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About Me

I've played with some great musicians over the years... Bomba, King Muskafa, Mocking Shadows, Ryan Bourne and the Distraction... Lately, I've been playing with Jay Crocker and the Electric Apes...some of the best musicians I've ever played with. The Apes changed the way I viewed music. If you get a chance, check it out...and watch for the Apes' new album! (maybe out in october?) Jay gave me the nickname JC 'the dojo kid'. I've also been called AC, Cee-J, Jones and sometimes people use my real name, Ceri. The tunes here are not from the Apes. It's some of my own stuff that I'm trying to work through. Some of it is in Welsh. Even though my dad speaks Welsh, I'm still just a learner...but I do like to try. Mwynheuwch! Da boch chi.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/29/2006
Band Members: I've recorded these tunes with Eric Hamlen (drums), Mark Ellis (keys), Dave Wall (guitar), Lane Ardnt (guitar) and Eric Weiden (tpt., keys, sound tech and all around nice guy!) Thank you all. I'm playing the bass and trying to sing. ps. the two new tunes are me playing the harp in my living room. Recorded it on a little tape cassette player. The last tune here is a remix done by Mark Ellis.
Influences: Coldplay, RHCP, Peter Gabriel, Julie Murphy, Sian James, Ceri Rhys Matthews, Brigyn, Difuse, Josquin de Prez, Neil Mulligan, Leonard Cohen, Habib Koite, Simon & Garfunkel, Fred Wesley, Prince, Chico Cesar, Catatonia, the Cat Empire, Bjork, Jay Crocker, Rufus Wainwright, The Strokes, Crystal Method, Metric
Sounds Like: Sai'n gwybod!?
Type of Label: None

My Blog

punk music

Well, I’m working back at the farm again. There’s nothing like working in mouse shit to keep everything in perspective! Actually, the farm’s pretty awesome. If I had to quit music...
Posted by thedojokid on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 09:10:00 PST

Paintings

Well, I've been too busy to write anything and there was lots of stuff I wanted to write about. I've been working on a farm until recently (there isn't much work left to do with all this snow!) The ...
Posted by thedojokid on Sun, 16 Dec 2007 07:10:00 PST

new tune

I posted a new tune. It's about visiting my dad's old house, Gwalior. I programmed it all on reason but the vocals are really rough... I just recorded it in, first take, no reverb or any eq or anyth...
Posted by thedojokid on Wed, 23 May 2007 03:03:00 PST

Gwenllian

Ok, I'm in a much better frame of mind since last blog. Although I'm doing Facebook now and I couldn't keep up with MySpace as it was... MyFace or MySpace... mmm. At any rate, I'm going to geek out ...
Posted by thedojokid on Sat, 19 May 2007 06:06:00 PST

a shade of depression

I've been really depressed over the last two weeks... the kind of depression where you don't want to get up out of bed. There's been lots of stuff that's been depressing. For one, I really miss W...
Posted by thedojokid on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:36:00 PST

Wales - the second bit

ok, I've been home for awhile and it's been tough to actually do anything since I got back. Got Wales on the brain... so, here's a couple more stories from Wales.I was really lucky to study Celtic h...
Posted by thedojokid on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 06:04:00 PST

Wales-the first bit

People are different in Wales. So many 'strangers' welcomed me into their home. I love going there... Let's see, I stayed with my cousin Mel in Cardiff and watched the rugby game with my cousin Joh...
Posted by thedojokid on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 11:54:00 PST

back home...

I've haven't really been home since New Year's Eve. Did this gig with the Superband at the Sidetrack and left at 3am for Tucson. I went there with Jay Crocker and the Electric Apes to record a new a...
Posted by thedojokid on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 03:40:00 PST