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JON PHIPPS (composer)

About Me

At the moment i am mostly focusing on writing modern classical music for a masters degree in music composition at Colchester Institute in the UK, where i also did a BA (hons) in music. I'm not a classical musician at heart though: I came into modern classical music from an electric guitar background. I used to be in a band that combined elements of modern classical and jazz with progressive metal but at the moment i haven't got time (or the personnel!) to work on that stuff. I will try to get a new band together soon. At the moment i am playing double bass and electric bass in a jazz fusion band which is great fun. Alot of the recordings on here are just ruff sketches and mostly synth-generated, but i will be getting some more recent compositions performed and recorded in the near future. I work as a score transcriber/editor for the composer David Fanshawe. If anyone would like to work with me on a project i would be keen to collaborate :)

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/4/2006
Band Website: myspace.com/jonphipps1
Band Members: STRING QUARTET SKETCH Jon Phipps - Composition Performance - Bingham QuartetGRANITE REFLEX Mvt 4 & 5: Jon Phipps - Composition, Steve Bingham - Viola, Beth Spendlove - Violin, Jeremy Hughes - Cello, Charles Hine - Clarinet.
Influences: Kayo Dot, The Friendly Bears, Tartar Lamb, Gorguts, Negativa, Martyr, Mare, Death, Mirthkon, Frank Zappa, Opeth, Meshuggah, King Crimson, Henry Cow, Fredrik Thordendal, Radiohead, Pattern is Movement, Emperor, Blotted Science, Art Bears, Fred Frith, Ephel Duath, Zs, Dysrhythmia, Neurosis, Behold the Arctopus, The Dillenger Escape Plan, Mastadon, Sikth, Tool, Arcturus, Hate Eternal, Morbid Angel, Enslaved, The Flying Luttenbachers, Ent, Atheist, Cynic, Nile, My Dying Bride, Anathema, Faith No More, Mike Patton, Fantomas, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Jeff Buckley, Venetian Snares, Tabla Beat Science, Explosions in the Sky, Efterklang. Miles Davis, The Bad Plus, Joshua Redman, Albert Ayler, Ornett Coleman, John Coltrane, John Scofield, Jeff Beck, John Zorn, Gutherie Govan, Allan Holdsworth. Scott Walker, Igor Stravinski, Olivier Messiaen, Elliott Carter, Charles Ives, Toru Takemitsu, Benjamin Britten, David Fanshawe, Alfred Schnittke, Boleslav Martinu, Bela Bartok, Pierre Boulez, George Crumb, Arnold Schoenberg, Witold Lutoslawski, James Macmillan, Magnus Lindberg, Luciano Berio, Henryk Gorecki, Gyorgy Ligeti, Penderecki, Arvo Part, Steve Reich, Claude Debussy, Gustav Mahler, Maurice Ravel, Richard Wagner...
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My Blog

NEW ’JON PHIPPS (GUITARIST)’ MYSPACE UP AND RUNNING!

I've made a new myspace for my guitar music. Some of it is recordings of the band i used to be in (Reciprocal), some of it is demos i made by myself. I know the production sucks on most of the re...
Posted by JON PHIPPS (composer) on Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:48:00 PST