My old mates Steve, Stix, Hop, Martyn, Tim and Patrick; along with The Beatles, Cream, Freddie Mercury, Boz Scaggs, Kinks, Doobies, David Bowie, Moody Blues, Heatwave, Bert Jansch, Paul Simon, Carol King, Steely Dan, Cole Porter... Mozart to Motown, Bach to Bacharach...it's hard to spot, but it's all in there somewhere.
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What I produce is probably inspired and limited by the music I have experienced. Sometimes the ideas take form too quickly, almost in one piece, and I have a fear that I've heard the whole thing before somewhere...I sincerely hope I haven't, and please forgive me if you feel it too.
Please come and check out my pages at these sites for songwriters, performers and listeners:
http://alstravinsky.vox.com/
So he never existed... not really, as a real person. He made himself up one day in 1969 and lived a dual existence: half of him surviving on dead-end jobs, the other half believing that one day he would write at least one song that the world would remember. Now half of him is dead, and, as with all conjoined twins (without major surgery) that sentences both of them. It would be sad if it wasn't so pathetic. Fairy-tales always end this way... well not always, rarely... and this was rarely a fairy-tale; so there the similarities end: the ending was neither sad nor happy - it just... was.
The enigmatic and tragic Jackson C Frank was a hero of his... now he emulates that frail and failed soul. Maybe in 40 years people will still say 'Al who?', much as they do today. That would be both a great epitaph, and a fitting legacy.
Below is the page as he inexplicably and hurriedly left it: hot meal still on the table; knife and fork still in place and at the ready; the drink untouched in the crystal glass...
Here are the songs from my album: The sentence that I serve
The album is now available at CD Baby. Please click on the mini album cover, below, to take you there.
'I'm blending everything I've ever heard, read, seen, felt, touched and thought in my tiny messed up brain; trying, by the force of my will against all Nature's constraints, to shape songs to tell you how it feels.'
This is a selection of the songs I have posted on IAC:
Where was I? Oh yes...
Hi!
I've been a professional musician for 25 years; always working, travelling, trying to make ends meet. Well they eventually met, and I tied them into a clove hitch (more of a slip-knot really): my hands are now free so I can get on with actually, ironically, playing some music at last.
I sing and play bass guitar mostly, but I play some acoustic/electric guitars also. Everything else is done on the computer: I use Propellerhead's Reason for all my sequencing/samplers/synths/and-other-stuff (it is a thing of rare beauty); I record audio with Cubase, use Voxengo plug-ins, Brian Delaney and Mark Walker drum loops, which all suit me just fine.
I also have lots of songs and an album to download at: www.soundclick.com/alstravinsky - plus I've recently posted some songs at Bonxo.com, which is a lovely, intimate (though quickly expanding) community of songwriters. I'm on IAC and Songplanet too. All the links to these sites are on the left, near the bottom, if you're interested.
hello Al we all read the message that joe snow sent you ( we aint going into school for the hoidays i think he ment when we go back haahaha silly joe) any way see you next week
hi bass man r u ok i need 2 ask u somthing r u in the room at lunch with us at lunch cos im trying 2 write a song about my girlfriend and me and lee cant think of anything could u help get in tuch with us thanks were so greatfull that u have got us were we r so thanks oh if u dont no who it is its baby bass man the 1 the only snowy :)
err dunno why the music was to the far right of the screen lol
we have stared to record a new song at joe and sam's mates house if you go on are myspace you can see a preview of teh song it does not have no vocals yet but we are working on it
Hi I know its been awhile.....I sure hope that you will remember me?..If I dont plug this ..how will anyone ever know?...Please let me announce that " DreamSong " is now at CD baby and you can hear the entire work for free...I know you will enjoy it as Its a mini-pop symphony in the tradition of " SGT PEPPER and SMILE" Hope you give it a chance...Wishing you all have a GREAT 08 ! Billy D
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