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Jamie Janover

Jamie Janover - Multi-Instrumentalist/Photographer

About Me


Jamie is recognized as a true musical innovator. His many talents include being a master of the ancient percussion stringed instrument called the hammered dulcimer (he won the 2002 National Hammered Dulcimer Championship), inventing an instrument he calls the "mini-kit" (a miniature amplified drum kit), playing pyrocussion (fire drums) and creating the Realmsmobile (a recumbent tricycle with the mini-kit attached, enabling him to ride and play drums simultaneously), among many other diverse creative outputs. Jamie maintains a rigorous touring schedule year-round with no less than 8 projects that he rotates through, including ZILLA (w/ Michael Travis from SCI and Aaron Holstein), SPORQUE (w/ Ooah and Aaron from ZILLA), SAEM (w/ KJ Sawka and Asher Fulero) and from duets with Rena Jones to large ensemble gigs with Everyone Orchestra, among several other projects. When not playing music, you can find Jamie connecting dots around the world in extensive travels and collaborations in multiple creative realms. For more information into Jamie’s realms, check out his website: www.JamieJanover.com

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/22/2006
Band Website: jamiejanover.com
Band Members:

Jamie Janover

ZILLA : Jamie w/ Michael Travis, Aaron Holstein
ZILLA on MySpace

SPORQUE : OOAH vs, Jamie & Aaron from ZILLA
SPORQUE on MySpace

Jamie Janover & Friends : Jamie w/ rotating members including: Michael Manring , Joe Craven and Inkx ( Hamsa Lila )

SAEM : Jamie w/ KJ Sawka and Asher Fulero
SAEM on MySpace

Everyone Orchestra : Jamie frequently participates in this amazing and huge collective of musicians.
An improvisational orchestra founded and conducted by Matt Butler .
Everyone Orchestra on MySpace

Meeting of the Minds : A Boulder, CO musical collective consciousness...
A mostly improvisational ensemble, (sometimes conducted), with a rotating
cast of musicians from the Boulder music community including:
Dave Watts (The Motet) :
Scott Messersmith (The Motet) :
Garrett Sayers (The Motet) :
Jans Ingber (The Motet) :
Mark Donovan (The Motet):
Michael Travis (String Cheese Incident, : ZILLA : )
Billy Nershi (String Cheese Incident)
Aaron Holstien (ZILLA) :
Greg Raymond (The Motet)
: Dominic Lialli (The Motet) :
Ross Martin
and
Jamie Janover

Zuvuya: Jamie Janover , Michael Travis & Xander Green


Lernover : Jamie , Jeffrey Lerner ( STS9 ), Jagjit Chadha



Influences: Keith Jarrett, Michael Hedges, Frank Zappa, Jerry Garcia, Trilok Gurtu, Peter Apfelbaum, Joni Mitchell, Tipper, Jaco Pastorius, Miles Davis, Phish, Zakir Hussain, L. Shankar, John McLaughlin, Ravi Shankar, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Schpongle, Yes, The Grateful Dead, Jeff Beck, Bach, Phillip Glass, Bob Marley, Ooah, Steely Dan, John Coltrane, Jimi Hendrix, Adam Deitch, Michael Manring, Sound Tribe Sector 9, Stanley Jordan, Bela Fleck, Jai Uttal, Shiv Kumar Sharma, Gonzaolo Rubalcaba, Alex DiGrassi, Jack DeJohnette, Davis Crosby, Bobby Mc Ferrin, Chic Corea, Gary Burton, Kai Eckhardt, Joe Craven, Keller Williams, Aaron Holstein, Michael Travis, Dave Watts, Ross Martin, Tony Furtado, String Cheese Incident, Jon Fishman, Inkx, Alan Hertz, Dennis Chambers, King Crimson, Sultan Kahn, Vikku, Burningman, The Mini-Kit, The Realmsmobile, High Sierra, Oregon Country Fair, Nederland Acid Jazz, Ross Martin, Jeff Sipe, John Bonham, The Duo, Joshua Tree Music Festival, Fela, Ivo Pompisov, ...
Sounds Like: The sounds you would hear if you could dream awake in the middle of your favorite environment in your favorite season..... just listen.

2007 Artists Include:



Record Label: Realm Music / SCI Fidelity
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

The new ZILLA CD - "all iZ"

Damn.... I'd have to say that making a studio album has to be one of the more callenging things a musician ever puts themselves through. I can hardly fathom how long it would take to make an album lik...
Posted by Jamie Janover on Fri, 12 May 2006 10:55:00 PST

My My Space...

OK, I finally caught up to the curve.... I mean, if Tom has like 75,000,000 friends then he's got to be on to something. We could all use that many friends, so lets get busy communicating.... i'll occ...
Posted by Jamie Janover on Wed, 03 May 2006 01:44:00 PST

SONIC BLOOM - MAy 19&20 in CO

Hi Everyone...My first Blog ever. Here it is. Exciting isn't it...Actually, it kind of is exciting.... we (ZILLA, a band I am in) is thowing a really big next-level party called SONIC BLOOM.SONIC BLOO...
Posted by Jamie Janover on Tue, 02 May 2006 03:44:00 PST