Music: Overview
Study
Latin and African percussion with Ray Pereira 1995-98, 2002, 2014
Jazz drumming with Edward York 1999
Blues and Jazz Piano studies 2005-07
Blues Guitar studies with Josh Thomas 2011-12
Community Ensembles
Havanna Palava: world music street band, Brunswick, 2003
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdM9VY5B1wo
Soli: African drum ensemble, Darwin, 2010-13
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dzV385_tJ0
Jigsaw Collective: jazz and blues, Darwin, 2011-13
http://jigsawcollective.com/site/
Workshops
African drumming incorporated into sound recording workshops for students and staff of remote communities in the Northern Territory.
Converge '08 Conference
Client: eWorks and The fourth annual Victorian e-learning conference, conVerge 08, designed to enhance e-learning opportunities within VET, community and business environments.
Brief: Compose instrumental music for opening audio-visual keynote presentation.
Solution: Use AcidPro loops to build a multilayered 4 minute contemporary sounding piece in a short timeframe.
Instrumental Solo Work: The Hungry Son, 2009-
Ambient & Global Fusion instrumentals using a loop based setup, guitar, Wavedrum and other percussion.Music for films...
Oceans May Appear: 2017-
Eclectic Art Rock trio/quartet of Drums, Bass, Guitars, Voice.
Just started gigging when covid came along...very much a Cinderella situation! Anyway, some nice early recordings here from a cabin session out the back of Apollo Bay.
Blue Poles: 2016-
Acoustic Instrumentals featuring Hang Drum, Flute, Concertina, Violin & Guitar. Mostly gigging at world music show cases by The Boitre and a few small bars.
Blue Panther: 2005-2012
Power Trio of Drums, Bass, Guitar, Voice. Featured the integration of the Korg Wavedrum with the acoustic drum kit.
Two independent albums released:
I hang from the branch of a gravity tree
Hungry Suns
Video Clip at Youtube: Ominious Cloud
A cover of Listening Wind works beautifully as an atmospheric build into a heavy tour de force!
The Bo-Weevils: 1985-1996
Alternative/Psychedelic Rock that gets the nod from those in the know right up to the present day!
Five albums, two Ep's and two singles released through Rubber Records, Mr Spaceman and Kavern7.
A retrospective discography: From the drummers stool
The Fizzleheads: 1990-1997
Indie Folk-pop in a jangly Go-Betweens/Paul Kelly kind of vein. Two albums released through Mushroom and Cordoroy Records:
The Fizzleheads
Shoot the Sun
Some other stuff here: https://archive.org/details/iuma-the_fizzleheads
