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Wayne Bertone

About Me

Currently the Bassist for Sun Machine
Currently the Guitarist & Vocalist for The Loose Scales
Currently the Guitarist & Vocalist for THE GROOVE MERCHANTS
Bassist for Lower Life Form - 2009 Bassist & Backing Vocalist for BLENDT - 2006
Bassist, Guitarist & Vocalist for FLASH MOB - 2005
On-Air DJ @ 91.7Fm KTRU Rice Radio Houston - 2005
Bassist & Backing Vocalist for The New Electric Church - 2002
Roadie for RICK PORTER & THE MUSIC UNLIMITED JAZZ ENSEMBLE - 2000
Bassist for THE UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS JAZZ ENSEMBLE - 1996

Keep checkin' back for all things Bertone. You might just find some useful stuff... one never knows.[LOVEMYFLASH]

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 17/02/2005
Band Website: www.WayneBertone.com
Band Members: Sun Machine Is:

Mark Wiggins on Guitar & Vocals
Brent "Toast" Williams on Guitar & Backing Vocals
Joe Devadanam on Drums
Damien on Keyboards & Backing Vocals

The Loose Scales Are:

Justin "the Body" Berry on Percussion

The Groove Merchants Are:

Sean "Sexual Chocolate" Elder on Bass
Lantz "the Deacon" Stevens on Drums & Vocals
Brent "Toast" Williams on Guitars & Vocals

Lower Life Form Is:

Broui "Brew" Forward on Vocals
Philip "PhD" Vaughn on Vocals
Jamey "Ish" Moore on Turntables
Ryan "Eggy" Egbert on Drums
Andrew "Drew" Strane ..boards
Cory "Eyeball Kid" Wilson on Saxophone
Jon "the Turbin" Durbin on Trumpet

Blendt Is:

Brent "Toast" Williams on Guitars & Vocals
Ryan "Eggy" Egbert on Drums
Justin "The Body" Berry on Percussion

Flash Mob Is:

Alan Aravelo on Drums/Keyboards/Aux. Percussion/Samples
Influences: Jimi Hendrix
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Bob Marley
Bob Schneider
Tom Waits
Alex McMurray
Michael Franti
Saul Williams
William S. Burroughs
Hunter S. Thompson
Herbie Hancock
the Beastie Boys
Edgar Varese
Randy Newman
the Fun Lovin Criminals
Leonard Cohen
George Clinton & the P-Funk All-Stars
Charlie Hunter
Lenny Zieben
Josh Matranga
Blendt
Flash Mob
the Vibe Committee
the Drop Trio
Plump
Portable Goodtimes
the Foibles
Voluptuous Tusk
Leon Redbone
Groove Collective
Jonathan Maron
Sounds Like: it should.
Record Label: Groovetown Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Lower Life Form @ Fitzgerald's

June 18th... the thursday following this thursdaybe there...please
Posted by on Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:54:00 GMT

and so i blog...

yeah... i don't like to blog.i do make frequent status updates, and random comments on the net... just not on myspace.hit me up on facebooki don't twitter either... so there.come see my band Lower Lif...
Posted by on Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:50:00 GMT

LLF w/HISD @ Fitz

Lower Life Form Sounds like: They should be way more famous than they are 12:53: Two people (whom I've never met before) are sharing a table with me while LLF corrects some stage problems. I overhear ...
Posted by on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 13:47:00 GMT

The Low End Theory

UrbanDictionary.com defines "lowlife" as "one who lives on a low budget, drinks heavily, and often forgets about common priorities in order to party first." But a lowlife may also be a part, or fan, ...
Posted by on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 13:39:00 GMT

From The Houston Press: Three Nights Ago: Hometown Showdown at Warehouse Live

Lower Life Form Sounds like: A more impressive, Houston version of the Pharcyde 12:23 a.m.: The only hip-hop band of the night features a live band with sax, trumpet, drums and a keyboard that looks t...
Posted by on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 13:35:00 GMT

Nearly 100, LSD's Father Ponders His 'Problem Child'

ALBERT Hofmann, the father of LSD, walked slowly across the small corner office of his modernist home on a grassy Alpine hilltop here, hoping to show a visitor the vista that sweeps before him on clea...
Posted by on Tue, 10 Jan 2006 14:04:00 GMT

I'm Moving!!!!! & Flash Mob Show

thats right folks... 2, 2, 2 blogs in 1. man, i'm moving, this friday, into a house.  it's gonna be awesome, but i'm dreading the actual moving part. the house is just a few blocks down from my c...
Posted by on Tue, 28 Jun 2005 12:41:00 GMT

Started a New Band

hey,for those interested in instrumental improv drum & bass (the actual instruments... not the dj stuff) i wanted to introduce you to my new brainchild.FLASH MOBits me on bass mainly, and guitar &...
Posted by on Thu, 16 Jun 2005 15:47:00 GMT

Funny Stuffis

This was rather interesting... pretty close too. Your Birthdate: August 12 Being born on the 12th day of the month (3 energy) is likely to add a good bit of vitality to your life. ...
Posted by on Wed, 11 May 2005 23:03:00 GMT

91.7fm KTRU Rice Radio Houston

Hey everyone,I just wanted to let you know that I'm a DJ @ KTRU Rice Radio in Houston. You can stream my show live on the net at www.KTRU.org, and you can even send me a request using our equest featu...
Posted by on Mon, 25 Apr 2005 22:45:00 GMT