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Justin Meldal-Johnsen

http://www.justinmj.com/

About Me

I'm a bass player, songwriter, producer living in (and from) Los Angeles. I do love this town, sometimes in a perverse way. But it is home, and all my history is here. It's particularly enjoyable coming home after being on the road for a while. I'm married with a wife called Corinne. We have a two-year old daughter who is my complete pride and joy, her name is Zelly Boo. I would definitely categorize myself as a family person. My main hobby is creating music, and my profession is creating music, so I'm pretty locked down there. I also ride bicycles and like baseball, which some people are surprised at. There's no question that I'm what you'd call a "people person" in the truest, non-sarcastic sense. I actually tend to work better amongst others, not in isolation. Hence my penchant for ensemble songwriting, producing, and my love of the "band" dynamic. I like starting things, solving problems, having a great time, getting silly, and being around people who laugh and have a great deal of personal conviction and identity. I treasure sanity, free spiritedness, clarity of thought, and purpose. Life offers a great deal to learn and experience, and I relish that process constantly. Thanks for visiting my page.

My Interests

Music, playtime with Zelly Boo, travelling, relaxing with friends, playing shows, experimenting in the studio, learning new technology, cycling, travelling, reading, a hot bath, ice cream, solving problems, helping people, getting things started, writing songs with friends, gardening, and occasionally checking in to see what's lined up on Tivo.

I'd like to meet:

Most Everybody!The problem is, I get too many Myspace email messages now, and I don't have time to answer them. So thanks for visiting, but I humbly ask that you do not send me messages or expect a response from me.If you have something business related to discuss with me, please contact me via the "contact" page on my personal website, www.justinmj.com. My management forwards all pertinent communication to me very quicky.All so, please do not post spam comments on here. Unsolicited band promotion or anything that smells remotely of advertising isn't appreciated.Thanks!

Music:

Beck, Ima Robot, Wire, Chameleons, Cocteau Twins, New Order, Joy Division, Gang of Four, Buzzcocks, Doves, Antarctica, MC5, Sparks, Zeppelin, The Who, The Kinks, The Zombies, Television, Medicine, Sea Wolf, Beatles, Kraftwerk, Abba, Marianne Faithful, Fugazi, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, King Tubby, XTC, Ween, Air, Turin Brakes, Failure, Bob Marley, Velvet Underground, Lou Reed, Electric Company, Bowie, B People, Black Sabbath, Carcass, Fantomas, U2, Digital Underground, Magazine, Van Halen, This Heat, Can, Death Cab, Medicine, Talk Talk, Boards of Canada, Sonic Youth, Raveonettes, Tenacious D, American Music Club, The Sonics, The Pixies, Grace Jones, Sly and Robbie, The Smiths, My Bloody Valentine, Clinic, Mission of Burma, Pinback, The Magnetic Fields, Les Rhythmes Digitales, Dr. Octagon, Fela Kuti, Kool Keith, Pulp, Mr. Oizo, Belle & Sebastian, Daft Punk, The Stranglers, Killing Joke, Laika, Braniac, Moondog, El Otro Yo, 12 Rods, He Said, Dome, Ladytron, Junior Senior, The Clash, Joe Strummer, Digable Planets, BRMC, Jesus & Mary Chain, Girls Vs. Boys, Couch, The Blue Nile, Neutral Milk, Altered Images, Donovan, Enon, The Boredoms, Fleetwood Mac, Gary Numan, The Meters, Supertramp, Herbie Hancock, Joni Mitchell, Parliament Funkadelic, Ramones, Marvin Gaye, Meat Beat Manifesto, Al Green, Nick Drake, Bill Withers, Skip Spence, Big Star, OOIOO, Polvo, Boredoms, Peter Gabriel, PIL, Scott Walker, Bailter Space, Queen, Elliot Smith, Radiohead, Sebadoh, Quarteto Em Cy, Ennio Moriccone, Lee Scratch Perry, Sigur Ros, Wu Tang Clan, ODB, Klaus Nomi, Tom Tom Club, The Specials, Miles Davis, Fancois De Roubaix, Faust, Pet Shop Boys, King Tubby, Blonde Readhead, Donny Hathaway, Michael Jackson, Cheap Trick, Black Uhuru, Skip Spence, The Dirty Three, The Beastie Boys, France Gall, Eulogies, Pere Ubu, Iggy Pop, Serge Gainsbourg, OMD, Massive Attack, Roxy Music, etc. etc. etc.

Heroes:

GET WOUNDED COUGAR'S DEBUT ON ITUNES!!!!

My Blog

NIN

I'm very happy to announce that I am playing with Nine Inch Nails. There are North American appearances starting on July 25th. Tour dates and information are at www.nin.com. Thanks so much to eve...
Posted by Justin Meldal-Johnsen on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 09:10:00 PST

What exactly are "The Holidays" to me, anyway?

Did someone just tell me that the holidays are here? NOW?!?!? I protest!! I'm still in creative/work mode, hardly time for family business, presents, traffic, the toxic drug addiction of the acqu...
Posted by Justin Meldal-Johnsen on Thu, 22 Nov 2007 10:56:00 PST

WuCu in LA, 10/10/07

CHECK THIS SHIT! ...
Posted by Justin Meldal-Johnsen on Sun, 30 Sep 2007 05:14:00 PST

New WuCu Album!!!

If you don't have it, you need it. Just look on iTunes, if that's your flavor. Or, if you like, go check out mixpal.com. Higher quality, no restrictions, and you can use PayPal. $9.99 - what?!?!?...
Posted by Justin Meldal-Johnsen on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:44:00 PST

The imminent demise of the music business is greatly exaggerated...

...or at least the "business of music" in general is going fine. The status quo "music biz" is certainly teetering on the brink, but that's cool with me. There will always be making music, touri...
Posted by Justin Meldal-Johnsen on Tue, 19 Jun 2007 09:04:00 PST

Back in LA, April '07

Greetings!!Just back from Beck Japan/Australia run, probably the final leg of touring in support of "The Information". It was pretty fantastic. Lots of rocking, good meals, riding bikes, seeing te...
Posted by Justin Meldal-Johnsen on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 10:54:00 PST

LA Life

It's warm, it's sunny, my wife and I take our baby to the beach every Sunday for a couple of hours. And it's only March 7th. Nice!I'm really busy. Working with Beck on some recordings, preparin...
Posted by Justin Meldal-Johnsen on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 09:59:00 PST

Grammy Awards, etc.

Hi Friends,I hope this note finds you very well and happy about how your '07 is developing. I'm sure loving being so busy right now. Here's what's cooking:1) I'm producing a song for a new Australia...
Posted by Justin Meldal-Johnsen on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 11:38:00 PST

New Year's News

Greetings and Happy '07!The Ken Andrews I've been talking about, which I co-produced, is finally a wrap! It's now mastered and headed for manufacture. I really do feel it's a great, great album....
Posted by Justin Meldal-Johnsen on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 09:00:00 PST

Website is back up!

My website www.justinmj.com is back up and running - all good.This week, I just finished laying all the bass down on the upcoming album from Wounded Cougar....SIIICKKK!!!! Prepare to get your face m...
Posted by Justin Meldal-Johnsen on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 06:17:00 PST