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About Me

Initially formed by Laura and Glenn Pinfield several years ago, "Nuclear Umbrella was re-awakened" in late 2006 by a jam with David Bitner and Anthony Darmana.
Each of the members has a long history of playing eclectic music locally. Laura plays violin with the Brevard Symphony Orchestra. Anthony plays with the jam-band Local 518, and along with David and Glenn, forms part of the core of the Melbourne Drum Tribe. During the '90s, Glenn and Laura played with the band Lifeblood.
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previous shows:
2008
aug
02 - Cocoa - Fundraiser for Monkey Bay, Malawi
jun
21 - Melbourne - Sun Shoppe & Cafe
jan
12 - Melbourne - Sun Shoppe & Cafe
2007
nov
03 - Melbourne - Sun Shoppe & Cafe
02 - Melbourne - Eau Gallie Excentrique
oct
13 - Melbourne - Sun Shoppe & Cafe - live vol I ch 7 ...
sep
08 - Melbourne - Sun Shoppe & Cafe - live vol I ch 6 - (boy, these are really piling up...)
aug
12 - W. Melbourne - Metro Entertainment - ACLU fundraiser - recording scrapped due to sonic oddities
jun
02 - Melbourne - Sun Shoppe & Cafe - live vol I ch 3 + 4 (videos by Gary Foubister & photos by Solomon Peachy)
--- Here comes the moon
--- Dreamtime
may
19 - Melbourne - Sun Shoppe & Cafe - live vol I ch 3 - out of print limited edition
mar
08 - Melbourne - Suntree Country Club - live vol I ch 2
jan
16 - Melbourne - Sun Shoppe & Cafe - live vol I ch 1

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/28/2007
Band Website: garageband.com/artist/nuclearumbrella
Band Members: Laura Pinfield electric violin
Glenn Pinfield djembe, asongo, roland spd-20 drums, vibratone
Anthony Darmana all sorts of drums & percussion, didgeridoo
David Bitner roland handsonic hpd-15 (everything else), singing bowl, shakers, rattles, rain stick
Sounds Like: world fusion... a little of: north/central/south america, europe, middle east, africa, india, far east, + australia, mixed together. (perhaps we should add antartica in too..? :) )

the 1st live NU cd is available on-line, the 2nd you can get from us. all the trax from those cds + more are available as individual trax for download.

live at the Sun Shoppe & Cafe vol I ch 3 + 4
with: Ian Monroe + JP Lemus

- Feaster - Dreamtime - Planet Mirth - Dance of the dead - Tribe too - I said triple chunk, that's the kind of cookie that I want - Here comes the moon - Jungle - Vivid

live at the Suntree Country Club vol I ch 2
(available soon)

- Dreamtime - Gallega (50th anniversary) - it's a ... (nut house) - The meaning of... - Dance of the dead (war? what war?) - Black Orpheus - Kamasutra - vibradidgedrone - Planet Mirth

live at the Sun Shoppe & Cafe vol I ch 1
with friends: Andrea Turner + Freedom

- Dreamtime - Gallega - Dance of the dead - - The meaning of... - Black Orpheus - cloudy day - morning drive - world flight - illa Allaah

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other cds to check out:

The Melbourne Drum Tribe

snapshot - live at Link's

recorded 17/nov/2006
featuring: Anthony Darmana, David Bitner, Glenn Pinfield, Jon Paul Lemus, + Laura Pinfield (special guest)

Live at the Paralounge

recorded 22/feb/2003
featuring: Anthony Darmana, David Bitner, Glenn Pinfield, Jon Paul Lemus, + Loki

cds available at via Bardic Productions
Record Label: db productions
Type of Label: None

My Blog

studio session 16

mon 21/juldavid: Island gypsy - midi editing (retake)
Posted by Nuclear Umbrella on Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:27:00 PST

studio session 15

sat 19/jullaura: Island gypsy - retake
Posted by Nuclear Umbrella on Sun, 20 Jul 2008 05:34:00 PST

facebook presence

set up a facebook page several days back for 2 reasons: to get more exposure as we close in on releasing our 1st studio album, and facebook has a 15MB limit on songs vs. myspace's 10MB limit to 6 song...
Posted by Nuclear Umbrella on Sun, 13 Jul 2008 05:57:00 PST

studio session 14

sun 6/julanthony, david, glenn, laura: 1. Island gypsy2. I said triple chunk, that's the kind of cookie that I want 3. Gallegawe're very close to having enough good takes now.we're shooting for 10 tra...
Posted by Nuclear Umbrella on Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:22:00 PST

longer trax at garageband.com & more at myspace.com/dbproductions0

'Dance of the dead' (from live vol I ch 3 + 4) can now be found at garageband.com since it's too long to post here. i think it's our best live rendition yet. added 'vibradigdedrone' (live vol I ch 2) ...
Posted by Nuclear Umbrella on Sat, 21 Jun 2008 08:13:00 PST

live vol I ch 3 + 4 trax are available for sale - $1 each*

trax from live vol I ch 3 were remastered:- Planet Mirth - Dance of the dead - Tribe too - I said triple chunk, that's the kind of cookie that I want - Vivid - and were combined with trax from live v...
Posted by Nuclear Umbrella on Fri, 20 Jun 2008 02:24:00 PST

studio session 13

sun 15 + mon 16/junBlack Orpheus david - vox (for our latest + greatest take) + midi editingsunday was 1 of those days that i couldn't stand looking at a computer any longer, so i continue...
Posted by Nuclear Umbrella on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 06:56:00 PST

studio session 12

anthony:Black orpheus - congasPlanet mirth - floor tom
Posted by Nuclear Umbrella on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 07:31:00 PST

studio session 11

david, glenn, laura:Elephant ears david - handsonic: hammer dulcimer, pot drum, rek, stick glenn - roland spd-20 laura - violin Black orpheus david...
Posted by Nuclear Umbrella on Sun, 08 Jun 2008 07:31:00 PST

studio session 10

sun 1/junanthony:Dance of the dead - ceramic dumbek soloKamasutra - rek
Posted by Nuclear Umbrella on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:32:00 PST