Kaveh Rastegar: Links

Endorsements!

Aguilar Amplification: I am proud to use and endorse these fine amplifiers and speakers!

Musicians/Friends

Ligabue: The site of the singer songwriter from Italy I am playing with.
Richard Stekol
Gaute Solaas: Gaute is a great musician/saxophonist who lives in Norway.
Chad Fischer: The online home (lookoutsound.com) of multi instrumentalist/producer/composer/drummer Chad Fischer.
Charlie Paxson: he's charlie.
Susan Wulff: Susan is a really great LA San Diego area bassist!
Dan Ubick: Dan is a great producer/guitar player. He is also really fun to be around.
Mike Gamble: Fantastic guitar player in New York with a really dirty car!
Melissa Ferrick
Aaron Mcevers: great saxophinist/bandeader based in Chicago.
Ted Poor
Jesca Hoop
Rosey
Theo Bleckmann: One of the coolest people around.
Luciano Ligabue: Grande Luciano!!!!!
Wayne Krantz
Colin Hay: I play bass with Colin. He's the man! He also makes an amazing cup of tea!
Hamilton Price: site of a great sounding bass player who just moved to the la area!
Keaton Simons
Eric Biondo: Eric is a very good friend/former roomate o' mine. Lives in New York. He writes music and has completed a number of cds. He also plays with the band Antibalas and the Monkees. Along with Chris Vatalaro and I, he is in the band Small Medium and Large.
The Ditty Bops
Ben Wittman: Ben is a great musician/producer who I worked with along with Anna Dagmar.
Mark Schatz: Mark is a great bass player who's company I had the pleasure of sharing while touring with The Ditty Bops and Nickel Creek. He plays in Nickel Creek and sounds so good on the latest record, "Why Should The Fire Die?".
Garrett Smith: damn good trombone player!
Brett Simons: fabulous bass player in LA.
Double G: This is the website of a great person who I am lucky to know!
Hugh Ragin: Trumpet player based in Colorado that people should know about.
Greg Rutledge: Piano player and very good person too.
Jesse Krakow!
James Vandemark: My bass teacher!
Ken Harper: Great bass player and teacher who I studied with.
Jefferey Campbell: Jeff is a great bass player and teacher who I studied with.
Adrian Harpham!
Nickel Creek: Great band with a very nice group of people.
Ches Smith: Ches is a drummer and buddy who rumour has it, may be moving to LA in a bit for a bit. He also plays with a boatload of artists and has a duo with Devin Hoff called Good For Cows.
Carla Bozulich: Carla is an ever active artist. I've been lucky enough to perform and record with her in the past.
Wayne Horvitz: Wayne is a great composer/keyboardist/bandleader who I was able to play with along with Tim Young and Bobby Previte.
Michael Cain
Lemon Sun!: The band with a plan!
Celeste Prince: Celeste is a wonderful person.
Christine Hagan: Talented enigmatic songwriter and friend from college.
John Gold: A talented songwriter. His latest album just came out and sounds awesome.
Bobby Previte: Bobby is a great drummer/composer who I was able to play with in a band with Wayne Horvitz and Tim Young.
Jerseyband: Jerseyband is a very good band. They took some time off in 04 and I'm really glad to see that they're back at it.
Thinking Plague!
Critters Buggin: super band y'all!
Bob Drake: This guy is a hero of mine from growing up in Denver. I had the good fortune of being exposed to him and his musical mind from my childhood. He lives in France now and is about as prolific as anyone can be.
click boom: website of band I play in lead by Trombonist/ composer Dan Ostermann.
Good For Cows: a duo with Ches Smith and Devin Hoff
Ike Sturm: Ike is a great friend and former school buddy. He is a very great bass player and composer. He lives in New York.
matt silberman: new york saxophone extraordinaire!
PJ Kelly: Fine bassist and friend from Rochester. Now residing in Los Angeles.
The Evangenitals: This is a great band. Only seen em once, but once is enough for me to make up my mind. Plan to see em again.
Dave Douglas: Dave is the composer/trumpet player/record label person that has helped Kneebody become more of a reality.
Jimmy Chamberlin Complex: This band sounds really good. (featuring Kneebody's keyboardist Adam Benjamin, Billy Mohler, Sean Woolstenhume, and Jimmy Chamberlin!)
Haul and Mason: Two DJs sans microphone. From Dakah and beyond!
Susanne Lewis: Susanne used to sing with the group Thinking Plague. After moving from Denver to New York she continued her associations with musicians such as Bob Drake and put out great albums (like HAil) as well as her collaborations with Azalia Snail. She also has put out her own great albums.
Break Mechanics: Great band out of Denver featuring drummer DAREN HAHN!
SNMNMNM
John Wicks: Drummer and friend.
Anna Dagmar: Singer/Songwriter/Party Animal
carla bley
Nels Cline
Matt Mayhall: Drummer!
Renee Paule Gauthier: Great violinist from Quebec. Je me souviens!
So Percussion: These guys are So good. Percussion Quartet.
The Youngs: Everyone should own this album. It's one of my favorites of 2004!
Daedelus: musician, electronic artist extraordinaire
Ralph Alessi: Ralph Alessi? Ralph Alessi!
Ravi Coltrane
RON MILES
Harish Raghavan: Bass player extraordinaire!
Matt Mitchell: piano and philladelphia!
Ben Wendel: Ben is the saxophonist in Kneebody and almost every other band I play in.
Chris Vatalaro: One great musician.
Matt Blanchard!!
Alex Hamlin!!!!
Cenk Ergun: I love Cenk. What a musician. My Main Man!
The Electones: Organ Trio Extraordinaire!!!!!!
David Crowell!
KUDU: Deantoni and Sylvia y'all.
Matt Demerritt: Matt is an old friend from Denver. He is a great saxophone player. On this site you can also see many of his wonderful photos.
Nate Wood: This is Nate's newish site.
Matt Chamberlain: Great drummer and one third of Thruster!
Arik Marshall: guitarist Arik the Freak Marshall
Todd Sickafoose: Good friend who is a great bass player and musician.

Bands o' Mine

kneebody
KNEEBODY @ MYSPACE!
CHEWY PUMA @ MYSPACE!
THRUSTER!: Featuring Timothy Young, Matt Chamberlain and myself.
Thruster!
DAKAH

Politics

Iranian Blogs: I love reading these web logs and hearing perspectives from another part of the world.
Iraq Coalition Casualties: This is a link to a regularly updated site with info released by the Department of Defense giving the number and cause of war casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The Democrats!: Holla!!!
The Republicans!: Bonjour!!!
Born Into Brothels: This movie killed me. There are links to an organization dedicated to exploited and underrepresented kids.

Friends

Francine Spiegel: Fran is a great visual artist. And a good friend.
Takeshi Murata: Some online artwork from artist Takeshi Murata!
Josephine Taylor: Online site featuring works by my friend Josephine!
Michael Balderi: Link to the artist's brief collage essay on The Beatles.
Polygon Factory
Boom Design Group
Group A Dance: Alyssa Wilmot extraordinaire.
Stefan Swiat's Phoenix Suns page!: The man behind working out and staying relevant. He's Stefan Swiat. Check this shit out.

Record Labels

Premonition Music: Label partners with Geenleaf Music, Kneebody's record label.
Colortone Media: The new label putting out Kneebody's forthcoming album in 2007.
Winter and Winter
Greenleaf Music: This is the record company that is putting out Kneebody's upcoming album in March.
KUFALA: Great record company in Santa Monica that puts out authorized live bootlegs.

This is Where I Teach

Academy of Creative Education
Silverlake Conservatory: The Silverlake Conservatory is a non-profit music school that serves the Los Angeles community. I teach bass lessons there Wednesdays and Saturdays.

Odds and Ends

David Gage: The best.
Edgar Meyer: Wow. Check him out if you can.
Bill Frisell
Denver!
Dr. Evermor: Amazing place that I visited in Wisconsin with the Ditty Bops. Check out the Forevertron!
The World's Smallest Website
transcriptions: site with some cool transcriptions of random stuff.
Stuff White People Like
Dakah on NPR!: Click this link and check out an archive of Dakah on National Public Radio.
Judee Sill

Videos/Youtube

With The Ditty Bops in Philladelphia
With Colin Hay in Nashville
With Keaton Simons on Craig Ferguson
With Dakah in Scottsdale
With Keaton Simons in London
With Kneebody at Cafe Metropol