Member Since: 9/11/2005
Band Website: freestyleart.org
Band Members: I play various styles of music with a lot of different people. The stuff here is a sample of some of what was recorded. Most, if not all, of the songs posted at any one time are unrehearsed improvisations. Enjoy - let me know what you think, and if you ever want to play feel free to contact me.
Some of the people you may encounter here are:
Aaron Redlin - (me) of Transformers, The Izzys, Magnets for Teeth, Ofays, FreeStyle Family Orchestra, Tonite, Call of the Wyld, Cattle, GlassLands Gallery, Free Style Arts Association, Inc.
Adam Pettis - of Transformers, Ofays, Magnets for Teeth, FreeStyle Family Orchestra, Lt. Salt Quartet, 23Fuck27, Cattle
Forrest Gray - of Transformers, Ofays, Cattle, FreeStyle Family Orchestra, Lt. Salt Quartet, 23Fuck27, Threshhold
Tom VanderWall - of Magnets for Teeth
Philip Sterk - of Magnets for Teeth, Phonograph
Tim Kuhl - of The Izzys, Tim Kuhl Group
Mike Storey - of The Izzys
Steve Strohmeier - of The Izzys
John Kaiser - of FreeStyle Family Orchestra
Mark Seiltz - of FreeStyle Family Orchestra
Gregory VandeHey - of FreeStyle Family Orchestra
Ethan Schmid
Leviticus - of The GlassHouse Gallery, FreeStyle Family Orchestra
Johnny Cooloti - of Used to be Women, Call of the Wyld
Gregory Stovetop - of Used to be Women, Tonite, Call of the Wyld
Dorian Foerg - of Used to be Women, Tonite, Ofays
Derek Stanton - of Awesome Color, Used to be Women, Ofays, Rampart, Scotch Bonnet
King Famous - The Musical Warrior, FreeStyle Family Orchestra
Thimali Kodikara - of Asoka, FreeStyle Family Orchestra
Kate Edwards - of FreeStyle Family Orchestra
Influences: Charles Mingus, Tom Waits, O'Death, Ali Farka Toure, Miles Davis, Jimi Hendrix, Ornette Coleman, Captain Beefheart, Patricia Moreno, Bob Dylan, Jaco Pastorius, Radiohead, Flaming Lips, Fat Chance, Sovereign, Adam Pettis, Biggie Smalls, Jao Gilberto, The Beach Boys, Thimali Kodikara, Kate Edwards, Brooke Baxter, Drink Waterfall, Mark Kinney, Scott Gratham, The Beatles, Josh Don Rocco, Beck, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Billie Holiday, Black Sabbath, Shawn Behrens, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Forrest Gray, John Kaiser, Greg Vande Hey, Mark Seiltz, Bob Marley, King Tubby, The Pixies, The Breeders, Bruce Springstein, Philly Joe Jones, Charlie Haden, Don Cherry, Eric Dolphy, The Carter Family, Hank Williams, Neil Young, Curtis Mayfield, A Tribe Called Quest, David Bowie, The Velvet Underground, Edith Piaf, Woody Guthrie, Mozart, Tony Schwartz, Bach, The Who, Wilco, Ray Charles, Van Morrison, Traveling Wilburys, Townes VanZandt, Tim Kuhl, Mike Storey, Steve Strohmeier, Tom Petty, Thelonious Monk, Tito Puente, T. Rex, The Talking Heads, The Sugar Hill Gang, Sparklehorse, Rose Cairns, Smokey Robinson, Sly and the Family Stone, The Sex Pistols, The Rolling Stones, The Ramones, MC5, Quincy Jones, Bootsie Collins, Parliament, Public Enemy, Primus, Portishead, The Pogues, Pavement, P.W. Long's Reelfoot, Dr. Octagon, Kool Keith, Dorian Foerg, Derek Stanton, Gregory McKeighan, Nirvana, Morphine, Nick Drake, Used to be Women, Awesome Color, Mississippi John Hurt, Max Roach, Madlib, Beethoven, Louis Armstrong, Liz Phair, Leonard Cohen, Leadbelly, King Crimson, Johnny Cash, John Fahey, Elizabeth Cotten, James Brown, Ibrahim Ferrer, Herbie Hancock, Fugazi, Leviticus, Rolyn Hu, Fats Waller, Elliott Smith, Laurie Karlinsky, Harry Smith, Ella Fitzgerald, Donovan
Sounds Like: An Edward Steichen photo. Or a rubber band connected to 8 points of a cube - stretching and contracting while people are climbing on it.
Also, Check out these bands/groups I'm in:
GlassLands Gallery Experiential Arts Space in Williamsburg
Transformers MySpace Page
Transformers regular page (good for photos)
The Izzys
Ofays
Magnets for Teeth
FreeStyle Arts Association, Inc. main website.
FreeStyle Family Orchestra's MySpace page.
FreeStyle Art's MySpace page.
Record Label: GlassLands Sessions
Type of Label: Indie