Sharon Crumrine: Piano. On "February" and "Toxic", Mike Weakley on drums. On "February" and "Toxic", Betty Widerski on octave viola ('chin cello'), and 5 string viola on "September Tango", "Binnorie" and "Pericopine".
8/16/08 - Recording session 2!! Oh, man, was it amazing - 9 string players + some huge orchestral drum sounds + 7'6" concert grand = WOW!!! Here's a picture of the string section:
Influences
The Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Impressionist masters. Spanish classical and tango music. Most of the early blues and jazz artists, and running up the decades, most of the classical rockers, 70s folk and funk artists, 80s 'new wave', late 80s and early 90s old school hip hop and breakdance music. Many current artists and local favorites. Anything that floats my boat. Kevin Gilbert, R.I.P., your music is most special.
A clip from Untravel Media's documentary walking tour entitled The Greatest Neighborhood This Side of Heaven featuring "September Tango", performed by Ginger Ibex (Sharon Crumrine and Betty Widerski.) The full tour also features "Pericopine", also performed by Ginger Ibex.
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I started playing piano at age 6 and pretty much have played ever since. Sometmes a few months or years would go by when I didn't touch a piano, but those times always pained me and gnawed at my soul. Early on I was affected by the drama and dark beauty of Beethoven, the incredible sweetness and also sometimes light, sometimes very dark sounds of Chopin, Schubert, Debussy, Bach and many others, including some contemporary artists. I only started composing later in life, and since I started, my has been turned inside out. In a beautiful way, that is. My thought about composing is that I don't often feel as if I'm actually "creating" music. Rather I feel I'm finding some beautiful sounds that already exist and I'm just capturing them and organizing them the way I want them to be.
***I also play piano in Ginger Ibex***Please check us out!!
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2nd clip : Massimo Marzari’s film « THE LAST SECOND »
against violence. The music is « black butterfly » (Lizzy Ling /
Minimatic) one of the songs of my album « un tigre ds le bungalow ».
Director of photography : Aldo Piscina.
The Craic Festival 2009 has invited FairplayCollective to play at this years Festival. All members will be playing in the round. The show is at The Mercury Lounge, March 14th at 8pm. This is the last night of the festival and Foy Vance is also on the bill.
What more can I say, a great night for music and film, with the odd star thrown in. Come show your support.
Hi Sharon Nice vibe here. Thank you for your friendship. Please check out the great bands playing at this year’s festival, and keep up with our festival info; by subscribing to our blog. Peace, Love and Revolution Nick
Sharon, Thanks so much for being a friend to our music. We're happy to know you enjoyed the music and we're glad to have encountered your explorations in beautiful sound. Peace, Backlight Records
