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Masochist Monkey Circus

General Info

  • Genre: Other

    Location Austin, Texas, US

    Profile Views: 24556

    Last Login: 8/20/2011

    Member Since 1/10/2005

    Website masochistmonkeycircus.com

    Type of Label Unsigned

  • Bio

    LISTEN TO MUSIC DOWN HERE! I've posted some clips from the upcoming release "The Vanity Mirror". ..to buy a physical copy of my previous album, "Electronic Soul", CLICK HERE.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .................. CAN'T GET THE PLAYER TO LOAD/PLAY? Try listening at ..Masochist Monkey Circus.com.. BIO The songwriting project: "Masochist Monkey Circus" was born as a place to plant a series of songs that Stacey saw as becoming a major direction for his music. Around the age of 16, Joe Stacey began writing keyboard/piano based music inspired by dark 19th-century aesthetics and silent film music. At the end of his first year of college (SUNY Potsdam in NY), a friend and fellow keyboardist brought him to the campus open-mic where he played these instrumentals for his first audiences. Although this was an environment of mostly acoustic guitar songwriters, the inclusive and open-minded audience members welcomed him warmly. Open-mic night became his first outlet for his personal expression. This inspired the music to flow out of him. Upon returning for his second year (after a wild summer of self-discovery and makeup experimentation in the adolescent goth scene) he began performing his first songs. Before dropping out of school at the end of that year, he had become active in college theatre and a regular performer at the open-mic night where he played both instrumentals and these new songs. After leaving school, for personal reasons, in the spring of 2000, Joe moved to Rochester, NY with some friends where he played keyboard with a local comedy troupe, performed in a movie theatre "Rocky Horror Picture Show" cast and continued his songwriting. Although he was still branching out into new genres with his instrumentals, they seemed to be becoming less of a focus as he gradually shifted his attention to writing more and more songs. In the summer of 2001, Joe returned to his hometown of Massena, NY where he recorded the first "Masochist Monkey Circus" album on his mother's computer. "Electronic Soul", which included both instrumentals and songs, was highly experimental and lo-fi but its campy and exaggerated form of satire represented a new angle for him. In early 2002, Joe moved to Pittsburgh, PA to live closer to migrated friends and to write/record his 2nd album: "The Vanity Mirror". Due to technical limitations, a lack of discipline/production knowledge and time spent working full-time jobs this process chugged along very slowly. In March of 2007, Joe moved to Ann Arbor, MI and then to Austin, TX in August of 2008 where he now resides. Stacey is currently working on "Masochist Monkey Circus" as well as several other projects including "Pianoforte Joe" (the continuation of his instrumental project), "The Inner Spiral" (an experimental/new age project) and other scoring/commission work. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
  • Members

    Joe Stacey - everything but guitars .. Tony VST - you guessed it, guitars .. .. .. Check out the trailer for the book "Under The Poppy". I created the song for it. Lyrics: Kathe Koja (the book's author!): .. .. .. .. .. .. ......Under The Poppy.. on ..Vimeo.....
  • Influences

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  • Sounds Like

    be sure to check out my other 2 projects: "Pianoforte Joe" and "The Inner Spiral" (check my top 2 friends)

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    Upcoming shows - Thursday, Aug 9, 10pm Piano/vocal show Chain Drive, Austin, TX Sunday, Aug 26, 10pm Piano/vo… http://t.co/emvEFQWA

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    Video: doing a Box Five cover during my encore http://t.co/EHiQUKKt

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    1 year ago
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    1 year ago
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    1 year ago
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    Just wanted to drop by and let you know that we have posted Summer 2011 tour dates at shanealexandermusic.com along with a new song to dowload for charity.  Hope you will check it out and if you are on youtube you will watch the new video and subscribe to the channel and leave a comment.  If you have moved over to Facebook you can find a link on my site to add me there too.

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    I LOVE your music, wish you a great weekend.

    2 years ago
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    Hi Masochist, thanks for joining us!

    Debut EP Infinite Still out now...
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    Peace.

    2 years ago
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Bio:

LISTEN TO MUSIC DOWN HERE! I've posted some clips from the upcoming release "The Vanity Mirror". to buy a physical copy of my previous album, "Electronic Soul", CLICK HERE
Masochist%20Monkey%20CicusQuantcast CAN'T GET THE PLAYER TO LOAD/PLAY? Try listening at Masochist Monkey Circus.com BIO The songwriting project: "Masochist Monkey Circus" was born as a place to plant a series of songs that Stacey saw as becoming a major direction for his music. Around the age of 16, Joe Stacey began writing keyboard/piano based music inspired by dark 19th-century aesthetics and silent film music. At the end of his first year of college (SUNY Potsdam in NY), a friend and fellow keyboardist brought him to the campus open-mic where he played these instrumentals for his first audiences. Although this was an environment of mostly acoustic guitar songwriters, the inclusive and open-minded audience members welcomed him warmly. Open-mic night became his first outlet for his personal expression. This inspired the music to flow out of him. Upon returning for his second year (after a wild summer of self-discovery and makeup experimentation in the adolescent goth scene) he began performing his first songs. Before dropping out of school at the end of that year, he had become active in college theatre and a regular performer at the open-mic night where he played both instrumentals and these new songs. After leaving school, for personal reasons, in the spring of 2000, Joe moved to Rochester, NY with some friends where he played keyboard with a local comedy troupe, performed in a movie theatre "Rocky Horror Picture Show" cast and continued his songwriting. Although he was still branching out into new genres with his instrumentals, they seemed to be becoming less of a focus as he gradually shifted his attention to writing more and more songs. In the summer of 2001, Joe returned to his hometown of Massena, NY where he recorded the first "Masochist Monkey Circus" album on his mother's computer. "Electronic Soul", which included both instrumentals and songs, was highly experimental and lo-fi but its campy and exaggerated form of satire represented a new angle for him. In early 2002, Joe moved to Pittsburgh, PA to live closer to migrated friends and to write/record his 2nd album: "The Vanity Mirror". Due to technical limitations, a lack of discipline/production knowledge and time spent working full-time jobs this process chugged along very slowly. In March of 2007, Joe moved to Ann Arbor, MI and then to Austin, TX in August of 2008 where he now resides. Stacey is currently working on "Masochist Monkey Circus" as well as several other projects including "Pianoforte Joe" (the continuation of his instrumental project), "The Inner Spiral" (an experimental/new age project) and other scoring/commission work.

Member Since:

January 10, 2005

Members:

Joe Stacey - everything but guitars
Tony VST - you guessed it, guitars


Check out the trailer for the book "Under The Poppy". I created the song for it. Lyrics: Kathe Koja (the book's author!):

Under The Poppy on Vimeo.

Influences:

Sounds Like:

be sure to check out my other 2 projects: "Pianoforte Joe" and "The Inner Spiral" (check my top 2 friends)

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