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Kevin Gatzke

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saxophones / woodwinds / piano tuning
Cleveland, OH | Nashville, TN

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I’ve Got Heart (the song) was a labor of love and I included my own kids every step of the way. Handmade WITH kids, FOR kids.
My wife @jillyjellyart had the idea to have a marching Band on this song, so I tried my best and whipped up an arrangement, then sent it to @nmeyers79 who expanded it beyond my wildest dreams!

Musicians: @thisisjeffklemm , @mbrady115 , @sarbizzle , @nataliegmsings , @kevingatzke , @rustykeys_ , @tommylehman , @grom.adam , @kaidenbluessax , @nathanfrimel ,

Engineers: Me, @akronrecordingcompany

Arrangements: @thisisjeffklemm , @nmeyers79

#FYC #grammys #iamtheacademy

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Had the literal best time celebrating two of my fav people and seeing so many friends. Love you so much Alex & Lauren!!!

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I’ve Got Heart: the fourth full-length Children’s Music album by Mr. Jeff. Out Now! 🫶💛🫶
Featured Artists: @florbromley , @mysnooknuk , @hellomisskym
Additional Vocals by @jillyjelly1 , Silas, Juni and Jonah Klemm
Musicians: @thisisjeffklemm , @mbrady115 , @sarbizzle , @nataliegmsings , @kevingatzke , @rustykeys_ , @tommmylehman , @grom.adam , @kaidenbluessax , @nathanfrimel , @coynetimothy , Robert Murphy, @the_violindiva , @evagerard541 , Darius Kalantari
Engineers: Me, @lucytoon , @akronrecordingcompany , @robertmkeith , @realdrewlouis , Erik Schnell, @blib_jabulis.m4a
Mixed by: Me, @realdrewlouis
Mastering: @bagoftrickscat
Arrangements: @thisisjeffklemm , @nmeyers79 , @mbrady115
Studios: My home studio, Joy Sound Lab,@akronrecordingcompany , Camp Louis, @electricco_
Artwork: Juni Klemm, age 5
Graphic Design: @jillyjellyart

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No point in the music just sitting on my hard drives. First up, NSTRMNTL, Volume 1. Recorded live with no overdubs or edits at @soundemporiumstudios with @lyricanvas at the helm. Instrumentals with a little smattering of BGVs here and there. All the folks tagged contributed in some way. Streaming now.

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Playing music is fun.

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There’s no better way to spend a summer night than playing the music of @springsteen ! We thank all of you fine folks for coming out to party with us, our amazing guest artists, and @thebasementeast for hosting. We’ll see you this winter for our 10th anniversary show! #springsteen #tributeband #springsteenfans #nashville

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*sound on*

Fun fact about me: some of my earliest musical influences from a very young age were Charles Ives, Charlie Parker, Louis Armstrong, and Norma Winstone.

Last night with the Third Law Collective, I had the incredible opportunity to wear those influences on my sleeve and share a large body of my work in poetry, visual art, and musical composition. It was magical. Its not easy for a large group of people in an ensemble to be, and stay, so singularly dedicated to the moment and to the work like this. To the band, thank you for trusting me with this evening, it was an honor and a privilege. I heard spaces in the music where each of you were able to open up into your honest self, and places where we all willfully submitted to the larger communal goal before us. Thank you for that. You are all so inspiring and you may not realize it but that is all we need to keep building the places and the contexts where we can show the world what we are really all about. I could go on....

To the audience, thank you for supporting this artistic endeavor. Your presence is crucial to complete the circle of understanding. This cannot be overstated.

I'll see you all at the next gig, Tuesday June 16th at the Bop Stop with Horizon Trio.

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Tonight at 8pm!

@thirdlawcollective puts on a special performance featuring a single set featuring the music of @folgergarrett. Featuring the vocal talents of @raquelromanrodri.voice and narrations by @princetuckermusic.

Link to tickets and more information in bio.

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What a joy it is to get together with these men and women a couple of times a year and explore the vast and rich @springsteen catalog. Thank you to our namesake venue @thebasementeast for having us back for our tenth year! Hard to believe this started in 2016. I've only missed a couple of shows. Long live @thebeaststreetband!
#atlanticcity #brucespringsteen

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Here is a clip from our rehearsal for May's in Summer's Arms, a multi-disciplinary and multi-media suite I've put together for the Third Law Collective. We will be performing it on Saturday June 13th at the Bop Stop. This is my piece called Lawrence.

In this tune, I am setting words by D.H. Lawrence from his novel Lady Chatterley's Lover. While infamous for its explicit and sexual content, the book is at its core an anti-war novel. Sir Clifford represents a broken civilization in the shadow of the aftermath of the first world war, physically paralyzed from the waist down, intellectually hyper-active, and obsessed with industrialized success. His character is completely separated from the creative, emotional, and physical truths of life. The settings of coal mines and polluted countrysides reflects the mindset of the elite and ruling class, to which Sir Clifford belongs, that their victory in the war affirms their belief that people can be reduced to industrial labor and their capital production. Connie's character, whose own words are used exclusively in the tune, represents the defiance of this intellectualized elite class, the class willing to fight and battle over borders and questions of who controls who. She is the return to the crucial human connection which has been lost in a violent age. Her intimate life is the ultimate rebuttal against the death-obsessed and destructive civilization run by those with power to wage war.

There are themes throughout the whole suite of May's in Summer's Arms which grapple with this form of survival in the midst of a destructive age. Maybe I will share more of that throughout the week, maybe I will share more themes present in the suite also...

But for now, enjoy these incredible sounds. @bradwagnernet is soloing beautifully and @raquelromanrodri.voice is singing marvelously here. Maybe these thoughts might resonate with you, maybe the music will allow you to have the space to feel something like this within yourself.

I'm in love with this band. They sound amazing and I am a very happy composer these days.

"We've got to live no matter how many skies have fallen."

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Feel the Phil

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naked as we came…

Coming Thursday ❤️

#folkmusic #indiefolk #mommusic #softacoustic #ironandwine

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