Pipe Choir Records

Pipe Choir is a Creative Commons netlabel featuring the music of Pipe Choir, P C III, PC-ONE, and The Marian Circle Drum Brigade.

Pipe Choir is an American alternative rock project formed in Cleveland, Ohio in 1991. It was founded by Michael J. Bostwick as a one man project. The name Pipe Choir derives from a keyboard preset “pipes and choir." Pipe Choir’s recording career began as a studio collaboration between Michael J. Bostwick and Peter Davis (the owner and engineer of Studio Arts Recording). The Studio Arts sessions resulted in the release of two songs, Sleep/Savior and Waterfall. The Song Savior enjoyed immediate mainstream radio attention. In 1993, Pipe Choir began to perform live. Past members include:Daniel Bostwick (drums), Ed Sotello (bass guitar), Joe Minadio (keyboards), Doug Wimbish (keyboards), Brad Becker (guitar), Pete Woodward (guitar). In 1994, Pipe Choir returned to being a one man project. Since 2009, Pipe Choir music has been on the independent netlabel Pipe Choir. Pipe Choir's music is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.

P C III ( Pipe Choir Three) is a musical project started by Michael J. Bostwick in 2013. P C III was developed as a platform to showcase all of Michael Bostwick’s Onistwave compositions. Onistwave is a genre of music developed by Michael J. Bostwick. Onistwave is described by Bostwick as:
1) Music created with the aim of relaxing the listener.
2) Music of an extremely long duration (a minimum of 15 minutes).
3) Very light handed minimal percussion is used.
4) Punctuating cymbal crashes are not used.
5) Is not constructed with samples or loops from external sources.
6) Music that often includes elements of pop, rock, classical, ambient, electronic, and world music.
7) Music composed with primarily acoustic, electric, and electronic instruments.
8) Music that incorporates a heavy use of keyboards and atmospheric treatments.
9) Music that often incorporates minimal but heavily layered vocal lines.

PC-ONE is a musical platform created by the netlabel Pipe Choir to showcase songs created by Pipe Choir that are considered to be too sonically different from the usual Pipe Choir sound.

PC-ONE Wilderness is an collection of 13 acoustic guitar and vocal songs.
PC-ONE Division is an album of Heavy Metal songs.

Since 2015, PC-ONE music has been available on the independent netlabel Pipe Choir. PC-ONE's music is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.

The Marian Circle Drum Brigade is a musical project started by Michael Bostwick of Pipe Choir, PC-ONE and P C III in 2010.

According to Bostwick, The Marian Circle Drum Brigade was inspired by his love of marching band drumlines ever since he was a child. When he was in high school he tried to join the marching band but due to his inability to read sheet music was denied the opportunity.
Inspired by this memory, Bostwick conjured up The Marian Circle Drum Brigade, a virtual marching band in the summer of 2010

The Marian Circle Drum Brigade is a project that features primarily a loud high energy drumline (performed entirely by Bostwick) and is accompanied by an aggressive industrial alternative vocal approach reminiscent of Ministry’s Al Jourgensen. The Marian Circle Drum Brigade described by Bostwick as a combination of the Top Secret drum core and industrial alliterative metal band Ministry.

The Marian Circle Drum Brigade has released one self titled six song album available on Soundcloud and Free Music Archive. The Marian Circle Drum Brigade's music is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.

Pipe Choir Records’s tracks

• The Singularity Podcast Episode 43: Curses (1/12/19) by Pipe Choir Records
• The Singularity Podcast Episode 42: Perception (12/15/18) by Pipe Choir Records
• The Singularity Podcast Episode 41: Long Live The King (12/8/18) by Pipe Choir Records
• The Singularity Podcast Episode 40: Hodge Podge (11/30/18) by Pipe Choir Records
• The Singularity Podcast Episode 39: Thought Experiment #4 (11/2/18) by Pipe Choir Records
• The Singularity Podcast Episode 38: Happy Halloween by Pipe Choir Records
• The Singularity Podcast Episode 37: Narcissism/Plagiarism by Pipe Choir Records
• The Singularity Podcast Episode 36: Home Isn't Home Anymore by Pipe Choir Records
• Pipe Choir - Live Ones: Infinite Light by Pipe Choir Records
• Pipe Choir - Live Ones: Children Of The Son by Pipe Choir Records