Currently (at least on this page) me and the internal sequencer of a Roland xp50. (I know... I know...! One of these days, I'm gonna get serious.)
Influences
Traditional ethnic music from all over the world including Gamelan, Balkan vocal music, Latin American, Sephardic, Arabic, Indian, Klezmer and American folk music. Other favortie genres are drum and bass, intelligent pop music, classical guitar, medieval music, and jazz.
Random Sampling of Favorite Artists: (as if I can really make a list like this!) The Beatles, Beck, Bjork, Tom Waits, Amon Tobin, DJ Food, Dimaggio, Ladytron, Bossacucanova, B-52's, Tipsy, Matthew Embry, Talking Heads, Devo, Paul Simon, Manu Chau, La Rondinella, The Baltimore Consort, Yma Sumac, Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Susana Baca, Buena Vista Social Club, Cesaria Evora.
Composers: Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Igor Stravinsky, Erik Satie, Bela Bartok, Modest Mussorgsky, Olivier Messiaen, Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy, Astor Piazzola, Colin McFee, Lou Harrison, Grenados, Leo Brouwer, Cole Porter, George Gershwin, Martin Denny, Henri Mancini, Danny Elfman,
Sounds Like
Singing Backup on the Jimmy Kimmel Show with As Tall As Lions!
Singing with Petra Haden and the Sellouts: The Troubadour, 5.25.06.
I earned a B.A. in music from UCSC where I studied classical guitar, voice, orchestration, composition, traditional Latin American music and electronic music.
I am also fortunate to have found a second passion in Web Design.
I have been a vegetarian for 20 years. Click here to find out why.
Hey Girl, It was so fun being on the Kimmel show with you! What a fun time in the glitter and glam.... and those plastic chandeliers! I love your music on here, you are so inspiring! Check this out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSIbfzK2spg
Happy Saint Patrick's Day! Just dropping by to let you know that in celebration of the rare Ancient Future Guitar-Sitar Jugalbandi show March 31, 2007, at Northern California's Larkspur Cafe Theatre, we have finally added our fourth myspace song: a live version of the song Socha Socha from the Planet Passion CD that was recorded for the Echoes Radio Living Room Concert Series. For a limited time only, we are offering it as a free download. It's not available on iTunes or any other download site, and it will be removed on April 1, so download it while you can. Hope you enjoy this gift to our myspace friends!
