Pinkle's music is inspired by all sorts of things
including spaceships and people. pinkle music is a record of his journey
through life.
"...Do what is fair and just to your
neighbor, be compassionate and loyal in your love, And don't take yourself too
seriously, take God seriously." Mic 6:8
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song distribution policy: pinkle hereby gives full permission to everyone to copy any song
on the pinkle web page and give it to anyone as much as they like. however, no song can be sold
in any form without written permission by pinkle.
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pinkle info | |
year begun | 2001 |
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record label |
none |
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discography |
2008 crossing state lines - under construction |
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genre |
indie, acoustic, experimental. |
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influences |
the mermen, the dismemberment plan, trans am, steve miller band, beck, wes montgomery, charlie peacock, ali farka toure, coldplay, nick drake, jimi hendrix, led zeppelin, pat metheny, the police, ry cooder, paul simon. |
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sounds like |
arrangements sounding a little like, loney dear, postal service, peter yorn, modest mouse, the islands, radiohead. |
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instruments |
voice, piano, electric guitar, 12 string guitar, classical and acoustic guitar, casio keyboards, yamaha TX7, accordion, con solo winded accordion, maracas, raspa, kalimba, tabla, dulcimer, thumb harp, cazoo, harmonica, cromonica, pan-pipes, bells, bass guitar, congas, timbales, banjo, erhu, flutes, kena, autoharp, micro moog, xylaphone, 12-string bass gitarron, kimball swinger 400 organ, singing bowls. |
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recording equipment |
pro-tools 7.3, sm58 mic, sm 57 mic, akg c4000b,
little pizoelectric mic, M-audio 1814, mic stands, digimax LT, Seas
monitors.
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effects |
boss metalzone, electro harmonix frequency analyzer, vox wah, boss vibrato, boss dd-5 delay, ernie ball volume pedal, mesa mark IV, leslie speaker. |
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pinkle listens to |
ali farka toure, angelique kidjo, antonio carlos jobim, baden powell, bebel gilberto, beck, billie holiday, blind lemon jefferson, bob dylan, bob marley, buena vista social club, cafe tacuba, charly garcia, coldplay, damien rice, dave brubeck, the dismemberment plan, django reinhardt, nick drake, ella fitzgerald, fito paez, frank zappa, harry connick jr., herbie hancock, herbie mann, ibrahim ferrer, incubis, jackson 5, james taylor, jarebe de palo, jeff buckley, jimi hendrix, jimmy smith, joe pass, john coltrane, john scofield, johnny cash, juanes, larry coryell, led zeppelin, lenny kravitz, los arterciopelados, louis armstrong, manu chao, the mars volta, the mermen, michael jackson, muddy waters, nina simone, ozomatli, paul simon, pat metheny, pedro the lion, pete yorn, the police, portishead, the postal service, radio head, rage against the machine, ry cooder, sarah mclachlan, silvio rodriguez, soda stereo, stan getz, switchfoot, tom petty, tortois, trans am, travis, u2, the verve, wes montgomery, zoot sims. |
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contact |
mail [atz] pinklemusic [dotz] com
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thanks to |
sebastien nicolaon, chris hutson, david smith, eric pasquereau, jim joyce, collin martin, chris weiher, oscar rojas, luis rodriguez, natalia serna, tony escobar, kasey bates, sam menesses, paul taneja, dan hays, jim tweetie, chris voss, jack rylands, timothy martin, yoke kuan, aras volodka, julian koo, brian fornelli, benson krause, nick palazzo, bryan walker, rafiel cervantes, julia moreno, tyler fialah, paul roots, mike martin, rachel lloyd, jon baker, rachel stuart. |
pinkle FAQ | |
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*if you have any questions for pinkle send them by email to mail[atz]pinklemusic[dotz]com. | |
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where can i buy pinkle cds? | |
pinkle likes his music to be free. if you want to have a cd simply right click a song, download it, and burn it to a cd. | |
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does pinkle play live shows? | |
pinkle has so much fun writing music that he doesn't worry too much about playing live shows. pinkle has played two live shows, one in chicago for the julian krause benefit show and another with sleeping at last at grove city college in pennsylvania. | |
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how many people are in the pinkle band? | |
pinkle is a solo singer songwriter, he records and writes all the music alone. he often collaborates with people. | |
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why hasnt pinkle posted a new song recently? | |
he was on the serengeti plain and had to fight a rhinoceros! actually, he was probably busy eating, working, bike riding, or playing soccer. | |
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how can i help spread word about pinkle? | |
pinkle does not have a "street team" or anything like that, but if you are interested in spreading word about his music the best way is to tell your friends and make cds of pinkle music for them. thanks! <hug> | |
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is pinkle on a record label? | |
they will eat you. | |
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i am interested in collaborating with pinkle on a song, how can i do it? | |
pinkle loves to collaborate, email and say hello! | |
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is pinkle religious? | |
no, he is a follower of Jesus. | |
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why are some of pinkle's lyrics so weird...they dont even make sense sometimes! | |
95% of the lyrics make sense to pinkle. some are random, random things can be fun! | |
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what is the totally weird sound on the pinkle song "????"? | |
email and pinkle would be happy to let you know! | |
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can pinkle play my graduation/birthday/x-mas party? | |
sorry, pinkle can't play much of his music at all! | |
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how can pinkle not know how to play his own songs? | |
because the first and last time he plays them is usually the day he makes them. | |
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how did pinkle get his name? | |
pinkle used to be a guitar player in a rock band called ophur. he was nicknamed pinkle by the drummer. | |
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where does pinkle live? | |
akron, ohio. | |
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does pinkle have a real job? | |
yes, and it is a secret. kindof. | |
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why do some of pinkle's songs sound bad? | |
a lousy sounding song can be a good ego check. | |
