in no particular order: harry reser, roy smeck, woody guthrie, eugene chadbourne, fred frith, the roches, spike jones, toru takemitsu, john barry, ennio morricone, jon brion, moondog, harry nillson, roger miller, neil young, trimpin, pierre bastien, itoken, klimperei, amy denio, luc houtkamp, tom waits, brian eno, ernie kovacs, todahiko yokogawa, jacques de vaucanson, wolfgang von kempelen, shaking ray levis, brecht, weill, and the many wonderful dancers, writers, musicians, actors and film makers with whom i have collaborated.
Sounds Like
it all sounds like something has gone wrong in a beautiful way.
as my musical friend marko novachcoff likes to say bios should be degradeable ... whatever that means. for the past 20 years i've taken almost 100 commissions to write music for theater, film and dance. recently i returned to teaching sound related subjects. life is mostly good. if you like the music, visit cdbaby for little bang theory or solo frank releases...enjoy!
I will participate in the group exhibition [MOT Annual 2010 *Neo-Ornamentalism from Japanese Contemporary Art] at Museum Contemporary Tokyo Art http://www.mot-art-museum.jp 2010 februry 6th(sat) - april 11th(sun)
I'm consolidating all my wonderful friends around the world into one list. So I have just created a new friends contact list. If you would like to be kept up to date on what I've got going on in my musical world, Just click the following link to join up. http://www.reverbnation.com/davidgerald?add_email=true See you on the internet... and at a show soon too I hope! Peace.
"Ticklin' The Strings" by Sweet Hollywaiians
Amazing Japanese hot string band playing 1920's, 30's, 40's style hawaiian, swing, calypso, blues, italian music and originals,featuring vintage instruments.3 songs with Robert Armstrong and Tony Marcus(from Robert Crumb and His Cheap Suit Serenaders)
"The Sweet Hollywaiians have probably the best feel for this 20's music of any string band working today. They manage the rare feat of sounding relaxed even when their playing is hot, are top notch musicians with tasteful arrangements and a full, rich, warm sound.Plus, they have a nice gamut of tunes, from King Nawahi to Giovanni Vicari to Bobby Leecan. See them live, if you can, for an unforgettable experience. If you can't, buy their Cds!" ~ Terry Zwigoff
