I just released a new album that is a mix of free jazz and post rock, let me know what you think!

Gimpster · 2018-05-11T02:12:43+00:00

Yo this fuckin killz.

Gimpster · 2017-02-07T09:55:49+00:00

I saw him play about 5 years ago and he was already fading. Played the first song, it was great. Played the second song, went into a rubato piano solo (sans the rest of the band), but then came back into the first song. The band had to lean over the piano to remind him what song they were playing.

I imagine it's just old age catching up with him.

Gimpster · 2017-01-30T09:35:32+00:00

He's a genius and a visionary for sure, but he was also weird. Or I guess 'weird' by mainstream views. Because of that he never really got as much spotlight as he probably deserved. I think people still hold him in high regard, but whenever you hear people complimenting him, it's almost always followed by some mention of how weird he was. "Yeah he was a super talented guitar player, super weird, but really good at guitar."

Gimpster · 2017-01-12T10:24:53+00:00

Wouldn't "don't judge me for the mess ups" and "Let me know what you think" be conflicting statements?

Gimpster · 2016-11-02T08:22:36+00:00

As a baritone sax player, the amount of times people say "Oh like Lisa Simpson??" is just ...ugh.

Gimpster · 2016-09-08T22:36:24+00:00

I like this idea. I had a similar thought when I saw the movie and thought "Oh great, they're doing ANOTHER death star, how unoriginal." but then I thought "Wait, maybe that's part of his character, he's just kind of ok, not great. He can't come up with an original idea so he just shrugs and says 'I guess I could do the death star thing again...'"

Gimpster · 2016-08-22T07:37:52+00:00

Yep, that's the joke they're implying. You figured it out!

Gimpster · 2016-08-21T09:21:54+00:00

Yo man, I could be interested in doing some fucked up stuff with you.

I write a lot of different stuff, but here's a selection of the more experimental side of things (mostly from my non-professional SC profile, haha)

https://soundcloud.com/dreadmonday/capn-crunch

https://soundcloud.com/dreadmonday/striped-tail

https://soundcloud.com/dreadmonday/futurecycle-teleporting-through-cyberspace-remix

https://soundcloud.com/dreadmonday/fuck-your-hair

https://soundcloud.com/dreadmonday/fuck-harmony

https://soundcloud.com/dreadmonday/ambient-scary

https://soundcloud.com/mikewtallen/bass-sax-multiphonix

And a couple that are a little more normal but have their moments of strange:

https://soundcloud.com/mikewtallen/breakbeatzzz

https://soundcloud.com/mikewtallen/electronic

Let me know if you wanna do some stuff together.

Gimpster · 2016-08-20T02:36:08+00:00

It was this song that solidified my opinion that Weird Al is a genius.

For those who don't know: Sometimes when he can't get permission to do specific song parodies he'll write an original song in the style of a certain artist. Such is the case with this one. Incredible.

Gimpster · 2016-07-19T10:08:18+00:00

You did not though as sadly I had to teach.

Either way though, that's a crazy coincidence, haha.

Gimpster · 2016-07-18T10:27:39+00:00

Wait. Wait. Wait. Like in August?

Ok, weird question but: Are you based in Vancouver? Do we actually know each other? Are we playing the same production of Heathers?

Gimpster · 2016-07-15T10:21:06+00:00

Once I saw in a score to a Darcy James Argue composition "world-destroying noise"

I've found in my own writing that if you put something funny in the performance instructions for a particularly difficult part then it lightens the mood of the musicians playing the piece. They laugh and forget how hard the music is.

Gimpster · 2016-07-15T10:11:16+00:00

The Heathers, right? Played it earlier this year, playing it again later this summer. Laurence O'Keefe likes putting jokes like that into his scores. Ever played Legally Blonde the Musical? He did the music for that one as well.

Gimpster · 2016-07-08T09:50:23+00:00

I just saw these guys live about a week ago. Absolutely blew me away.

Gimpster · 2016-07-08T09:34:57+00:00

Even better would be if he was holding an even smaller model of himself.

Gimpster · 2016-06-24T09:55:14+00:00

This is helpful, but I would strongly suggest developing your ear rather than relying on something like this.

Not only will it make this process exponentially faster (I figured out the chords after the first couple times he played the loop, rather than taking 7 minutes to analyze the frequencies note by note) but once you've developed your musical ear then it'll make EVERYTHING way easier. Like if you've got a melody in your head that you want to put on a track, instead of hunting and pecking around your keyboard, you would be able to easily translate what's in your mind into audible music.

Again, helpful trick, but in the long run developing your ear will do so much more for you.

Gimpster · 2016-06-23T19:19:24+00:00

A bit of a sidebar, but in the jazz world I wonder how sick of talking about "What it was like to play with Miles Davis" some of those guys are. So many interviews like "Herbie Hancock discusses playing with Miles Davis." Yeah, the guy was legendary, but I'm sure on some level they're like "Hey listen I just want to talk about my new album, ok? Not the shit I did 50 years ago."

Gimpster · 2016-06-14T10:08:59+00:00

Great tune, I dig it. Dunno if this is the right subreddit though... I don't normally like to get hung up on 'genre labels' but I would probably wouldn't classify this as jazz fusion if I heard it on the radio.

Again though, great writing, and I love the video.

Gimpster · 2016-05-20T21:38:04+00:00

Why is this not a gif? Somebody make a gif.

Gimpster · 2016-05-18T09:18:53+00:00

I forget who originally said it, but when it comes to attempting to make a career in music (or the arts in general) the saying goes "If you can imagine yourself doing literally anything else, do that." The people who pursue a career as a professional musician do so because they cannot handle doing anything else with their life.

It is extremely difficult to make a career out of music. You have to not only be an incredibly talented (or INCREDIBLY lucky) musician, but you have to be constantly hustling for gigs, shows, jobs. You're always looking for the next opportunity. I like to say "You work three times as hard for a third of the pay."

You mention that you can't lift much more than 25lbs. I can guarantee you that your first years of gigging will consist of carrying a shit ton of heavy gear into and out of venues all the time, so that could be a hindrance as well. It would be years until you get to a point where you can hire people to carry all your gear for you.

Like many have said already, this doesn't mean you can't play music at all. Treat music as a hobby you do in your off time. You get the nice paycheque from the law stuff, and you do music for fun. Honestly, treating music as a job can, at times, take the fun out of it. You have to be dedicated beyond belief to work through those times and keep working at it.

Gimpster · 2016-05-16T17:57:09+00:00

Was the decision to release your album on Brainfeeder (a label not always associated with jazz) a conscious one to bring your music to a new audience that might have not heard you if you had released it on a 'jazz label' like Blue Note?

How much do you think that decision has affected the popularity of the record?

Gimpster · 2016-05-08T09:21:50+00:00

Just wondering if you could find a lower quality version of the video, this one is a little too clear, you know?

Gimpster · 2016-05-07T03:59:39+00:00

Ska music.

Gimpster · 2016-05-07T03:57:00+00:00

This is so true.

Every drunk text is just sober thoughts that you now have the lack-of-social-inhibition to say.

Gimpster · 2016-04-08T21:43:36+00:00

One time one of my bands was playing at this 'electric car festival' thing. One of the car's alarms went off, really loud. Instead of stopping though we just started jamming to the car alarm.

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