(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
I was born in
1967,
when computers looked like (a).
At the time of this writing,
computers mostly look like
(b), but to me, computers
are actually supposed to look like
(c), so I'm kind of perpetually
bewildered.
I'm a musician; I write songs, sing them, and play lots of instruments. My most recent projects are these:
COMMISSION
I'm currently in a multi-year project to write and produce over 40 songs, all requested by friends and family. You can read about the requests at jdf.ooo/commission, or just listen to them here.
COVERAGE
A project in which I solicited cover requests, each to be accompanied by some constraint. I recorded 41 songs in 42 weeks.
Songs about New Paltz
This is just a place to put other original songs that don't have any particular project attached to them.
I created the Wordle word-cloud layout algorithms while working on a social bookmarking application at IBM Research, in 2005. I created the “Wordle„ web application in 2008. Since that time, hundreds of thousands of people have saved over 7,000,000 word clouds to Wordle‚s public gallery, before the gallery was turned off.
I contributed a chapter about Wordle to the O'Reilly book
“Beautiful Visualization”.
You can buy the book—all royalties go to
Architecture
for Humanity—or you can download a copy of the chapter
I wrote by clicking on
.
Wordle is currently dead; it depends on a technology that's no longer supported in any browser. I have hopes to bring it back to life.
I used to live in New York City. From about 1990 to 2003 I played drums, guitar, and bass on many records and at shows.
Here are a few samples of my work from that time.
Round Band - Hypocrites on TV
by Dan Seiden
- Dan Seiden-guitar, vocals
- Joe Quigley-bass
- Jonathan Feinberg-drums
Church of Betty - Comedy of Animals
by Chris Rael
- Chris Rael-guitar and vocals
- Deep Singh-tabla
- Jonathan Feinberg-drums and Vibra-Tone
- Joe Quigley-bass
- Kenny Siegal-GRYARNK GRONK
Samsara - I'm Sorry
by Tim Bright & Paris Hampton
- Paris Hampton-vocals
- Jonathan Feinberg-drums
- Tim Bright-everything else!
Michael Holt - Singing Part
- Michael Holt-acoustic guitar, piano, vocals
- Cora Simone-back vocals
- Jonathan Feinberg-drums and percussion
- Joe Quigley-bass
- Chris Rael-electric guitar
- Erik Pearson-electric guitar
- Dan Seiden-electric guitar and Yeah yeah!
Pajama Garden - Ernie Pie
by Michael Holt
- Michael Holt-Fender Rhodes and vocals
- Jonathan Feinberg-objects strewn about the room
Ed Pastorini - I Love New York
- Ed Pastorini-piano and vocals
- Jonathan Feinberg-traps
Brian Woodbury's Popular Music Group - I Burn the Flag
- Brian Woodbury-vocals and acoustic guitar
- Marc Muller-guitar
- Erik Boyd-bass
- Elma Mayer-keyboards
- Jonathan Feinberg-drums
Fluffer - Slick
- Anna Kim-guitar
- Janet Treadaway-guitar
- Laura Galpin-vocals
- "Kasual" Lineberger-bass
- Jonathan Feinberg-drums
Mike Errico - God
- Mike Errico-guitar, hamonica and vocals
- John Abbey-bass
- Jonathan Feinberg-drums
Church of Betty - Red Line
by Chris Rael
- Chris Rael-sitar and vocals
- Deep Singh-tabla and tuning hammer
- Jonathan Feinberg-fretless bass
- Gregor Kitzis-violin
- Matthew Goeke-cello
Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories - Stay
by Lisa Loeb
- Lisa Loeb-guitar and vocals
- Tim Bright-guitar
- Joe Quigley-bass
- Jonathan Feinberg-drums
- With Paul Schaeffer and the Late Night band!
Church of Betty - Electric Chair
by Chris Rael
- Chris Rael-guitar and vocals
- Deep Singh-tabla
- Jonathan Feinberg-drums
- Joe Quigley-bass
- Gregor Kitzis-violin
They Might Be Giants - The Statue Got Me High
by John Linnell and John Flansberg
- John Linnel-accordian and vocals
- John Flansberg-guitar and vocals
- Tony Maimone-bass
- Kurt Hoffman-sax
- Jonathan Feinberg-drums
In fact, they do speak English in What. DREAMHOSTY