Major Zed
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Major Zed has been producing a unique amalgam of electro-rock and ambient space music since Y2K.
Major Zed lives in a castle on a mountain in rural New England with his wife, Dee-Dee (the Moon Goddess). By day he is a mathematician for a New York-based financial firm. He is a card-carrying member of the Libertarian Party.
He was raised in a musical family; Dad played the violin and Grandma banged out ragtime on the piano in the corner of the living room. As a child he would fall asleep to music ranging from Tchaikovsky to Gilbert & Sullivan.
His youthful Top 40 follow-the-crowdy musical sensibilities were shattered when his friend Jeff (now deceased, and mentioned in “Wish They Were Here”) introduced him to Simeon & Taylor’s Silver Apples and The Mothers’ Freak Out. The final push over the edge was when his friend Gloomer Woop played him King Crimson’s Larks’ Tongues in Aspic. Progressive Rock and Electronica became the two poles of his musical space, and he consumed as much Tangerine Dream, ELP, Kraftwerk, and Yes as he could.
While he watched a particularly boring State of the Union address at Gloomer’s house, an insistent 8-note riff implanted itself in his brain’s musical playback circuits and would not let go. (Eventually, he determined it was a B Major / C# Major arpeggio - terms he was not familiar with at the time.) Thus began his composing career. After much learning and effort, his first piece, Aftermath, was recorded.
Major Zed lives in a castle on a mountain in rural New England with his wife, Dee-Dee (the Moon Goddess). By day he is a mathematician for a New York-based financial firm. He is a card-carrying member of the Libertarian Party.
He was raised in a musical family; Dad played the violin and Grandma banged out ragtime on the piano in the corner of the living room. As a child he would fall asleep to music ranging from Tchaikovsky to Gilbert & Sullivan.
His youthful Top 40 follow-the-crowdy musical sensibilities were shattered when his friend Jeff (now deceased, and mentioned in “Wish They Were Here”) introduced him to Simeon & Taylor’s Silver Apples and The Mothers’ Freak Out. The final push over the edge was when his friend Gloomer Woop played him King Crimson’s Larks’ Tongues in Aspic. Progressive Rock and Electronica became the two poles of his musical space, and he consumed as much Tangerine Dream, ELP, Kraftwerk, and Yes as he could.
While he watched a particularly boring State of the Union address at Gloomer’s house, an insistent 8-note riff implanted itself in his brain’s musical playback circuits and would not let go. (Eventually, he determined it was a B Major / C# Major arpeggio - terms he was not familiar with at the time.) Thus began his composing career. After much learning and effort, his first piece, Aftermath, was recorded.
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majorzed tagged Major Zed with trip-hop, progressive rock, space-rock and one other tag. October 2008
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majorzed created the wiki page for Major Zed. October 2008
