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Paul Sears

The Muffins, Thee Maximalists, & 9353 these days

About Me

Drummer who is sometimes inveigled to play other instruments; producer. CURRENT projects are THE MUFFINS, THEE MAXIMALISTS and as of May 19 2007, 9353. Check youtube - 9353 has several clips from a recent show. I am honored to have played with such a wide variety of folks. Examples...Fred Frith, John Greaves, Peter Blegvad, The Muffins, Daevid Allen, Pepe Gonzalez with Magick Theatre, Thee Maximalists with Keith Macksoud+ Mark Stanley+ Yanni Papadopoulus+Werbinox+ Jim Rezek+Cyndee Lee Rule, The Red Masque, 9353, Bernie Wandel, Henry Kaiser, David Byers, Bill Laswell, Dave Kerman, several ex MAGMA members, PRESENT, Clearlight, Marshall Allen and Knoel Scott from the Sun RA Arkestra, Mike Keneally,Bryan Beller, & Glenn Phillips to name a few anyway. Ages ago I also jammed with Bob E Rock & Steve Stills in nightclubs in Washington DC. For more info: www.paulsears.net - and (some of) The Muffins music can be heard there.THEE MAXIMALISTS All of the THEE MAXIMALISTS music heard here was completely improvised at live shows. Philly Rotunda is with Marshall Allen, Elliott Levin, Charles Cohen, Keith Macksoud and myself. ORION 06 is with Jim Rezek, Dave Newhouse, Adrian Bronson, Keith Macksoud, myself, and Cyndi Lee Rule. ORION 05 is with the crooner Werbinox, Mark Stanley, Yanni Papadopoulos, Keith Macksoud and myself. ORION 04 is from our first gig with Yanni Papadopoulos, Keith Macksoud and myself. More info also at http://www.paulsears.net.
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/8/2006
Band Website: paulsears.net
Influences: Tony Williams, Christian Vander, Billy Cobham, James Brown, The Barkays, Prince, Frank Zappa, Henry Cow, Ilhan Mimaroglu, Magma, Miles Davis, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Jannick Top, King Crimson here and there, Guru Guru, CAN, Sun RA, & too many others to mention. However I am sure you get the idea.
Record Label: Cuneiform, Others
Type of Label: None