Clayton Counts (born August 19, 1973 in Midland, Texas) is an American writer, composer, and musician, best known for a mash-up collection he released under the pseudonym The Beachles, which combined The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band with The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds. August 19 is the 231st day of the year (232nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... Nickname: The Tall City Location within the state of Texas County Midland County Mayor Mike Canon Area    - City 173. ... Bastard pop is a musical genre which, in its purest form, consists of the combination (usually by digital means) of the music from one song with the acapella from another. ... The Beachles Sgt. ... The Beatles, an English musical group from Liverpool, are one of the most critically acclaimed, commercially successful popular music artists in history. ... For other uses, see Sgt. ... The Beach Boys are a pop music group formed in Hawthorne, California, in 1961 who are widely considered one of the most influential bands in rock and pop music history. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Pet Sounds 40th Anniversary CD+DVD (Limited Edition Fuzzy Package). ...

Counts has written articles for magazines like FringeWare Review under several pen names. He composes experimental and drone music for his band ColoringBook, which makes use of live strings and other eclectic instrumentation, found sound, electronic manipulation, and minimalist techniques. FringeWare Review was a magazine of Cyberculture published in Austin, Texas. ... Experimental Related to experiment it is refered to ideas or techniques not yet stablished or finalized involving innovation. ... Drone can refer to many things: // In eusocial insects, a male bee, ant or wasp. ... ColoringBook is a three-part series of recordings by composer Clayton Counts. ... Found art, or more commonly and less confusingly, Found Object (French: objet trouvé) is a term used to describe art created from common objects not normally considered to be artistic (also assemblage). ... This article is about minimalism in art and design. ...

External links

• claytoncountsdotcom, Clayton Counts' website
• ColoringBook, ColoringBook's MySpace page