is: an exploratory Musical Band /Project/ART! LET US STRESS THE WORD ART!!
And ? = an occasional filler of pig's lips,ears,snouts,tongues and feetÉ (Searching for the rest of our line up?!!?) We are: ARTISTS, MUSICIANS, SLACKERS, LOVERS, SMOKERS, FATHERS, BROTHERS, BOYFRIENDS, IDIOTS, ASSHOLES, LOST SOULS, POOR, STINKY, OLDER, YOUNGER,SUCKERS, MISUNDERSTOOD, LOUD, SOFT, HARD, WEIRD, EXPELLING AIR, FAT, SKINNY, MEDIUM, PILFERS, SHORT HAIRS, LONGISH HAIRS, HAIRY, HERBAL INTAKERS, IN YOUR EYE, IN YOUR EARS, IN YOUR BONES, LAUGHING AT YOU, SEARCHING FOR A PLACE TO LIVE, LOOKING AT YOU, CRYING, DYING EVERYDAY, WAITING FOR THEIR FANS TO SHOW UP, WONDERING WHY SHE DID THAT, WANTING TO JAM 24/7, WORKING FOR THE MONEY, MIDNIGHT TOKERS, EATING, HAVING SEX, THINKING OF SEX, FUCKED UP, SPACED, PLUCKING EYEBROWS, DRUNK, SOBER, SMOKING, PLAYING GUITAR, PLAYING DRUMS, PLAYING BASS, WRITING, RECORDING, DIGGING THEIR OWN GRAVE, PICKING THEIR NOSE(s), LISTENING TO GOOD MUSIC, HITCHING A RIDE, SEARCHING FOR A CAR, RESTABLISHING CREDIT, LOSING $ WHILE AHEAD, WORKING OUT, LOSING WEIGHT, GAINING WEIGHT, LOST, PICKING THEIR TOES, BORED SHITLESS, PINCHING LOVES,WATCHING THE BOOB TUBE, TALKING SHIT, LYING, CHEATING, SQUASHING BUGS, CLEANING OUT THE JUNK DRAWER, STUDYING THE SCIENCE PROJECT IN THE REFRIG, SLEEPING, CUTTING GRASS, WAITING FOR 4:20 TO COME AROUND, MENTAL RETARDS, CALLING LONG DISTANCE USING 10-10-420, DREAMING, SHAVING, GOING TO THE DENTIST AND GETTING TEETH PULLED, READING, CONSTRUCTING A WEB PAGE, MAKING/CREATING MUSIC, FROM FLORIDA(Clearwater/St. Pete), WONDERING WHY SOME MUSIC IS EVEN ON THE RADIO, WONDERING WHY THEY AREN'T THERE YET?! BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, CREATING A WORLD OF THEIR OWN!!!ÉÉÉÉFOR MORE (MALARKY) INFO JUST EMAIL US: JPSBand@aol.com
JPS are guided by the forces of: (In no particular order of importance)
Music, all rolled into one!! All we have to say is listen to us! You determine what JPS are, is , will be, can be! .....it's all art! It's all good!
This includes friends, family, solo, anything JPS finds/feels that is entertaining in the vain of the JPS style. Or anything JPS wants on here..Dammit! The first demo cassette from JPS. (4 Song Demo, 15min.)
Donna's Thumb was recorded in the summer of 1999, in some wee bitty apartment. On a Tascam MKII 4-track cassette machine. So that's why it sounds the way it does- old fashioned ANALOG! The name of the demo came to IKEN-V (drums) in a dream. The dream was about a demo tape that IKEN was handing out at a local friend's bead/head shop (RICK'S PICKS). Someone asked what the tape's title was and IKEN-V says.. "Uhh, Donna's Thumb". Donna's Thumb really has no meaning, sercrets messages... it's a peice of art, you determine what it means to you, whoever, whatever!?! Anyway, Donna's Thumb was made entirely on a very low budget(Can ya tell?) - IKEN-V's budget! As VAM-18 (guitar) was at the time an unemployed bum. And Phillup Mcpipe (bass) couldn't make the production of DT. The bass tracks on Donna's Thumb are mostly keyboard acrobatics or some other fabrication by IKEN-V or VAM-18. As are the drums, they are from a drum machine or a keyboard -a Casio clone from Radio Shack at that!! Most of the songs were written while laying down the tracks, there are barely any re-takes, some mistakes are purposely left in. We like our creations to show a human feel than machine perfection. Although, VAM-18 would love to perfect all his guitar parts- he's a typical guitarist! All visual art was done by VAM-18, including the JPS home page, please excuse his web creations-he's still learning.
The Second demo from JPS.
Dog Funnel is under production as you read this(it has been for the last 4-5 months!) It is made the same way as Donna's Thumb. DF will be longer with more tracks - 20-30 minute tapes. We must say that we are progressing in the recording technique-with what we have to work with. We are still a very low budget outfit. We beleive it doesn't matter too much anyway-it's the music/art that comes across anyway. But hopefully soon we will convert to CD format. Most of the tracks for DF were actually done early after DonnaÕs Thumb- we have been doing a lot of preliminary mixing and re-mixing and also writing more material.We should be done with production of Dog Funnel sometime in April. VAM-18 & IKEN-V both have some pre-JPS solo songs and stuff to add to Dog Funnel. Some instrumental stuff with some crude cassette/video sampling! More experiementation! IKEN-V is on a serious writing tangent! HE WONÕT STOP!!! So JPS has plenty of original material!! Early in production of DF, Phillup McPipe(Bass) decides he's not interested in "The Stick" (bass) So, like the making of Donna's Thumb - IKEN & VAM have been sharing the duties for the recording of all bass tracks.
These are Joint Pully System's first in a series of cassette demos. They will all be made in limited quantities. To get Donna's Thumb and or Dog Funnel, just e-mail us and give JPS a mailing address to send it to you: JPSBand@aol.com Feel free to dub the tape and pass them along to friends and family! We support the "TAPERS" of the world! For you local folks these are a couple of places to get your FREE JPS cassettes:
RICK'S PICKS 1484 Gulf-to-Bay Blvd. Clearwater, FL 33755 (727) 446-3034 Check out the great selection of beads, handmade/custom jewelry, tobacco products and cool stuff! INSOMNIA COFFEE HOUSE U.S. 19 N. Palm Harbor, FL Not just coffee/tea - great food stuffs and killer import beers(on tap!) MMMMM!! Voted the best Open Mic in the Tampa Bay area!! MOTHER'S MILK Coffee House 1300 Fort Harrison Avenue N. Clearwater, FL 33755 (727)447-5282 Check out the great selection of coffee, teas and great live entertainment! WIDE Open mic.
Just keep a look out at other local places-it might be there-eventually!
JPS GIG INFO:
JPS will eventually play out once we aquire all equipment and members neededÉ but right at the moment we are a recording band/project. If you happen to venture out on the town(Clearwater, FL) you might happen to catch one of us jamming at an open mic at either ÒMotherÕs MilkÓ(Thurs. nights) or at Insomnia Coffee House(Palm Harbor-Tuesday nights). We are available for parties and special engagements. JPS are planning to go to PHISH NYE 2001 here in FL(Big Cypress Indian Reservation)! We will be jamming out among the camp grounds. Possibly we will be renting an RV with a huge JPS banner/flag so all of our "fans" will spot us(ok, so i tend to go in and out of reallity....)! This will be our first announced live gig as JPS if all goes well by then. Or if we are asked to play somewhere (hint, hint...) before then. We will also be handing out our FREE Cassette demos(and possibly CDs!!!). Special guest(s) will also be at hand - our brother, all the way from JAMZ SOUND STUDIOS in Middletown, CT - "Jimmy Z."Also some other musicians and good friends and good times!
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