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About Me


I started piano lessons in fourth grade. By fifth, like a typical kid, I lost interest in lessons. Skipping ahead by about 8-10 years, I thought I would give the bass guitar a try. Growing up in the 60s, I liked the top 40 of that time, which included the music of James Brown. This had to be what directed me to the bass- Cold Sweat has this killer bass line that just makes your toes tap uncontrollably. So do many of his other hits of that time. Wilson Pickett's Funky Broadway was another of my favorites! By the 70s, I was into the jazz-rock sound like Chicago, BS&T, Tower of Power, etc. In the late 70s I met and rented a room from a drummer who opened my musical eyes even further by introducing me to prog rock- music like Genesis, Gentle Giant, Yes, Mahavishnu Orchestra. My musical world transformed! We had a band for a short while. We were Overhead (in 1979, we had the name first!) and we played original prog music. I played bass and some piano, then we split up. Unusual, eh? In 95 I started writing music again in MIDI, and then I bought keyboards and started to write again in real time.
Being a Gentle Giant fanboy, I am on the Gentle Giant internet list. I thought that GG music attracts a lot of musicians, and thought there may be many really good ones right there on the list, so I suggested we put together a CD. Well, I was amazed! We put together a double CD in 2004, Only Giants Will Do. In 2005, we did Giant for an Hour. That one was so good, we put it up on CD Baby. It's exciting to have it played on internet prog radio and to see it sold all over the world! Kudos to the musicians that play on that CD! Giant for Another Hour, was our 2006 release. Our release for 2007 is A Reflection and is out now.
I would also like one day to record my own CD, and Glenn Liljeblad and I have some plans lurking around our lives to do that. I think we have some good ideas, and would love to collaborate with other musicians, especially a drummer.
Please note that MySpace has for now removed a couple links as spam, so I will tell you here how to get the CDs.
GIANT FOR AN HOUR and GIANT FOR ANOTHER HOUR are available at:
KINESIS CD
If the link is disabled, just Google "Kinesis".
and Syn-Phonic
If that link is disabled, Google Syn-Phonic CD Sales or email Greg Walker at [email protected]
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Music:

Member Since: 3/22/2006
Band Website: cdbaby.com/all/giantique
Band Members: For more of my music, visit Soundclick.com/AndyKub

Utopian Heights (Phantasm - Ascent - Ingress)
(Written by Andy Kubicki, Glen Burg and Glenn Liljeblad, from the album Giant for an Hour)

Glen Burg- Synths, bass, MIDI programming, sound effects, vocals
Andy Kubicki- Synths, vocals
Glenn Liljeblad- 12 string acoustic and electric guitars, 6 string electric guitar
Sandy Kubicki & Ron Jankowski- vocals

(The audio quality on the CD is much better.)

November Twisted (Written by Andy Kubicki and Glenn Liljeblad, from the album Giant for Another Hour)

Glenn Liljeblad- Electric guitars, Synths
Andy Kubicki- Synths

Like You (a virtual band project) (Written by Andy Kubicki 1995)

Yehuda Kotton- Guitars
Brad Oldham- Bass
Andy Kubicki- MIDI programing

Justine (Rings of Saturn)

(Written by Paul Kaposy and Terry Roland)

Terry Roland- Lead Vocal, Guitar
Sandy Kubicki- Backup Vocals
Glenn Liljeblad- Guitars
Michael Patrick Tracy- Guitar, Bass
Andy Kubicki- Synths

Two poems written by Paul sparked the lyrics for this song to honor the memory of his daughter, Justine, taken away by God far too soon. Go to JustineKaposy.com
Influences: Bands and solo writers:

Genesis, Steve Hackett, Gentle Giant, Yes, Bill Bruford, Earthworks, UK, Alan Holdsworth, Eddie Jobson, King Crimson, Chicago, Blood Sweat & Tears, Al DiMeola, Don Ellis, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Bela Fleck & the Flectones, Dr. L. Subramaniam, Chopin, The Funk Brothers

Influential Bass players:

James Jamerson, Anthony Jackson, Baba Elefante, Jeff Berlin, Tony Levin, Pete Cetera, Victor Wooten, Stanley Clark, Bernard Odum, Fred Thomas, Ray Brundidge, Bootsy Collins, Carol Kaye

Sounds Like: CAN BE HEARD ON:

AURAL MOON

PROGRESSIVE POSITIVITY

PROG ROCK RADIO

Thanks Tom for playing our music on
THE GAGLIARCHIVES

GIANT FOR AN HOUR and GIANT FOR ANOTHER HOUR are AVAILABLE AT:

Syn-Phonic
Kinesis
Of Sound Mind

CDBABY LINK for GIANT FOR AN HOUR (Click CD image to hear samples or to order)

Also available for download at

Emusic
Apple iTunes
PayPlay
Tradebit
For a review see Prognaut

CDBABY LINK for GIANT FOR ANOTHER HOUR (Click CD image to hear samples or to order)

Also available for download at

Tradebit
Pay Play
Pass Along
Music Is Here
Bitmunk

For a reviews see
Prognaut
and Jerry Lucky

Artists appearing on the albums:

Glenn Liljeblad
Tomas Stark
Joe Brozio
Blissful Behemoth
Glen Burg
The Rebel Wheel
Bill Tindall
Beduínos a Gasóleo

Type of Label: None

My Blog

New Collaboration

Nodding to Don (Ellis)-I originally wrote this as a practice to play some weird time sigs together, much as Don used to do in his music. Many of his tunes were even named after the time signatures the...
Posted by AndyKub on Mon, 22 Sep 2008 04:41:00 PST

COLLABS

I love em!Latest one is with Bob Holzner. Earlier ones are with Rob Grant (played bass on Islandia), many with Glenn Lilljeblad, and recently, Ruben Sanchez, who has a gift for writing songs. I'm act...
Posted by AndyKub on Mon, 22 Sep 2008 04:30:00 PST

A Reflection is now available!

Our 3rd compilation (or 5th since the first was a double CD) is now available!!See A Reflection...
Posted by AndyKub on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 01:00:00 PST

Back to playing live (for a day)

Well, we (my wife, my friend and I) were invited to play for the Yorba Linda Festiva; of Arts. Now I haven't played live in over 20-some years! Playing and learning a part of a tune (a la Yes, like w...
Posted by AndyKub on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 06:06:00 PST

New release due soon: A Reflection

For latest information, check www.myspace.com/areflectionthecd...
Posted by AndyKub on Fri, 19 Oct 2007 11:39:00 PST

Islandia credits

ISLANDIA- Departure - Nightfall at Sea - SunriseGlenn Liljeblad & Andy KubickiRon Clausnitzer- Organ (Departure), Synths, Vox and other sounds (Nightfall at Sea & Sunrise) Glenn Liljeblad- G...
Posted by AndyKub on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:15:00 PST

Preludia credits

PRELUDIAIntro: Ron Clausnitzer-  Guitars, SynthsGlenn Liljeblad- Synth, Bass on OutroTomas Stark- PianoAndy Kubicki- Synths , Bass Gary Folchi- DrumsProduction: Andy Kubicki, Bill Tindall & G...
Posted by AndyKub on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:12:00 PST

A Reflection- our next musical project

I'm excited to announce that our third compilation/collaboration album, A Reflection, is in the premaster process and is scheduled to be released by November 2007. The music on A Reflection is astou...
Posted by AndyKub on Sat, 14 Jul 2007 03:38:00 PST

Justine's page is up

To see who Justine's Song (Rings of Saturn) was written for, go to www.JustineKaposy.com . It's under constrtuction, but you can see who she was and how many lives she has touched there....
Posted by AndyKub on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 10:23:00 PST

Justine's Song/Rings of Saturn

Justine's Song/Rings of Saturn Written by Paul Kaposy and Terry Roland Terry Roland- Guitar, Lead VocalsSandy Kubicki- Backup VocalsMichael Patrick Tracy- Guitar, Bass GuitarGlenn Liljeblad- GuitarsAn...
Posted by AndyKub on Thu, 05 Oct 2006 09:01:00 PST