Omega is the final letter of the Greek Alphabet...so ...

We perform in the greater Chicago Metropolitan area...Live is as good as it gets...

The future of the retail music industry lies with downloadable songs and albums. The infrastructure is slowly being built through broadband access and the end-users are equipping themselves as personal computers gain wider adoption. Additionally, expect to see game consoles and set-top cable and satelite boxes enabled for this in the near future. This will take some time but it is the way we are all headed. Digital rights management will eventually be sorted out for newly released content. The music that has already been released is not secure and never will be. The definers of the Red Book CD standard didn't see what was coming and failed to implement security.

If that major label could demonstrate that they were in touch with the emerging "brave new world" and could provide the right conduit to move the music out to the people in a way that was fair to the consumer and compensated us as artists, then YES.

The Members of Omega include:

PHOOMIN MANEECHOTE: Guitar/Keyboards, Songwriter, Producer

Phoomin writes, performs and produces original music. In addition to performing with Omega, he has recorded for After Hour and Strictly Hype Records, collaborated and performed for SportsChannel Cable TV for the Bulls and White Sox games. He also has performed in the house band at Excaliber Club and played in various local rock bands. Phoomin is a versatile player able to perform and compose in many styles including Rock, Jazz, Brazilian Jazz, New Age. Among his influences he cites The Beatles, Elton John, Michael Schenker, Joe Satriani, Baden Powell, etc...

RON ANDERSON: Drums-Percussion and Vocal-Percussion

Ron brings a 30-year package of experiences. The credit list includes Ramsey Lewis, Lou Rawls, The Captain & Tennille, and in the Summer of 2000, a tour of Australia with SINE…The Band and The Metropolis Youth Symphony-led by accomplished Classical Performer, Conductor, Producer and Arranger, Robert Ian-Winstin-for the Olympic Torch Relay.

Ron’s mentors include Billy Cobham, Steve Gadd, Lenny White, and Tony Williams, to name a choice few. Like these music legends, there have been many occasions where Ron would “sit-in” with a band, and it would sound as if they’ve been rehearsing for years. Jazz/Rock-Fusion is Ron’s first love, but good music comes in many forms, and he doesn’t shy away from any of them.

ROBERT DODSON: Bass/Guitar/Songwriter

Robert has played guitar in several local bands in the Chicago area, including a stint with the traveling band backing soul legend Otis Clay. As time progressed, his perspectives continued to expand, encompassing a keen interest in all genres and forms of music from classical to country, bluegrass to bebop and everything in between. A natural extension of his guitar playing was the addition of bass guitar. As a bassist, Robert, along with Ron, in the Summer of 2000, toured Australia with SINE…The Band and The Metropolis Youth Symphony for the Olympic Torch Relay. He cites as influences many of his favorite artists including Miles Davis, Jimi Hendrix, Stanley Clarke, Chick Corea, Marcus Miller, Ron Carter, Carlos Santana and Jaco Pastorius to name a few.

IN Memoriam.

We lost Scot last year. We keep his bio info here in memory of his wonderful personality and fine musicianship. May you rest easy, Scot.

SCOT WULBERT: Composer/Piano/Keyboards

Keyboardist, Scot Wulbert, infuses his diverse piano styling, arrangements, and compositions in a wonderfully unique & adroit manner that is all his own.

Hailing from a long line of musicians, Scot was introduced to music at an early age when he began studying piano at age six with the renown Zelda Abrams, and continued through his applied piano studies at Bradley University.

In addition to having played his funky and enthralling style throughout the U.S., Europe, the Caribbean, and Asia, Scot occasionally plays at various Chicago area venues. Scot cites as his influences a varied range of musicians from Michel Petrucciani to Pinetop Perkins.

Too many diverse muses to mention any in particular....

Maui, HI, USA

Gibson, Fender and Ibanez guitars; Warwick, Zon and Fender electric basses, Kay (1950's) and Martin acoustic basses; Ensonic and Fender Rhodes keyboards; Tama drums with Zildjin cymbals.