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Richard Stekol

About Me

Juilliard School of Music- did not apply, was not accepted, Jim Hall Award '65- was not considered, Paris Consortium of Composers 1967-68- did not attend,was not invited, Schoenberg Award for Re-organizational Composition- some other guy won, didn't even know there was an award like this. Played with John Lennon and Ringo Starr once.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/16/2006
Band Website: RichardStekol.com or 2521Records.com
Band Members: Richard plays with The Black Plums: Nate Wood on bass and drums, Adam Benjamin on pianoPlain MySpace Layouts by Iron Spider

Influences: The Gilded Cage, The Second Fret, The Gaslight, The Rendevous, The Shrine Auditorium, The Electric Factory, The Golden Bear, The New Look, The Troubador
Sounds Like: oh well.....
Record Label: Mine
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

It's getting out of hand

Well, things are heating up, as it should be. Ben Wendel has his first solo album released, as noted previously in these pages, Kneebody just finished a new one in Laguna and it's outrageous, really s...
Posted by on Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:13:00 GMT

New stuff on my driveway

Just got back from Mr. T's Bowl, where doing a couple lines meant something else entirely you hipster! It's a great great place in Highland Park where some real nice folks play their version of music ...
Posted by on Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:21:00 GMT

What Jim should listen to as well

Ben Wendel let me listen to his second to newest record, new one coming as mixed (sax, bass and drums), this one with three of the best piano players used perfectly appropriately and two of Ben's teac...
Posted by on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 20:20:00 GMT

Its Out, Jim

Well, The Point of Stars: 6 lbs., 2 oz.s and all it’s fingers and toes.Father and producer doing fine. Has a giant shock of red hair and sounds sorta like his dad. Some screaming, but mostly pen...
Posted by on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:41:00 GMT

richie surfs, lots of clapping and woooos

buy a good amp.. spend most of the money on the amp. its more important than the guitar. oh yeah, you can change the cap values, tubes, speakers and so on, but then you'd have a pig with lipstick.unde...
Posted by on Sun, 30 Sep 2007 22:38:00 GMT

jazz bakery cookin, makinbread off of loafers from the yeast coast.

Saw Kurt Rosenwinkle in culver city last night. See this guy and his band. great , great songs and he plays the guitar his way like you want to hear it. No flashy stuff, overwhelmingly lyrical as his ...
Posted by on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 21:54:00 GMT

beatles back together

played first gig with kneebody members adam benjamin, ben wendel and nate wood at the marine room in laguna, where else? the unusual suspects (my kids maggie and kellie) were there along with the fans...
Posted by on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 21:31:00 GMT

the young

trying something different. going up to highland park and recording with nate wood and his fellows, kneebody.... so far adam and nate and I, hoping to add shane and ben and kaveh in a couple weeks whe...
Posted by on Sat, 02 Jun 2007 23:25:00 GMT