AARON McLENDON
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HANS ISLAND
NEW WORK CITY
ANIMAL
DAYNIGHT
BORDEAUX
I DONT NO
HEARTRACE
TODDLERS
GLANCES
MARIO GOES TO MARS
X44
Escape From Han's Island (Brazilian Retro Soul Symphonic)
New Work City (Street Beat)
Animal (Electro Pop)
Daynight (Piano Score)
Bordeaux (Dance Development)
I Don't No (90's HipHop LT)
Heartrace (Afternoon Rock)
Toddlers (Easy)
Glances (Symphonic Score)
Mario Goes To Mars (Symphonic Electro)
X 44 (FX Development)
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All Songs Written, Recorded, Produced by Aaron McLendon
All Songs © 2011 by Aaron McLendon ASCAP
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Aaron McLendon composes music & plays drums in
New York City.
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THE STYLE OF NO STYLE"Throughout musical history, a single compositional style has generally dominated its era. In the fractious late 20th century, however, composers freely draw on myriad influences to create highly personalized idioms. Eclecticism, once a term of opprobrium, has become a virtue, perhaps even a style in itself, as the boundaries of serious music steadily expand." -Michael Walsh, Time.com It appears that style is nothing more than a consistent emphasis on a certain set of characteristics. Compositions (and their performers) may share common traits that can then be amalgamated into categories. These categories are in turn given names like Classical, Jazz, R&B, Rock, Hip-Hop, Electronica, etc.. This makes music all the more easier to describe, market and promote. It behooves artists living within a system of Capitalism to be able to manifest such periphrasis. However, we must not forget that music is an organization of sound, perhaps representing a narrative or single emotion. Our 21st Century technology allows for immediate access to almost all of the recorded music of this time, as well as the known material from almost all previous eras. Many modern artists cannot help but express such diverse musical influences. Although the more recent classifications of music remain relevant, it appears more and more that the audiences are paying less attention to their meaning. As my own influences are vast, and melody and rhythm are my strengths, it's no accident that I have a multitude of congruent expressions: I hear melodies in their tertian simplicity and chromatic disjointedness. I express rhythm in quantized dialogues and organic multi-subdivisional sparks. Music is my mood, and from day to day, I experience and respond to myriad situations involving a vast array of mental images and feelings. From Shostakovich's 5th Symphony to Coltrane's A Love Supreme, from The Beatles' White Album to Dr Dre's The Chronic, I am affected by all of this music and, in turn, produce new art objects that retain previous inspiration. "The style of no style", as Bruce Lee coined, might prove to be the archetype of a new global paradigm. It is certain that as our sonic borders continue to be blurred, the same truths shall also continue to be present in all great music: That it is beautiful, and that it possess the skill to share its beauty with the world. - Aaron McLendon, New York, NY 2011
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Higher Education: 2005 MFA (Jazz Drums/Composition) California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA 2003 BFA (Jazz Drums/Composition) California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CASelected Experience as a Composer: 2011 Licensing Agreement (Non Ex.) with Music Dealers LLC, Chicago, IL 2011 Licensing Agreement (Non Ex.) with Jingle Punks Music LLC, NYC, NY 2010 Composer for Underbelly (Slowcore/Post-Jazz Group), NYC, NY 2005 Recorded Cosmosis for California Institute of the Arts, Capitol/EMI 2004 Recorded Tides for California Institute of the Arts, Capitol/EMI Selected Performances as a Drummer from 2006 - Present: Singer Kurt Elling (2010 Grammy Winner & 8-Time Grammy Nominee) Funk Icon George Clinton (1997 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductee) Actor/Singer/Songwriter Terrence Howard (2006 Academy Award Winner) Jazz Ledged Charlie Haden (Multi-Grammy Winner; Guggenheim Fellow) Pianist Eldar Djangirov (2008 Grammy Nominee) Trumpeter Christian Scott (2007 Grammy Nominee) Singer/Songwriter Lonnie Jordan (Founder/Lead Singer of War) Singer/Songwriter Angelo Moore (Founder/Lead Singer of Fishbone)A Few Recordings as a Drummer: Terrence Howard Shine Through It (2008 Sony/BMG) Taylor Eigsti Let It Come To You (2008 Concord Music Group) Miles Mosley Bear (2007 Taming Bear) Erin Boheme What Love Is (2006 Concord Music Group) The Industrial Jazz Group The Star Chamber (2004 Innova) Assorted Television Appearances Behind the Drums: The Late Show with David Letterman with Terrence Howard The Today Show with Terrence Howard Jimmy Kimmel Live with Eldar Djangirov Entertainment Tonight with Sharon Stone & Miles Mosley Music Video for Beautiful Girls with Sean KingstonCurrent References: (Upon Request).
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