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My Songs

Avg. Rating: 4.47 / 5

Cooler Than Me

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Lemonade

Avg. Rating: 4.2 / 5

Where is Mantis Evar?

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Dilema

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Etc.

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Me & Joey D!

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Competition

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Tiny Trane

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Pressure Point

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Perfect Blank

About Me

Craft:
recording engineer, producer
Instruments:
electric bass
Genres:
jazz (all), classical, rock, jazz (all), Pop, blues, dance
Influences:
You

As a musician Mantis has performed live with Stevie Ray Vaughan and Joey DeFrancesco. While home he acted as studio manager for TKO Recording Studios until he eventually set his focus on live sound where he has worked with Dr. Billy Taylor and Freddie Hubbard.

As audio consultant for Sam Ash Music, Mantis has designed and maintained sound systems for many New York City hotspots including the Limelight, Palladium and The Tunnel as well as live systems used by Metallica and Guns 'N' Roses. After a few years at Capitol Records working with Beastie Boys, Butthole Surfers, Yoko Ono and Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Mantis transferred to Blue Note Records where his list of credits grew to include Joe Chambers, Ron Carter, Joe Lovano, Pat Martino and Chucho Valdes. During a two-year residence at hallowed jazz shrine Village Vanguard, Evar recorded jazz greats such as Martial Solal, Greg Osby, Jim Hall, Bill Charlap, Bill Frisell, the Chucho Valdes Quartet and many others.

A musical dedication by trumpeter Erik Truffaz whose recording titled Mantis has been released internationally. "A man like this music, arms wide open, to embrace the world and take it somewhere else." Joel Bastard (writer, poet. publication: 'Beule', Gallimard)

Mantis currently operates the Indaba Music Studio and is Co-Founder and Executive Vice President for Indaba Music, an online music collaboration service that allows musicians to post files of their work, listen to other musicians' posts and create sessions where multiple parties can collaborate on a specific project. Associated with professional and independent artists, Indaba Music supports all genres of music and can be found at www.indabamusic.com.

Extended

Band or Group:
FunGhoul
Favorite Lyric:

Well, you wonder why I always dress in black,
Why you never see bright colors on my back,
And why does my appearance seem to have a somber tone.
Well, there's a reason for the things that I have on.

I wear the black for the poor and the beaten down,
Livin' in the hopeless, hungry side of town,
I wear it for the prisoner who has long paid for his crime,
But is there because he's a victim of the times.

I wear the black for those who never read,
Or listened to the words that Jesus said,
About the road to happiness through love and charity,
Why, you'd think he's talking straight to you and me.

Well, we're doin' mighty fine, I do suppose,
In our streak of lightnin' cars and fancy clothes,
But just so we're reminded of the ones who are held back,
Up front there ought 'a be a Man In Black.

I wear it for the sick and lonely old,
For the reckless ones whose bad trip left them cold,
I wear the black in mournin' for the lives that could have been,
Each week we lose a hundred fine young men.

And, I wear it for the thousands who have died,
Believen' that the Lord was on their side,
I wear it for another hundred thousand who have died,
Believen' that we all were on their side.

Well, there's things that never will be right I know,
And things need changin' everywhere you go,
But 'til we start to make a move to make a few things right,
You'll never see me wear a suit of white.

Ah, I'd love to wear a rainbow every day,
And tell the world that everything's OK,
But I'll try to carry off a little darkness on my back,
'Till things are brighter, I'm the Man In Black

Website:
www.indabamusic.com

Working With Others

How I Work:

With my ears...

Experience:

Pepper Adams Critics Choice (2005) Mastering Engineer
Mose Allison The Mose Chronicles Vol.1 (2001) Product Manager
Mose Allison The Mose Chronicles Vol.2 (2002) Product Manager
Bryan Anthony Look At Me Now (2001) Producer
Bryan Anthony Songs For Dreamers (2006) Producer
Roy Ayers West Coast Vibes (2006) Mastering Engineer
BJL Technologies Live Comedy (2004) Recording Engineer
Brian Blade Fellowship (1999) Product Manager
Brian Blade Perceptual (2000) Product Manager
Bob Belden Black Dahlia (2000) Product Manager
Jane Bunnett Alma De Santiago (2001) Product Manager
Jane Bunnett Cuban Odyssey (2003) Product Manager
Don Byron Aria's & Lieder (2000) Product Manager
Don Byron Romance With The Unseen (2000) Product Manager
Ron Carter Stardust (2002) Product Manager
Bill Charlap Written in the Stars (2000) Product Manager
Bill Charlap Stardust (2002) Product Manager
Bill Charlap Stardust - video (2002) Camera Operator
Bill Charlap Live At The Village Vanguard (2004) Recording Engineer
Eddie Condon Tiger Rag And All That Jazz (2005) Mastering Engineer
DeeStar Fool Of Yourself (2005) Producer
DeeStar Dillema (2005) Producer
DeeStar Simple Life (2005) Producer
Crash Pad Chick Naked (1994) Electric Bass
Stefano di Battista Round About Roma (2003) Product Manager
DJ Smash Phonography (2001) Product Manager
DJ Smash Phonography 2 (2003) Product Manager
Bob Dorough Too Much Coffee Man (2000) Product Manager
Dorough/Frishberg Who's on First? (2000) Product Manager
Eliane Elias Everything I Love (2000) Production Coordination
Kurt Elling Live In Chicago (2000) Production Coordination
Don Ellis The Essence (2005) Mastering Engineer
Duke Ellington 1969 White House Tribute (2002) Production Manager
Frank Emilio Ancestral Reflections (1999) Project Manager
Face*T Mixes (2005) Mastering Engineer
Tommy Flanagan Sunset and the Mockingbird (1998) Product Manager
Bill Frisell Live At The Village Vanguard (2003) Asst. Engineer
Garnets Leaving You Behind (2005) Mixing/Mastering Engineer
Meilana Gillard Day One (2008) Recording Engineer
Fun Ghouls Echostatic (1993) Electric Bass
Jack Grace Live at Lakeside Lounge (1999) Recording Engineer
Jack Grace Basement Tapes (2000) Recording Engineer
Jack Grace Live At Rodeo Bar (2002) Recording Engineer
Benny Green These Are Soulful Days (1999) Perfect Timing
Hagans/Belden Re-Animation:Live in Montreal (1999) Project Manager
Edmond Hall La Petite Fleur (2005) Mastering Engineer
Jim Hall/Geoff Keezer Duet At The Vanguard (2004) Recording Engineer
Stefon Harris A Cloud Of Red Dust (1998) Product Manager
Stefon Harris Black Action Figure (1999) Product Manager
Stefon Harris The Grand Unification Theory (2003) Product Manager
Barry Harris Vanguard's 69th Birthday Celebration (2004) Recording Engineer
James Hurt Dark Grooves-Mystical Rhythms (1999) Product Manager
James Hurt Live At Sweet Basil's - video (1999) Camera Operator
Todd Herbert Todd Herbert Quartet (1999) Producer
Todd Herbert Live At Smalls (2003) Mastering Engineer
Todd Herbert Path To Infinity (2007) Recording Engineer
JA.DE Competition (2005) Mastering Engineer
Richard Leo Johnson Language (2000) Product Manager
Hank Jones Talented Touch/Porgy & Bess (2004) Sequencer
Rodney Jones J&R Music Festival - video (1999) Camera Operator
Rodney Jones Soul Manifesto (2001) Product Manager
Ronny Jordan A Brighter Day (2000) Product Manager
K-Dean Mixes (2005) Mastering Engineer
Earl King Come On: The Complete Imperial Recordings (2003) Mastering Engineer
Harold Land Take Aim (2005) Mastering Engineer
Milcho Leviev Multiple Personalities (2006) Sequencing
Little Grey Girlfriend Time Pops Bubbles (2008) Tracking Engineer
Joe Lovano Nonet 52nd Street Themes (2000) Product Manager
Joe Lovano Viva Caruso (2002) Product Manager
Joe Lovano On This Day... (2003) Product Manager
Gary Lucas Live @ Bowery Poetry Club (2006) Mastering Engineer
Gary Lucas Live @ Bowery Poetry Club DVD (2006) Product Manager
Mahavishnu Project Live At The Bottom Line (2002) Recording Engineer
Pat Martino Live At Yoshi's (2001) Product Manager
Pat Martino Think Tank (2003) Product Manager
Bill McHenry Live At The Village Vanguard (2004) Recording Engineer
Medeski Martin and Wood Tonic (2000) Project Manager
Mulgrew Miller Live At The Village Vanguard (2004) Recording Engineer
Jason Moran Black Stars (2001) Product Manager
Jason Moran Modernistic (2002) Product Manager
Jason Moran The Bandwagon (2003) Product Manager
Ray Nance Body And Soul (2006) Mastering Engineer
Lewis Nash Live At The Village Vanguard (2004) Recording Engineer
Baba Ola Jagun Nigerian Yoruba Drum Orch. (2004) Recording Engineer
Greg Osby The Invisible Hand (2000) Project Manager
Greg Osby Symbols Of Light (2001) Product Manager
Greg Osby Live At The Village Vanguard (2004) Recording Engineer
Greg Osby Inner Circle (2002) Product Manager
Greg Osby St. Louis Shoes (2003) Product Manager
Ominus Screaming To The Nations (1992) Electric Bass
Passenger Passenger (2002) Electric Bass
Jack Patton Jack Patton Quintet (2000) Executive Producer
Jack Patton Sage (2000) Executive Producer
Jack Patton Don't Go To Strangers (2003) Executive Producer
Jeremy Pelt Live At The Village Vanguard (2004) Recording Engineer
Pieces of a Dream Ahead to the Past (1999) Project Manager
Pieces of a Dream Sensual Embrace (2002) Product Manager
Michael Pinto Prologue (2008) Recording Engineer
Lonnie Plaxico Emergence (1999) Product Manager
Lonnie Plaxico Melange (2001) Product Manager
Paul Quinichette Like Basie (2006) Mastering Engineer
Lou Rawls Pilgrim Travelers (2004) Mastering Engineer
RecKlez Yashie's Revenge II (2005) Mastering Engineer
The Recovery EPK (2008) Mastering Engineer
Eric Reed Tribute To Fats Waller (2004) Recording Engineer
Logan Richardson Ethos (2008) Recording Engineer
Marcus Roberts Live At The Village Vanguard (2003) Recording Engineer
Renee Rosnes Life On Earth (2002) Product Manager
Gonzalo Rubalcaba Inner Voyage (1999) Product Manager
Gonzalo Rubalcaba Supernova (2001) Product Manager
St. Germain Tourist (2000) Product Manager
Mark Shim Turbulent Flow (2000) Product Manager
Chris Smither Honeysuckle Dog (2004) Mastering Engineer
Martial Solal Live At The Village Vanguard (2001) Recording Engineer
Henri Salvador Room With A View (2002) Product Manager
ScoLoHoFo OH! (2003) Product Manager
Supergenerous Supergenerous (2000) Product Manager
Team Jesus Live At NuJazzCity (2000) Electric Bass
Trio 65 Music Of Billy Strayhorn (2000) Mixing/Mastering Engineer
Erik Truffaz Revisite (2001) Product Manager
Erik Truffaz Mantis (2002) Dedication
Erik Truffaz Next Door (2003) Product Manager
Mark Turner Quartet Live At The Village Vanguard (2003) Recording Engineer
Chucho Valdes Live at the Village Vanguard (2000) Product Manager
Chucho Valdes Solo; Live In New York (2000) Project Manager
Chucho Valdes Fantasia Cubana (2002) Product Manager
Chucho Valdes New Conceptions (2003) Product Manager
Chucho Valdes Village Vanguard: LIVE! (2004) Recording Engineer
Bebo Valdes El Arte Del Sabor (2001) Product Manager
Various Artists Pure Cool (2000) Product Manager
Various Artists Upper Crust Crew (1993) Recording Engineer
Various Artists Veritas - Primum (2004) Executive Producer
Various Artists Veritas - Primum Vol. 2 (2005) Mastering Engineer
Various Artists Indaba - Cool Cuts from the Interweb (2008) Mastering Engineer
Various Artists - Small Town Records (2009) Mastering Engineer
Vinyl Life Future Beat video (2008) Actor
Wild Magnolias Life is a Carnival (1999) Product Manger
World Class This Is World Class (2003) Electric Bass
Johnny Winter Hello Dali (2005) Mixing Engineer
Cedar Walton Live At The Village Vanguard (2004) Recording Engineer
Brandon Wright Summer Session (2001) Recording Engineer
Rick Wurzbacher With Joey DeFrancesco (2001) Electric Bass

DEFINITIVE SERIES (Verve and Blue Note Records):
Cannonball Adderley Definitive Series (2002) Production Supervisor
Chet Baker Definitive Series (2002) Production Supervisor
Clifford Brown Definitive Series (2002) Production Supervisor
Nat King Cole Definitive Series (2002) Production Supervisor
Stan Getz Definitive Series (2002) Production Supervisor
Joe Henderson Definitive Series (2002) Production Supervisor
Bud Powell Definitive Series (2002) Production Supervisor
George Shearing Definitive Series (2002) Production Supervisor
Jimmy Smith Definitive Series (2002) Production Supervisor
Art Tatum Definitive Series (2002) Production Supervisor
McCoy Tyner Definitive Series (2002) Production Supervisor
Sarah Vaughan Definitive Series (2002) Production Supervisor
Dinah Washington Definitive Series (2002) Production Supervisor
Joe Williams Definitive Series (2002) Production Supervisor

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Steve Timmins wrote on November 20, 2009:

Hello,
Thanks for the comments on the videos today!
Located athttp://www.indabamusic.com/people/coolguysteve/blog/6383-sounds-mixes-

We are happy you enjoyed them...

Best Regards

Steve Timmins
THE ! GROOVY ! GROUP ! ® Digital Studio

Ominous Red wrote on November 19, 2009:

Hahahahaha. Thanks. How did you know about that? Did they post that up somewhere? Like an announcement or something?

Mariko L. wrote on November 19, 2009:

Thanks for you comment. I appreciate it! Side note: I saw a news clip where they interviewed that Nirvana baby and he was 18 or something. Weird.

Daniel Ciurlizza wrote on November 18, 2009:

Hey Mantis, how are things with you, my friend?

I don't know if you had anything to do with it but just in case you did, thanks for making me a featured artist here on Indaba! I really appreciate it.

ZiQue "theAltituDe" wrote on November 15, 2009:

Hey Mantis...Stopped to say. "Whatsup".

Bungalow Bill wrote on November 12, 2009:

lol @doo doo stick . i dont see how it came into all this. im random dude. very random. like gimme 5 grand ill paint the town red randonm. thast sorta what just happened . ive been on rooftops and all sorts a shit tonight. indaba changed my life today . ill keep you posted.bank fucked up tonight for 5 grand in my account lol. dont ask

Henning Michael Velten wrote on November 11, 2009:

Thanks man.

Johan K. wrote on November 11, 2009:

Hello Mantis Evar.
Thank you! It was really a unique experience to work with this material.

ian craig wrote on November 11, 2009:

thanx man, and u 2 i'll keep in touch,

ian craig wrote on November 11, 2009:

wow great sound very professional

thomas l. wrote on November 11, 2009:

thanks :-) I did it for fun, and I had some!! this song was my favorite in the the all LP!

Justin Nation (Jus Bus) ♪♫ wrote on November 11, 2009:

thanks man! jus trying to be heard! i am still trying to be a ninja like you! the ninja badge is to cool!

Joel Simon wrote on November 11, 2009:

Hey, thanks! I had a great time working on it. Hopefully, you'll be hearing more from me. ;)

BEN Chance wrote on November 10, 2009:

ur music is like a dark comedy..its cool man

The Treblemaka wrote on November 9, 2009:

Yeah I met the editor in Chat and we chopped it up, I didn't know I was going to get a mention though.

The Treblemaka wrote on November 5, 2009:

Thanks for commenting on my music bro.

- FELSITE - wrote on November 5, 2009:

Thanx for being a friend Mantis.

Charity Witt wrote on October 29, 2009:

i dont really go on here. at all. so idk if i'm going to post any music yet. i still haven't decided lol

Joachim Heise wrote on October 29, 2009:

"You" too ;)

Family of the Year wrote on October 29, 2009:

Yay, thanks Mantis!! We love you guys.

DOC SLASH wrote on October 27, 2009:

Thanx a million Mantis! Sent u an email.

DUBBY DUB wrote on October 14, 2009:

That has got to be THE most impressive resume of all time. Listening to the posted music its obvious how one attains such accolades. Keep gettin it in fam.

Respect.

Jackie Clark wrote on October 14, 2009:

AHA!!! Who's the website SUPERSTAR now??? hahaha! I saw the No Treble feature! CONGRATS BRO!!!

Peace,

Jackie

Daniel Ciurlizza wrote on October 9, 2009:

My friend, you have no need to thank me. Just by you coming back and listening to my tracks is enough of a thank you. And you even took the time to comment on them as well. If you ask me you've done above and beyond what I expected you to do. Thank me? No no no... Thank You, Mantis.... Thank you.

But anyway, I'm glad you like my music, Mantis. Take care, pal!

Daniel Ciurlizza wrote on October 9, 2009:

"Cooler Than Me" is fantastic! That guitar tone and vocals are awesome. These tracks are great.

Jackie Clark wrote on October 8, 2009:

I wish I were the man!! hahaha! Thanks for the ego stroke though!! :-) Please forgive me...I forgot to add a link to Indaba.I'm gonna see if Corey can add it!!

Thanks again brother!!

Peace,

JC

Eric Bikales wrote on October 7, 2009:

Thank you for the very nice comments, Mantis. I hope we get a chance to work together some time.

The Ascension™ wrote on September 26, 2009:

Mantis,
I'm sure you could care less, but this dude Vit who doesn't even know my ass. Actually hooked me up with his altered vox for the Down the Drain song! Can you believe people are that chill on here now; especially during a comp!
I'm impressed with this guy,
Ascenshhhhhh

ZiQue "theAltituDe" wrote on September 24, 2009:

Thanks Mantis.Cool site! I appreciate the link and you keeping me informed.Respect.

Tor Gunnar K. wrote on September 24, 2009:

Hey Mantis. Thanks for taking the time to listen to my track in the Teek Me session. Im sorry but I have only done the mixdown of this project. The band did the recording them selfs. My first guess would bee that they used a plain SM 57 or 58. If you have any comments on the level/quality of the mixdown im happy to hear from you.

Alot of fine tunes you present here.

Best regards
Tor Gunnar