1. Jonathan Segel was born on September 3,1963 and is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist.
14 Facts About Jonathan Segel
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Jonathan Segel has played with Camper Van Beethoven, Sparklehorse, Eugene Chadbourne, and Dieselhed.
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Jonathan Segel went to college at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where he studied under Peter Elsea and experimental music pioneer Gordon Mumma.
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Jonathan Segel later obtained a master's degree in music composition at Mills College, studying with Fred Frith, Pauline Oliveros, Alvin Curran and Joelle Leandre.
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Jonathan Segel joined the indie rock group Camper Van Beethoven in 1984, while in college at Santa Cruz.
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Personality conflicts with frontman David Lowery caused Jonathan Segel to leave the band in 1989, prior to its 1990 breakup.
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Ten years later, Jonathan Segel returned at Lowery's invitation when the group reunited.
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Jonathan Segel has remained a member of the revived group since 1999.
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Jonathan Segel joined Dieselhed in 1989, and appeared on their 1993 self-titled debut album.
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Jonathan Segel recorded or performed with projects such as Granfaloon Bus, Sideways, and Virginia Dare, and with Eugene Chadbourne.
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From 1997 to 2001, in Los Angeles, Jonathan Segel worked with sound editor Dane Davis at Danetracks, a film sound post-production facility.
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Jonathan Segel returned to the Bay Area in 2001, where he taught music theory and electronic music at the College of Marin and Ohlone College until 2009, and worked for Pandora from 2009 to 2012.
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In 2012, Jonathan Segel moved to Stockholm, Sweden, with his wife and daughter.
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Jonathan Segel's compositions have included six chamber music scores written between 1989 and 2011.