JesterSmile

I got my first drum kit in 1980 and an old upright piano later that year... taught myself how to play both as time went by... went to school for music theory and performance, studied classical and jazz, learned the marimba, vibes, tympani, congas, and a bunch of percussion instruments; my brother Rich (on guitar) and I would jam in the basement and garage for hours playing Grateful Dead and Beatles and such as best we could...met Ed *(guitar) and Mike (bass) in high school...we had lots of fun as the bands and members came and went: Labrynth (70's), The Bushmen (80's), Fallout (all Police), Kalaidescape (80's synthpop), The Smile (acoustic originals), the Solar Rhythm Band (psychedelic-jazz-jam band) Sweetfire (countryrock & stuff), the Dale Davis project (jazzy covers), the S.Parker Band (original countryrock?) the Little Mountain Band (covers).. Recently started working with my Smile partner again thru Myspace and created Jester'Smile Music and we just improvise whatever we feel... I record piano and/or drum tracks at random on an old Tascam 4 track and email it to Ed to digitize and fill out with his great guitar licks- ../../../..***For more great guitar work, visit my friend Von Face and VonFaceBluesProject on MySpace and on SoundClick ***../../../.. I hope to get inspired enough to record a CD project that's been brewing for almost 20 years! Hopefully I'll get up to speed with some updated recording gear soon to make it happen ~ I'm currently trying to get the 'old band' back together again to collaborate via the internet and come up with a new kind of music, a combination of all of our different styles that we have learned and enjoyed over the many years since we haven't had the oppurtunity to physically jam together in so long- it will be very cool ! ~ So enjoy these sample instrumental "test" tracks that me and Ed have come up with for now and let me know what you think ~ We're going to be updating the songs here occasionally with new, better recordings as time allows, so check back when you can and *Please be a friend and leave a comment!* Thanks! ------ ** Also, Check out the new SMILE page today ** -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4 -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-