about
pinkle music is a record of a journey in life. for more information please see the current [press release].
"...Do what is fair and just to your
neighbor, be compassionate and loyal in your love, And don't take yourself too
seriously, take God seriously." Mic 6:8
press |
11.22.2009
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contact / booking |
mail [atz] pinklemusic [dotz] com
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year begun | 2001 |
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record label |
none |
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genre |
DIY indie, acoustic, moog. |
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influences |
the mermen, the dismemberment plan, trans am, steve miller band, beck, wes montgomery, charlie peacock, ali farka toure, coldplay, nick drake, jimi hendrix, led zeppelin, pat metheny, the police, ry cooder, paul simon. |
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instruments |
pictures of instruments are [here].
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discography |
2010 the flux |
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recording equipment |
pro-tools 8.0, sm58 mic, sm 57 mic, akg c4000b,
little pizoelectric mic, M-audio 1814, mic stands, Seas
monitors, yamaha msp7 monitors, old pioneer headphones
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effects |
boss metalzone, electro harmonix frequency analyzer, vox wah, boss vibrato, boss dd-5 delay, ernie ball volume pedal, mesa mark IV, leslie speaker. |
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pinkle listens to |
ali farka toure, angelique kidjo, antonio carlos jobim, baden powell, bebel gilberto, beck, billie holiday, blind lemon jefferson, bob dylan, bob marley, buena vista social club, cafe tacuba, charly garcia, coldplay, damien rice, dave brubeck, the dismemberment plan, django reinhardt, nick drake, ella fitzgerald, fito paez, frank zappa, harry connick jr., herbie hancock, herbie mann, ibrahim ferrer, incubis, jackson 5, james taylor, jarebe de palo, jeff buckley, jimi hendrix, jimmy smith, joe pass, john coltrane, john scofield, johnny cash, juanes, larry coryell, led zeppelin, lenny kravitz, los arterciopelados, louis armstrong, manu chao, the mars volta, the mermen, michael jackson, muddy waters, nina simone, ozomatli, paul simon, pat metheny, pedro the lion, pete yorn, the police, portishead, the postal service, radio head, rage against the machine, ry cooder, sarah mclachlan, silvio rodriguez, soda stereo, stan getz, switchfoot, tom petty, tortois, trans am, travis, u2, the verve, wes montgomery, zoot sims. |
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thanks to |
buddy nutt, michael savisky, sebastien nicolaon, nick bermudez, chris hutson, david smith, eric pasquereau, jim joyce, collin martin, chris weiher, oscar rojas, luis rodriguez, natalia serna, tony escobar, kasey bates, sam menesses, paul taneja, dan hays, jim tweetie, chris voss, jack rylands, timothy martin, yoke kuan, aras volodka, julian koo, brian fornelli, benson krause, nick palazzo, bryan walker, rafiel cervantes, julia moreno, tyler fialah, paul roots, mike martin, rachel lloyd, jon baker, rachel stuart, marcin rewki, aurelie rewki, jens ingensand, nicola cettou. |
pinkle FAQ | |
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*if you have any questions for pinkle send them by email to mail[atz]pinklemusic[dotz]com. | |
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where can i buy pinkle cds? | |
pinkle likes his music to be free. if you want to have a cd simply right click a song, download it, and burn it to a cd. | |
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does pinkle play live shows? | |
pinkle has so much fun writing music that he doesn't worry too much about playing live shows. pinkle has played four live shows, one in chicago for the julian krause benefit show, another with sleeping at last at grove city college in pennsylvania, one in pittsburgh with joy ike, and one in lausanne switzerland with the black atlantic. | |
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how many people are in the pinkle band? | |
pinkle is a solo singer songwriter, he usually records and writes music alone, but has collaborated with a number of musicians (see thanks above). | |
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ok, yeah but i saw pinkle play in a band live once in switzerland and there were people in the band? | |
pinkle formed a band in switzerland and played their first show on june 4, 2010. the band lineup was jens ingensand on bass, nicola cettou on percussion, aurelie rewki on ukulele, rachel martin on backup voice, and pinkle on pinkle. | |
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why hasnt pinkle posted a new song recently? | |
he was on the serengeti plain and had to fight a rhinoceros! actually, he was probably busy eating, working, bike riding, or playing soccer. | |
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i would like to use pinklemusic for my film, video, ect., is this ok? | |
yes, as long as your film is not used for
commercial purposes and you give credit to pinkle (web page). Pinkle
music is licensed under a Creative
Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States
License. | |
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how can i help spread word about pinkle? | |
pinkle does not have a "street team", but you can join the [facebook fan page]. if you are interested in spreading word about pinklemusic the best way is to tell your friends about pinkle music on musicblogs like hypemachine, submit it to radiostations, whatever you like. thanks! <hug> | |
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is pinkle on a record label? | |
free music is good. | |
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i am interested in collaborating with pinkle on a song, how can i do it? | |
pinkle loves to collaborate, email and say hello! | |
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is pinkle religious? | |
no, he is a follower of Jesus. | |
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so does that mean pinkle is one of those cross-over religious types that has ambigous lyrics that could be interpreted to be about girlfriends or God? | |
the songs are about life. many times they contain a musical message for a particular person like a friend or a sibling. | |
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why are some of pinkle's lyrics so weird...they dont even make sense sometimes! | |
95% of the lyrics make sense to pinkle. some are quite arbitrary. life can be chaotic. | |
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what is the totally weird sound on the pinkle song "????"? | |
email and pinkle would be happy to let you know! | |
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can pinkle play my graduation/birthday/x-mas party? | |
sorry, pinkle can't play much of his music at all! | |
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how can pinkle not know how to play his own songs? | |
because the first and last time he plays them is usually the day they are made. | |
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how did pinkle get his name? | |
pinkle used to be a guitar player in the rock band called ophur. he was nicknamed "flux pinkle" by the drummer nicola palazzo and singer benson krause. | |
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where does pinkle live? | |
lausanne, switzerland | |
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does pinkle have a real job? | |
yes, he is a scientist. | |
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why do some of pinkle's songs sound bad? | |
a lousy sounding song can be a good ego check. | |
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what is up with the "music lab" and "albums" pages, some songs are on two albums? | |
the [music lab] page has been set up to contain all pinkle songs without editing or special selection as they are released one by one. the [albums] page is for songs which pinkle has decided to feature on more official sounding albums. | |
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