Jeremy Ylvisaker covers the Lead Guitar, Bass and keys.
I play the piano, wurlitzer and guitar. I'm John. I'm busy singing tooOoo.
Martin Dosh plays Drums on the recordings of "I've got to get out of this Body" "A Hooey A Wa Hee Wee" and "Jack Dempsey is a Fish".
But Peter Anderson plays Drums on the entire upcoming album and also live whenever possible.
Ryan Smith of the Melismatics plays bass and guitar live often toOo.
Devon Evans of The Wailers plays percussion.
T-Bone Thomas, Zack Lozier and Micheal Lewis play Horns. The Lewis is covering the bass tooOo these days.
Tom Herbers at Third Ear Recording Studio in Mpls here recorded the new album (to be released early this Spring!).
Sometimes I'm the whole live show.
Influences
Beatles, Led Zepplin, Pink Floyd; Early David Bowie; Radiohead, Beck, Lou Reed Transformer, Dead can Dance, Tom Petty Wildflowers is good. I like Led Zepplin. The Rain Song is playing right now. 'Great feel. I really don't hear many new albums because usually I'm listening to whatever recordings I'm working on. Nothing too out of the ordinary here except for my own strange music, and my friend's strange music (Alpha Consumer, The Melismatics).
Sounds Like
Hahns Nell (if you say it fast enough). Or Nhoj Llens backwards.
Now you can buy your own John Snell CDs at www.JohnSnellX.com!
Minnesota native John Snell (the Tenth) started writing music when he was just fifteen, but his musical admiration was apparent at an even earlier age. Johns mother can attest to him dancing to the hum of the vacuum cleaner while he was still in cloth diapers. Since these early days, JS10 has written over 200 songs, grown out of diapers, and released 5 full-length albums (Including In The Key Of Vacuum, The Alien Highway, Audibly Oriented, and recently The Clock Stops Here). Vocal training was started on John in his third grade of school; his writing wavering melodic harmonies is a result of singing nine years with organized choirs. And yes, he is actually John Snell the Tenth...his fathers John Snell the Ninth and everything.
Currently John is finally in the manufuacturing stage of his 7th album. The upcoming album is being recorded on a 24 track 2 inch tape machine by Tom Herbers at Third Ear Recording Studio in Minneapolis (Samples can be heard at www.myspace.com/minneapolismusic). The new album is diversely arranged with orchestration including string players from the Minnesota Chamber Orchestra (backing a live studio performance of "A Message with Perspective" by John Snell, Jeremy Ylvisaker and Peter Anderson). Three songs on the new album have live HORNS(!).
John is also getting singers in Minneapolis together to sing on his new song on Global Warming. The finale of the song has a flood of guest singers including The Original Mark Edwards, Mark Mallman, Chris Perricelli (of Little Man), Ryan Smith and Kat Smith (of The Melismatics), Maria May and Allison (of The Owls), Josh and Jenny Richardson (of The Flavor Crystals & Luke's Angles), and Matt and Nate Stevens (of Mad Love, Wookie Foot, The New Primatives & the Beads). The song will be on John's new studio album due out early 2008.
Other than recording, the past year has been spent working on promoting his latest studio album The Clock Stops Here. He also recently finished a double album titled "Peculiar Songs for a Particular Audience--The complete home recordings of John Snell the Tenth". Both of these albums (and others) are available at http://www.JohnSnellX.com. To read quotes from John Snells Journals, to read song lyrics and philosophical writings, or to download MP3s, visit http://www.johnsnellx.com/newindexj.htm. John's goal for the future is to release albums fast enough to keep up with his song writing and artwork compositions.
Check out The "Happy Happy Birthday" VIDEO that's on myspace!! And for John Snell's VW and Porsche Car restoration, surf's up at www.VintageVWCars.com
Hey! Just thought you would like to know that we posted 4 brand new songs from our new album. Check them out and let us know what you think! You are cool!
If you're around on Thursday, December 10th, we are playing a show at Mario's Keller Bar. I don't know if you've been there, but it's a very cool place. It's a comfortable space, the room sounds great and they have a stellar beer selection.
Also, we will be playing ALL NIGHT! We'll play some funky, bluesy, and soulful music. We'll project live video onto a 9 ft screen. We'll play some older material that hasn't been heard in awhile, as well as some brand new songs that've never been heard. All bets are off!! We'd love it if you'd come down and listen/party with us!
I just wanted to stop by and wish you a happy Saturday! May the weekend bring you fun adventures, relaxation, and total contentment :)
I was going to go camping this weekend, but this is definitely NOT camping weather. So me and some friends are gonna go check out Dueling Pianos. Those guys are amazing - they can play just about any song that's been on the radio between 1950 and 2005.
Anyways, I wanted to let you know about a show we have @ Station 4 on Friday, October 16th. We are debuting a series of one time only performance art pieces. This one is called "AN OBJECT TO CRAVE". Live music and visuals based on a short story about life, love, loss, fantasy, obsession and death.
Another group of mine, The Magnetrons, which plays an exciting and innovative Livetronica set (i.e. STS9, Disco Biscuits, The Histronic) will also be playing. The night will be full of creative, interesting, high-energy music, good drinks and good times.
Here's the info:
Blood Root Mother - "An Object to Crave" w/ The Magnetrons & Thought Thieves Friday, October 16th Station 4 201 E 4th St St Paul, MN 55101 9pm / $5 / 18+
hey John, nice hearing some of your tunes again, we all beg of you to put up Duck Shaped Dents of course, please oh please Mr. Snell, put it up!!! (it must have been my friend the atheist...)
Hey what's up?.. We hope you you've been having a
great week... Tap City is excited to announce it's working hard pumping
out new tracks left and right (Feel free to give them a listen) along
the way we've also been playing shows at many venues around the area and
just having an all around great time with life... One of the shows we
have coming up is one of the biggest music events to hit Minnesota ,
the "LIVE, LOUD AND LOCAL MUSIC FESTIVAL" it's a three day event
featuring 70+ of the best local acts in the state... It's an all ages
show and tickets are just $10 for a three day pass, YOU CAN'T GET A
BETTER DEAL THAN THAT... That's the equivalent to paying $0.14 per
band. You're not gonna find a better deal anywhere, go a head and try!
We
highly suggest checking this one out, it's gonna be one hell of a good
time... So grab some tickets, bring some buds and come on over to the
Rock in Maplewood, Aug 28th - Aug 30th you wont be
dissapointed
I just wanted to stop by to say hello and give you a little update on what Blood Root Mother is up to! We will be recording an EP of new music in August, and we recently finished recording a live DVD. The DVD is currently unreleased and I actually just saw it for the first time a few days ago. It features the last two performances with Tony Ellis still alive, and some footage from the tribute show we played on the night of his funeral.
There are some cool covers, as well as some NEW music that will be on our upcoming EP. We're very excited about the new music and we'd like to share a sneak peak with you. Here's a video of a new tune called Run Bobby Run:
Blood Root Mother will be playing at Trocaderos in Minneapolis on Friday, June 26th. I cannot stress enough how awesome this show will be. We're playing with three of the sweetest local rock bands: Claret, Niobium and Casanatra. If you haven't heard these guys, check them out immediately! Please come to this show!!
I recommend coming during happy hour for two for one drinks along with free buffet, which is delicious. We'll be hanging out at Trocs all night, so come by and chill/party with us :)
Please come out and support some great local music! Music starts at 9:30pm and we should go on around midnight. Invite your friends, pile into a car (or a party bus), and together we will make this one of the highlights of the summer :)
We appreciate that you're doing your own thing and glad that you're our friend!
I wanted to share an insight that I had recently. Blood Root Mother really believe in the power of music. Genuine music transcends all limitations and boundaries, and happens when musicians and listeners are communicating with one another on the deepest level possible. In a society overcome by an obsession with flashy images and stale radio hits, we seek to do something that shakes the foundation of the status quo. Since the dawn of human civilization, music has been about sharing humanity and truly connecting with others. So stay connected with us, and join us on our journey.
Peace, Elliot
The artistic activity does not lie in art itself as such. It penetrates into a deeper world in which all art forms flow together, and in which the harmony of soul and cosmos in the nothing has its outcome in reality. -Bruce Lee
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