GORKAJAM
Dj and Producer
He started with Techno music until he left for Brazil where he started experimenting with other styles like Lounge , Reggae , chill-out and tek-house. Gorkajam is a very versatile DJ and producer who is able to adapt to any  inquiry.
In Brazil he is sponsored by the brand Made in Guarda (www.madeinguarda.com.br)
He begins his career as a DJ in Maracaibo (Zumarraga) in the 1997. After a year of residency in Tropico (Elgoibar), the door to all the hipest clubs of the moment is opened for him Guass, Txitxarro and Jam. On this last one, he shares line up with artist of the quality of Oscar Mulero.
After this moment takes his residency of the club Jam for the next 2 years. During this period, He starts producing events for the room Go-Jam.

On the year 2002 he jumps off to his next target of being a producer and he moves to London, where he will live for the next 4 years. He becomes resident of the club Fringe where He shares line up with the artist and producers of the London scene.
From this moment onwards, he starts producing his own events in premises all over the city: Ilegal parties and raves in ruins and abandoned buildings.
During this period he starts a tour together with Carla Roca and one of the best DJs of Poland.
He will be DJ-ing in Poland and Chipre (on the first Techno party of the island).

On 2006, he decides to take a break to prepare his next target, Brazil.

On 2007 he starts his first tour in Brasil. He starts DJ-ing in bars and other beach club as well as in a festival of electronic music in the interior of the province of Santa Catarina. After 6 months he accepts a job offer to go DJ in Córdoba (Argentina) where he becomes a usual artist of the most trendy places in the city such as: AFTER ERA, OJO BIZARRO, BOMBOALLAGE and MO BAR. 
On the second tour through Brazil (2007-2008) he gets the residency of LOS FRICK in Guarda do Embaú. He also DJs in LA MADRE as well as in the club JAMAICA ROSA on the well known area of “Playa do Rosa”. During Christmas of the same year he acts in STRONG BEATS (São Paulo inland), a known festival of the area. 
After his second return, he joins the Jam Club Team where he takes the management and residency. 
He goes back to Brazil on his 3rd Tour. He is the resident of Thailand’s KO_TEMAKI  LOUNGE  where the sets are of lounge music through the summer season.
On his return he programs the terraces of BIKO and CAI with lounge open air music.
He gets his degree on music technician in the prestigious school of ESCIVI in Andoain. 
At the moment he is concentrated and committed to his career as a producer and to the local sceene.




Formed in late 2008, Leeds and London based Nibiru are a band playing music you wouldn’t expect a live band to play.  Influenced by a myriad of music styles including drum and bass, breakbeat, dubstep, house, electro and blues, the Nibiru sound uniquely blends live performance and electronic music.  

Multi-instrumentalists Mwen (vocals/drums), Jimmy (synths/harmonica/programming), and Woody (guitar/bass/programming) came together after a chance introduction and jam at a Leeds rehearsal studio in early 2008. It wasn’t until nearly a year later that the three were to officially form the band and gig as a unit.  All three musicians brought a wealth of performance and composition experience to the new project having been involved in the Leeds music scene for a number of years playing in various bands. Jimmy and Woody were, for a time, members of world music band Feluka, a band which achieved some success culminating with a set on Glastonbury’s Jazz World Stage.  Mwen was a vocalist with live drum and bass band Hayashi for a number of years during which time the band recorded its second studio album and played a number of high profile gigs including support slots for Pendulum, Skream, Prime Cuts, Part Time Heroes and a set at Leeds Festival.  Initially, the three musicians set out to form a collective, of sorts, whereby other like-minded musicians would be invited to play at gigs and improvise. However, it wasn’t long before it became apparent that the three were more than capable of carrying the project forward on their own. Although the idea of periodically inviting guest musicians to play with the band has by no means been abandoned, all of Nibiru’s recorded material to date has been written by Mwen, Woody and Jimmy.    

Nibiru write, record and produce their own music, with the exception of their re-worked drum and bass version of the jazz classic 'Mood Indigo'.  The recorded material is often built from live takes and jams and this organic approach to the recording process injects a unique feel to the music. This approach also lends itself to breaking down the barrier many bands face between the feel of their recorded material and live performances.  With Nibiru it almost always feels live, sounds like it should be blasted at full volume and was meant for the dancefloor. 


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History of this account:
I am writing this as of early 2018 because I needed a copy of the profile picture I use here. Please know that I haven't abandoned this account. Although, I don't use it nearly as much as I did before. That is mostly due to this being a hobby of mine. I made this account approximately two years ago so that I could play whatever I made on my computer on my phone. Since at the time, I didn't know why a .wav audio file wouldn't play on my android device. Of course, the solution is to convert it to a .mp3 file and then copy it from my computer to my phone through a usb to micro usb connection. Nowadays, I upload the file to cloud storage and download it to my phone to be converted there. 
Another reason why I made this account was because I felt that if I liked the music I made then someone else could as well. 
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Lastly, I would like to list the software I use to create music:
> "Music Maker Jam" which should be available on smartphone devices and PC (not sure if on linux, but windows 10 specifically yes)
> "Audacity"
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“ Rock ‘n’ roll saxophone pretty much begins with Big Jay Mc Neely. He’s the king of the honkin’, squealin’, bar walkin’, flat-on-his-back Blowin’ tenor men...” -- Black & White Blues (the Book)

Tenor saxophonist Cecil "Big Jay" McNeely has been "the king of the honkers" for over 60 years, and he's still going strong. Born in Watts, California, on April 29, 1927, he formed his own band with jazz legends Sonny Criss (alto sax) and Hampton Hawes (piano) while still in high school. But in late 1948, when he was asked to record for Savoy Records, he abandoned jazz for something more raucous and struck paydirt when his second release, a honked-up instrumental called "Deacon's Hop," went to 1 on the national R&B charts in February 1949.

For the next several years, Big Jay, according to The New Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll, "was famed for his playing-on-his-back acrobatics and his raw, hard-swinging playing." During his act he'd leave the stage, walk across the top of the bar, and sometimes walk out the door of the club, often with a line of people following him. Once, in San Diego, during one such "walk," he was arrested on the street for disturbing the peace; inside the club, his band kept playing until someone could rush down to the police station, post Big Jay's bail, and bring him back to finish his song.

In the early- to mid-fifties, Big Jay added vocal groups to his act, beginning with Four Dots & Dash, which included, at one time or another, 16-year-old Jesse Belvin, Marvin Phillips (later of Marvin & Johnny fame), Tony Allen and Mel Williams. In fact, Belvin made his first recordings with Big Jay, including "All That Wine Is Gone." Big Jay also worked extensively with The Hollywood Flames, The Penguins and The Medallions up and down the West Coast. In 1955-56 he shared the stage with the Clovers, the Harptones (at the Apollo Theater), Bill Haley and His Comets, the Moonglows, Little Richard, and others. In 1959 Big Jay enjoyed his biggest hit, a blues ballad called "There Is Something on Your Mind," featuring Haywood "Little Sonny" Warner on vocals. The record stayed on the R&B charts for six months and reached as high as 44 pop. The song was later a hit for Bobby Marchan. Other artists who have recorded Big Jay's song include B.B. King, Etta James, Freddy Fender, The Hollywood Flames, Gene Vincent, Albert King and Professor Longhair.

Big Jay retired from full-time music for 20 years, but in 1983 he returned to performing and hasn't looked back. In 1987 he played in a blues jam with B.B. King, Robert Cray, Etta James, Albert King, Junior Wells and others on the internationally-televised Grammy Awards. Two years later, he was honking outside the Quasimodo Club in West Berlin on the night the Berlin Wall came down--and the German press jokingly called him "the modern Joshua" after the rumor went around the Big Jay helped blow it down with his horn.

In 2000 the Experience Music Project in Seattle installed a special Big Jay McNeely exhibit that includes his original Conn saxophone; the Smithsonian magazine put the horn on its June 2000 issue cover, along with Jimi Hendrix's hat, Janis Jopin's feather boa, and Eric Clapton's Stratocaster. Big Jay is also the subject of Jim Dawson's Nervous Man Nervous: Big Jay McNeely & the Rise of the Honking Tenor Saxophone (Big Nickel Press, 1995), the only book ever written about the R&B sax and its influences.

These days Big Jay McNeely spends a good deal of time playing in Europe, Australia and Japan, and he shows no signs of slowing down. Some recent appearances include Art LaBoe’s variety revue, the Chicago Blues Festival, the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, the Adams Avenue Street Festival, and the Lionel Hampton Jazz Club in Paris. One of the last true old school entertainers, Big Jay is still tearing it up and knows how to delight and entertain an audience of any size, from small clubs to stadium crowds.

Big Jay is still available for booking at select concerts, festivals and clubs.

TO BOOK BIG JAY for…

Dj and Producer/Remixer

He started with Techno music until he left for Brazil where he started experimenting with other styles like Lounge , Reggae , chill-out and tek-house. Gorkajam is a very versatile DJ and producer who is able to adapt to any inquiry.
In Brazil he is sponsored by the brand Made in Guarda (www.madeinguarda.com.br)
He begins his career as a DJ in Maracaibo (Zumarraga) in the 1997. After a year of residency in Tropico (Elgoibar), the door to all the hipest clubs of the moment is opened for him Guass, Txitxarro and Jam. On this last one, he shares line up with artist of the quality of Oscar Mulero.
After this moment takes his residency of the club Jam for the next 2 years. During this period, He starts producing events for the room Go-Jam.

On the year 2002 he jumps off to his next target of being a producer and he moves to London, where he will live for the next 4 years. He becomes resident of the club Fringe where He shares line up with the artist and producers of the London scene.
From this moment onwards, he starts producing his own events in premises all over the city: Ilegal parties and raves in ruins and abandoned buildings.
During this period he starts a tour together with Carla Roca and one of the best DJs of Poland.
He will be DJ-ing in Poland and Chipre (on the first Techno party of the island).

On 2006, he decides to take a break to prepare his next target, Brazil.

On 2007 he starts his first tour in Brasil. He starts DJ-ing in bars and other beach club as well as in a festival of electronic music in the interior of the province of Santa Catarina. After 6 months he accepts a job offer to go DJ in Córdoba (Argentina) where he becomes a usual artist of the most trendy places in the city such as: AFTER ERA, OJO BIZARRO, BOMBOALLAGE and MO BAR.
On the second tour through Brazil (2007-2008) he gets the residency of LOS FRICK in Guarda do Embaú. He also DJs in LA MADRE as well as in the club JAMAICA ROSA on the well known area of “Playa do Rosa”. During Christmas of the same year he acts in STRONG BEATS (São Paulo inland), a known festival of the area.
After his second return, he joins the Jam Club Team where he takes the management and residency.
He goes back to Brazil on his 3rd Tour. He is the resident of Thailand’s KO_TEMAKI LOUNGE where the sets are of lounge music through the summer season.
On his return he programs the terraces of BIKO and CAI with lounge open air music.
He gets his degree on music technician in the prestigious school of ESCIVI in Andoain.
At the moment he is concentrated and committed to his career as a producer and to the local sceene.


Collider Records Artist

Bio of the Bard

The area now known as the Village of Dryden was first settled in 1834.  The area was once inhabited by Native Americans and was filled with rich farmland, forests, ponds and streams.   It was first named Amboy, Lober, and then Lomond before the final name for the village was chosen, Dryden, in honor of the English poet, John Dryden.   The climax of Dryden’s history came in 1883 when the new P.O. & N Railroad (Pontiac, Oxford, Northern), or “Polly Anne,” made its first stop at the Dryden Depot.  Passengers could ride the rails on this line from Pontiac to Caseville, Michigan.  The line was also used to support the thumb area’s lumber industry.  The railroad continued to use the Dryden Depot until 1973, when the line was abandoned.
Patrick was born in Avon Township, Michigan in 1981.  He was raised with his parents and older sister in a house that his father designed on a hilly, rural road in Dryden.  According to Patrick, he spent a large portion of his adolescence wandering around the forests, exploring the lakes, ponds, and small streams, and riding his bike down the seemingly endless gravel roads of Dryden, Oxford, and Metamora.  Evenings and nights were spent in his room, reading horror and sci-fi novels or doing homework- always while listening to his tape cassettes or the FM radio in search of new and inspiring music.
Patrick started taking piano lessons in a very old, spooky house in the Village of Dryden when he was four years old.  He started composing music at an early age, and continued to take piano and guitar lessons until he was 12.    
“Music, overall, was always a passion, and most of my earliest memories are associated with music or a particular song…  Once I finally got a guitar, my focus shifted almost entirely toward the instrument; practicing it, and songwriting,”    Patrick said.
	Many years and millions of miles later, Patrick has returned to his home state of Michigan, currently residing in Farmington Hills with his wife and two young sons.  He spent the last 13 years as co-songwriter, guitarist, vocalist, keyboardist, percussionist, (etc) for “Chicago-band,” Jonny Rumble (formed in Kalamazoo, MI in 2001).  Jonny Rumble was known for its loud, bold onstage presence and performances of what one might call - “post-punk-indie-psychedelic-garage-rock,”  and Jonny Rumble’s three, critically-acclaimed releases certainly made their mark; Good For the Market (2006- Windy City Records), Almost Dead (2008- Limey Jam), and JR (2010- Rock Proper).
	In 2004, Patrick started recording more experimental music with fellow Jonny Rumble members, Seth Webb and Jeremy Pryor,  starting the project Sethington Loggerson Tenderfoot while they still lived in Cocoa, Florida.  Later, while in Chicago, Patrick & Seth recorded and produced the albums; The Glass Omelet (2006), The Way of the Buffalo (2008), and Return of the Bison (2015); each album featuring their unique mix of psychedelic-pop, folk-rock, and alt-country songs.  S.L.T. only played a handful of shows in the Chicago-area in their 10 years together, and they were usually associated with the album releases.  However, Patrick has played countless open-mics across the U.S. throughout the years as Pat Rumble, Ted Tenderfoot, or simply P.O.C. - sometimes accompanied by Seth Thomas, Brian Webb, Jeremy Pryor, Walter Sethington, Biff Loggerson, or a number of other musical allies.
Patrick is now a college student (again), quietly studying science and working in Oakland County, Michigan, for now.  He continues to write and record music whenever possible.  With the help of his supportive friends & family, Patrick will continue releasing music and other art as, “The Bard of Dryden.”


Heavy Karma are a three piece blues-rock band from Liverpool.

Formed in 2005, following the breakup of their former band, guitarist Paul Dance and drummer Dave Thorbinson decided to refocus and regroup. Following several auditions, the band signed up bass player Mike Copeland.

Impressed with the early dynamic of the band, the original plan to find a new lead singer was abandoned, and Paul took over dual duties of lead singer and guitarist.

Within a month of Mike joining, the band (then under the name ‘Violet’) were ready for action, and performed an impressive debut gig at The Ciadel in St Helens. The band continued to perform across the North West throughout 2005, writing new material between shows, and showcasing new material at almost every show.

In 2006, with their first set of songs fully established, the band headed into APE Studios in Neston, to record their first EP. The EP, “Smoke & Mirrors EP”, featured live favourites ‘Shy’ and ‘The Wheel’, and acoustic versions of ‘Ponder’ and ‘Pointless Little Things’. To date, this is the only official recording the band completed, and can be heard on the Music page.

The band continued to write throughout 2006, and their sound evolved from their original soft blues rock sound to a more gritty / edgy sound. Towards the end of the year, the band had established a large catalogue of songs, and thoughts turned towards recording their debut album.

Despite the success of recording their EP a year earlier, the band decided that they would go in a different direction for album recording, swapping the highly polished feel for a more raw sound that encapsulated their live sound. in 2007, Six tracks were recorded, as a live band, which it was hoped would form the basis of their debut LP. Despite the band being happy with the performance, they were not pleased with the overall captured sound, and the sessions were scrapped.

In 2008, disappointed with the progress made over the previous 18 months, the band decided to call it a day, and each member went in opposite directions. Paul formed another blues rock band, under the moniker ‘Riff Raff’. Dave went on to join ‘Jessicas Ghost’, an indie-folk band, fronted by his wife! Mike went on to form alt-rock band ‘Enemypoets’.

Fast forward five years brings you to start of 2013. A chance meeting outside a Liverpool railway station between Paul and Mike let to discussions. These discussions let to a meet-up between the 2, which involved an acoustic jam over coffee. It was decided it was time to reconvene!

On 22 February 2013, the band got back together as a threesome for the first time in five years. Following a successful jam it was decided that it was criminal that an album was never recorded, and that it must be put right.

That brings you up to date. Heavy Karma are back!

**Music by Christopher Lawhead**
IMPROVING LIFE THROUGH MUSIC. 

Chris performs, teaches, and produces on multiple instruments; and is known world-wide for his flute-playing. 

His latest musical incarnation is in his Live PA project "LAWHEAD" playing laptop/flute/vox/guitar/theremin.

His musical journey has included performances at Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheater, the famous Jazz Cafe in Costa Rica, the Miazawa Flute Show at Carnagie Hall, some special performances in Europe, a psychedelic jam experiment in an abandoned water tank, and endless gigs at pubs, bars, theaters, street corners, and living rooms. Chris has performed for the King of Hawaii Aka Mahi and humbly stands in his court on the Big Island of Hawaii. 

Outside of playing his electro rock downtempo music, Chris stays busy collaborating with artists from any genre. He is a member of Mike Brick’s Afro Samba and performs with improvisational bands Vegas Witchcraft, Curruptor, and Wonderlic. Chris has also shared the stage and recorded with groups Nicole Torres, Rhythm Vision, Zebra Junction, Katalyst, and many more. 

Over the years Chris has discovered his gift and love of serving others. He has served as a educator in Denver and Littleton Public Schools as a Lacrosse coach and as a music teacher for preschool and special-ed kids. Chris was the Music Ambassador for Swedish Hospital in Englewood, CO. He currently holds a teaching position at the rock school Band Dynamics and the Music and Arts Center in Littleton, CO. Through his study of Neuro-linguistic Programing (NLP), Hawaiian Huna, hypnosis, and kiniesiolgy, Chris continues to develop ways to serve his fellow man through music. He is a certified practitioner of NLP and has collaborated with Dr. Steven Schwartz, Olympian Maggie Connor, national champion bicyclist Traci Brown, Larry Young and others in the development of various audio projects used to heal and empower people. 

Chris’s primary modality is love which is expressed though the vibrations of music. 

Christopher Lawhead, 
LOVE SERVE REMEMBER.

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