Album Notes

TIM YETT AS WELL AS JAN MICHAEL LOOKING WOLF ARE BOTH 2008 NATIVE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARD NOMINEES AS "FLUTIST OF THE YEAR" TOGETHER ON ONE CD!. THIS IS UNPRECEDENTED IN THIS GENRE AND MAY NEVER BE SEEN AGAIN! THIS CD IS A MUST HAVE FOR ANYONE WHO LOVES NATIVE AMERICAN FLUTE MUSIC.

Tim Yett (Cherokee) flutist and guitarist teams up with Jan Michael Looking Wolf, a Kalapuya Tribal member to create: “Breath Maker,” a passionately energetic and heartfelt offering of contemporary “Indian-Indie” music. The CD is an awe inspiring mix of contemporary acoustic melodies with guitar, world drums, and a variety of Native flutes that produce a modern sound while never lacking authentic native spirit.
Tim Yett 2007 Native American Music Award and 2007 Indian Summer Music Award Nominee is a renowned performing artist, producer, and philanthropist. Tim has written and performed music in many different genres over the course of his career which solidified his extremely versatile style. Primarily a performing artist and producer, Tim was encouraged to set-out on a recording career laying down tracks in his personal style for which he has a passion for: New Age and Indie Rock. Not only as a guitar player of exceptional talent, Tim also performs and records playing the Native American flute. His flute style is a blending of traditional indigenous melodies laced with noticeable Celtic voicings drenched in ancient spirit. The breakthrough CD "Breath Maker" speaks to a new direction that the Native American style of flute music is destined to move toward. This powerful body of work could not be possible without the synergistic pairing and talent of his musical front man: Jan Michael Looking Wolf, a well-accomplished Native American Flute recording artist, offers an amazing flute performance with melodies that blaze a new trial for the instrument. Jan Michael provided flute on all but one track for the CD.