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Brief Bio
Tubatrombonekid (which comes from a combo Tuba (Jack’s main instrument), Trombone (was Jack’s Jazz Band Instrument) and Kid (at the time, he was just a kid). The name of the band started out as Jack McCarthy when Tubatrombonekid started recording his first album Spaceman Travels with the Devil released in 2008. He wrote a piece while he was practicing the coda of Hey Jude, which he used the chords from the coda to form a muliti movement piece known as The Pattern Song/Drum Solo/Ending the Pattern Song. Also during this time, he would write pieces like Dismal Sounds/The Crazy World of Love, Spaceman Travels with the Devil and the Life of a Cowboy in Desert Suns. The first two pieces were written in Video Production class for videos and not attending to use them for an album and the last one was written for fun, again not knowing it was going to be used for an album.

While Tubatrombonekid was attending Squalicum High School a friend of his was making music and releasing it online for people to hear. This is what got Tubatrombonekid the idea to start making albums. The first four albums were released under the Jack McCarthy name. After The Lights All Around Me album Tubatrombonekid looked up Jack McCarthy and noticed there were more than one musician with the name Jack McCarthy, this is when he decided to go with JM instead. The next album was self-titled JM before he decided to change the name of the band again. This time, he wanted to come up with a name that was unite and not original. At first he wanted to call his band trombonetubakid, but did not like the ring of it. Then he tried Tubakid which he would use later, then he tried Tubatrombonekid and decided that is what the new name shall be. He would re-release the album as Tubatrombonekid instead. While recording the album No Line on the Horizon which would be released two years later, Tubatrombonekid decided it was time to take a break. He released a single called Follow You When You Follow Me (Let It Be with You) which had a message that he was taking a break when he came back from his break, he would delete this single later when he got back into making music again.

Tubatrombonekid would return again but under a different name, he decided to go under Tubakid to release some different music that would not be compared to Tubatrombonekid. This was the first time that Tubakid would arrange music and not compose any pieces. In the long run, he would release two albums until he decided to reincorporate Tubatrombonekid in the band name that is combined the two names together to form Tubakid, Tubatrombonekid. At Whatcom Community College Tubakid, Tubatrombonekid would write some pieces for his music theory classes that he would submit in class, all the pieces he would just write down on paper and write it into his Sibelius program on his computer. He had so much material, he was able to release a couple of albums worth of music that he wrote for class. Tubakid, Tubatrombonekid would later claim that he was on a roll and didn’t want to stop the flow that was coming. Once Tubakid, Tubatrombonekid was finished with his music theory classes, he decided to go back to using Tubatrombonekid which he is still using to this day. The first album that was released under the Tubatrombonekid was No Line on the Horizon, which was shelved for a couple of years. When he finally released the album, the track listing changed a little bit. When Tubatrombonekid arrived at Western Washington University, he would take more music theory class, which he had to write short pieces for class. At the same time, for fun, he would still write music. The album, That’s The Way Life Is, most of the pieces were just wrote down on paper and that was it. For the piece That’s The Way Life Is, which the chorus was written for an assignment for class. Tubatrombonekid liked the piece so much that would make it into a longer piece and when it was all set and done, turned out to be his favorite piece that he wrote. The album The Meaning of Life is a series of demos that Tubatrombonekid wrote hopefully make into longer tracks, but decided against it. When he released The Epic Adventures of Golden Arrow, it was the format of how The Meaning of Life was supposed to be; an album of tracks by Tubatrombonekid. Some tracks were written as Tubatrombonekid was practicing for his keyboarding class and by doing this he was just jamming away, coming up with ideas that he would incorporate into pieces later.

The newest piece that he wrote, he wrote it all on his keyboard, again he would jam until he found an idea that he liked and kept doing this until he had a verse, chorus, bridge, intro and outro. He would use these ideas to form the songs together which wasn’t normal for him to do. The early albums 2008-2009, (7 albums [Spaceman Travels with the Devi, Hymn Suite (1 song) (Tuba Solo), My Life in Laughville, Lights All around Me, Tubatrombonekid. Tales of the World of Music and Poles Apart]), 2011 (Three albums [No Line on the Horizon, Ice How Are Thee My Friend, and Winds Of The North, Tubatrombonekid would record pieces that he was playing on his keyboard against a prerecorded backing track. The first seven with a mike next to his keyboard and the last three the keyboard was hooked up to his computer. For the rest of the time, Tubatrombonekid would use Sibelius to write or arrange the music and use the computer to make a recording for him. Tubatrombonekid would recorded vocals for songs, but only released instrumentals instead, since he did not like hearing his voice. He is still active making music to this day and is still enjoying it.

History

Tubatrombonekid Part 1 (2008-2009) Tubatrombonekid-Poles Apart, No Line on the Horizon Unreleased (No Singles). 

Tubatrombonekid Part 2 (2011- ) Ice Of Times My Friend to Present (Singles Flashtalk to Present) 

Tubatrombonekid Part 1

During the recording of the JM Album which would be called Tubatrombonekid when I released it. I decided that I wanted a unique stage name which nobody had used yet. When I looked up my name I saw other musicians using my name as well. Since I played Tuba and Trombone during this period I decided to try to combine these to instruments into a name and to use kid at the end, since I was a kid during this time. I tried Trombonetubakid and I did not like the ring of it and then tried Tubakid, which I would use later. The third time that I tried it, when I heard Tubatrombonekid, I went that is it that is the winner. The album Tubatrombonekid is pieces that I wrote the song titles first and then came up with the music afterwards. Tales of the World of Music was an album that I recorded the music by jamming on my keyboard and I came up with the titles later. Also during this time, I would write That’s The Way the Waves Go, which was released as a standalone single. This was the first time that I would write a couple of long pieces. After I released Tales of the World of Music, I was writing lyrics when I got bored at home or were watching TV. One of the songs Pie in the Sky, the word Pie in the Sky was used as a name of a restaurant in a Scooby Doo episode and I liked the name of it, so I decided to make a song out of it''. Cold as a Stone'' which is used in the lyric of I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For and made a tune around the words cold as a Stone. I wrote and recorded the No Line on the Horizon album during this time. I wrote the lyrics on the bus, in class and at home. I was going to release this album, but I lost interest in making albums similar to what I have done before. I wanted to challenge myself and arrange music besides writing songs. Since I wanted to have the freedom to do this. I decided to put the name Tubatrombonekid to bed, and use a new name''. Follow You, Follow Me (Let It Be with You) ''which would appear on No Line on the Horizon a couple years later was released as a single to let his listeners know that he was taking a break. I deleted this single when he came back from his break.

Tubatrombonekid Part 2 

I started to write lyrics for the first time in a couple of years and I felt that they were way better than the ones that I had used before. I’m Back Again tells a story of Tubatrombonekid coming back after his break. Get up and Dance was written about a boy not being able to dance and a girl convincing him that he can. The Ice of Times, was written about me walking to school in the snow after taking the bus. These tracks and more were released on Ice How Thee My Friends? album. After I released the Ice How Thee My Friends?, I decided to release No Line on the Horizon after a couple of years. Before I released it, I changed the track order, removed a song and wrote a couple of new tracks. Even before I could start working on my next album, I had a very serious medical emergency to attend to. During my recovery, I started recording music on my keyboard again, I wrote chords for songs and came up with track names later. The album would be called Winds of the North. After I released the album, I wrote a longer song called Winds of the North and removed a couple of songs which would land on the Brown EP, and the Winds of the North Single. The Power of the Hymns was the sequel of The New Hymn Album that I made a few years ago. I picked more of my favorite hymns and went from there. The Lost City of Gold, I used my Sibelius program and made songs with it and came up with the song titles later, Spanish Conquistadors was my favorite piece that I wrote which was going to be a longer piece, but I ditched the 2nd part of it. A couple of other songs I wrote were used as B Sides. Home on the Range is songs arranged for organ. I would use a couple of tracks that I wrote myself as well.

Adventures in Space was the first rock album that I did in a couple of years. North Star was one of the best songs to have come from this album. Greasemonkey is a continuation of Adventures in Space with the rock element. The best song that appeared on this album was the album title Greasemonkey. The Organ and Brass Show, I used some favorite hymns, classical music to make the album. Glory to the New Born King is a Christmas album that I arranged for various instruments. Valley of Known Return was a return of sorts, a rock album with a combo of classical music to go with it. A few classical were arranged into a rock style'''. Bells''' of a Scotsman was an album that I reused some of my older pieces and included it on this one. That’s the Way Life Is was written during a music theory class, just the chorus part. I would add on to it later after I was rejected when I asked a girl out and this is what came out. I also included a couple of new songs plus a couple of covers. Brass off into a New Day I used some old songs that I wrote and arranged them for brass. The Meaning of Life I used some pieces that I wrote in my Western Washington University Music Theory class two were written as a final project for the class which the second piece was submitted and not the first one. I Be a Mountain I would arrange some classical pieces plus a few that I wrote before and arrange for organ and brass. The Bach Album Vols 1 and 2, I picked some Bach pieces that I did not have a recording of and made some myself. My favorite track is Fantasia in G Major. '''The Chamber of Secrets, I arranged some of my old tracks into tracks for flute, oboe and bassoon. Run into the Light was another rock album that I made. When I was writing the album I wrote a song called The Epic Journey early in the album sessions and it turned out to be the best one on the album. Heavy Metal is an album that I arranged some pieces I wrote and some of my favorite classical pieces and arranged them in a tuba ensemble form. Things in Space was my first double concept album and it was a story about going on a trip in space. Dancing Lights was another concept album about Lights Dancing. All the songs connect to each other as it was one song but it was multiple songs in total.

Immovable Do is an album of some of my favorite classical songs. It took me a couple of days to arrange the song Immovable Do, but it turned out to be a great piece. Dark Side of the Moon is my all-time favorite album. I arranged it into an organ style because I was interested to see how it would sound like. Secrets of Life I arranged the two Holst Suites and I even included an old song that I wrote years ago and it did not see the light of day until now. A Head Full of Dreams is a rock album that is a story about going to Neverland to see things that you would never see in person. Epic Adventures of Golden Arrow is an album that I wanted to make for a long time with my classical piano pieces but it took me a long time to get going on this project. I really enjoyed it in the end. The Dansery is an album that I heard it being performed in a wind ensemble, I liked it so much, and I arranged it for organ and brass. The Land Of Darkness turned out to be another rock album, I reused some old tracks like Space Wars, The Epic Journey, Run into the Light and Planets March. The Organ and Brass Hymnal is an album of hymns and other pieces arranged for organ and brass. Tuba Christmas is an album of Tuba Christmas carols that were arranged for tuba that I arranged for organ and brass later. Church Service Music is an album of an imagery church service'''. The Bach Albums 3 and 4 is just like The Bach Albums 1 and 2. I used more '''tracks that I did not use yet or did not have recordings of. Three Strikes You’re Out is a concept album about a baseball player at the bat, will he get a hit or get an out. He Shoots… He Scores is a concept album about a hockey player going for the big game winning goal. Tales of the City is an album I found some old lyrics that I found the other day and including a couple that I just wrote, I made another album using the lyric titles as song titles.

Some other songs that were written and and only released as EP’s or singles are the following Flashtalk a piece that I wrote in a single day using some effects on audacity, The Farm Arrangement is a piece that I arranged for tuba to perform for a mini outside concert with my friends, recorded at the outdoor concert but was rerecorded due to the recording not turning out great. The Prelude EP is a single that contains Prelude from Te Deum in different styles. The Cupped Chorale is a piece that I wrote during a class that I just wrote the ideas on paper and transmitted it onto my computer, We Shall Overcome is an arrangement of the song We Shall Overcome for Organ and Brass. Power Of The Mind is a EP about graduating from Whatcom Community College and moving on with life. Wars In Space is A EP about going to a giant war in space, The Black-Note Stomp I was practicing for my class and instead of practicing, I wrote this song instead, The Aftermath Of Rome is a single that I wrote while taking a break during my classes during the day. Christmas Time is a single that I arranged all my favorite Christmas songs and combined them all into one song, 7th Chord Song which I wrote and recorded at my house over a period of a couple of days. Mercur I wrote this one in the student lounge of the PAC at WWU, I was just writing ideas down it turned out to be a great piece. Tubaman Suite is a piece that I arranged pieces together to form a tuba solo, Classical Arrangements for Organ and Brass I arranged one track of my favorite hymns and arranged a couple of Bach Pieces for organ brass and organ/brass'''. Pieman in the Storm''' which I jammed on some ideas at home to form this song, Waking up To a New Day is an EP of some classical music. Concerto on Crown Him with Many Crowns has not seen the light of day, so I released it on this one, Lo How a Rose I wanted to redo a Christmas album that I made a while ago so I made this one and it turned out great. When In Our God, Music Is Glorified a friend of mine played a cool arrangement of this piece that I would try to recreate myself and I think I hit the mark on this one, When The Wind Calls Your Name I wrote the piece while jamming on my keyboard, I would reuse some old tracks to fill in the missing pieces. In Memory Of was an EP that I would write a couple of songs in tribute to my grandfathers who passed away, The Great Blue Sky is a piece that I was just having fun on my keyboard and this song just popped out, and Zoomtu took me a couple of days to write I was jamming on my keyboard writing down what I played wrote it on Sibelius and went from there. It took me a couple of times to make sure that the pieces were what I wanted before I released it.

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