Andy Kulberg (April 30, 1944 – January 28, 2002) was an American musician notable for his bass playing with the groups Blues Project and Seatrain.

Biography

Kulberg was born in

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, and grew up in

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. In 1965, he became a founding member of the "Blues Project", a popular New York City

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band, along with

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, Steve Katz and Roy Blumenfeld. Kulberg was the band's bass guitarist, also known for his electric flute virtuosity. He claimed to have invented the electric flute by drilling a hole and inserting an electric pickup. He later formed and was a member of "Seatrain," the first production by Sir George Martin after the breakup of the Beatles, which Kulberg formed with Blumenfeld after the breakup of Blues Project in early 1969.

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and

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were among the members of Seatrain. During the 1970's to 1980's he worked scoring and performing music for TV such as Starksky and Hutch, and B.A.D. CATS which starred Michelle Pfeiffer. He delved into a musical score for the B movie Cardiac Arrest about a medical black market for human hearts. For twenty-five years, Kulberg worked in

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as a musician and composer, collaborating with

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, while at the same time owning and operating, along with Michie, the music production company Kulberg/Michie Music. Their most notable contributions under this name were to

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's Kid Pix Studio and Kid Pix Studio Deluxe, creating all of the music clips that the user could choose from to go along with their Moopie, Stampimation, Digital Puppet show, or, in the

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version of Kid Pix Studio Deluxe, their SlideShow presentation as background music. Most of those same music clips were also made available in Kid Pix Deluxe 3 (including the

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remaster, Kid Pix Deluxe 3X, and the completely three-dimensional upgrade, Kid Pix 3D) and Kid Pix Deluxe 4. Kulberg died of

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in January 2002. On October 18, 2007, he was inducted into the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame. Kulberg is survived by his wife Lorie, three sons, three grandsons, and one granddaughter.

References

External links

Chris Michie

Blues Project - Flute Thing

Andy Kulberg -- played flute, bass with Blues Project, Seatrain
1944 births 2002 deaths Musicians from Buffalo, New York American male composers 20th-century American bass guitarists People from Fairfax, California Musicians from Marin County, California American male bass guitarists Guitarists from New York (state) Guitarists from California 20th-century American composers 20th-century American male musicians The Blues Project members Seatrain (band) members 20th-century American flautists {{US-composer-20thC-stub