A MySpace Page for HAARP Recording
http://www.myspace.com/haarp_totm
Jerry Miller {front, with guitar}& Don Stevenson {drums} at JAMFA
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jerry & Bob Harvey {on right} at JAMFA
The benefit for Jerry Miller & his new non-profit org JAMFA went well last week on 3-12-2005,
which is a really good thing! A little more info on what JAMFA is can be seen in the press release.
For
the press release, go here:
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/2/prweb205796.php
WELCOME to HAARP Recording. This is an internet based record label,
as well as an audio recording and mastering service. The acronym stands
for "Highly Artistic Aural Recording Project", in case anyone wondered.
You can find out about my ambient electronic project Theatre Of The
Mind's first C.D. "Corporate Razor Blue"- just go to the
"T.O.T.M. page" link for more info. Also check out the "links to MP3
sites for HAARP" for Theatre Of The Mind and HAARP UNIT MP3[s].
If you happen to be into my kind of music and would like to see about
playing gigs together, contact me. I also do studio session work for
other bands and projects. If you have any questions, please e-mail me.
YOU WANT YOUR MP3: If you make your own music and want an MP3
site, and either prefer or need someone to set it up (for those who are
too busy, hate computers, or don't have the patience to upload all
those tunes and graphics)- well, you're in luck. I could do it for you.
Just send me an e-mail and we can discuss what is needed to do the job
(I'm reasonable!).
Table Of Contents For This Homepage
Keep scrolling down to get all these sections:
1.
Links for Don Campau & Solomon Grundy.
2.
A List Of Clients For HAARP Recording.
3.
HAARP Related Live Performances & Appearances.
4.
Politics & Poly-Tricks (coming soon).
5.
HAARP Recording Smorgasbord Of Links (coming soon).
URL data (below): "No Pigeonholes" is a
radio program done by musician, D.J. & great friend Don Campau, who
is totally into the independent underground music scene. Don has had me
on his show many times. I will have 2 live C.D. projects, one from
performances on Don's show on KKUP 91.5 fm,, and one from a live mic on
Solomon Grundy's show (he used to be on KFJC 89.7 fm, but still does a
show there now & then).
No Pigeonholes
http://www.kkup.com/dc.html
Solomon Grundy
http://www.solomongrundy.net/
A List Of Clients For HAARP Recording
1. Musician and composer Christopher Gaynor has had
my service as a live recording engineer, C.D. recording and mastering
engineer from 1997 to the present. I have worked with recordings he has
from several projects, including his jazz group The Phantom Band,
McClure and Manzarek, and his avant- gard Ensemble Momo, which
performed Antonin Artaud's last work "To Have Done With The Judgement
Of God" with a musical score that Christopher wrote. The audio and
video for this performance was recorded by Gene Wills, the post
production is being done by me. I recorded several of The Phantom
Band's live performances from 1997 to early 1999. Our current project
is mastering the best tracks from the archives.***
2. I did a digital transfer and mastering for Don
Campau that was going to a German record label (Pink Lemon Records) for
a Beatles tribute. Don did an incredible version of "Helter Skelter",
with his wife Robin O'Brien singing their cover of "Fool On The Hill".
The tunes were sent, but there was never any word on the release. This
was in 1998.***
3. I did a mastering from D.A.T. to C.D. for Robin O'Brien, this was her "Wearing The Angel" album.
4. Beaux Davis, the lead vocalist, guitarist, and
bandleader for the San Jose rock band Chant has also had my services as
recording and mastering engineer, in addition to both of us working on
graphics for C.D. covers. The first thing I did was master an E.P. of
older Chant material, "The Green Tape", from D.A.T. to workstation to
C.D. Then in july 2000 I recorded Chant's live performance on Don
Campau's radio show, "No Pigeonholes". This was also mastered to C.D.
The graphics we worked on were for these projects. In july 2002, Beaux
was in a studio (Shays Rebellion, which was in Hyde Street Studios in
San Francisco) putting the finishing touches on Chant's 2nd full length
C.D. I contributed keyboard tracks to some tunes, "Scottish Rite" (a
synth bagpipe track) and "Sage's Song" (the studio had a killer old
Hammond B-3 organ with a Leslie cabinet[!], it was a blast noodling on
that!)
HAARP Related Live
Performances
New Gigs and Appearances
Nothing
scheduled right now, please check back!
To book me, just send
me an e-mail:
sonikcraft@netzero.net
Past Gigs and Appearances
On 3-14-2001, My newest project, Cerebral Codex,
played on a live cable T.V. show in Pacifica, Ca. that featured myself
(Brian Vaughan) on guitar and 2 friends (Craig Beebe on keyboards, Jeff
Martinov on percussion). It was the Bruce Latimer Show on public access
cable channel 8. The show starts at 9:00pm and goes 'til 10:00pm. every
wednesday night, for any of you able to tune in (this is a plug for
Bruce now- he's a great host). The tunes we performed are things I
wrote while I was playing / recording with Skip Spence. Tune titles in
the order of performance: "Endless Travels Of The Soul", "Soquel
Creek", & "The Gateway". The show was recorded- the video is good,
but I want to tweak the sound a bit first. Special thanks to Mike
Somavilla for booking us and to Bruce Latimer for having us on the
show. Bruce invited us to come back while still on the air, so this was
a good gig & a just plain fun experience for all.
Anyone else interested in booking us, or even
just me, please E-mail me. Go ahead, take a chance!
There are worse musicians playing out
there & getting paid & booked again! For real!
11-12-2002 & 11-13-2002: Brian Vaughan played a solo guitar
performance gig on KKUP 91.5fm, on Larry Grant's " 'Til Morning Come"
show (it runs from 12:00am to 6:00am, so that's the reason for the
"double date"!). Larry started off the show with some recordings of
Moby Grape tunes, mostly written by Skip Spence, also solo stuff from
Skip's "Oar" album, in addition to songs from the "More Oar" tribute
done by Reprise, followed by some Hawkwind tunes from the '70[s]. While
Brian set up gear to perform, the first broadcast of the Cerebral Codex
project he's also in took place, with the airing of a 40 minute epic
called "Prehistoric Future", which will be on the first album. Brian
did a set somewhere over an hour in length (a bit of it was interview
segments), playing some old tunes that never got to the public before,
& a few improv tunes, 2 on e-bow. Larry really liked the tunes, is
apparently a new fan, & said he wanted to get Brian back on the
show sometime. After the live tunes, songs were played from some of
Brian's friends, one from Beaux Davis & his band Chant called "You
Can Fly", & also one from Doug Pearson's band D'Jelly Brains called
"Don't Go Down In The Cellar"- (Doug is also in another project with
Brian called El Perro Vomito Y Su Orquestra), & then one from a
C.D. he mastered for Strictly Nosehairs On Tap called "Mama Was A
Psycho Bitch From Hell". Then bandmate (in Cerebral Codex) Craig
Beebe's Maxwell's Demon C.D. was played during gear breakdown &
packup, after that fellow Moby Grape discussion list member Greg Mosner
had 2 tracks from his C.D. played on the air. At least 4 people called
in during the show with favorable comments during the live performance
segments- not bad for a late night program. The best sounding live
recordings from this gig will probably be released under the HAARP UNIT
name, since most of the material was written for that project.
GIGS for 2003
2 FREE CONCERTS IN AUGUST
Gigs for BEAUX & The HAARP UNIT (2nd date added)
Hi, everyone . Here's our info for the gigs at
Vasona Park in Los Gatos, Ca. on 8-15-2003 & 8-22-2003 , from
11:00am to 1:00pm . Come out & enjoy the tunes if you can! Cheers,
B.V.
Beaux's website (with audio clips):
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/chant
Chant is no longer together, Beaux will be doing a solo concert. He
plays his own style of tasty, artistic indie rock, is a very good
guitarist and vocalist.
The HAARP UNIT (featuring Brian Vaughan), with electronic / psychedelic tunes and soundscapes. You might just like it.
http://haarpunit.iuma.com/
Another solo project, just B.V. & the machines!
Vasona Lake County Park Address:
333 Blossom Hill Road
Los Gatos, CA 95032
You can reach the park office at (408) 356-2729
Report on the Beaux & HAARP UNIT gig for 8-15-2003
It went alright on friday, there weren't a lot of people out
there (maybe 15- at most), but both Beaux & myself were met with
much
appreciation, the park Ranger (Aniko) who booked us & the audience
both liked our tunes. She was talking
positive about my stuff to the audience just before my 2nd set. There
was a guy who stayed around & talked to us, even thanked us for
playing there, so that was cool. He said one thing he liked about both
of us musically is that he couldn't predict our material, it really is
"off the beaten path", so to speak. He also asked questions about our
past projects & if we were going to play together in the same band
sometime, & not just as separate artists, so he was pretty interested.
They have a ranger station in the
middle of the park just before you get to the lake, there are supplies
like light "portable" platforms they set up for the concerts, with a
canopy
to protect from the sun, & a power cable & box with 4 outlets.
So we play out to the people at the picnic tables at the ranger
station. Nice little gig, actually.
After we packed up & left, we went to another place (a nightclub)
& checked out a prospect to jam there, so pretty soon we will be trying our hands at doing some "happy hour" concerts.
Cheers,
Brian
Setlist for The HAARP UNIT on 8-15-2003.
Here's all the tunes I played:
1. "Space Orchestra" (a synth soundscape, new)
2. "Mystic Reflections" (a guitar piece, written in 1982)
3. "Photon Stream" (a new synth tune)
4. "Ride The Fair Winds" (a guitar piece written in 1983)
5. "D.S.L. (Dimension of Sound & Light)" (a guitar piece, written in
1983)
6. "Galactic Anthem" (a new keyboard & guitar soundscape).
The only "recent" exposure the older tunes got was last november on
KKUP 91.5fm with Larry Grant. Back when they were written, all the
tunes from the '80[s] used to get "showcased"-(ha!) in a building with
a huge plate glass window I often did nightwatches at in S.F., people
would walk by, stop & check it out, with about a 75% favorable
response! I got a kick out of that.
Cheers,
Brian
Gig Report & HAARP UNIT Setlist for 8-22-2003.
The gig for Beaux & The HAARP UNIT at Vasona on 8-22-2003 was cool,
not many people showed up, but we were very well
recieved again & invited back for next year's series & also to one more for this season,
which was to be a sort of "best of the bands" type
of event, supposed to be on a weekend (better slot, for sure!). We also have
an great reference with the lady who booked us for this (Thank you, Aniko!).
Cheers,
Brian
HAARP UNIT Setlist for 8-22-2003
1. "From Deep Heavens" (guitar piece, written in 1996).
2. "The Hidden Nebula" (synth piece with drone loop, new, first public performance).
3. "Soquel Creek" (guitar piece, written in 1996).
4. "Legends Of The Tuatha De Danann" (guitar piece, written in 1996 / 1997).
5.
"Endless Travels Of The Soul" (guitar piece, first concieved in 1994,
with additions and improvements added periodically until 2000).
Gig Report for 8-29-2003 at the Quarter Note.
B.V. & the machines during a HAARP UNIT set.
On 8-29-2003 Beaux & I did our first gig at the Quarter Note
nightclub in Sunnyvale, Ca., playing during happy hour on friday.
So we went in & played short sets (a half hour apiece), & they all loved it.
My friend CraigBeebe (from the Cerebral Codex project) showed up for a bit of
audience support & handled the photography, & unexpectedly an old
friend of Beaux's (Alex) happened to be there, too. Alex just happens
to be in a band called Swaybone, also based in Hayweird (my town).
The owner invited us back for next week,
also we got good feedback from some staff, etc. A fellow named Doc
who does blues jams there shook all of our hands as we were leaving.
Then Beaux, Craig & myself went to dinner at the Indian restaurant
next door. It was a great night! Looking forward to our next gig
there, I plan to record this one (45 minute sets for both of us!).
The HAARP UNIT setlist:
1. "Space Orchestra" (synth)
2. "Soquel Creek" (guitar)
3. "The Hidden Nebula" (synth)
4. "Endless Travels Of The Soul" (guitar)
Cheers,
Brian
Beaux Davis during one of his sets.
BEAUX and The HAARP UNIT played at the QUARTER NOTE in Sunnyvale, Ca. on friday 9-5-2003 starting at 5:30pm
The Quarter Note
Bar and Grill,
1214 Apollo Way
Sunnyvale, CA 94085
phone: (408) 732-2110
We were a regular item there early friday nights until the last
friday in november, 2003. People were starting to give us a larger
amount of positive feedback on those last few dates.
The two musical co-conspirators {heh, heh!!!}
E-mail me at: sonikcraft@netzero.com
Cheers,
Brian Vaughan
9- 3 -2006
