{"id":1070,"date":"2016-09-02T21:19:43","date_gmt":"2016-09-02T21:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikekapitan.com\/site\/?page_id=1070"},"modified":"2025-11-16T23:54:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T23:54:35","slug":"music","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mikekapitan.com\/site\/?page_id=1070","title":{"rendered":"Music"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jazztronica album <em>Sketches&nbsp;Of&nbsp;Spin&nbsp;<\/em>released 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Sketches Of Spin,&nbsp;<\/em>the new jazztronica album from keyboardist Mike Kapitan,<em>&nbsp;<\/em>is an outgrowth of his love of electronic music and the influence of synth heroes Jan Hammer and Joe Zawinul. Orchestrating synths to create new textures and atmospheres for improvisation was the goal of this grooving and deeply atmospheric release recorded solo during the pandemic.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Track three,&nbsp;<em>Big D,&nbsp;<\/em>featuring bassist John Leftwich (Freddie Hubbard, Rickie Lee Jones)&nbsp;is a celebration of a 100 year old Morelli five-string acoustic bass&nbsp;with its big low D.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Track eleven,&nbsp;<em>End Of Day Music,&nbsp;<\/em>features a sampled Una Corda, a one-string per key upright piano with a very pure tone. It&#8217;s close miked so every mechanical noise inside becomes part of the overall sound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mikekapitan.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Sketches-release-small-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"535\" src=\"https:\/\/mikekapitan.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Sketches-release-small-.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikekapitan.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Sketches-release-small-.jpg 450w, https:\/\/mikekapitan.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Sketches-release-small--252x300.jpg 252w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Videos from <em>Sketches Of Spin<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mike Kapitan - Big D (Official Music Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FO8RGrMGWBc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mike Kapitan - Destiny&#039;s Destination (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KkRa95hAyxg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mike Kapitan - A Lonely Satellite Beeps (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p44GlKBGZX4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Greasy Bacon\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><em>&#8211;<\/em> New jazztronica 2025<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1070-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/mikekapitan.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Greasy-Bacon-Mike-Kapitan.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/mikekapitan.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Greasy-Bacon-Mike-Kapitan.mp3\">https:\/\/mikekapitan.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Greasy-Bacon-Mike-Kapitan.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><strong><em>Lefty\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>&#8211; 5 (count &#8217;em) 5(!) tracks of sampled acoustic bass in this jazztronica tune dedicated to my friend \u00a0bassist John Leftwich.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1070-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/mikekapitan.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Lefty-master-7-31-2024.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/mikekapitan.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Lefty-master-7-31-2024.mp3\">https:\/\/mikekapitan.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Lefty-master-7-31-2024.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><strong><em>Walking On Sunshine\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>remix of a cover by the Soweto Gospel Choir of the Katrina And The Waves tune.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1070-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/mikekapitan.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Walking-On-Sunshine-master-3-11-2024.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/mikekapitan.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Walking-On-Sunshine-master-3-11-2024.mp3\">https:\/\/mikekapitan.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Walking-On-Sunshine-master-3-11-2024.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><strong><em>Army Of Love<\/em> remix<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My remix of Kathleen Blackwell&#8217;s track <em>Army\u00a0Of\u00a0Love<\/em> was one of the winners in her contest.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1070-4\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/mikekapitan.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Army-Of-Love-master-10-9-2020.mp3?_=4\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/mikekapitan.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Army-Of-Love-master-10-9-2020.mp3\">https:\/\/mikekapitan.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Army-Of-Love-master-10-9-2020.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><strong>New stuff (2018):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Stuck In Paris<\/em> &#8211; w\/Steven Hexx (Kapitan remix)<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1070-5\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/mikekapitan.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/K-Stuck-In-Paris-master.mp3?_=5\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/mikekapitan.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/K-Stuck-In-Paris-master.mp3\">http:\/\/mikekapitan.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/K-Stuck-In-Paris-master.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><em>Sorcerer<\/em><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1070-6\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/mikekapitan.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Sorcerer-master.mp3?_=6\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/mikekapitan.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Sorcerer-master.mp3\">http:\/\/mikekapitan.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Sorcerer-master.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><strong>Selected 2017 releases:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Wanted<\/em><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1070-7\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/mikekapitan.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Wanted-master.mp3?_=7\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/mikekapitan.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Wanted-master.mp3\">http:\/\/mikekapitan.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Wanted-master.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><strong><em>&#8216;Be&#8217;<\/em> Official Music Video:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kapitan - Be\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0wrEfYLOaFU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jazztronica album Sketches&nbsp;Of&nbsp;Spin&nbsp;released 2022. Sketches Of Spin,&nbsp;the new jazztronica album from keyboardist Mike Kapitan,&nbsp;is an outgrowth of his love of electronic music and the influence of synth heroes Jan Hammer and Joe Zawinul. Orchestrating synths to create new textures and atmospheres for improvisation was the goal of this grooving and deeply atmospheric release recorded solo [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1070","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikekapitan.com\/site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikekapitan.com\/site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikekapitan.com\/site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikekapitan.com\/site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikekapitan.com\/site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1070"}],"version-history":[{"count":67,"href":"https:\/\/mikekapitan.com\/site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1385,"href":"https:\/\/mikekapitan.com\/site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1070\/revisions\/1385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikekapitan.com\/site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}