Artist description Metaman, aka Joe Balestreri, creates music from 'found sounds' as well as traditional musical instruments. He asks, "Why can't crickets and people make music together?" His CD, MetaMusic, is a reminder for people to listen with a musical ear to the sounds that surround us. These ideas are juxtaposed against instrumental/vocal music that draws upon funk, world beat, house and as-yet-unnamed styles.

Artist History Joe earned his music composition degree in 1996, and has played in and written for bands playing everything from acid-jazz to New Orleans funk and zydeco to jam-rock and blues to "cinematic death mambo." He's also composed contemporary classical music for various instrumental ensembles, and written plenty of good ol' fashioned pop songs.

Group Members MetaMusic features Kyle Honeycutt on drum set, and Joe Balestreri on anything he can get his hands on.

Instruments On MetaMusic, Joe plays trumpet, guitar, rhodes piano, bass, percussion, kazoo, ceramic and metal bowls, drywall, car horn, and vocal chords.

Albums MetaMusic

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Location Oakland, CA - USA

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