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Wood

A life that's worth more than what's in a box.

About Me

The Album Shimmer now released!!!Wood is essentially Jim Kirkhoff. Jim is from Fort Wayne, IN but now lives in the West Burbs of Chicago. Batavia to be exact.Now, we can go on a whole shit load about influences, who has been in/out of the band, allegations by several individuals and various innuendo. Basically, none of that crap can be proven. So, in the words of Madonna, "Its always been about the music."Songs are posted - that's pretty much what I like and if you like too, please feel free to download it and share it with others. Now - If they don't like it, then screw 'em.The photo shown is of Jim with two groupies. Freaking sexy, eh?Oh yea since the band is essentially one person, if you have something that you would like to collaborate on, feel free to drop a line. Always interested in working with others, learning and jamming.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/8/2006
Band Members: Wood (aka Jim Kirkhoff) Guitarist, programming, MiniKorg, recording, mastering and jerking around with a bunch of other crap laying around the studio. Hardly any experience in any of it, hence the "low-Fi" sound. If that's what you like - that's what I was shootin' for! ANYONE INTERESTED IN WORKING TOGETHER OR COLOBRATING ON A SONG. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO DROP ME A LINE.
Influences: We are influenced by everything around us (stock answer eh?). Musically, our backbone is a rip off of Velvet Underground, early Talking Heads, Television and Dream Syndicate. Color comes the way of Sonic Youth, Radiohead, later years Talking Heads and Flaming Lips. Lyrically, we hope it is coming from the likes of Bob Dylan and Jeff Tweedy. It would be nice to say that Coltrane, Ornette, 1968 to 1975 Grateful Dead, pre-The Wall Pink Floyd and P-Funk were influences too, but we just arent that good.
Sounds Like: The Velvet Underground doing a Bob Dylan Impression? Or maybe the other way around. If you think it sound like something different, let us know. Please check out for yourself. We are now available on iTunes, Connect and Rhapsody.
Record Label: Currently in negotiations.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Note about songs posted v.s. iTunes versions

If you take the time to listen to them, the version that we have posted are a little different from those on iTunes.  Dandelion is totally different and this version of What Is Best runs into Kat...
Posted by Wood on Fri, 05 Jan 2007 06:07:00 PST

We're on Fucking iTunes!

Hey folks - You won't believe this, but we are on fucking iTunes.  No shit.  Go to your iTunes brouser, go to the Music Store, then enter "Wood Shimmer" in the search thinggy. How did a thir...
Posted by Wood on Thu, 24 Aug 2006 12:39:00 PST

Ned a little help here...

OK You got so far as to actually check out the blog.  At this point, you have to have some interest in what you heard.  If so, we humbly ask a favor of you.  Will you please contact the...
Posted by Wood on Thu, 11 May 2006 07:09:00 PST

What is next?

Sad to say that our live sows will be very limited until the Fall.  Right now, we are all on different tangents and I (Jim) am working out new material to record over the Summer.  I will als...
Posted by Wood on Thu, 11 May 2006 06:40:00 PST

Welcome to Wood

Welcome to the My Space home of Wood.  If you are interested in what you hear, additional songs can be downloaded from www.wood-tunes.com   Thats all for now.    Wood...
Posted by Wood on Wed, 10 May 2006 06:32:00 PST