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Liner Notes from Aardvark's first CD, Intellect Void
The genesis of Aardvark was the meeting of Rusty Gumbo and Manfred (Manny)
Trendelenberg in High School detention.
Manny was caught smoking in the boys
room & Rusty made an inappropriate comment to the school principal during a
pep
rally. Conversation ensued. They discovered little in common with the
exception of Rock & Roll and girls.
Manny began playing piano at age 4
when his parents forced him to take lessons from the little old lady across the
street.
He's still taking lessons from the same little old lady who is now 97.
She thinks he may have a small amount of talent.
Rusty (his given name is
Russell) picked up the guitar (literally) during a burglary. He was 12 years old
and was arrested in
the act. "I was young and stupid. But that guitar spoke to
me."
Chen-Ao Martinez-Jones met Rusty during a fight at a local convenience
store. Rusty started the fight & Chen finished it.
Conversation ensued. They
discovered little in common with the exception of Rock & Roll and girls.
Chen started out on
the guitar, playing with a punk-ska-hip-hop band "Amoeba"
before switching to Bass. He took to the Bass like a rat to
spoiled
garbage.
Kenny Beluga was a straight-A student in High School and was elected
Class President his senior year. He was voted
"Most Likely To Succeed" by his
classmates. He was the quarterback of the football team and they won the state
championship by 97 points that year. Unfortunately for Kenny, he blew out both
knees when two linebackers from the
other team made a sandwich of his legs (the
game was well out of reach by that time). Kenny joined the school band in
8th
grade & chose the percussion section. He promptly mastered every instrument
in sight.
Kenny met Rusty at the Police Station while visiting his father,
the Chief-of-Police. Rusty was being booked for stealing
a set of guitar
strings. Conversation ensued. They discovered little in common with the
exception of Rock & Roll.
These four young men from divergent backgrounds
and social strata decided to form a band. They set up shop in the
garage of the
Beluga home, as his parents were the most open to loud music pulsing from the
premises. After several
weeks they had mastered sufficient material to play at
the High School Talent Show where they finished last.
This lead to a gig at
the Police Bazaar & Carnival where they were cited for excessive noise and,
in Rusty's case, lewd
behavior. Kenny's father was able to get the charges
dropped.
This notoriety gained them paying jobs at local clubs & college
frat parties. They slowly began to build a rabid following
of mostly drunk
rednecks who cited their renditions of the ancient Celtic song "Green Grass
& Cold Beer" as a favorite.
After three years of gigging all around Texas
and Oklahoma, they hit upon the idea of writing and playing their own music.
All
four contributed to the process. Naturally, fights over creative control and
musical direction took place often. One
fight resulted in a broken hand for
Chen. Fortunately it was his right hand, so he could still play the
Bass.
This CD is the culmination of many years of effort by our intrepid
heroes.
Ladies and Gentlemen, please direct your attention to the debut
release from Aardvark!
Now for the TRUTH: Aardvark is a fictitious band created by A'swepe using a computer,
sequencing and sampling
software and several virtual instruments. No live
instruments were harmed in the making of the music. Thanks to
Cubase SE, Native
Instruments Kompakt, Native Instruments Kontakt 2, Music Labs RealGuitar, Arturia minimoog V,
Garritan
Personal Orchestra, SampleTank with Expansion Tank Electric Guitars, Bass Guitars, Acoustic Guitars &
Studio Drums, Direct Guitar, Lyrical Distortion, Synth1, minimogue VA, ZR-3 Organ & Organized Trio.
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