Lemon Demon, They Might Be Giants, The Moaning Myrtles, The Parselmouths, Chameleon Circuit, Jeanne Cherhal, Cake, Erik Satie, Igor Stravinsky, Irving Berlin
Pomme de Terre is a musical project consisting of Candy Bilyk and (hopefully eventually) some collaborators.
The idea is to explore some of the space between pop music and classical music, and since I come from a classical training, my first focus is on finding a voice in pop music.
About the Name:
"Pomme de terre" is French for "potato", but literally means "apple of the earth", which is why I like it so much. The idea of a potato being something so poetic as the apple of the earth makes me think of how every seemingly normal, boring person has something special to share. I was once considered conversationally fluent in French, and while my abilities have waned the language still holds a certain fascination for me, and my music is inspired by it in many ways.
Currently all of my recordings are basically rough demos. I make them in my apartment where I am scared of inciting the anger of fellow residents, so it's all fairly sotto voce :) Looking for ways to fix that, hopefully soon. Until then, thanks for bearing with me! If you'd like to hear my classical music, please check out my other myspace.
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I can't deny that I'm quite keen on this one :) Great stuff, apple baby. (I enjoy your classical stuff too, but there's something about folk that always sort of makes me feel comfortable and pleased. )
I know you!!!!!!!! You mentioned something about all those sirens last night. Small world, eh? While I was at work, we dropped off someone near Lake of Teh Isles (Mercedes, yeah!) and were heading back to 94 via Lake to Hennepin, and there was a fire truck unraveling a hose, ambulance, and multiple cop cars at the Lunds on Humboldt & Lake. I was able to check my Twitter updates from my iPod very shortly after, and the time frame adds up to approx. when you tweeted about the sirens. ♬♪we didn't start the fire!♪♬ Small world, eh? :D
