All My Pretty Ones represents a collaborative, process-driven project that has a love of honest music-making, a distaste for limitation, and always the excitement of growth through shared art. Driven by the death of his parents at different parts of his life, Derek Schmidt turned almost completely to music for solace and a means of expression, and continues to explore not only anxiety, escapism, and loneliness, but also the (re-)affirmation of life through friends, lovers and the greater world around him. The project collectively known as All My Pretty Ones officially began when Derek- influenced by 60’s folk, musical theatre, and classical composition- wanted to elaborate on songs originally crafted for both piano and guitar. Through various ways and means, he collected a group of musicians who enjoy the process of arrangement as much as he does. The diverse backgrounds and influences of Genessa Kealoha, Jesse Wade, Jocelyn Bentley-Prestwich, Matt Payne and Michael Carreira (ranging from experimental to classical to bluegrass and even emo to jazz), in turn became Derek's fascination with the process of changing his songs through these collective members' interpretations and perspectives.
All My Pretty Ones Hall of Fame Super Lucky Alumni Association:
Amanda Korpitz - that beautiful mistress of melody!
Ryan for fiddling with us for a while!
Tommy for drums, percussion, harmonies, and accordion.
Influences
anything that strikes our fancy
Sounds Like
A group of earnest musicians and one songwriter that like to harmonize together and break a couple hearts.
A group of earnest musicians/music dorks making well-crafted music unlimited by genre or trend. Centered around songwriter Derek Schmidt’s lyrics- which span from the grandiose and literary to the spare and heartfelt- All My Pretty Ones focuses on harmony above all else.
We like these people. They help us little bands with our self-esteem:
To purchase "Tone Poems the debut full length from All My Pretty Ones, please check us out at CDBaby.com, Big Cartel or even iTunes
Hey! Listen in to Arboles on KSUN this Sunday at 4pm! I'll be playing some new songs off the upcoming EP. Just go to ksunradio.com and click at the top of the page!
Just dropping by to say hello and thanks for the friendship! Also, I'm playing this Sunday night at the Union Room in SF to help raise awareness for missing persons. Hope you can check it out!
Hello, All My Pretty Ones! Honored to be among your friends. Here's hoping we meet again out there in the real world. meanwhile, enjoy ...
I said ENJOY dammitt!
bright moments, M~
Thanks again for adding me. You guys show nice variety in your material. I may need to catch your act in SF later this month. I hope you'll visit my page to check out "Killing Time in Tokyonesia" and some of my other songs. Keep up the good work and take care always.
This Fri I',m @ Vice at 1251 Arroyo in Walnut Creek-Spike the Punch-
I'm at Club 1220 wed, thurs and most Fridays-- Wednesday night is Karaoke Thursday Night we have Male dancers *** Fri. is club night 1220 is @ 1220 Pine St. in Walnut Creek
Monday nights i host karaoke @ Pyramid Alehouse in Berkeley 901 Gilman St-- $1 beers for singers--
Tuesday night I dj-kj @ Nickies on Haight St.@ Fillmore in hippie heaven---$2 Beers for everyone
come visit me sometime--i actually exist in the real world --it's an amazing phenomenon!
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