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Jeff Gretz

it is happening... again...it is happening...again

About Me

Where I'm from, the birds sing a pretty song. I'm currently in New York City.

More info on who i've worked with at www.jeffgretz.com

You want me to play for you? Get in touch.

"White Tail" score by me. Choreography by Katie Key of Queens Of Hearts Productions.

My 13 second track "A Principal Vertex" from the Ratskin Records comp 13,000.00 Milliseconds. Directed by me. Obviously.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/19/2007
Band Website: jeffgretz.com
Band Members: with:

ZAO -
Dan Weyandt
Scott Mellinger
Russ Cogdell
Martin Lunn

FROM AUTUMN TO ASHES -
Francis Mark
Brian Deneeve
Mike Pilato
Rob Lauritsen

CONELRAD -
Adam Macgregor

GHOSTS FOR BREAKFAST -
Steve Moore
Nate Wooley
Travis Laplante

EMANUEL AND THE FEAR -
Emanuel Ayvas
Brian Sanders
Colin Dean
Dallin Applebaum
Dan Tirer
David Nelson
Nic Cowles
Tom Swafford
Christopher Coletti

ZERO SPANISH -
Kelly Rae Kerwin
Deron Pulley
Influences: MUSIC -

Edgar Varese, Ornette Coleman, Cheap Trick, Burt Bacharach, Bjork, The Melvins, Black Flag, Slayer, Ennio Morricone, Fiona Apple, Aphex Twin, Magma, Johnny Cash, Neil Diamond, The Beach Boys, Iannis Xenakis, G.G. Allin, Albert Ayler, Melt-Banana, Bad Brains, Steve Reich, Swans, Igor Stravinsky, Steely Dan

FILM -

David Lynch, Luis Buñuel, John Waters, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Harry Everett Smith, Dario Argento, George Romero, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Matthew Barney, Stanley Kubrick, Alfred Hitchcock, Federico Fellini

WRITINGS -

William S. Burroughs, Kurt Vonnegut, Charles Bukowski, Franz Kafka, Hunter S. Thompson, Music reference books, Art/Photography books and the Book Of Urantia

ART -

Salvador Dali, Max Ernst, Weegee, ManRay, Hans Arp, Marcel Duchamp, Jackson Pollock, basically anything from the Dada/Surrealist movements

Turn-Ons: Cooking, Wine, Designer Toys, The Pittsburgh Steelers, Celebrity Gossip Websites, Outsider Art
Turn Offs: Sublime, The F Train, The NY Yankees, Florida, questions about Christianity, people that refer to "The Biz"
Sounds Like: Whatever I'm currently playing
Record Label: A few
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

We Reach

"The cutthroat avenues of rock 'n' roll, I am fed up with. I don't want anything to do with it." -Neil Young I've been doing some serious soul-searching lately and have come to a sort of impasse. The ...
Posted by Jeff Gretz on Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:23:00 PST

About the music in the player

1) SOLO DRUM I - Solo drum improv. Recorded in my rehersal space in Williamsburg. Two room mics, a broken cymbal and some Mick Fleetwood sounding drums. 2) SLFIMPX - Combination Drum-Duo, Improvisati...
Posted by Jeff Gretz on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 03:55:00 PST

re-worked my website

www.jeffgretz.com .Cleaned it up.Added a bunch of audio.Added an online store for select releases (you get them right from me).More trinkets and bobbles as I learn them.jeff...
Posted by Jeff Gretz on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 04:14:00 PST

Remix I did of "Nude" by Radiohead

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Posted by Jeff Gretz on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 08:50:00 PST

Some new compilations Ill be appearing on

I have two solo tracks appearing on a couple of compilations that will be out in the next month or so.1) 13,000.00 Milliseconds - Times Expanded This is a compilation of approx 200 artists (incl...
Posted by Jeff Gretz on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 06:56:00 PST

2007/2008

2007 was nuts. I don't know what else to say.1) Moved to NYC2) Played with some friends around town3) Dressed up as Uncle Sam and waved at cars in Queens4) Got hired to play drums on a death metal rec...
Posted by Jeff Gretz on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 10:08:00 PST