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Max Heath

About Me

Recent albums that I played on (check the blog for more info):

The Brothers Bloom (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp David Ramos - This Up Here&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&n bsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp Anthony Braxton - Quartet (GTM) 2006

Please contact me if you want to get a copy of my Restless album. Currently working on a full band album, stay tuned for new rough mixes.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 22/02/2006
Band Members: Max Heath (piano, vocals, etc.), Jonny Rodgers (guitar), Tommy Lee (bass), Mike Petrucci (drums), Danny Salerno (violin).I'm a co-member of the hip-hop production team Ghost Notes . I also play with Anonymous INC , Jonny Rodgers , and Toca , and I have worked and recorded with saxophonist/composer Anthony Braxton . Also, I am the "Official Band of the Upright Citizens Brigade ".
Influences: Animal Collective, Aphex Twin, The Arcade Fire, Autechre, The Avalanches, Battles, Beach Boys, Björk, Blackout Beach, Black Dice, Blur, Boards of Canada, Boredoms, David Bowie, Anthony Braxton, Broken Social Scene, Jeff Buckley, Built to Spill, Circulatory System, John Coltrane, D'Angelo, Miles Davis, Death Cab for Cutie, Debussy, Deerhoof, Deerhunter, Destroyer, The Dirty Projectors, Eric Dolphy, Brian Eno, Morton Feldman, Fennesz, The Flaming Lips, Fog, Frog Eyes, Gastr Del Sol, Marvin Gaye, Godspeed! You Black Emperor, Guided By Voices, Joe Henderson, J Dilla, Elvin Jones, Liars, Alvin Lucier, Madlib, Mercury Rev, The Microphones/Mount Eerie, Charles Mingus, Modest Mouse, Thelonious Monk, My Bloody Valentine, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Olivia Tremor Control, Panda Bear, Pavement, Portishead, Jonny Rodgers, Jim O'Rourke, Oval, Radiohead, Ravel, Scriabin, The Sea and Cake, Elliott Smith, Sonic Youth, Squarepusher, Stereolab, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Sun Ra, Sunset Rubdown, Tortoise, TV on the Radio, Scott Walker, Weezer (pre-1999), Wolf Parade, Stevie Wonder, Yo La Tengo, Frank Zappa & many more...
Sounds Like: As Autumn Ends (live 7/17/08 with Danny Salerno, violin)

Future Song (live 7/17/08 with Danny Salerno, violin)

Selected discography:

2009 - The Brothers Bloom (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (melodica)

2008 - David Ramos - This Up Here (synths/keys/vocals/melodica/accordion)

2008 - Jonny Rodgers - The Aviary (piano)

2008 - Anthony Braxton - Quartet (GTM) 2006 [4CD set] (piano)

2007 - Toca - S/T (piano/keys/melodica/accordian/synths)

2006 - Ceschi - They Hate Francisco False (keys/melodica/vocals)

2005 - Max Heath - Restless

(See the Ghost Notes page for discography with Ghost Notes)
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

I'm on the Brothers Bloom soundtrack

A couple years ago I recorded a bunch of melodica for the soundtrack of The Brothers Bloom, directed by Rian Johnson (of Brick fame) and starring Adrian Brody, Mark Ruffalo, and Rachel Weisz, and now ...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:01:00 GMT

All About Jazz review

I just found this very nice recent review from All About Jazz of the Anthony Braxton Quartet (GTM) 2006 4CD set that I played piano on. Check it out: http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=321...
Posted by on Sat, 02 May 2009 17:59:00 GMT

On WESU 88.1 FM 8:30 PM Tuesday 4/7

For those of you who are interested, my friend Brian Parks and I will be on WESU 88.1 FM from 8:30-10:30pm tomorrow (Tuesday 4/7). I'm not quite sure what we'll talk about but it will likely be a broa...
Posted by on Mon, 06 Apr 2009 06:56:00 GMT

"Vestige"

A brand new one for 2009. Sailing on.Speaking of sailing on, I just discovered the blog of Carey Mercer (from Frog Eyes/Swan Lake/Blackout Beach), one of my favorite musicians, and it is unsurprising...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:01:00 GMT

"Paramour" / My top 11 of 2008

I just recorded/uploaded a song I wrote back in May '08 called "Paramour".Also, Glorious Noise, the online rock 'zine that published my in-depth analysis of Neutral Milk Hotel's In the Aeroplane over ...
Posted by on Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:03:00 GMT

"Equinox"

Just recorded and uploaded this song I wrote a couple months ago. Listen to it loud. Lyrics are up too.
Posted by on Mon, 15 Dec 2008 18:47:00 GMT

"The Northern Lights"

I just posted another lo-fi demo of a new song called "The Northern Lights" that I recorded at home a couple days ago. Lyrics and download are available. Thanks to everyone who came to support me at...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:36:00 GMT

Show 9/27/08 at The Space, Hamden, CT

Just a reminder to all my CT friends that I have a show coming up at The Space in Hamden with highly acclaimed percussion duo Loop 2.4.3 and SOUNDunderGROUND (featuring my friend and former teacher Is...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Sep 2008 03:08:00 GMT

"Proof"

I wrote a song called "Proof" a few days ago and then recorded a makeshift demo of it at home today and just posted it. It would be nice if you could listen to it and let me know what you think. It'...
Posted by on Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:06:00 GMT

New videos from show at the Space

I just posted some videos ("As Autumn Ends" and "Future Song") from a recent concert at the Space featuring Danny Salerno on violin, so check them out. These are the first recordings of these songs i...
Posted by on Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:55:00 GMT