COGNITIVE FUNGUS PRODUCTIONS, Original rock duo, songwriters, musicians
0riginal Rock Duo, Songwriters, Musicians, Screen & Playwrights
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COGNITIVE FUNGUS
A ROCK BAND DUO OF MUSICIANS WHO WRITE & PLAY ORIGINAL MUSICAL SINCE 1980s. PLAYING POLITICAL ORIGINAL MUSIC SO THAT NO ONE ELSE HAS TO
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- We perform in our living room & then put that video online & we can bring that to your LIVING ROOM or PARTY for people on a budget who want to hang out in their home with their family & friends without going out to a bar or club & spend a ton of $.
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- We are passionate storytellers dedicated to bringing our brand of songwriting talents & vision to life through every project we perform.
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- Our unmatched duo combine creativity with technical expertise to ensure every project we are involved in is a masterpiece.
MYQUI PATTEN'S STORY
- Is our Audio/Lighting Director.
- As Musician, Myqui excels playing the guitar & writing songs.
- She has audio recorded comedy groups just with her Iphone 14, creating Insta-reels for Instagram that get immediate audience attention.
- She gave us our name COGNITIVE FUNGUS.
- When she was a licensed electrician up in Massachusetts, she and a crew of electricians wired the Samuel Adams brewery-that's a big deal!
- She has recorded many commercials of her original music for companies on broadcast channels and she does that for our clients, too!
- She has also been a session guitarist working with many famous rock acts & bands.
- She & 2 other friends from Montclair State University in NJ were the first female power trio-CANDY APPLE in the 1980s.
- She has recorded music with grammy award winning recording engineer, Cynthia Daniels of Monk Music Studios.
AUDIO EQUIPMENT
- DAW CAKEWALK SONAR
- BANDLAB ASSISTANT
- ALESSI MULTI MIX 8
- ART STUDIO PREAMPS (3)
- FOSTEX POWER SPEAKERS (2)
- MUSIC MAN AMP 130 WATTS (2 BAND)
- AKG P 120 MICROPHONE
- SHURE 58S (2)
- MXR CONDENSER MICROPHONE (1)
- DUMBEK (ARMENIAN HAND DRUM)
PA SYSTEM
- CUSTOM 12" MONITORS (2)
- BERINGER 15" SPEAKERS (2)
- 350-WATT GEMSOUND XT-350 AMP
- BERINGER ULTRA QUALPRO EQ
- BERINGER BXL900 BASS AMP - CAT's
EFFECTS
- BOSS DISTORTION
- BOSS DIGITAL DELAY
- BERINGER ULTRA OCTADER
- IBANEZ WEEPING DEMON (1)
- ZOOM GUTAR EFFECT PEDAL actors, musicians, filmmakers, writers nj entertainment artists video-projects
MUSICAL EQUIPMENT
- Acoustic Lead 20 Amp (1)
- Music Man 130W Tube Amp
- Martin acoustic/electric guitar 6-string
- 1 Guild 1980 AWS 6-string electric guitar
- 1 Gibson 67 SG electric 6-string guitar
- 1 Guild F212 12-string acoustic guitar
CAT B PATTEN'S STORY
- Cat is our Coordinating Producer & as such she is the person clients get to speak to first to create a special package for your product or project shoot
- She has produced scripted readings, comedy groups, theater plays, commercials and other projects.
- She won an award from the 1975 Star Trek Convention in NYC for best performance singing an original song she wrote & sang in front of a 1700 people audience.
- She was born into a creative family graduating college with a B.A. degree in Music Theory & Performing Arts.
- After University she went to THE CENTER FOR THE MEDIA ARTS for 2 years graduating with a certificate in Video Production that she has used since in all her NYC & Los Angeles projects.
- Cat worked in Los Angeles on TV game shows, movies and film & has had many titles in life; Musician, Song/Screenwriter, Video Editor & Script Analyst.
- She helped launch the Sci-Fi Channel with a crew of professionals at USA NETWORKS in 1992.
- In the late 1990s she Produced her first comedy group DEVIANT SALAD who performed at THE DUPLEX on Christopher St to good reviews for her writing ability.
- In 1999, she won the national DIALOG SLAM for best MONOLOGUE for her play VEGAS that had performances at the famed Lambs Theater on Broadway.
- In 2023, VEGAS had a SCRIPTED READING that she produced with 5-time TONY AWARD WINNING PRODUCER, COREY BRUNISH which led to wonderful leads and the promise of making VEGAS a film.
- Between 2023-2024 she produced DEVIANTSALAD again with new actors with the promise of performing another round of shows at THE DUPLEX in late 2025.
- She & Myqui are planning a theatrical/Musical show called THE ROYAL FAMILY.
- Cat is a Screenwriter with a lot of talent writing film scripts for Dramas, Sketch and Theater.
- She is a member of THE DRAMATIST'S GUILD in NYC.
MUSICAL/VIDEO EQUIPMENT
- Ibanez Acoustic Electric Bass Natural
- Dean Electric Bass-Red
- Dean Acoustic Electric Bass-Black
- Vantage Electric Bass-natural
- 2 Guild Acoustic 6 String Guitar
- Orange County Chopper-Electric Guitar
- Shure & Rhode Mic
IPhone SE - WonderShare Filmora 14 Editing Software
- Panasonic GH5M2 Lumix DSLR Camera
- Canon PowerShot SX540HS
- FCP X
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