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Biography
Current 2009
New!! Psych/Lounge Spiral Sunset Project by the Spandrells - is in works!

A Forest Lane - beautiful piano and strings
  Out now on CDBaby

The Spandrells - jazzish surf, Latin, & tech pop
  out now at jamendo.com

CD releases for 2008 -
1. The Essential Robin Hood Lanes - hipster beat organ
2. E L E Zero Point - Prog pysch rock project
3. Feldspar II the Great Outdoors Blues psych rock project - odd pysch rock progressive/blue- (I know, this was a wierd album - an aquired taste perhaps? - I won't feel hurt if you tell me it's not my best work)

Dedicated Musician Composer Songwriter Performer Recording Artist.
Post Grad - Music Psychology
Gigged throughout California
Auditoriums to Sunset Blvd to Japan Center to San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Consord Theatre, Live Oak Theater, McKinney Theatre, Whiskey a Go Go - loads of punk dives in Hollywood! rofl! (the 80's - well, what can I say??  'hehe =)

Music teacher to a handful of dedicated students in Tustin, Ca
at
Jim's Music Center since 2000 -
i love Pink Floyd
Heavy Rock but also
Bach, Beethoven,
Had a chat with Brian Eno, Tony Levin,.
Pink Floyd (seen live in the mid 70's)
ELP, YES, Grateful Dead, King Crimson (seen live)


Instrumentation
My stuff is handmade.
I don't sample. Sometimes use digital drums, but Never actual samples from some real player. Never.
Never, never, from another artist.
I guess that oughta be clear enough, then. =)lol

Tascam recording setup, plus
SM 58
Korg X50 (in bio pic)
Telecaster (in bio pic)
Strat
Jazz Box Artcore
Yamaha Bass

Discography
2009 - update -jazz, beautiful, strings, piano, flow - but retro/electro is not forgotten (Bubble Que)

2008 -
Some people make albums according to a particular style. That's fine by me.
HOWEVER...
Lately I just can't help myself - I have been treating my recent albums as though they were like a kind of movie- or story. And so here comes Feldspar II - The Great Outdoors

~~ insert Sept. 4th - I am on the verge of releasing Feldspar II it contains two vocal tracks from the earleir Feldspar plus a story board of new musical adventure for you!

from newest to oldest...
E L E Zero Point - themed rock instrumentals
Nelson Jenstad's Feldspar (2008) hey Vocals - really!
The Essential Robinhood Lanes (2007) hipster beat swing B# type material - dig it!

from 'back in the day' ...
Take Yer Medicine (Sore Sky)
Get Rid Of Your Monsters (Sincere Fibers)
Viable Musics (Man Against Nature)
Synthesis LTD (Saddleback College) 12" LP record album



Links
http://www.njmp.webs.com