TobinMueller
(Tobin Mueller)
(Tobin Mueller)
| Member Since: | Wednesday, January 28 2004 @ 03:00 PM CST |
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| Homepage: | http://www.tobinmueller.com/ |
| Location: | Rowayton, CT USA |
| Song Comments: | 6509 |
| Song Votes: | 21062 |
| Forum Posts: | 1720 |
| Weekly Points: | 0.00 |
| Total Points: | 48308.59 |
Bio:
I am a professional musician, composer, playwright and director. I've led a charmed life. I'm married to fellow MJer Suzanne. MJer Twonicus is my son, he currently fronts 3 bands in the NYC area, including "Hoodless." My second son just received his doctorate in RNA research at UC-Irvine, he also plays drums and hand percussion. My third son just graduated from law school at USC, he also plays tenor sax and lacrosse. My daughter is an English major graduate of Macalester College in Minneapolis, she also plays clarinet & sings. See my Spotlight Interview - Tobin Mueller: Talking With Myself in the Macjams Music Blog.
You can link to most of my online activities and projects via Tobin Mueller's Official Website. Also see my available recordings on CDBaby and iTunes.
My latest CD release is a jazz collaboration with my favorite saxophonist, Woody Mankowski: The Muller's Wheel. I posted drafts of early mixes here and thank everyone for their important input. This follows my jazz ensemble album Rain Bather which won Best Album of 2009 on JazzChicago.net. It is available from CDBaby and iTunes. My progressive rock band Audiocracy's CD is on CDBaby too, Revolution's Son, and has received wonderful reviews, especially from Progression Magazine and overseas publications. I also have a multi-genre solo album (on which I sing) that includes many guest artists from MacJams, A Bit Of Light. My first two solo piano CDs (on which I don't sing) can be purchased at Simig Media with all proceeds going to MacJams (a charity endeavor to help pay for administrative costs on this site). These two albums are also available on CDBaby: Morning Whispers and 13 Masks. Draft tracks from all these projects are posted on Macjams, in various stages of development/mix/mastering.
In addition to music, I also design websites. Examples of my web work include Privateer Lithograph Prints, Bayberry Building, Paper Discover Center, and TobinMueller.com. More recently, I've begun selling my photography to hotels in Europe and have begun doing portraits (employing extreme close ups and inventive collages).
I'm the founder of the artists' collaborative site, ArtsForge.com, a Dramatist Guild member (NYC), member of ASCAP, composer, dramatist, stage director, author and poet. I've been writing music since I was 15 years old and have been using Macs since they were invented. In addition to Garageband, I regularly use Logic Pro , Digital Performer, Ableton's Live, and Bias' Peak to master (along with Waves plugins); a Roland A-90 controller, a MOTU 2408 and PreSonus Firebox for audio input, a MOTU 128 for MIDI input, and I have a stack of sound modules and other dinosaur gear... and GB has given me the incentive to dust them all off, including: Proteus I & II, Wavestation, U220, JV 1080, Vintage keys, Morpheus, Fender Rhodes and B3 organ...
Click here to view my Collected Works. There's also an extensive online interview (Interview w/ Tobin - Jan. 2006) that Giovanni did for an internet radio show he contributes to. (It takes a while to get going, but does have good stuff later on.) I've written 5 books, 2 symphonies, 12 plays (10 musicals), and over 300 songs. I love photography and have some personal photos displayed on my Photo Gallery (Suzanne's flowers are my favorite, and the sunsets taken in Cape Cod). I have 4 children who are, without question, my best collaborations. I am also the recipient of the United Nations Global 500 Roll of Honor award, given in 1994, for my work with the environmental movement worldwide. I have a series of educational and issue-oriented musicals for youth available from a company I founded in 1987, CenterStage Productions. Links to my latest collections of poetry can be found here: Writings. Several of my poems have been set to mp3 by Del.
I thank my mother for singing swing jazz-blues to me every night, my sister for insisting I learn to play piano before she died, and Suzanne who inspires me daily.
Tobin Mueller's CDs for sale...
SONG OF MYSELF - covers
My intimate and deeply personal interpretations of some of my favorite songs. Recorded while experiencing severe lung issues. Just me at my piano. See Song Of Myself liner notes.
CDBaby.com - iTunes
THE MULLER'S WHEEL - jazz
Funky, hip, upbeat, pure joy. 14 original track journey through jazz from blues to bop to fusion to funk. Featuring Tobin on piano & organ, Woody Mankowski playing all saxes, eletcric guitar by Fran Dagostino. See The Muller's Wheel liner notes.
CDBaby.com - iTunes
SEPTEMBER 11 PROJECT: Ten Years Later
Songs written following 9/11/2001, capturing my personal experiences in Manhattan, reactions, musings, emotions. Revisited in anticipation of my involvement with the Ten Years Later project. See liner notes.
CDBaby.com - iTunes
RAIN BATHER - jazz
80-minute long play jazz collection by my all-star ensemble, featuring me on B3 organ, Chris Mueller at the piano, percussion by Dane Richeson, plus a totally hip ensemble of saxes, horns, flute, clarinet & acoustic bass. Won Best Album of the Year for 2009 at JazzChigago.net. See RAIN BATHER liner notes on my website.
CDBaby.com - iTunes
AUDIOCRACY: Revolution's Son - progressive rock
Hard-driving neo-progressive concept album featuring heavy organ, multiple guitars, layered vocals, fellow MJers Twonicus, Darren Chapman, Tadashi Togawa, Alimar, plus Bob Piper & Rob Thomas.
CDBaby.com - iTunes - Reviews
A Bit Of Light - rock/jazz/folk fusion
14 track compilation, from tango to jazz fusion, gravitating to folk-rock. Inventive arrangements that paint a portrait of the artist. Features: Entcho Todorov-violin; Donny McCaslin-saxes; BBarner-clarinet; Thoddi-bass; Komrade K-violin; TEXASFEEL-fusion guitar.
CDBaby.com - iTunes - Reviews
13 Masks - solo piano
Interweaving of jazz, avant-garde classical, and "Progressive Ragtime." Blending each style through the chaos of my subconscious, influences include Monk, Tatum, Brubeck, Joplin, Bartok, Ligeti.
Simig Media Records - CDBaby.com - iTunes - Reviews
Morning Whispers - solo piano
Heartfelt solo piano full of lyrical impressionism and epic emotion, combining healing New Age, romanticism, and contemporary jazz influences; original compositions.
Simig Media Records - CDBaby.com - iTunes - Reviews
Holy Land - The World Trade Center Project
Songs written after 9/11/2001, while still living in NYC, featuring: I Will Love, Was There Once A Time, more.... Songs of love, loss, courage, and surival.
ArtsForge.com
MacJams Collaborations (not listed in regular "Jams" submissions below):
Steve Stone (tonestones) under the project name Merlyn:
Crystalline Cave
Michael Fioretti under the project name WIProg:
Pandora's Box
Jon Anderson and Alimar:
Happy 5th Birthday MacJams - 2009
Del: (based on my poems)
Old
The Cigarette and The Actress
Wall of Heaven
Simple as Soap
The Fall (from the Serpent's point of view)
Suzanne:
Queen Crimson
Rock The Baby With Vodoo
Looping Through Hell
Dressing For Death (outtake from the musical "Creature")
Thoddi's Christmas Collab:
Tuck Me In Tonight
McBoy: (MJ Woodstock fest)
SitCom (with McBoy's add-ons)
SpasmodicMan:
Charon's Requiem (shared experimentations on many levels)
Emily Rohm:
Do I Know Him
Dreams
Here, For A Moment (from the musical, "Robin Hood")
Darren Chapman:
How Many Times (electric piano and B3 organ)
Fosod/IvanJS/Suzanne:
Please Eat (BorateZoned Collab)
MulletsRock: (jazz-funk)
FrankenFun II (with Suzanne and iGStudio)
Frankenfunk (original)
Mullet Funk (original track that became "Windowshade")
Scorpjammer:
Mudbug Boogie (B3 organ solo)
FEEL/TEXASFEEL:
Girl From Padre Island (Charlie organ accompaniment)
iGStudio:
St. Standard (jazz piano)
MacJammers United:
Happy Birthday MacJams (part 1)
Happy Birthday MacJams (part 2)
SlimGirlThat
Many thanks to Alimar, Twonicus, Suzanne, Darren Chapman, Ziti, John Selvia (ivanjs), BBarner, Mystified, Troy, Thoddi, Packosmokes, McBoy, iGStudio, Del, Woody Mankowski, TEXASFEEL, K Komrade, Mungo, Donny McCaslin, Encho Tudorov and Chris Mueller for their hand in collaborations listed in my regular submissions section below.
Songs by Tobin you shouldn't miss: (click on image to go to song page)
LINKS:
TOBIN MUELLER'S OFFICIAL WEBSITE (www.tobinmueller.com)
Tobin's music on iTunes (digital downloads)
Tobin's music on CDBaby (uncompressed music & liner notes from actual CDs. Keep the CD alive!)
I am a professional musician, composer, playwright and director. I've led a charmed life. I'm married to fellow MJer Suzanne. MJer Twonicus is my son, he currently fronts 3 bands in the NYC area, including "Hoodless." My second son just received his doctorate in RNA research at UC-Irvine, he also plays drums and hand percussion. My third son just graduated from law school at USC, he also plays tenor sax and lacrosse. My daughter is an English major graduate of Macalester College in Minneapolis, she also plays clarinet & sings. See my Spotlight Interview - Tobin Mueller: Talking With Myself in the Macjams Music Blog.
You can link to most of my online activities and projects via Tobin Mueller's Official Website. Also see my available recordings on CDBaby and iTunes.
My latest CD release is a jazz collaboration with my favorite saxophonist, Woody Mankowski: The Muller's Wheel. I posted drafts of early mixes here and thank everyone for their important input. This follows my jazz ensemble album Rain Bather which won Best Album of 2009 on JazzChicago.net. It is available from CDBaby and iTunes. My progressive rock band Audiocracy's CD is on CDBaby too, Revolution's Son, and has received wonderful reviews, especially from Progression Magazine and overseas publications. I also have a multi-genre solo album (on which I sing) that includes many guest artists from MacJams, A Bit Of Light. My first two solo piano CDs (on which I don't sing) can be purchased at Simig Media with all proceeds going to MacJams (a charity endeavor to help pay for administrative costs on this site). These two albums are also available on CDBaby: Morning Whispers and 13 Masks. Draft tracks from all these projects are posted on Macjams, in various stages of development/mix/mastering.
In addition to music, I also design websites. Examples of my web work include Privateer Lithograph Prints, Bayberry Building, Paper Discover Center, and TobinMueller.com. More recently, I've begun selling my photography to hotels in Europe and have begun doing portraits (employing extreme close ups and inventive collages).
I'm the founder of the artists' collaborative site, ArtsForge.com, a Dramatist Guild member (NYC), member of ASCAP, composer, dramatist, stage director, author and poet. I've been writing music since I was 15 years old and have been using Macs since they were invented. In addition to Garageband, I regularly use Logic Pro , Digital Performer, Ableton's Live, and Bias' Peak to master (along with Waves plugins); a Roland A-90 controller, a MOTU 2408 and PreSonus Firebox for audio input, a MOTU 128 for MIDI input, and I have a stack of sound modules and other dinosaur gear... and GB has given me the incentive to dust them all off, including: Proteus I & II, Wavestation, U220, JV 1080, Vintage keys, Morpheus, Fender Rhodes and B3 organ...
Click here to view my Collected Works. There's also an extensive online interview (Interview w/ Tobin - Jan. 2006) that Giovanni did for an internet radio show he contributes to. (It takes a while to get going, but does have good stuff later on.) I've written 5 books, 2 symphonies, 12 plays (10 musicals), and over 300 songs. I love photography and have some personal photos displayed on my Photo Gallery (Suzanne's flowers are my favorite, and the sunsets taken in Cape Cod). I have 4 children who are, without question, my best collaborations. I am also the recipient of the United Nations Global 500 Roll of Honor award, given in 1994, for my work with the environmental movement worldwide. I have a series of educational and issue-oriented musicals for youth available from a company I founded in 1987, CenterStage Productions. Links to my latest collections of poetry can be found here: Writings. Several of my poems have been set to mp3 by Del.
I thank my mother for singing swing jazz-blues to me every night, my sister for insisting I learn to play piano before she died, and Suzanne who inspires me daily.
Tobin Mueller's CDs for sale...
SONG OF MYSELF - coversMy intimate and deeply personal interpretations of some of my favorite songs. Recorded while experiencing severe lung issues. Just me at my piano. See Song Of Myself liner notes.
CDBaby.com - iTunes
THE MULLER'S WHEEL - jazzFunky, hip, upbeat, pure joy. 14 original track journey through jazz from blues to bop to fusion to funk. Featuring Tobin on piano & organ, Woody Mankowski playing all saxes, eletcric guitar by Fran Dagostino. See The Muller's Wheel liner notes.
CDBaby.com - iTunes
SEPTEMBER 11 PROJECT: Ten Years LaterSongs written following 9/11/2001, capturing my personal experiences in Manhattan, reactions, musings, emotions. Revisited in anticipation of my involvement with the Ten Years Later project. See liner notes.
CDBaby.com - iTunes
RAIN BATHER - jazz80-minute long play jazz collection by my all-star ensemble, featuring me on B3 organ, Chris Mueller at the piano, percussion by Dane Richeson, plus a totally hip ensemble of saxes, horns, flute, clarinet & acoustic bass. Won Best Album of the Year for 2009 at JazzChigago.net. See RAIN BATHER liner notes on my website.
CDBaby.com - iTunes
AUDIOCRACY: Revolution's Son - progressive rockHard-driving neo-progressive concept album featuring heavy organ, multiple guitars, layered vocals, fellow MJers Twonicus, Darren Chapman, Tadashi Togawa, Alimar, plus Bob Piper & Rob Thomas.
CDBaby.com - iTunes - Reviews
A Bit Of Light - rock/jazz/folk fusion14 track compilation, from tango to jazz fusion, gravitating to folk-rock. Inventive arrangements that paint a portrait of the artist. Features: Entcho Todorov-violin; Donny McCaslin-saxes; BBarner-clarinet; Thoddi-bass; Komrade K-violin; TEXASFEEL-fusion guitar.
CDBaby.com - iTunes - Reviews
13 Masks - solo pianoInterweaving of jazz, avant-garde classical, and "Progressive Ragtime." Blending each style through the chaos of my subconscious, influences include Monk, Tatum, Brubeck, Joplin, Bartok, Ligeti.
Simig Media Records - CDBaby.com - iTunes - Reviews
Morning Whispers - solo pianoHeartfelt solo piano full of lyrical impressionism and epic emotion, combining healing New Age, romanticism, and contemporary jazz influences; original compositions.
Simig Media Records - CDBaby.com - iTunes - Reviews
Holy Land - The World Trade Center ProjectSongs written after 9/11/2001, while still living in NYC, featuring: I Will Love, Was There Once A Time, more.... Songs of love, loss, courage, and surival.
ArtsForge.com
MacJams Collaborations (not listed in regular "Jams" submissions below):
Steve Stone (tonestones) under the project name Merlyn:
Crystalline Cave
Michael Fioretti under the project name WIProg:
Pandora's Box
Jon Anderson and Alimar:
Happy 5th Birthday MacJams - 2009
Del: (based on my poems)
Old
The Cigarette and The Actress
Wall of Heaven
Simple as Soap
The Fall (from the Serpent's point of view)
Suzanne:
Queen Crimson
Rock The Baby With Vodoo
Looping Through Hell
Dressing For Death (outtake from the musical "Creature")
Thoddi's Christmas Collab:
Tuck Me In Tonight
McBoy: (MJ Woodstock fest)
SitCom (with McBoy's add-ons)
SpasmodicMan:
Charon's Requiem (shared experimentations on many levels)
Emily Rohm:
Do I Know Him
Dreams
Here, For A Moment (from the musical, "Robin Hood")
Darren Chapman:
How Many Times (electric piano and B3 organ)
Fosod/IvanJS/Suzanne:
Please Eat (BorateZoned Collab)
MulletsRock: (jazz-funk)
FrankenFun II (with Suzanne and iGStudio)
Frankenfunk (original)
Mullet Funk (original track that became "Windowshade")
Scorpjammer:
Mudbug Boogie (B3 organ solo)
FEEL/TEXASFEEL:
Girl From Padre Island (Charlie organ accompaniment)
iGStudio:
St. Standard (jazz piano)
MacJammers United:
Happy Birthday MacJams (part 1)
Happy Birthday MacJams (part 2)
SlimGirlThat
Many thanks to Alimar, Twonicus, Suzanne, Darren Chapman, Ziti, John Selvia (ivanjs), BBarner, Mystified, Troy, Thoddi, Packosmokes, McBoy, iGStudio, Del, Woody Mankowski, TEXASFEEL, K Komrade, Mungo, Donny McCaslin, Encho Tudorov and Chris Mueller for their hand in collaborations listed in my regular submissions section below.
Songs by Tobin you shouldn't miss: (click on image to go to song page)
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LINKS:
TOBIN MUELLER'S OFFICIAL WEBSITE (www.tobinmueller.com)
Tobin's music on iTunes (digital downloads)
Tobin's music on CDBaby (uncompressed music & liner notes from actual CDs. Keep the CD alive!)
