is an avant-garde multi-instrumentalist collective
WelcomeWe convene a dozen or so times per year to make 100% improvisational music. Or maybe it's noise. Or jazz. Whatever it is, we have fun making it. Covid had us jamming remotely via NINJAM and Jamtaba. We might still do that once in a blue moon, but we've been back to in-person sessions in San Diego for a few years now.
Please try to endure some of our recent sounds online,
Last public performance was at Tower Bar, June 2025. We're open to more shows, but we turn into pumpkins at 9:30pm sharp. So, early shows only.
Usual suspects: TonyM, FficientDan, PaulC, Pablo, AaronP
Less-usual suspects: DisjointedMike, PredilectionTom, ToddJ, RobP, ZackK, AdrianG, AndyV, MattanR, JessicaM, BrockB, AmyA, Matt?, ZacharyL, GabeW, NikS, JeremyA, EthanM, SelvinR, AndrewPD, Joel?, PhilM, Mike?, Greg?, Tomwilliamz, Jason?, JohnH, KurtT, AmandaG, NickM, ChloeB, CharlyV, and so on.
If you're a multi-instrumentalist (you're willing to make at least semi-rhythmic sounds on a few of: guitar/bass/drums/keys/noise/any non-acoustic instrument) near Normal Heights San Diego and want to make post-postmodern improv noise, send a note to synth band at uncool central dot com. We're not always hiring, and the pay sucks, but we're not discouraging potential great connections.
100% improvisational. We don't discuss what we're going to do before we do it, and you often get dumped at a random instrument. Fun.
Synth Band usually has guitar, bass, Vdrums, a synth or two, a mic, noise toys, and lots of effects pedals.
Synth Band plugs into a JamHub TourBus. No amps. (But a few amp/cab emulators.) Lots of headphones and a personal mix for everybody. Sounds we make dump straight to stereo with no production or mixing. Translation: It always sounds much better when we're making it. The recordings are for posterity, or something.
SynthBand.com events pop up on EventBrite a couple weeks before go-time. Do you want an invite to the next thing?