Scott Brookman: using sounds of the past to create thoroughly modern music
Scott
Brookman has been writing and recording tuneful pop songs since the
mid-80’s, when he wrote many of the songs performed by the well-received
regional band, The Apes of Wrath. At around the same time he began recording
home demos on a variety of 4-track recorders, discovering that he could
improvise harmony with himself.
The so-called “home taping” movement accepted him and Scott began sharing music with a larger group of listeners, issuing 6-8 tape releases from the end of the 80’s through the mid 90’s. As the 90’s ended, Twee Kitten Records from California released his album For Those Who Like POP. Not only did it sell well, but it was picked up for reissue in Japan by Vroom-Sound. Music from the CD was used extensively in the PBS kids show, Dragonfly TV. There were flattering reviews in underground ‘zines, a few larger circulation magazines and even Japan’s Beikoku-Ungaku.
Somewhere along the line Scott wrote an original song used in the film Golfballs. There is finally a new release entitled A Song for Me, A Song for You which features 14 tracks in styles ranging from bossa nova to jazz/rock to Beatle-esque. Brookman describes his music as an outgrowth of '60s and '70s styles enhanced by modern recording technologies.
Visit Scott at Lost Cat Records