Claude
Claude Maheu	Aug 22 2007 1:48 PM Hey Mike ....love your freedom and concept.... let me know when you come to Montreal... all the best!! Claude
Dwight & Nicole	May 22 2007 7:57 PM sending friday love...
Arzher Productions	Apr 4 2007 3:36 AM suffoquez le sange!
GEMINI WOLF	Apr 1 2007 8:21 PM thanks again for saturday. can't wait to see it when it is finished. :-)
Arzher Productions	Mar 12 2007 4:33 AM it's your bedtime soon, ain't it?? grooming appointments postponed! ;op ice cream cone ice cream cone ice cream cone
Arzher Productions	Feb 23 2007 1:00 AM awwww, it's engraved on your Shuffle. :'0*
Ohm Lounge	Jan 10 2007 10:00 AM <a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e236/OhmLounge/Thanksfor2006.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"></a>
Jimmy Coleman	Jan 5 2007 11:24 PM thanks...happy new year to you too! keep it rockin' in '07 bro.
GEMINI WOLF	Jan 5 2007 10:25 PM loretta coldcutt is actually 2nd cousin once removed from FLASH GORDON.
SilentDestiny	Jan 3 2007 7:23 PM Hey Mike, ~* HAPPY NEW YEAR ~ Make it a great one hun. hugs* Jill
Doug Forbes	Dec 29 2006 3:43 PM Hate is chiefly satisfying to grant and love is especially pretty to confess. But, it is debilitated apathy that is the most intimate to share. www.dougdforbes.com
Crystal	Dec 27 2006 9:11 PM It was fun! I will definately be out to see you again.

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