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ONOFFON

IOMA's 2006 Best Album/OnOffOn - Bridge to Presage

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From The All Music Guide - ONOFFON - by Stanton Swihart
"...Their brand of rock combines elements of progressive rock with straight jazz. You can hear the influence of the cool jazz of the '50s west coast players in their music, as well as the complexity of bands such as Gentle Giant and Emerson, Lake & Palmer, influences the band readily admit to. Von Babasin (bass, vocals, keyboards; son of the '40s and '50s jazz bassist/cellist Harry Babasin, whose Nocturne Records contributed significantly to west coast jazz) and Dave Goode (drums, percussion) had played together for over a decade before meeting Don Lake (guitars, vocals, harmonica) and forming ONOFFON around 1996..."
We've self released and promoted three CDs that can be found on more than 3,000 websites around the world. Our latest, Bridge to Presage, has been selected as 2006 Best Album by the International Online Music Awards. You can download and listen to all of our music on most of the digital distribution sites such as iTunes, Emusic, Rhapsody, Napster, and many more.
ONOFFON Live at the Universal Bar & Grill
ONOFFON Live at B.B. King's Universal Citywalk

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/19/2005
Band Website: onoffon.com/
Band Members: Don Lake-guitars/vocals, Von Babasin-basses/vocals, and Dave Goode-drums/percussions/zendrum; sometimes joined by Glen Garrett-saxes/flutes, Marcus Duke-piano/keys; and Carol, Lisa, and Stacey on background vocals
Influences: Harry Babasin and the Jazzpickers, ELP, Edgar Winter, Beethoven, Charlie Parker, Trilok Gurtu, Aaron Copland, Wishbone Ash, Vinnie Colaiuta, and so many more...
Sounds Like: Reviews compare us to Dave Matthews, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Steely Dan, Brand X, Phish, King Crimson, Eric Clapton, Pat Travers, Pat Metheny, Camel, Alan Holdsworth, Spyro Gyra... not so much 'sounds like', but more in 'musical approach'...
Record Label: ONOFFON Productions
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Benny Goodman & Lionel Hampton Stealin Apples

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtjzVThkiFs That's my father, Harry Babasin, on bass in this movie. He was Benny Goodman's bassist at the time with Louis Bellson on drums. This illustrates th...
Posted by ONOFFON on Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:43:00 PST

Please read this important message...

I'd like to talk specifics about the documentary project and the New York Foundation for the Arts fiscal sponsorship supporting it.The NYFA sponsorship came about because they realized that the only t...
Posted by ONOFFON on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:38:00 PST

UPDATE: Trials and tribulations of true art....

Trials and tribulations of true art... In regards to the New York Foundation for the Arts fiscal sponsorship of the production of the film, "Harry Babasin's Jazz In Hollywood", honoring not just my fa...
Posted by ONOFFON on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 02:56:00 PST

Ten Year Online Anniversary!!!!

YES!!!!!!ONOFFON is celebrating our tenth continuous year online with our own domain name and website at -ONOFFON HomepageI can't believe it's been ten years! We launched our website on March 11, 1997...
Posted by ONOFFON on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 09:29:00 PST

"Jazz in the Modern Era"

Hey everybody - I thought I would post a minor update in regard to my father's documentary and the west coast jazz museum I'm building. Tuesday, February 27th, I was the guest on a television show - a...
Posted by ONOFFON on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 10:57:00 PST

NO BOTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't know about anyone else, but -I HATE IT WHEN I GET THESE MESSAGES THAT TELL ME TO DOWNLOAD A 'BOT' TO CRAM SPAM TO THE MYSPACE COMMUNITY TO OVERINFLATE OUR FRIENDS AND MAKE US LOOK MORE POPULAR...
Posted by ONOFFON on Fri, 08 Sep 2006 09:08:00 PST

Harry Babasin's Jazz In Hollywood

Hey - Von Babasin here, bassist from ONOFFON.As some of you may know, I have been recently accepted for fiscal sponsorship by the New York Foundation for the Arts to produce a documentary film about m...
Posted by ONOFFON on Fri, 30 Jun 2006 10:51:00 PST

ONOFFON's 2005 Retrospective...

Well... 2005 was an interesting year... these are the highlights... In December, 2005, UNSIGNED Music Magazine nominated our song, The Gift Must Always Move, released in 1997 on our first CD, ...
Posted by ONOFFON on Thu, 05 Jan 2006 11:15:00 PST

ONOFFON EPK!!!!!!

Just wanted to announce that R Cat Communications, in connection with a promotional DVD they are producing for ONOFFON, have just created an EPK in downloadable .pdf files - you can download it direct...
Posted by ONOFFON on Tue, 01 Nov 2005 10:35:00 PST

Digital Distribution

ONOFFON is a totally independent band. Now, a lot of bands claim to be 'independent', because there are different levels of 'independence'. If you're signed to a label that has less than a hundred art...
Posted by ONOFFON on Thu, 29 Sep 2005 03:12:00 PST