http://virb.com/gayleellett BACKGROUND: Gayle Ellett has been composing and producing music for over 35 years, and has performed on more then 70 CDs. He has extensive experience in a wide range of fields, including film and TV soundtracks, award-winning CDs, commercials, art installations, animation, music libraries, computer games, and numerous corporate applications. In Brad Pitt's feature film "Year Of The Dog", Gayle Ellett's acoustic music creates a beautiful and traditional old-world mood. Recently he has composed music for numerous film projects such as "Get Smart", "Kiss The Bride" (with Tori Spelling), "The Devil's Muse" (Directed by Ramzi Abed), "Out Of Left Field", and "Combover". He has created music for television shows airing on 15 different television networks including "Swingtown" on CBS, "Next" and "Exposed" on MTV, "The Osbournes Reloaded" on FOX, "Bad Girls Road Trip" on Oxygen, "Knock First" on ABC, "Surfer" and "Powder" on ESPN, etc, as well as soundtrack music for TV shows airing on PBS, Bravo, The Movie Channel, The Movie Channel 2, Showtime, Showtime 2, Showtime 3, EchoStar, and the TBS Super Station. Gayle Ellett has created many charity fund-raiser CDs such as "After The Storm" (which raised $40,000 for HABITAT FOR HUMANITY) and "Topanga Music Of The Mountains". He has produced numerous award-winning albums, including ROLLING STONE Magazine's "#2 Independent Album Of The Year" and BILLBOARD Magazine's "Critic's Choice Award". He plays a wide range of instruments such as: electric & acoustic guitar, bouzouki, ruan, bulbul tarang, jal tarang, oud, koto, piano, mandolin, dotara, gimbri, dilruba, rababa, swarsangam, gopichand, cumbus, suling, harmonium, mizmar, shehnai, flute, ocean drum, Tibetan singing bowls, organ & analog synths, guitar synth, Theremin, upright bass, and other instruments. Many of these exotic sounds can be heard in his all-acoustic ensemble FERNWOOD. Working with Todd Montgomery and producer Wayne Yentis, FERNWOOD creates beautiful pan-cultural music with a strong cinamatic feel. GUITAR PLAYER Magazine (June 2008) discribed Gayle's music as "Wonderfully melodic, expertly layered, masterfully interwoven, luscious yet rootsy." Currently, his music can be heard in the major feature film "Year Of The Dog" (Executive Producer: Brad Pitt), and on numerous TV shows airing on CBS, ABC, FOX, MTV, MTV-International, Oxygen, PBS, ESPN, Bravo, The Movie Channel, The Movie Channel 2, Showtime, Showtime 2, Showtime 3, EchoStar, TBS Super Station, Travel TV (Europe), I-Tunes, over 300 radio stations, numerous films, TV commercials, computer games, and many other outlets. Recently, Gayle Ellett has recorded tracks on CDs by members of King Crimson, The Lovin' Spoonful's Randy Chance, EcoVillage (a Swedish Psychedelic band), The Nihil Project (an Italian Psychedelic band), CCA (a Progressive band), Djam Karet, and with his own ensemble FERNWOOD. One of the many music groups he currently performs in, Djam Karet, has released 15 CDs so far, and has received great reviews and awards in hundreds of magazines world-wide, including Rolling Stone Magazine's "#2 Independent Album Of The Year" and Billboard Magazine's "Critic's Choice Award". He has received awards in a wide range of musical styles, including "# 6 NEW AGE Album Of The Year" in PULSE magazine, "#2 Album Of The Year" in Electronic Musician magazine. They recently head-lined a three-day Progressive Rock festival on the beach in France called The Crescendo Festival. And his Experimental Music album was described as "The 'Apocalypse Now' of field recordings" by Progressive World. He has sold his music in a wide range of styles including Traditional WORLD music (available from any country), Acoustic Contemporary-Folk, Jazz, Progressive, Deep Electronic, Soundtrack, Hard Rock, and other styles. If you google "Gayle Ellett", you'll find him mentioned on more then 20,000 websites (he is the only "Gayle Ellett" on the Internet). BIOGRAPHY: Gayle Ellett grew up in the Linda Vista neighborhood of Pasadena, California. He began piano lessons at age 5, but hated the recitals immensely. At thirteen, he bought an electric guitar, joined a few bands, and was soon performing at local high school dances, church musicals, and collegiate competitions. He spent his summers at his family's cattle ranch in New Mexico, where he built a large log cabin by hand, and later attended college and graduate school in Claremont, California. He currently lives in Topanga Canyon with his wife and two kids, where he has resided for the past 22 years. When he's not busy working in the studio, Ellett can often be found flying his hang glider 5,000 meters high over the mountains of Southern California and Northern Mexico. AWARDS: "#2 Independent Album Of The Year" ROLLING STONE magazine "Critic's Choice Award" BILLBOARD magazine "#2 Album Of The Year" ELECTRONIC MUSICIAN magazine "#2 Album Of The Year" GAGLIARCHIVES "#3 Album Of The Year" SEA OF TRANQUILITY "#4 Album Of The Year" ECHOES.ORG "#6 New Age Album Of The Year" PULSE! magazine "Top 10 Album Of The Year" DEEP LISTENING magazine "Top 10 Album Of The Year" EXPOSE' magazine "Top 20 Album Of The Year" PROGRESSOR REVIEWS: "Pink Floydian dreamscapes intersect with the jagged complexity of King Crimson."-ROLLING STONE magazine "Never less than exhilarating in its virtuoso interplay, while never succumbing to jam band histrionics''-BILLBOARD magazine "Hose down your living room, or your furniture will be burned to a cinder by the intense guitar playing of Gayle Ellett"-GUITAR PLAYER magazine "The greatest undiscovered band in the world! Rivals the glory days of Pink Floyd"-ELECTRONIC MUSICIAN magazine "The most important band of the last decade"-EXPOSE' magazine "One of the best damn ROCK bands on the planet"-AURAL INOVATIONS "One of the best bands in the genre"-THE WAILING WELL "One of the most satisfying and imaginative recordings to emerge from the ambient genre in the past decade"-SYDNEY MORNING HERALD "Some of the most exciting and intense progressive music of the last 20 years"- PROGARCHIVES "The ultimate Jam band...just a little ahead of its time"-RELIX magazine "Guitars crunch, slash, crash and bang through a bundle of hard driving prog rock cookers. Think 1973 and King Crimson."-KEYBOARD magazine "The writing, arranging and performances are of the highest order. Highly Recomended" -RECORDING magazine "The near telepathic chemistry displayed by these four musicians was dead-on, and they proved themselves masters of their chosen instruments. This is one of the major releases of the year."-PROGRESSION magazine "They can burn the paint right off your walls"-WHOLE EARTH REVIEW "If you yearn for top-drawer, metal tinged prog chockful of classic synth textures, spacey yet incendiary dual guitars, and tight drum and bass grooves - this tasteful and well produced CD is for you."-GUITAR PLAYER magazine "They will dazzle you with breathtaking instrumental performances"-SPACE.com "Djam Karet seems to be a benchmark that bands of this ilk are measured against"-SONUS WEST RECORDS "Highlights abound throughout, the band's rich legacy continues to unfold with each subsequent release"-ALL ABOUT JAZZ "These guys never cease to amaze or entertain me"-MUSIC STREET JOURNAL "Emerson, Lake and Palmer never really grooved as wel as Djam Karet do"-DUTCH PROGRESSIVE ROCK PAGES "Unearthly voices speak to each other, as strange animal sounds provide a counterpoint to the chiming melody"-THE UNION "They hit the bullseye again with yet another progressive masterpiece"-MWE3.com "A must have for any lover of good musicianship"-MUSIC EXTREME "Their music has a sweeping, epic sound very much in the classic tradition."-ALL MUSIC GUIDE "Progressive" in the purest sense of the term." -SEA OF TRANQUILITY "Wonderfully melodic, expertly layered, masterfully interwoven, luscious yet rootsy." -GUITAR PLAYER magazine "If you're looking for modern guitar soundscapes to carry on the traditions of "Meddle" or "Lark's Tongues In Aspic", check this disc out"-JAMBANDS.com CD DISCOGRAPHY for Gayle Ellett (composer & producer) 2009: Sangita 2009: Phoenix Asteroid 2008: India Water Garden 2008: Himalayan Relaxation Music 2008: Acoustic Heartland, Vol 2 2008: Acoustic Heartland, Vol 3 2008: Acoustic Heartland, Vol 4 2008: Spirit Of the Oriental Far East 2008: The Nilhil Project 2008: Not Different But Not the Same 2008: Set Me Free 2008: Country Road, Vol 2 2008: The Quest And That Magic Summer 2008: Almeria 2007: Rhythms Of Topanga 2007: Ethnic Ambiences 2007: Global Mix 2007: Exotic Acoustic 2007: Island Sounds 2007: Christmas Music Collection 2006: Oriental Far East 2006: Ethnic World 2006: Topanga Earth Day 2006: World One 2006: World Two 2006: World Three 2006: Riding The Range 2006: After The Storm 2006: World Music Collection 2006: World Music Loops 2006: Mid-Tempo Background Tracks 2006: IO Pages European Compilation 2005: Recollection Harvest 2005: Topanga, Music Of The Mountains 2005: Globetrotter, Vol 2 2005: World Tour, Volume 1 2005: Kinections: ProgDay 2005: ProgWest 2001 2004: Globetrotter 2004: Winds Of War 2004: Live At NEARfest 2003: Unsettled Scores 2003: A Night For Baku 2002: Heaven Machine 2002: No Commerical Potential...And Still Getting The Ladies 2002: Flourescent Tunnelvision 2002: A Beginners' Guide, Volume I 2002: A Beginners' Guide, Volume II 2001: The 4th Wave 2001: Ascension 2001: New Dark Age 2001: Afghan, Live at the Knitting Factory 2001: DK#1 2001: DK#2 2001: Past, Present, Future 2000: Pacific Rim 1999: Live At Orion 1998: Still No Commercial Potential 1997: The Devouring 1996: Music For Televisions 1996: Stacy Board Simple Things 1994: Collaborator 1993: Dali: The Endless Enigma 1991: Suspension & Displacement 1991: Burning The Hard City 1990: Kafka's Breakfast 1990: Auricle Sampler #1 1990: Auricle Sampler #2 1990: Escape From The Cage 1989: Reflections From The Firepool 1989: Book Of Alchemy 1987: The Ritual Continues 1985: No Commercial Potential FILM: "Year Of The Dog" (Executive Producer: Brad Pitt) "Get Smart" "Kiss The Bride" (with Tori Spelling) "Out of Left Field: The Making of the Chinese Baseball Team" "Combover: The Movie" "The Devil's Muse" "Analogy" "Snohvit And The Steel Giant" "The Hess Club" "Agnan Agnan" "Biowall 451" "High Seas" "The Search" "Wind Addiction" TELEVISION: "Swingtown" CBS-TV "Exposed" MTV "Next" MTV "The Osbournes Reloaded" FOX-TV "Fuggy Fuggy" MTV-International "Bad Girls Road Trip" OXYGEN-TV "Knock First" ABC-TV "Surfer" ESPN-TV "Powder" ESPN-TV "Hard Copy" ABC-TV "Eye On L.A." ABC-TV "Movie And A Makeover" TBS-TV "Distant Shores" British-TV "Do Not Resuscitate" Australia-TV "Great South East" Australia-TV "Tripleplay" Switzerland-TV COMMERCIALS: "Priceline" "Vison Sportswear" "Icebergs in Newfoundland" "Karate Glove" INFORMERCIALS: "Power Bar-Speed Golf" COMPUTER GAMES: "Whack The Haggis" "Winter Solstice" ANIMATIONS: "Mock 'n Boyd" "Fuggy Fuggy" "10 Seconds With Jesus" series BOOKS about Gayle Ellett's music: "The BILLBOARD Guide To Progressive Music" "The Strange Sound of Cthulhu" FAVORITE MOVIE QUOTE: "If I had a tumor...I'd name it Marla" RECENTLY READ BOOKS: Stephen Wolfram's "A New Kind Of Science" Complexity Theory, and non-linear dynamic systems analysis Brian Greene's "The Fabric Of The Cosmos" Theoretical Cosmology, and M-Theory WEBSITES Owned and controlled by Mr.Ellett: www.DjamKaret.com www.virb.com/Fernwood www.TopangaBands.com www.myspace.com/MontgomeryTSingh www.myspace.com/FernwoodMusic www.myspace.com/DjamKaret.com www.myspace.com/UkabMaerd www.myspace.com/TheMasketChamber

ON THE MUSIC PLAYER ABOVE: 1) "Kalyan" by FERNWOOD (Gayle Ellett, Todd Montgomery) 2) "August" by FERNWOOD (Gayle Ellett, Todd Montgomery) 3) "Sandpiper" by FERNWOOD (Gayle Ellett, Todd Montgomery) 4) "Japan" by Gayle Ellett 5) "Italy" by Gayle Ellett 6) "Ecuador" by Gayle Ellett 7) "China" by Gayle Ellett 8) "The March To The Sea Of Tranquility" by Djam Karet (Gayle Ellett, Mike Henderson, Aaron Kenyon, Chuck Oken) 9) "The Packing House" by Djam Karet (Gayle Ellett, Mike Henderson, Aaron Kenyon, Chuck Oken) 10) "Consider Figure Three" by Djam Karet (Gayle Ellett, Mike Henderson, Henry Osborne, Chuck Oken) 11) "Improvised Jazz, Jam #2" by The Hillmen (Gayle Ellett, Mike Murray, Pete Hillman, Steve Re) 12) "LIVE at Pitzer College" by Ukab Maerd (Gayle Ellett, Chuck Oken) 13) "LIVE at Analogue Haven" by Ukab Maerd (Gayle Ellett, Chuck Oken) 14) "Kosovo" by The Masket Chamber (Gayle Ellett) 15) "Traditional World Folk Music edits" by Gayle Ellett CONTACT: Gayle Ellett topangamusic@netzero.net POBox 1421 Topanga, CA. 90290 USA


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