Farewell To Juliet

Friends of Farewell to Juliet

Farewell to Juliet has always been more interested in fostering a community spirit with fellow musicians, rather than competing with them. Here are some of the talented folk that FTJ have crossed paths with:
* Jeff Schmale
* Matt McCabe
* christianE!
* Carl Oberg
* Rob Dickinson
* Andrew Carter
* Mark Rubel
* Matt Needham
* Miro Svetinsky
* Brian Clark

Founding member Jeff Schmale has retired from the band, and is currently devoting time to his wife and baby boy. Jeff will always be fondly remembered by Farewell to Juliet; his thundering drum technique is a wonder to behold, especially in the concert setting. Here is a photo of Jeff S. performing at the Cornerstone Festival.


Matt McCabe is lead guitarist for Chico, California based modern rock act Able Cain. McCabe also performs and records as a solo artist under the moniker King Never. FTJ's Grace and Dire Cicumstances album benefits from the experimental guitar stylings McCabe displays on his own forthcoming King Never release, Ambient Guitar Noise, Vol. I. Creating dreamy soundscapes, textures, and asynchrous loops, McCabe counts Robert Fripp as a major influence.


Intense recording artist christian E! of industrial act has amassed a large number of live dates playing keyboard with FTJ. If you hunt, you can still find gWs's debut release, Life Equals Death, which was released in 1993. A new gWs single is available on christian's web site .


Carl Oberg's edgy lead and rhythm styles brought vital bite and body to the mix of Echoes of Laughter, and to many of the band's live shows in support of that album. Carl's most recent project was his Salt Lake City-based band, Adam's Chain. Click here to see another photo of Carl performing at the Cornerstone Festival.


Jeff lucked out one evening in February, 1997, when he met Rob Dickinson, the singer of one of his most favorite bands ever - Great Yarmouth, England's Catherine Wheel (Mercury Records). Jeff had his lyric sheets and a Sony Walkman with him, and Dickinson agreed to read the choruses to Grace and Dire Cicumstances' Thermostat (For All the Fleas) onto a tape, so his sonorous British accent could be flown into the mix as a sort of "voice-under." The images of Rob were taken from the Catherine Wheel home page.


Andrew Carter, lead guitarist of Aunt Bettys (and other Mike Knott projects such as LSU's Grace Shaker, Knott's solo release Fluid, etc.), guest solos during the jam of Seconds Count on Grace and Dire Cicumstances. Carter's Gibson Les Paul guitar, wah, and Marshall amp based sound recall classic guitar heroes such as Mick Ronson, MC5, and even R&B/soul/pop rockers like Prince, while maintaining a completely current attitude. Andy's got style for miles, and it was cool to watch him play in the studio.


Mark Rubel, music guru of Champaign, Illinois, owns and operates Pogo Studio (contact: (217) 351-8155). Rubel has worked with FTJ on both of their albums for Marathon Records, in addition to producing or otherwise working with a range of nationally known acts from Mojo Nixon to Poster Children. In August of 1997, Rubel completed production of Hum's sophomore release for RCA Records, and began work on a Menthol project for Capitol Records. Contact Mark and Pogo electronically at pogostudio@shout.net.


There is simply nothing that Matt Needham cannot do. In addition to rendering the digital images found in the Grace and Dire Cicumstances CD artwork, Needham has also served as FTJ's live sound engineer since early in the band's career. Matt knows more about the University of Illinois' legendary steam tunnel system than anyone else in existence.


Miro Svetinsky operates the humbly-named Mirolab Studio in Bellflower, CA. Prior to working on Grace and Dire Cicumstances as both electric guitar recording engineer and mixdown engineer, Svetinsky engineered Sunny Day Roses' Bloomshine! album for Marathon Records, in addition to working with Jeff Elbel during production of two singles for Thee Spivies.

Svetinsky lends his studio engineering and keyboard wizardry to his own pop trio, The Few, as well as an extended group project called Tunesmiths.

Miro counts New Wave popsters such as Howard Jones, Talking Heads, and Thomas Dolby among his many musical influences.


Brian Clark is the lead guitarist and spirit behind Champaign, Illinois' finest band, Soulstice. The band has been described as "modern rock in touch with its roots." Whatever you call it, no one covers Hendrix' "Fire" the way Soulstice does. The band has one full-length disc, entitled Soulstice, as well as a more recent cassette-only release called Bill's Toasty. Both are available from Marathon Records. Soulstice and FTJ worked together a lot in the early days, and Brian took band photos which were used in both of our albums.
Contact Farewell to Juliet electronically at SunnyRoses@aol.com.
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