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Tim Karplus

@timkarplus

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Music maker in Portland, OR 🎶

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🌦️🎶🎸 Coming up 10/16! @_weathermachine returns to @mcmenaminsoldchurch for one night only. Hope to see y’all there! taken in Aladdin Theater by @timkarplus

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Thanks to all the lovely people who showed up for the @_weathermachine album release show at @aladdintheater this last weekend! 🌦️🎶🎸 Go check out the new record and see y’all again soon 🤘 taken in Aladdin Theater by @timkarplus

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We’re bringing the best of 90’s grunge to @twilightcafeandbar 4/22. Hole, Toadies, Stone Temple Pilots, Nirvana, Soundgarden, Garbage, Pearl Jam, Audioslave and more.

With performances from:
@katelynconverymusic
@mamasamandthejam
@laryssabirdseye
@nathanjamesearle
@hayley_lynn_music
@foxyasfolk
@gwythaints
@vonniekyle
@blakejohnstonmusic
@ripcitybitty
@nick_gamer_music
@timkarplus

And with @markpowers @timkarplus and @blakejohnstonmusic as our backing band for the night. When we covered Nirvana’s Lithium to close out our last full-band show, it was clear the audience wanted more, and so Grunge Night was born.

The world is burning, a night of pure grunge with some of Portland’s best performers feels like an appropriate response. Come rock tf out with us 4/22 🤘🤘

Thanks @lupo.studio 🫶 by @timkarplus

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🎬🎶 The new short film @iftearsweregold from @adamacreative will be debuting at @macfilmfest this Friday at noon! I had the honor of playing “The Steel Player” in the film, and also worked with Adam on the soundtrack & score. It’s a beautiful story about music and family, and how our shared humanity can transcend our generational differences. With a little help from some slide guitars, of course 🎸🤠

📸: Jay Mendez by @timkarplus

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8 months ago

🥁 🎶 Always a fun time playing drums with @strangeandthefamiliars 🐈‍⬛ Here are a few shots by @juliavargaphoto of our set last month at @portlandsfolkfestival 🦋

Next show is 8 pm tomorrow 2/21 at @whiteeaglesaloon 🦅 Looking forward to making some more music with these folks! taken in Crystal Ballroom by @timkarplus

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🎻🎶 Honored to be a part of the @oregonsymphony Lullaby Project again this year! Here is a little behind the scenes look at the arrangement I did for “Para Mi Niña”, performed here by @annativel and a quintet of symphony players. 🎼 by @timkarplus

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🎸🎶 Always a good time playing classic pop punk tunes with @understatementoftheyear 🧜‍♀️

Next show 6/25 @holoceneportland 🤘

📸: @itsdjemini by @timkarplus

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🎸🎶 Happy 1 week of “You Helped Me Believe”, the latest @_weathermachine single! ⛅️ Here is the guitar solo take we ended up using on the final track, and if you read on, a bit of the story behind it. 📖

@lukejacksonhoffman (🥁) and I had a discussion about how a guitar solo often starts low and slowly works its way up to a climax on the highest frets. He proposed that, for the solo on this tune, I should try to do the opposite—start high and slowly work my way down to the lowest notes on the instrument. It was a fun concept, and I ended up tuning my low E down to a D so I could end the solo even lower.

I started out doing takes mostly mimicking lines from the verse vocal melody, but on this take I decided to try something different and climb even higher in the first few bars. I didn’t know where I was going with it, but it all managed to land, and when it was done, we all knew it was the keeper!

Special thanks to @gusberry for letting me use his old champ-style Supro amp to get this fun fuzzy tone.

Glad y’all are enjoying these first two singles from the forthcoming record! Looking forward to sharing more stories from these sessions as more tunes come out 🎶🤘 by @timkarplus

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2 years ago

Say that you love @vonniekyle, @karynannsoul and @timkarplus and plan to show it this Thursday at @showdownportland!

Come hoot and holler at this rootin’ tootin’ hootenanny that’s right around the corner! Head to the l¡nk in my prof¡le to ensure your entry ahead of time and we’ll see you there 💕

#thecardigans #lovefool #acousticcover #rockband #pdxmusic #pdxmusicscene #portlandnightlife #pnwmusic #pdxconcerts by @timkarplus

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🚀🎶 Stargazer is now available for streaming & purchase on Bandcamp!

Video by @sarahcrone.art 🎨🎆 by @timkarplus

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🗓️ 3 weeks from today! I’ll be playing a set opening up for @vonniekyle and @karynannsoul at @showdownportland 🎶 I’ll be joined by the splendid @markpowers on drums, @alexmilsted on keys, and @jpdowneronbass 🎸 Would love to see you there!

📸: @juliavargaphoto by @timkarplus

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