{"id":471,"date":"2009-05-27T21:50:19","date_gmt":"2009-05-28T01:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mozomedia.com\/music\/?p=471"},"modified":"2009-06-29T23:44:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-30T03:44:00","slug":"jj-sonick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mozomedia.com\/music\/2009\/05\/jj-sonick\/","title":{"rendered":"J.J. Sonick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mozomedia.com\/cos\/galleries\/car_hypnotist\/soundman_in_overalls_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"J.J. Sonick\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" \/><strong>J.J. Sonick<\/strong> (aka Josh Lawrence) lives in San Francisco, CA and collaborates long-distance with Eddie P. (aka <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozomedia.com\/music\/category\/artists\/karleifrig\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Karl Eifrig<\/strong><\/a>) in the bands <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozomedia.com\/music\/category\/artists\/newoldmen\/\" target=\"_blank\">New Old Men<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozomedia.com\/music\/category\/artists\/kitchensink\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kitchen Sink<\/a>, as well as playing with Stompin\u2019 Jim Hambone (Craig Higdon) in the moonshined-up <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozomedia.com\/music\/category\/artists\/highcountrylowlifes\/\" target=\"_blank\">High Country Low Lifes<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 In the early 90&#8217;s he played in the bands <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozomedia.com\/music\/category\/artists\/pookie\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pookie<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cafepress.com\/CharlieNaked\/1556080\" target=\"_blank\">Avijit<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He produces the monthly <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozomedia.com\/music\/about-the-podcast\/\" target=\"_self\">Mozomedia Music Podcast<\/a> with the assistance of Craig Higdon, who plays the D.J. Harris, Tom Merritt, who brings the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.subbrilliant.com\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\">SubBrilliant News<\/a>, and the works of many musicians and friends.<br \/>\n<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<h1>Songs<\/h1>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Never Get Clean &#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"audioplayer_container\"><span style=\"display:block;padding:5px;border:1px solid #dddddd;background:#f8f8f8\" id=\"audioplayer_1\">Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/shockwave\/download\/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash&amp;promoid=BIOW\" title=\"Download Adobe Flash Player\">here<\/a>. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.<\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\">AudioPlayer.embed(\"audioplayer_1\", {soundFile:\"http%3A%2F%2Fwww.archive.org%2Fdownload%2FNeverGetClean%2FJJ_Sonick-Never_Get_Clean.mp3\"});<\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/download\/NeverGetClean\/JJ_Sonick-Never_Get_Clean.mp3\">Download the song<\/a> (right- or command click &amp; select &#8216;Save as..&#8217;)<\/p>\n<p>Sonick: &#8220;I had the music for Never Get Clean recorded and the whole song in my head for years, but only recently (as of 5\/09) recorded the vocals while housesitting for a friend, possibly disturbing the downstairs neighbor.&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<h1>Cultivations<\/h1>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sonick: &#8220;I don&#8217;t play any of the music on what I call cultivations &#8211; instead midi tracks are computer generated from various programs, and my main work is in arranging (choosing the virtual instruments and mix) and pruning and splicing (tweaking\/deleting midi notes).\u00a0\u00a0 Cultivations are also my way of cheating to make up for my deficiencies.\u00a0 Someday I hope to be able to play the stuff I&#8217;ve &#8216;grown&#8217; via cultivation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hark! The Sword Flies Through the Aire &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"audioplayer_container\"><span style=\"display:block;padding:5px;border:1px solid #dddddd;background:#f8f8f8\" id=\"audioplayer_2\">Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/shockwave\/download\/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash&amp;promoid=BIOW\" title=\"Download Adobe Flash Player\">here<\/a>. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.<\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\">AudioPlayer.embed(\"audioplayer_2\", {soundFile:\"http%3A%2F%2Fwww.archive.org%2Fdownload%2FHarkTheSwordFliesThroughTheAire%2FJJ_Sonick-Hark_the_Sword_Flies_Through_The_Aire.mp3\"});<\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/download\/HarkTheSwordFliesThroughTheAire\/JJ_Sonick-Hark_the_Sword_Flies_Through_The_Aire.mp3\">Download song<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jimmy &#8216;the Suit&#8217; Jazz &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"audioplayer_container\"><span style=\"display:block;padding:5px;border:1px solid #dddddd;background:#f8f8f8\" id=\"audioplayer_3\">Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/shockwave\/download\/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash&amp;promoid=BIOW\" title=\"Download Adobe Flash Player\">here<\/a>. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.<\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\">AudioPlayer.embed(\"audioplayer_3\", {soundFile:\"http%3A%2F%2Fwww.archive.org%2Fdownload%2FJimmytheSuitJazz%2FJJ_Sonick-Jimmy_the_Suit_Jazz.mp3\"});<\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/download\/JimmytheSuitJazz\/JJ_Sonick-Jimmy_the_Suit_Jazz.mp3\">Download song<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Heat Alpert &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"audioplayer_container\"><span style=\"display:block;padding:5px;border:1px solid #dddddd;background:#f8f8f8\" id=\"audioplayer_4\">Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/shockwave\/download\/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash&amp;promoid=BIOW\" title=\"Download Adobe Flash Player\">here<\/a>. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.<\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\">AudioPlayer.embed(\"audioplayer_4\", {soundFile:\"http%3A%2F%2Fwww.archive.org%2Fdownload%2FHeatAlpert%2FJJ_Sonick-Heat_Alpert.mp3\"});<\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/download\/HeatAlpert\/JJ_Sonick-Heat_Alpert.mp3\">Download song<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>J.J. Sonick (aka Josh Lawrence) lives in San Francisco, CA and collaborates long-distance with Eddie P. (aka Karl Eifrig) in the bands New Old Men and Kitchen Sink, as well as playing with Stompin\u2019 Jim Hambone (Craig Higdon) in the moonshined-up High Country Low Lifes.\u00a0\u00a0 In the early 90&#8217;s he played in the bands Pookie [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[38],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mozomedia.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mozomedia.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mozomedia.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mozomedia.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mozomedia.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=471"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"http:\/\/www.mozomedia.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":485,"href":"http:\/\/www.mozomedia.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471\/revisions\/485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mozomedia.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mozomedia.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mozomedia.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}