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Mike Barber

About Me

Spontaneous composition.
Free.
Deliberate.
In the moment.
Of the moment.
Artist and instrument are one.
No actor, only act.

untitled Recorded live @ The Rotunda, Philadelphia PA - April 11, 2007 Dan Peterson reeds; Mike Barber contrabass; Toshi Makihara drumsWaiting for the Smoke to Clear Mike Barber organ, drum sequencingLoyalty Oaths and Witch Hunts Mike Barber guitar, organ, bass and drum sequencingMao Descends on Tibet Recorded live @ benefit for Students for a Free Tibet, Columbia MO - December 9, 2003 Phil James shakuhachi; Mike Barber sitar, effects; Jeff Wheeler keyboards, percussion

Toshi Makihara, Mike Barber, Dan Peterson
Philadelphia 4/11/07


DmHotep, Knoel Scott, Kimpedro, Mike Barber.
Philadelphia 12/21/06

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 17/05/2005
Band Website: alienbeatpoet.com
Band Members:

Mike Barber: Contrabass; Bass Guitar; Sitar; Guitar; Keyboards; Percussion; Irish Whistle; Yokobue; et cetera...


Influences: John Coltrane Charles Mingus Sun Ra Ornette Coleman Charlie Haden Don Cherry Art Ensemble of Chicago Charlie Parker Dizzy Gillespie Dewey Redman Charles Gayle Salvidor Dali Rashied Ali Ravi Shankar John McLaughlin Chris Haskett Zakir Hussain Nikhil Banerjee Rahsaan Roland Kirk Babatundi Olatunji Melvin Gibbs Mahavishnu Orchestra (original lineup) King Crimson (1981 and on) Les Paul John Abercrombie Many Ray Ray Brown Chuck D/Public Enemy Rollins Band ('86 - '97) Abdullah Ibrahim Marcel Duchamp Eric Dolphy John Cage Arnold Schönberg Philip Glass Zen Buddhism Dadaism This very moment Everything Nothing

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Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Montreal in T minus 30 days

It is official. Christine and I have returned from securing new digs in the gorgeous city of Montreal. Now the packing madness begins... this is going to require an obscene amount of Guinness, tequi...
Posted by on Fri, 14 Sep 2007 20:57:00 GMT

Ah, Sleep Dep. My old friend...

it's like being drunk, but without the fun.my brain feels like it is shrinking, pulling away, imploding on itselfmind = black hole?i can't help but reflect on the pain i have caused(that happens often...
Posted by on Mon, 13 Mar 2006 23:08:00 GMT

Sleep Deprivation - 3.6.06

"No point mentioning those bats, I thought. The poor bastard will see them soon enough." - Fear and Loathing in Las VegasTrying to sleep. Can't find it. The old tricks aren't working. I need to try...
Posted by on Sun, 05 Mar 2006 22:51:00 GMT

Congo Blues

Families bear pain of Congo clashes By Orla Guerin BBC News, DR Congo I stood at the end of the bed, watching his chest rise and fall. He lay in a stuffy, makeshift clinic, run by a handful of ov...
Posted by on Mon, 06 Feb 2006 08:52:00 GMT

Dont believe the hype... Save Row!

Ugh, kids repost the silliest things :-p DON'T SAVE ROE!!! don't give in to the bull crap propaganda. killing babies doesn't protect women's health at all. babies deserve to live. planned parenthoo...
Posted by on Wed, 28 Dec 2005 11:44:00 GMT

Top 30 Facts On Chuck Norris

Top 30 Facts On Chuck Norris Chuck Norris' tears cure cancer. Too bad he has never cried. Chuck Norris does not sleep. He waits. Chuck Norris is currently suing NBC, claiming Law and Order ar...
Posted by on Wed, 28 Dec 2005 07:14:00 GMT

Pinochet ruled fit to stand trial!

Pinochet ruled fit to stand trialChile's top court has ruled that former military ruler Gen Augusto Pinochet is fit to stand trial over the 1975 disappearance of political opponents.The supreme court ...
Posted by on Mon, 26 Dec 2005 12:00:00 GMT

The Mike Barber Experience, part IV

Exciting news... The Mike Barber Experience has been resurrected in it's now fourth incarnation! Eight and a half years ago I first assembled a rag-tag team of musicians as an ad hoc band for a per...
Posted by on Tue, 15 Nov 2005 09:42:00 GMT

German Asshole Holocaust denier on trial

German Holocaust denier on trial A German Holocaust denier who has regularly lavished praise on Adolf Hitler has gone on trial in Germany. The case was delayed as soon as it had started, when th...
Posted by on Tue, 08 Nov 2005 13:29:00 GMT

NAFTA, Chapter 11 ... what you should know.

It is the subjugation of nations before multi-national corporations. NAFTA Ch.11 is not to be confused with the US bankruptcy law. NAFTA -- the North American Free Trade Agreement (or, in Canuk-speak,...
Posted by on Sat, 22 Oct 2005 09:13:00 GMT