Tom Shad sings,composes,improvises, plays bass, fretless piccolo bass and guitar. He has appeared on many cd's including the Brilliant Coroners' Brilliant Corners,Dumptruck's For The Country and Otis Ball and the Chains I'm Gonna Love You 'till I Don't. Currently, Tom plays Chapman Stick in the show "Rewired" by Blue Man Group in New York City,fretless guitar in Mercurial Trio and Crisis ,and is a member of The Sperm Whale. Tomalso freelances and teaches. The tunes included here represent a cross-section of Tom's recent output; from improv duo with Daniel Carter to twelve tone Ornette-style jazz to solo piccolo bass improvisations to his new pop punk songs.
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rippin' all me music to my ehd and today i listened to not only the kaada-patton project i purchased with you, but dumptruck as well. brought back some memories and i had to look ye up.
dude wasn't that great of a singer, yo... but the music was pretty swell. (obviously, i do not speak such blasphemy with regard to mike patton.)
good to spy you, as always.
things...
how are they?
I enjoyed your class at the bass bootcamp this weekend. It was also good to hear another bass player who likes Bad Brains and other punk bands. I looked up that band Beirut, and I really enjoy their music. Anyway, t
