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Tommi Zender
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I'm now officially "add-able". ;-)



Over The Rainbow, Illinois
United States

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Last Login:  7/5/2009
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Member Since12/3/2005
Band Websitewww.tommizender.com
Band MembersChicago group: Features, or has featured any number of times Dave Budrys, Greg Schultz, Jeff Lien, Jonah Kraut, Bob Garrett, Gerald Dowd, your mom, Jeff Vezain, Greg Nergaard, Doug Brush, Kris Karlsson, Chris Greene, & many more...................................Los Angeles group: TZ- guitars, loops, vocals, faces Kris Karlsson- bass/vox...and any other damn instrument we might need Sarah Scarlata- insanely great rock drumming, percussion, trampoline Steven Wilson- extra guitars and the hippest vintage amp collection you'll ever see...period.......The studio recordings/demos on the player feature TZ on all instruments (and also guests Liam Davis on background vocals on "Something to Hide", Jeff Vezain on "Home at Last" & Shelley Miller on "Cinnamon Apple Cider"). Requests?
InfluencesAll the people, events & things I remember, and all I hope to someday forget....The Band, Kinks, Brian Eno, Meshell N'degeOcello, Kevin Gilbert, Jon Brion, Roxy Music, Horace Silver, Robyn Hitchcock, Spoon, Les Paul & Mary Ford, Steely Dan, Prince, Daniel Lanois, The Tubes, The Monkees, Rickie Lee Jones----Willie Nelson, Wire, Alice Cooper, Randy Newman-----------Kraftwerk, Dolly Varden, Todd Rundgren, Joni Mitchell, Thomas Dolby, Los Lobos/Latin Playboys, Bowie, Beatles, Stones, Dylan-----Caetano Veloso, Led Zeppelin, mid-70's Aerosmith, Curtis Mayfield, Cheap Trick, Wendy & Lisa, Nick Drake----------Joe Henry, Tortoise, Bon Scott-era AC-DC, Neil Finn, Sex Pistols, Sly Stone, Scritti Polliti, Stanton Moore, Steve Reich, Stevie Wonder, Simon & Garfunkel, David Sylvian, ssssssseriously..............Ohio Players, Jonatha Brooke, Peter Mulvey!!!-----Hank Williams, Happy Chichester & Le Royal Crescent Mob, James P. Johnson, Richard Thompson, Lucky Thompson, Beck, Jeff Beck, Peter Gabriel, Kool & The Gang, Earth Wind & Fire, Wes Montgomery, Harold Budd, Bill Nelson--------Calexico, Mitchell Froom, Queen, Wilco & Co...will, Brian Blade, The Who, re...Placemats, your mom, Coltrane, Calexico, Death Cab for Cutie, Miles, Fiona Apple, King Crimson, Afghan Whigs & Twilight Singers, Adrian Belew, Zappa-------Aimee Mann, Michael Penn, Iron & Wine, drinking wine, Jellyfish, Talking Heads, Marvin Gaye, Yes, Oingo Boingo, Juana Molina, too many to mention-but I'll keep trying.................... Thich Nhat Hanh! Sakyong Mipham, Bill Hicks, Tom Robbins, PT Anderson, Chuck Klosterman, MOJO, candles, fans & air cleaners, curry powder, yoga, Ricolas, sunshine on my shoulders, people who communicate well, cats...not the musical, the creature!.............................................................................................. I love to play music with my friends, and teach music to my students. I'm influenced by them and visa versa. So much to hear & learn...so little time it seems. And yet, all the time in the world.
Sounds LikeMusic, I hope.
Record LabelSmaller Than Life Records
Type of LabelIndie


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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Jul 11 2009 8:00P
Congress of Starlings @ Folk & Roots Fest (Tz on drums & some guitar!)) chicago
Aug 6 2009 9:00P
Tz w/full band @ HearNoHo series Los Angeles, California
Aug 8 2009 8:00P
Gypsy Den w/John Hoskinson Santa Ana, California

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   About Tommi Zender
Teacher, multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, producer, musical maverick Tommi Zender has a record called "Will Work For Harmony". He played all the instruments! Just like Prince...and Wesley Willis. Jeff Oliver at Riverbend studios in Chicago recorded & engineered it. It is available through CDBaby and ITunes. TZ's first record Trinkets of Joy "Just Like Mom Used to Make" is now available again, through Not Lame Records. Gig information is posted on this page exclusively. New record being written currently;it should be done by 2010. Thank you for your support, and for listening.  

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Motionsharp





Jun 28 2009 7:01 PM

i cant add your songs to my player :(
Amy





Apr 25 2009 5:19 PM

Like the new pic!
Julie


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Mar 19 2009 1:46 AM

I can't even tell you how much that blog changed my life.
Motionsharp





Mar 14 2009 5:12 PM

Nice tunes. like the covers too!- best to you Tommi,

_P
Lisa DeRosia & Lush Budgett





Mar 10 2009 2:04 AM

Happy Birthday Dude!
SteveØ





Mar 11 2009 8:51 PM

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Feb 9 2009 9:54 AM

Hey Tommi. just giving u a shout. Hope all is well. Z.
Julie


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Jan 11 2009 10:23 PM

Still ride that? :)
Wade





Jan 10 2009 3:03 PM

Agreed. Besides that - you were a man ahead of your time. Nobody can ever argue who was the first "green" rocker.
Wade





Jan 10 2009 11:26 AM

Love the new bike bro. Except it being winter and all... You may want to at least bust out that golf cart from high school.
ashley brooke toussant





Dec 26 2008 6:39 AM

thanks. A belated message to you. Hope you had a wonderful Christmas! Talk to you soon.
:)
Janimal™





Dec 19 2008 5:37 AM

enjoying your "lullabye" before i slip off to slumbertown....
**Sarah**





Dec 25 2008 9:38 PM

Thanks Tommi! Hope you're having a great holiday and cheers to a rockin' 2009 :)
Saint Patrick





Dec 15 2008 4:07 PM

Hey Tommi! Traffic is a littel better up there, but still not great. I usually bypass and head up Green Bay:) We gotta catch up soon! Check out the tunes @ www. myspace. com/paolosongs
Death by Roxy





Dec 10 2008 9:35 PM

I found him!!!!

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Ha ha ha ha
Death by Roxy





Dec 10 2008 9:13 PM

You never had me fooled for a minute dude, you always wanted to be in Duran Duran! I saw your record collection.
tee hee
Death by Roxy





Dec 10 2008 6:17 PM

Happy Holidays Tommi!

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Aaron





Nov 27 2008 10:59 PM

Hey there Mr. Tommi Zender HAPPY THANKSGIVING brotha! Hopefully we will see each other soon !
Aaron
Saint Patrick





Dec 5 2008 6:14 PM

Hey Tommi! How you been? Long time! Check out my bands new tracks! Let me know what you think.

www. myspace. com/paolosongs
Steve





Nov 15 2008 10:01 AM

Thanks Tommi!

...Steve>>>
SteveØ





Nov 8 2008 9:10 PM

Thanks TZ!!
Sailor





Oct 29 2008 11:01 PM

hamster Pictures, Images and Photos
Eric & The Implants





Oct 30 2008 1:11 AM

Hey, there, Tommi! Thanks for all your support (including DRUMMING on 'Revolution!') and I realllly hope you can make this one. It's a gonna be a BIGGUN! http://www. youtube. com/watch?v=GsV3FV4b-7U
Plasticsoul





Oct 28 2008 2:19 PM

tom-MI!
Paul Coady





Oct 21 2008 6:32 PM

Your new photo seems like a cross between Georgia O'Keefe and the Green Grocer.
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