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CALIFORNIA, USA
21-03-2025 18:05 GMT
Quartzbed
PROCurrent Score: ★☆☆☆☆ ☆☆
"I want to get my music heard. "
People also searched for: Drums, Flaming Lips
Biography:
I write, play, sing, record, mix, and master everything that is released. I also handle all artwork, video, social media, promotion, and radio airplay.( whew!)
I have been a working musician for the last 45 years. My main instrument is drums.
I have recorded, toured with The Mighty Mojo Prophets,The Cadillac Angels, Wumbloozo. My main area of drumming expertise is Roots/Blues but I have toured with Country artists, played in Funk/R&B as well as Roots, Jazz, and various other bands
I have toured the States multiple times as well as Europe with multiple acts/artists. I have appeared on Good Morning LA with Sugar Ray Rayford as well as numerous cable music shows. I have recorded over 20 albums with various artists as well as over 100 original albums as the artist Quartzbed .
I released a couple of Cd's of Free Jazz as a duo under the moniker The Madness Of King George.
I am currently releasing more original material and am excited to get my music out to current and future fans...as well as drumming for several Roots/Blues acts.
My music fall under the Indie/Alternative umbrella, but also has touches of Industrial,Dark Wave, Jazz sand metal running through its veins. Intending anything I put out to have an instantly identifiable sound. I make it Quirky and offbeat and above all else real. I know that today's market is based on perfection but my main goal is to make the listener feel something...anything!
Sometimes it can be a little bit uncomfortable. Most of the time I write from stream of consciousness trying to weave a thread between seemingly random thoughts or phrases andactions into a coherent feeling.
I track live drums to loops then write and arrange around those stems.
No shows are planned at this time.
I am primarily interested in being a Studio/Video artist.
Short Term goal: promote and release new albums. Increase my fan base.Make a new video, and generate online revenue.
Long Term Goal: Write and record as many albums as I can before i leave this mortal coil.
All Quartzbed albums are available on most streaming platforms.
When I started releasing music I was determined to prove that anybody with the most basic of tools could create and release music, and as such have recorded all of my music using only GarageBand on my Iphone along with acoustic drums, some michrophones, and an Focusrite 4 channel interface. That's it!!!
I had to wait for technology to allow me the opportunity to put out quality recordings. I feel now that I'm finally getting there. Thanks Apple!!!
Please remember to be kind to others and never let anyone tell you you can't do something, It's a waste of precious time and energy dealing with negativity. Move kn and keep in mind it's the journey not the destination that is the true source of wealth and happiness!!!
✌️Quartzbed
Quartzbed the entity was born in 2015 from the ashes of experience. After decades as a session and touring drummer Chicago born Los Angeles based Alex Schwartz had seen the light. There was a strange music playing his head that held no DNA from anything he’d heard before silently clamoring for a life of its own. Never one to look back, the only way forward was giving life to this music. As if born indie Quartzbed soon released 36 full length albums of undiluted artistic vision. His pen found solice in uneasy songs teetering on musical chaos where nebulous wordplay would stand as an open invitation for the never quite belonged and couldn’t care less of this world. “Sometimes you have to follow the muse even if it means you are alone and chastised.” If you’ve ever wondered what the verge of a perfect breakdown or pure overwhelm sound like, then Quartzbed’s music might just strike that perfect chord.
Career Goals | Objectives:
To get my music out to people that would dig it. Write more songs.
Music Education | Training | Qualifications:
No
Musical Instruments | Studio Equipment:
Drums
Influences | Sounds Like:
Flaming Lips, Zeppelin, Janes Addiction, Jack White, Doors
Live Performance History | Residencies | Touring Experience:
No