John Williams

Drummer; archaeologist

[Eilaithen Harvey @EilaithenHarvey]

@JohnkewDrums please upload more stuff onto youtube your covers are the best

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@TudorAdrianC I'll get back to it. Things have been crazy at work, but I always return to drumming

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@Pratsuco I'm still around! I'm just really bad at social media

[John Williams @JohnkewDrums]

#almoradownovercast Just when I think a song is peaking, it breaks through a new ceiling

[John Williams @JohnkewDrums]

@almoradownovercast Excellent musicianship, fantastic songwriting, amazing sonic landscape

[Mike Portnoy 🤘 @MikePortnoy]

Can’t believe it’s already been a year...RIP to my hero 🙏

[John Williams @JohnkewDrums]

@Derek_Artworks Yes indeed. 4, 7, and 13

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The topic of Axis Mundi is about a vision quest, a rite of passage that almost every pre-modern society had but has been largely lost in our current world. There are four stages of the song, each representing a life stage, color, season, and gender #PortraitsMonad

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@BennDown Thank you Ben - this project will always be one of the favorite things I've been involved with. Thanks for being such a great musical partner and friend, and I very much look forward to our next one!

[BENN DOWN @BennDown]

Thank you for everyone who has listened to Monad over the years. We have something for you to devour soon. I really appreciate it. This was a challenging record for all parties and your love and acceptance of it is really humbling. Thanks again. #PortraitsMonad

[John Williams @JohnkewDrums]

That was fun - thanks everyone! #PortraitsMonad

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We only picked light hearted topics for this album. Like the song Apostasy, which deals with the conviction of Giordano Bruno of heresy during the inquisition #PortraitsMonad

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Chapter 7: Catastrophe #PortraitsMonad

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@BennDown And one of my favorites from the album

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@BennDown Ha, I don't remember that. Sounds good though.

[John Williams @JohnkewDrums]

@BennDown In front of my new gong...

[John Williams @JohnkewDrums]

Fun fact: I got a tattoo of the Antikythera mechanism on my right shoulder after this album #PortraitsMonad

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k...hold on...

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I remember the members of Bellowhead playing along to the end of this and laughing at how ridiculously hard it was to play to 13/8. But they nailed it...total pros. #PortraitsMonad

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Man Makes Himself deals with Paley’s watchmaker analogy, the idea that if something has design then it must have been created by a designer. Then Darwin came along and conceived of nature as the prime mover. No need for master craftsman…we have to make ourselves. #PortraitsMonad

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Man Makes Himself is in 13/8…one of the strangest time signatures to play. #PortraitsMonad