My Musical Influences are:
Bobby McFerrin, Brian Eno, Phish, Miles Davis
LTJ Bukem & MC Conrad, Boards of Canada, STS9
Telefon Tel Aviv, Sheila Chandra, Bjork, Cab Calloway, Rahzel
Louis Armstrong, MMW, Mark Farina, Aphex Twin
Sonic Youth, The Grateful Dead, John Coltrane, Pavement
so many more, but these are the basics...
Sounds Like
A Mix of these musicians: Bobby McFerrin, Jamie Lidell, Sheila Chandra, Jason Mraz, Miles Davis, Rahzel, Peter Gabriel, Bjork, Boards of Canada
Cornflower
is a vocal-instrumentalist who lives
for the moment. His music is a mix
of many styles and genres, yet it
is unique and is too elusive to label.
Most importantly, his music has a
purpose... like a time capsule from
the future, here to help bridge the
gap between our world and what is
to come.
Cornflower's
music emerges intuitively through
an 'accapella scat'
that is very familiar and tribalistic.
He uses 'vocal-percussion'
aka Beat-boxing that is not
meant for spectacle but to serve as
a foundation to his soaring melodies
and atmospheric sound effects that
bring a depth and richness to the
sound wanting to be birthed. Last,
but not least, he uses a Loop station
that allows him to layer these many
vocal-instrumentations into a symphony
that if your eyes were closed, you
wouldn't believe it was being created
solely using his mouth.
Cornflower
has studied with ten-time Grammy Winner,
Bobby
McFerrin and was a guest leader
at the annual 12-hour Circlesinging
event called "Singing for
your Life 2005" with members
of SoVoSo.
Cornflower
creates memorable musical grooves
and inspirational mantras that lift
you up while getting down!
Cornflower has performed at Earthdance
in Laytonville CA, Emrg+N+See
Festival, Mystic
Garden Party, Peace
Village Festival and MidSummers
Dream Festival as well as The Cascade
Theater in Redding CA opening for
Kenny Loggins, The Mobius, Historic
Ashland Armory, Siskiyou Brew Pub
and at many private House Concerts
in Ashland OR, 4 Daughters in Medford
OR and the Georgia Theater in Athens
GA. Cornflower has also performed
overseas at the Byron Bay Community
Center in Byron Bay NSW AUS as well
as across the Southeast of Australia
in Sydney & Melbourne, and in
the North and South islands of New
Zealand.
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Whoa man, I noticed that you're in the Tri-Cities right now!! As we speak!! I'm gonna try like crazy to come see you perform!! Weeknights are school nigths, but I'll try my best to make it to one of your KGC shows....hope all is well
Yessir much love right back atcha homie, was very impressed by your set in Ashland!! Let's def stay in touch, got another run planned for this fall I'm currently working on...;)
HI,
Thanks for adding me. I really appreciate it. If you dig the Boards of Canada then you might like a couple of my tracks inparticular Lil' Emotional.
Take care
Aron
Just stopping by to say hello! I hope all is going well for you. Let peace be of your heart, faith be your strength, and Universal Life be your guide.
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I hope you find peace and happiness in your journey.
Live in Minneapolis. Have a friend who told me to check you out. You are amazing! Dont want to leave your page, just keep on jamming to some great tunes! Well done guy! True fan now.
Thanks so much for the use of some fantastic tunes! Keep up the great work! We cannot wait to hear more. Here's what we did with your help --- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqdQ7MaX7ms
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