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Tim

About Me

I'm an audio post production engineer by day. Former member of the now defunct The OaKs. But a remnant is reforming! 24/7 I'm Lisa's husband and Bethany, Ellie, and Micah's dad.I have degrees in classical piano performance, audio engineering and biblical studies.I have a thing for beautiful microphones, pristine audio, vintage keyboards and a rhythm section that is locked in a great groove.I have a love for choral music, brass bands, classical solo piano literature, big bands, and the progressive giants of the last 40 years.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 16/12/2006
Band Website: www.myspace.com/wearetheoaks
Band Members: Melissa, Matt, Nathan, and me
Influences: songs/composers/albums I like to listen to or play:

Appalachian Spring - Copland
Only a Dream -Mary Chapin carpenter
The Frames
Matt Rollings - anything he plays
Permanent Waves -Rush
Delusions of Grandeur - Flemming and John
Happiness - AKUS
Soul Cages - Sting
Mindy Smith
Vespers - Rachmaninoff
Corelli - Christmas Concerto
Robert Shaw Singers
Black Dyke Band
Chopin - everything!
December - George Winston
Beyond These Shores - Iona
Revolver/Sgt. Pepper - Beatles
Come On, Come Over - Jaco
Lydia Salnikova (and the rest of the Bering Strait crew)
Three flew over the Cuckoo's Nest - Flecktones
Vaughan Williams
Carter Wood

And my top 4 songs as of this moment:

Holland - Sufjan Stevens
The Song That Never Was - (all 300 versions!) Imogen Heap
The Water - Feist
Chasing The Sun - Susan Calloway

My new find favorite singer....
Beth Stalker!! ...mostly when she plays with Jim Rawlings

Sounds Like: Go to the band's site and take a listen!
Record Label: self released
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

More music to come, and...go to facebook!

I still have this myspace page and intend to post some of my own music soon.   I've been writing a lot in the last few weeks and will be recording it all with the help of my friends.  So kee...
Posted by on Fri, 26 Dec 2008 23:02:00 GMT

New Album (and the OaKs begin to emerge from exile)

It seems like July 23rd was years ago, the day that we began this long journey, holing up in my (Ryan's) 1950's wood-floored house with instruments piled up around our heads, but on November 20th we ...
Posted by on Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:06:00 GMT

The new OaKs album is mixed

I think tonight we have reached a point in the mastering that we agree nothing else needs to change in the mix and that everything now are tweaks that can be done by Alan Douches who is mastering the ...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 18:31:00 GMT

CMJ Video

Here are a couple of videos from CMJ 2007.  As often happens we don't quite fit on the stage and I end up in front of it with no light!Attraction of the Pilgrim Pike County, 1961 ...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 01:22:00 GMT

We’re coming to CMJ 2007 New York City

We've just been announced for CMJ! We will be playing on the first night of the festival at Fontana's, 105 Eldridge St. between Broome and Grand in the Lower East Side. We're playing at 10:00 on Tuesd...
Posted by on Sun, 23 Sep 2007 13:32:00 GMT

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter

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Posted by on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 08:17:00 GMT

PASTE mag interview

We have a whole page in the main article "Can Rock and Roll Save The World" It's the July issue (#33). They wrote about Ryan's years in Afghanistan with Global Hope Network, and how those experiences ...
Posted by on Fri, 01 Jun 2007 08:04:00 GMT

Concert Review in Ink19

The Oaks Jason Choi & The Sea, The Northerness Orlando, Fl Jan. 6, 2007 by Jen Cray A featured profile in both the local weekly and in the Orlando Sentinel newspaper helped to pack The Soci...
Posted by on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 07:52:00 GMT

Oaks concert preview in Orlando Sentinel

Jim Abbott OaKs' music resonates with a humanitarian tone Band members' experiences, philosophies color their debut album Published January 5, 2007 --> --> ...
Posted by on Fri, 05 Jan 2007 03:23:00 GMT

Relevant Magazine interview with The OaKs

RELEVANT is a very popular magazine that combines postmodern spirituality with music and art...here is the article: The first time Matt Antolick brought his djembe over to guitarist and singer Ryan Co...
Posted by on Fri, 22 Dec 2006 09:52:00 GMT