The Reality Check Band

Brett Palm: Bass & Composition

Brett started playing electric bass in the seventh grade in a desperate attempt to impress girls. A versatile, self-taught musician, Brett will play any style of music for money, even Country (but it had better be a lot of money). If given a choice he prefers to play jazz. Raised in Los Angeles, Brett spent the 80's in the Caribbean, then moved to Santa Rosa. He has played in billions of bands in the Bay Area. He writes a lot of music but couldn't tell you why.

Ralph A. Kolarik – Percussionist & Composer

Ralph is a veteran performer of many musical styles and has performed with an array of artists in Northern California. He has played with members of and in such bands as Roy Clark, Cold Blood, WBBH, King Fish, Michael Bolivar, The Chet Baker Group, The Dave Brubeck Group, The Sons of Chaplain, Pablo Cruise, Miles Davis, Tower of Power, Berlin, Norton Buffalo, and Santana. He has a BA in Music from Sonoma State University in California, and currently works in numerous pick-up situations in the Northern CA Bay Area, as well as composing for and performing with Reality Check. He lives in Santa Rosa, CA

Sunil Sharma – Guitarist & Composer

Sunil plays both electric and acoustic guitars, and has performed with many noted recording artists including Steve Smith of Journey, Maynard Ferguson, Kitty Margolis, the Al Remington Big Band, and Chick Corea Electric Band bassist John Pattituci. He has studied guitar with master guitarists Andre Bush and Peppino D’Agostino, and composition with Edie Smith and Will Johnson. He has a BA in Music from Sonoma State University in California, and performs frequently in various pick-up situations, along with performing with and writing for Reality Check. His debut solo CD, “Faces in the Mirror,” will be available in the summer of 2004. Sunil is also an activist, writer and researcher, and editor and publisher of Dissident Voice, an on-line political affairs newsletter. He lives in Santa Rosa, CA.