The real Dead Oceans, an independent record label based in Bloomington, IN.

I was a dj at radio station WFMU from 1985-1991. I sing and enjoy noodling on my 
vintage Casio PT-30. I'm also a video editor and I've created music videos for Ralph Carney, Ann Magnuson and others.


In the fall of 2003 after threatening to do it multiple times Rich Experience decided make good on his boasting. "My roommate and best friend Derek Wu had been hitting the local Open Mic nights playing his distorted bass originals. I would tag along for drinking and revelry. A keyboardist myself, I had been shooting my mouth off for months about how I was going to perform on stage. Finally I set a date and procrastinated 'til the last minute." confessed Rich "I was damned if I was going to haul a stand in there (Innertown Pub) and play behind a keyboard. So I pulled the guts out of an old guitar that I never bothered to learn how to play, and I velcroed an old Yamaha keyboard to the guitar - you know, the kind with the built in speakers. I Midied it into my big ass Yamaha EX5, and in 15 minutes I wrote "Happy Cheese", "Skateboarding", and "Jellyfish" which I don't even remember. And I was off to the Open Mic with my makeshift Keytar", states Rich. And the rest as they say Ladies and Gentlemen is history... 


Originals by David Melvin Pell Smith and Wooden Thomas, and covers of cult-pop songs.  Band conceived, nurtured, and delivered by Monica Sparrow.

Spoken pieces, pop instrumentals, experimental pieces and pop vocals!
LIVE AT THE GREEN MILL, CHICAGO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42F8pv5rxX0&feature=g-upl

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