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CHIP WICKHAM

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COWBELL..!!!

About Me


I play FLUTE and SAXOPHONE. I hold a YAMAHA endorsement deal.
To get that, i have played flutes and saxophones with people such as
Nightmares on Wax
Rae & Christian
Aim
Jimpster
The New Mastersounds
Sirius B
Badly Drawn Boy
Embrace
Roy Ayres (US)
Resin Dogs(Australia)
The Pharcyde(US)
Q n C (US)
YZ (US)
Supernatural (US)
Jenna G
Malena
Mettle Music
Square One
Audiowhores
Graham Massey's 'Toolshed'
London Electricity
Olodum (Brazil)
The Kreeps
Jon Thorne's Mingus Big Band
Backroom Sounds
Da Groove Assassin
I have done lots of nice TV work (see videos!!) and play on the soundtrack to the Guy Ritchie move "SNATCH".
Considerable LIVE EXPERIENCE which includes major world music FESTIVALS such as
Glastonbury
Montreaux Jazz
North Sea Jazz (Holland)
Roskilde (Denmark)
Berlin Jazz Festival
Livid (Australia)
Paleo (Switzerland)
Quart (Belgium)
Lowlands (Holland)
V (UK)
Tea in the Park (UK).
MAJOR VENUES i have performed at include
The Royal Albert Hall (London)
Jazz Café (London)
The Royal Festival Hall (London)
Queen Elizabeth Hall (London)
The Fillmore (San Francisco)
The Town Hall (New York)
Ronnie Scotts Club (London).
I am also a WRITER and PRODUCER, running my own music production company (Southpaw Productions) and recording studio. I Have produced tracks for labels worldwide such as
Freestyle
Lovemonk
Universal
Sony
MTV
Hed Kandi (UK)
Ministry of Sound (UK)
King Street (US)
Deeplay (Sweden)
Soulfuric (US)
Mr Bongo
Rip Curl (Japan)
Kinkysweet(USA)
Mettle Music(UK)
I am currently signed to Freestyle Records (UK) with my latin project "Malena". I have a track coming out on Lovemonk and I am re-mixing Afro-Beat monsters Kokolo (USA).
Was there any shit music written in 1974?
Check this 1974 classic from Ray Barretto. Perfect!!!
Los Amaya...a classic!!
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/24/2006
Band Website: southpawproductions.co.uk
Band Members: Roger 'Chip' Wickham
GEAR LIST

FLUTE: Yamaha YFL 614
ALTO FLUTE : Yamaha A421
TENOR SAXOPHONE: Yamaha Custom Z (82Z)
ALTO SAXOPHONE: Selmer Balanced Action
BARITONE SAXOPHONE: Yamaha YBS 32
JUNO-6 Analogue Keyboard (no midi!!).
BOSS sx700 Effects Unit.

Influences: SAXOPHONE
Eddie Harris
Mario Rivera
Stanley Turrentine
Joe Henderson
Paquito D'Rivera
Benny Maupin
FLUTE
Hubert Laws
Harold McNair
Maraca
Art Webb
Johnny Pacheco
Brian Jackson
Dave Valentin
Nicola Stilo
SONGS
Usted Abuso(Willie Colon)
The Wichita Lineman(Anyone!!)
Vivo Sonhando
California Soul (The Messengers)
A Minor Incident (BDB)
El Cantante (Hector Lavoe)
How Can We Hang On To A Dream (Tim Hardin)
To Be In Love (MAW)
Hurt (Johnny Cash)
California Dreamin' (Baby Huey)
Soul Eyes (John Coltrane)
Rock and Roll Woman (Buffalo Springfield)
ALBUMS:
Fantasmas-Willie Colon
Trouble Man-Marvin Gaye
Melody Nelson-Serge Gainsberg
Feminina-Joyce
Don't Mess with Mr T - Stanley Turrentine
Metiendo Mano - Ruben Blades
The Other Road-Ray Barretto
What Color Is Love - Terry Callier
El Sondido Nuevo-Cal Tjader & Eddie Palmieri
From Left To Right-Bill Evans
GENERALLY like.....
Salsa, Funk, Latin Jazz, Singer-Songwriters, Nu-Bossa, Soundtracks, Motown, Nu-Jazz, Samba, Rare Groove, Bossa Nova, Latin Breakbeat, Latin House, Electronica etc etc....
I like LABELS like CTI, Blue Note, Schema, Compost, Freerange, Fania, Mr Bongo, Freestyle, Ubiquity, MAW, Vega Records, Lovemonk....
I also like SONG WRITERS such as Tim Hardin, Tom Waits, Damon Gough(BDB!), Ruben Blades, Joyce, Marcos Valle, Tom Jobim, Ed Motta, Ray La Montagne, Johnny Cash, MAW, Nicola Conte, Carol King, Eddie Roberts
My HEROES are:Serge Gainsberg, Jason Lee (My Name is Earl!), Zinadine Zidane, Tom Waits, Willie Colon, Tim Roth, Gabrielle Garcia Marquez, Ruben Blades, Rudy Van Gelder, Tim Hardin, Nicola Stilo, Peter Ward (while at Brighton), Michael Caine, Nicola Conte, Jazzanova, Kyoto Jazz Massive, Giles Peterson, Marcos Valle, Quincy Jones, Carol King, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Jack Black, Will Ferrell (more cowbell!!), The Cohen Brothers...........
Sounds Like:
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On the BBC with Badly Drawn Boy
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On Spanish TV show 'Conciertos De Radio 3' with Malena
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Glastonbury Festival

Matt Halshall Band (M'cr Jazz Festival).

Mojito (M'cr Jazz Festival)

Jenna G Band Live @ Cargo.

Record Label: Freestyle(UK), Lovemonk(Spain) & Rip Curl (Japan).
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Latest news.......

Hola muchachos!New release coming up with Lovemonk. Its a rare groove monster called 'Feelin Alright' and its due very soon as its going to press as this is being written.....keep you posted.Features ...
Posted by CHIP WICKHAM on Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:33:00 PST

DISCOGRAPHY

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Posted by CHIP WICKHAM on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 02:24:00 PST

Happy Mondays re-mix job for Blood & Fire

Started a re-mix project of the the new happy Mondays album for top Dub label Blood & Fire.....But despite having a great time with head honcho Dom, the project had its funding pulled from underneath ...
Posted by CHIP WICKHAM on Wed, 16 May 2007 07:44:00 PST

Grupo X

Grupo X have asked me to produce their next album....Recording starts in July and i cant wait. I'm cureently re-mixing a couple of tracks for them for a re-mix album heading for Still Music (US).Great...
Posted by CHIP WICKHAM on Wed, 16 May 2007 07:39:00 PST