Hackdaddy
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Mike Hackbert is the creative force behind Hackdaddy, which provides an outlet for Mike’s music projects. Mike has been an active musician since the early 70’s, when he began playing brass instruments (trombone, cornet and trumpet). Settling on the trumpet as a primary instrument, Mike was involved with a number of bands and ensembles in high school (Culver Military Academy) and college (Wittenberg University). Mike’s composing and arranging skills were honed while working on a double major in music and business at Wittenberg, and are still in use today.
In the 80’s and 90’s Mike was based in Champaign-Urbana Illinois and could be seen in a number of groups around the area in addition to work as a soloist, in the theatre pits and in local recording studios. The main focus at this time was the group Champaign Brass, a brass quintet founded by Mike in 1986 that is still active today (the rights to Champaign Brass were sold to Peggy Billing Huson in 2000 when Mike left central Illinois). Mike wrote a considerable number of arrangements for the group in a wide variety of styles to support Champaign Brass’ reputation as the premier Brass Quintet in central Illinois.
Mike’s main influences are jazz and progressive rock, with some baroque, classic and new age thrown in as well. He has been accused of never finding an added-note chord he didn’t like, and is fond of complex ryhthms and time signatures. With Hackdaddy, these creative projects (some are years old, some are months old, some are ony weeks old) from Mike are finding a wider audience for listening and enjoyment.
In the 80’s and 90’s Mike was based in Champaign-Urbana Illinois and could be seen in a number of groups around the area in addition to work as a soloist, in the theatre pits and in local recording studios. The main focus at this time was the group Champaign Brass, a brass quintet founded by Mike in 1986 that is still active today (the rights to Champaign Brass were sold to Peggy Billing Huson in 2000 when Mike left central Illinois). Mike wrote a considerable number of arrangements for the group in a wide variety of styles to support Champaign Brass’ reputation as the premier Brass Quintet in central Illinois.
Mike’s main influences are jazz and progressive rock, with some baroque, classic and new age thrown in as well. He has been accused of never finding an added-note chord he didn’t like, and is fond of complex ryhthms and time signatures. With Hackdaddy, these creative projects (some are years old, some are months old, some are ony weeks old) from Mike are finding a wider audience for listening and enjoyment.
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Reflections
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What Child Is This
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Late Thursday Night
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Go Tell It On the Mountain
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Seventeen for Jean
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Blues for a Silent Night
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Deck the Halls
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Little Drummer Boy
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Dialogue
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Hackdaddy uploaded Reflections to Hackdaddy’s videos. October 2009
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bonnymorgan created the wiki page for Deck the Halls. September 2009
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hopdedikaloo and edwincardona added Hackdaddy to their libraries. May 2009
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bennok tagged Hackdaddy with ringard and amateur. February 2009
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jeggerd, chinachamberi and kranemann added Hackdaddy to their libraries. February 2009
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Hackdaddy tagged Hackdaddy with trumpet, jazz-smooth and smooth-jazz. January 2009
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alkapi and sanchmo added Hackdaddy to their libraries. January 2009
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Hackdaddy tagged Hackdaddy with jazz latin, acid jazz, smooth jazz and one other tag. December 2008
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Hackdaddy created the wiki page for Little Drummer Boy. November 2008
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sven04155 and mambocombo added Hackdaddy to their libraries. November 2008
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"Liner Notes" - Overview
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