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Jonathan Pearlman
Alien Music Club is a solo project conceived and produced by Jonathan Pearlman (JP), who was born June 10, 1955 in the flatlands of Valdosta, Georgia. The name came about as a pseudonym for what is basically a solo project, with JP playing most of the instruments. JP has always been a fan of anything extraterrestrial...sci-fi and otherwise, and has always felt that we are not alone. It's just that we are too primitive and frightening to anyone from "out there". They probably consider us very low on the evolutionary scale. The idea of a "club" comes from the fact that AMC is meant to be a collective of musicians with guest players featured on each CD. After a player participates, he or she is considered a member of the club. Also, JP tends to prefer anonymity, using a band name for a vehicle to express his creativity.
JP grew up hearing light jazz and classical music. His first musical icon was Bobby Darin. ‘Mack The Knife’ was his theme song, which he performed often for various audiences. Elvis Presley was the next big icon, and JP was a huge fan.
The Beatles took Elvis’ place. Other influences at the time came through the British Invasion, like The Kinks, The Animals, The Stones, and The Yardbirds. Then came the ‘Summer of Love’ in 1969 and The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Cream, The Who, and Led Zeppelin. One JP’s primary influences arrived in the form of Frank Zappa. He was also a Steely Dan fan. These became JP’s earliest jazz-rock influences.
JP focused on college studies and graduated with a degree in Broadcasting in 1978. Fast forward the next 20 years or so, and he had done quite well as a videographer and producer, all the while pursuing his music in his personal studio. JP became an avid songwriter and recording artist. He was immediately attracted to the process of overdubbing and playing all the instruments. During the 1990’s, JP began to win songwriting competitions and adopted the pseudonym “Alien Music Club”.
Then, in the year 2001, a breakthrough occurred as JP began to rediscover his musical roots. He began to study and transcribe jazz standards by Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, Thelonius Monk, Chuck Mingus, John Coltrane, and others.
He began to study and emulate the works of master guitarists like Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass, John Scofield, and Pat Martino. His music had come full circle.
Future music by JP and Alien Music Club will be more experimental and collaborative in nature, as the audience for his special brand of jazz-influenced fusion continues to expand.
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Timeworks
TIMEWORKS was incorporated in 1999 by Mike McGlothlen. TIMEWORKS specializes in Commercial Photography & Digital Manipulation. Mike has over 25 years experience in photography and has been able to combine his two passions, photography and art, through creative use of the computer.
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TimeWorks
Many of my images start with an idea sketched on a piece of scrap paper. Let's take the first project for Jon's Alien Music Club, "brain luggage" for instance. The minute Jon told me the title of the CD, this image
came to mind. (SEE IMAGE #1)
I then made a list of the images I would need to accomplish the basic
idea:
1 - the back of a human head
2 - a rolling stairway
3 - several pieces of luggage - at different angles
4 - a guitar case (had to draw)
5 - people walking with luggage
6 - a dramatic sky
7 - hanging light-bulb
8 - a grand room with colloms / skylight (had to draw)
9 - conveyer belt (had to draw)
10 - trunk lid open - like vw (had to draw)
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TimeWorks
I cut out the elements from each scan and blended each layer together and matched film grains from the different film formats used. I then made a print to study and figure out what additional elements that would be needed. I then blended everything together with artwork I created in Adobe Photoshop. (SEE IMAGE #2)
This image ended up with about 100 layers because of all the detail work involved.
One thing led to another and about 300 layers of work later,
I completed the total CD package. (SEE IMAGE #3)
You can look at the results from other ideas at the following links:
http://timeworks.bizland.com
http://www.myspace.com/glitchintime
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