TobinMueller
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Join Date: 2004-01-28 15:00:00http://www.tobinmueller.com/ about I am a professional musician, composer, playwright and director. I lead a charmed life. I'm married to fellow MJer Suzanne and MJer Twonicus is my son. 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 MySpace Page for my progressive rock band Audiocracy , my artist page at Simig Media , and my music currently available on iTunes and CDBaby .
In addition to music, I also web design. Examples of my web work includes Privateer Lithograph Prints , Paper Discover Center , Sound Solutions Entertainment , and TobinMueller.com .
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 Digital Performer, Ableton's Live, and Bias' Peak to master; 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 ) 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 . 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 jazz to me every night, my sister for insisting I learn to play piano before she died, and Suzanne who inspires me daily.
(Click "play" below to listen to a random playlist of my songs. Refresh page to get a new list...)Tobin Mueller's CDs for sale... RAIN BATHER - jazz RAIN BATHER webpage .
CDBaby.com (coming soon) - iTunes (coming soon)
AUDIOCRACY: Revolution's Son - progressive rockCDBaby.com - iTunes - Reviews
A Bit Of Light - rock/jazz/folk fusionThe Lost Records - CDBaby.com - iTunes
13 Masks - solo pianoSimig Media Records - CDBaby.com - iTunes - Reviews
Morning Whispers - solo pianoSimig Media Records - CDBaby.com - iTunes - Reviews
What Survives - jazzCreature . Live recordings featuring a sextet of all-star players, including Ken Schaphorst, Tom Washatka, Dane Richeson, Woody Mankowksi, Bob Levy, Doug Schneider and my nephew Chris Mueller.
ArtsForge.com
Holy Land - The World Trade Center Project I Will Love , Was There Once A Time , more.... Songs of love, loss, courage, and surival.
ArtsForge.com
MacJams Collaborations Del: 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")
McBoy: 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: FrankenFun II (with Suzanne and iGStudio)
Frankenfunk (original)
Mullet Funk (original track that became "Windowshade" )
Scorpjammer: Mudbug Boogie (B3 organ solo)
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.
Tobin's Beta Playlists: (opened in separate window)
• Tobin's Nightclub (Favorite jazz, blues, cabaret)• Tobin's Rathskeller (Best of MJ singer-songwriters, mostly folk rock)• Mainstream MJ Hits (Radio-ready MJ)• Mind Experiments (Progressive MJ rock)• Peaceful Plays (Pretty music, mostly New Age and classical)Songs by Tobin you shouldn't miss: (click on image to go to song page)
You can also check out Tobin's Sampler which includes portions of selected songs prior to August 2005.
TOBIN MUELLER'S OFFICIAL WEBSITE musicbackground Wrote my first song when I was 14, after my dying sister convinced me to learn the piano.
Arranged music for my mother's jazz/showtunes group in high school (and continued doing this for the next 15 years).
Wrote my first score for a show when I was 17; first symphony performed by an area college when I was 18. Directed my first pit for an area summer stock theatre that same year.
Majored in Music Composition at UW-Milwaukee. Wrote a ballet (my first commission) when a student.
Bought my first digital keyboard (Emulator II) in middle 80s and started canning musicals for dinner theatres. Wrote my first musical (music/lyrics/book) in 1987. Founded a touring theatre troupe that performed my original works from 1989 to 1996, CenterStage Productions. Have had 5 shows performed off and off-off Broadway. I have also written several books and been involved in numerous other projects.
Used to perform when I didn't mind the stress. I've always loved folk, jazz, classical and experimental music. I developed a style in the late 70's that ended up being one of the New Age stylings of the day. I continue to try and find a unique voice, but mainly just want to play what my mind lets me hear.
I've worked with Dave Brubeck, Maynard Ferguson, Entcho Todorov, Donny McCaslin, Ken Schaphorst, Bob Levy, Dane Richeson, Woody Mankowski, Tom Washatka, Janet Planet and others. Todorov, McCaslin and Mankowski all appear on my 2007 release, "A Bit Of Light," as do MJ artists Martyn Kember-Smith, Thor Oliverson, John Luper, Bill Barner and McBoy.
See http://www.tobinmueller.com/ for details.musicskills Keyboards, musical direction, some studio engineering, musical arrangements, composition.
I used to also play saxes, flute, guitar, clarinet.
I used to sing until I kind of wrecked my voice in the late 90s.
I used to perform but try not to put myself thru that sort of stress any more.
I love being a conduit for collaboration.
Musical Influences: Yes; King Crimson; ELP; Gentle Giant; Medeski, Martin & Wood; Peter Gabriel; Oregon; Helmet of Gnats; Bruce Hornsby; Ben Folds; David Bowie; Miles Davis; Chick Corea; Herbie Hancock; Thelonious Monk; Art Tatum; Liz Story; Paul Simon; Joni Mitchell; Dr. John; David Lanz; Michael Hedges; David Crosby; Claude Debussy; Frédéric Chopin; J. S. Bach; Ludwig van Beethoven; Igor Stravinsky; Fredrik Ullén; Konstantin Scherbakov; Alexander Scriabinuser_computer PowerMac G5 Quad processor desktop. CPU Speed: 2.5 GHz. Memory: 8 GB. MOTU PCI audio card. 800 Firewire card. Two extra USB 2 port pods.music_hardware Roland A-90 controller, MOTU 2408 and PreSonus Firebox for audio input, a MOTU 128 for MIDI input, Proteus I and II, Wavestation, U220, JV 1080, Vintage keys, Morpheus, Emulator II+HD, Fender Rhodes, B3 organ... Rode NT1-a and EV 757 microphones.music_software Digital Performer, Ableton's Live, GB, Bias' Peak to master.
Synthogy's Ivory Piano plug in for grand piano sound.
Charlie B3 organ; NI's Kontakt, B4 II, Elektrik Piano and FM7/8 for keyboards.
MOTU's MX4, Symphonic and Ethno Instruments for additional software synths.keywords piano, organ, solo piano, jazz, folk, acoustic, arranger, composer, theatre, theatrical, theater, stage, musicals, musical, CenterStage, Morning Whispers, What Survives, Pilgrim Village, Audiocracy, Holy Land, Merlyn, Lady of the Lake, A Bit of Light, Creature, Runners In A Dream, Robin Hood, 13 Masks, Rain Bather, Myth, Tobin, Mueller, TobinMueller, ASCAP, Dramatist Guild, writer, poet, poetry, playwright, NYC, New York, new age, Tobin James Mueller, 
