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I'm a concept artist and music educator based out of Los Angeles, California. My artistic focus is writing and recording full concept albums which can be downloaded FREE by following the links on the left. These compositions have appeared in movies, television shows, and advertisements. I'm currently looking to collaborate with a visual artist to create a cross-media conceptual piece to be shown in art galleries nationwide.
I also work with A Place Called Home to provide free music lessons to at-risk youth in South Central LA. Check out the videos below to learn more about A Place Called Home and the APCH Music Program.
Check the blog to get updates about interviews, upcoming performances, and new projects.
I'll be playing at the CD release party for Hour of the Shipwreck (my "other" band). Also, that nite will feature an exhibit of a new series of paintings that were inspired by Hour of the Shipwreck, the artist is our friend Noelle Whitfield. Here's the info:
Date: Saturday May 17th, 2008 Time: 8:30 PM Location: The Lofto – 533 S. Los Angeles St., LA, CA 90013 Cover: $10 ALL AGES
TO GET ON THE $8 LIST all you have to do is RSVP “attending” to the Facebook event by fallowing this link:
Hey Monk, thanks for the add! Have you managed to get those guitar hands on a G7th capo yet?! You wont want to be missing out - everyone's switching to G7th! Come and have a look and get in touch if you're interested...
Gracias por el amiguismo que nos demuestras, monk turner
back to the 80s?
3er FESTIVAL F.E.A. TRIBUTO 80s. SABADO 19 de ABRIL LA CAPSA. Av. Pare Andreu de Palma, 5-7. El Prat de Llobregat, BARCELONA
SALA A Lorena C Djs - Eyaculación Post Mortem - The Raros - Modern Tolkien - Punkarma - Acces Code - Perestroika - Perro Panda - Atalis - El Guerra - Al Qaeda Sound System - Pinkglove (nuevo proyecto) - Tecnovik y Fiona - Viva Maestro - Plus I (+I) - Barb@zul - Invadersfrommars - New Entity
SALA B No Somos Novios Djs - (pincharán spanish 80s), Casty - (pinchará new wave hits), ModuleCrown - (pinchará ruta destroy), Albert Code - (pinchará Afterpunk)
CD de regalo con las versiones de los grupos para los que lleven un look 80s
Y PUEDES VENIR EN BUS !!!
Servicio de AUTOBUSES F.E.A directo a la CAPSA desde PLAZA ESPANYA (BCN)
hola - just wanted to say, hope you enjoy the performances this weekend - the whole things sounds friggin' amazing, frankly, and i'm stoked for you getting to do it. (emerging artists. fabulous term. i always wonder what i'm supposed to be emerging from exactly. is obscurity and inexperience anything like a chrysalis?)
Come and rock out with the Pirates Charles throughout the month of February! We'll be playing two different shows at the Redwood Bar and Grill in Downtown LA, a fabulously steezy bar of piratical proportions - first is on February 5 and is a charity show to raise money to rebuild post-Katrina New Orleans, and the other is on Feb 15 - a gigantic promotional party for PyrateCon2008!
And while we're on the subject of raising money to benefit New Orleans, ye oughta be checkin' out 'Lafitte's Return: Pirates for the Preservation of New Orleans Music' - a compilation of pirate music from artists spanning the seven seas, all to raise money specifically for music education in New Orleans, for which there is practically no budget in the wake of how expensive the rebuilding of the damaged city is. It's a two volume set, sold separately, that features two of our original songs, "Raise the Whiskey High" and "Sand in the Rum".
And of course, don't forget to come rock out with us and our good friends The Atma along with Ledfoot and The Virgineers at the Verity Room on Friday, February 8!
