Raymond E Burkhart

Rehearsal of the band 'WAVE'

During the mid-70's my band, 'Wave', had the opportunity to support Sonny Rollins on a mini-tour. During an afternoon rehearsal things got lose and our music took a tangent towards the unknown. In one photo, the bass player, myself, is looking slightly puzzled as we break for some guidance from the master. This photo was taken at Cornell College. All the rehearsals and concerts were extremely exciting and memorable. Musicians were Mike Whitely -Keyboards, Hugh Wright -Drums/Percussion, Ray Burkhart - Bass, Brian Harmon -Guitar

Jaxon Northon

“We're the Leopards" feat. Gardenia and the Mighty Slug

Painting of Marc Bolan for a group show at Modern Eden Gallery in San Francisco. Oil on canvas 24”x 30” This painting is based off Bolan’s song ‘We’re the Leopards, feat. Gardenia and the Mighty Slug’ off the T. Rex album ‘Zinc Alloy and the Riders of Tomorrow’. It’s is a mostly nonsensical song about a street gang and it’s members and I’ve painted the title characters as literal representations (leopards, Gardenia, Mighty Slug, and for good measure a white swan). I added an Elvis tshirt because Marc wanted to be Elvis when he was young. He’s holding his Gibson Les Paul all glammy and set on an idealistic English country background. I love Marc Bolan for the fantasy and characters he brought to his music and performances and although he reached an incredible level of fame before he tragically died I still feel his influence on music to come goes under appreciated. Being invited to pick any subject to paint for the gallery show he was an easy choice.

Nick Reinhart

Tera Melos Demo

the 2004 tera melos demos, listed as “some songs” on the back cover. we started the band in roseville, ca, practicing for about a year before we played our first show. we practiced in an old motel that was used as a rehearsal space for a handful of punk and metal bands. it was known as, “the whore house.” it’s previously life was a brothel. it was a busted up, run down building- smashed up toilets, piles of rubble, a stairway filled with garbage etc. scary stuff. the person who ran the building was this sketchy guy named mark. we were at the practice spot 4-5 days a week and he’d hear us play a lot. at some point he told us he had a studio downstairs and offered to record us. i believe it was a “$100 per song” kinda thing. when we had enough songs we booked a few days to record 4 songs. we recorded this instrumental demo with the intention of getting it to potential singers. it was absolutely not the intention of this recording to have it out in the world, as it was not an accurate representation of how we wanted our band to be perceived. the music was written and captured with future vocals in mind. we eventually started playing shows (instrumentally) and after months of searching for a singer we decided we needed something to sell on these diy tours we’d started booking. i haven’t listened to these songs since probably 2005. i think a lot of the riffs/parts were pilfered into other songs that would make up our untitled record.i still struggle with whether or not we should have released this demo, because it just helped to cement us into the “instrumental band” category that we were never interested in. but ya know, they all lived happily ever after or whatever. we made 200 of these. the sleeves are envelopes, cut in half and then photocopied onto. the cds were burned and then spray painted. official unofficial track listing (i think these were just the working, practice spot names): 7th Heaven Flowers Magical I Hate the 80’s

Camden

"Loser Shoe" from "Throw Up"

Camden's visual EP entitled "Erosion", was shot in Norwich, England by British video director, Liam Painter. In the second track of the short film, "Throw Up", Camden slips on a puddle of spilled beer and is hurled into an imagined world of his inner demons. The bottom of his leather dress shoes reveal the word "Loser", an impromptu idea Camden had on set while filming the scene. The shoes were purchased in London, and the original lettering was written with a marker. Later, Camden retraced the lettering with paint due to wear from use in the music video.

Mike Hindert

So Well So Well by M.H. Wolf (Album Art)

I had brought my sketchbook with me on an adventure to Whitefish, MT. I was there playing a music festival and enjoying all that is Montana. After the band left I stuck around to help our producer mix our album, or rather I stayed to stand guard and make sure he mixed it. As long as I had my sketch book I was entertained and away I went. That session actually resulted in a few pieces that have gone on to inspire other works, and it resulted in an album cover. I used this sketch as the cover to a song I recently released under my band M.H. Wolf, "So Well So Well". Here it says Mike Hindert, as I actually originally released it as a Mike Hindert song, but then I realized I'm not ready to release music under my own name just yet, thank god for photoshop! This character here was actually inspired by my friend, though in the end they look nothing like each other, but he was the inspiration just the same. Of course this is my attempt at cubism, which is often my destination but rarely ends up being where I end up. This drawing I think blends the cubist and the cartoonish well. I tried turning it into a painting but as often does it turned into something completely different.

Raymond E Burkhart

Original Song Real Book

This is a song book of original compositions from the 70's. This book is well beat-up and that's a good thing. It has seen many miles. Replaced today by computer, iPads, etc. and apps like On Song.