Beat Concrete is a little Northern California trio that plays original independent music that veers stylistically from rock to britpop to jazz to funk, sometimes in a single song. But it always sounds like Beat Concrete. We’re DIY all the way, firmly committed to operating by the seat of our pants.

The name ‘Beat Concrete’ was inspired by the experimental electronic musique concrete movement of the 50’s, with the philosophy that the band would make beat-driven music that was forward-thinking and thoughtful. Despite the French language reference, ‘concrete’ is pronounced American-style as in the word for ‘real’ or ‘cement’.

The band is composed of songwriter and guitarist/singer David Lee, bassist/singer Beki Li (who also writes), and drummer Ken Hardy (who also sings). Beat Concrete originally formed in Chico before splitting to explore San Francisco, the North Coast, and Europe and then reuniting in Chico to become a full-time band again in late 2008.

Beat Concrete plays gigs around the North State and is committed to making itself available for benefit appearances for worthy organizations.

David sings and plays guitar and lots of other instruments. His main guitar is a Gretsch G6120 but he also plays Heritage H-150 and H-150 Les Pauls, a Jeff Beck Strat, a Reverend Wolfman, and a Rick Turner Model One through amps by Budda, Vox, and TopHat.

Beki sings and plays upright, fretless, and electric basses and keyboards. Live, she sings and plays bass, mainly her BSX Half-Note upright bass, which sounds totally phat. She plays Chapman Stick in her spare time.

Ken plays the drums really well. It’s almost like he’s had training. He also sings. He plays a Tama Swingstar set with about 10 cymbals.

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You can contact us through email here.

You can also reach David as ‘worldblee’ on Twitter, AIM, MSN, and Gtalk. We love Twitter and post fairly often.

Our MySpace profile is at www.myspace.com/beatconcreteband. If you’re on MySpace, please add us as a friend…we like friends.

We have a profile on the excellent ReverbNation service at www.reverbnation.com/beatconcrete that offers another way to stream tracks and keep track of our schedule.

On the social music site Uvumi, we’re at http://www.uvumi.com/#beatconcrete. Uvumi is small, independent site in Austin, Texas, run by musicians for musicians.

On StereoFame, the music site with a ‘game’ element where you can win prizes, we’re at http://www.stereofame.com/beatconcrete. From that link, you can sign up for StereoFame and support Beat Concrete by doing so.

Our Facebook page is at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Beat-Concrete/58813913236.

Also, we apparently have a website at www.beat-concrete.com now. Who knew?