| Member Since | 12/9/2005 | | Band Website | www.shellyblake.com | | Band Members | Shelly has performed / collaborated with: Joel Grip, John Dierker, Eve Risser, Yuko Oshima, Niklas Barnö, Yann Joussein, Lars Ahlund, Carly Ptak, Twig Harper, Ryan Dorsey, Susan Alcorn, Jenny Gräf, Will Redman, Tom Boram, Audrey Chen, Katt Hernandez, Dan Breen, Paul Neidhardt, Samuel Burt, Rose Hammer Burt, Bob Wagner, Mike Muniak, Peter Rose, Jessica Riefler, Marcus Doverud, Lyle Kissack, Amanda Vickers, Marian Glebes, Chistopher Fredricks, Dick Seabrook, Andreas Werliin, Christopher Varner, Ben McConnell, Lawrence Lanahan, Matthew H. Welch, Dani Simmonds, Craig Bowen, Devin Gray, Melissa Moore, Stewart Mostofsky, Nathan Bell, Bonnie Jones, Kate Porter, Harry Bartlet, Per Walstedt, and many more. He currently plays in John Berndt's Second Nature Orchestra. | | Influences | Allen Ginsberg's 1958 letter to John Hollander... | | Sounds Like | "This is an unusually cinematic album, that has a strong story behind it, but presents it in a way that is uniquely its own. The main creative force behind this undertaking is Shelly Blake-Plock, and his primary inspiration is an unusual and obscure Victorian short story which features a young boy living with an abusive father and step mother who longs to learn to play the violin. This tragic tale eventually ends in the boy's death in a surreal scene involving the ghost of his dead mother.... Shelly has assembled an immense cast of players and sound artists for 'The Violencestring'- an orchestra for him to conduct in reverse.... All together, it's an oddly entertaining story-album that's broken up into little chunks for easy digestion.... It's a totally unique experience. 9 out of 10." -- Foxy Digitalis review of 'The Violencestring' | | Record Label | Umlaut Records / Fall Records | | Type of Label | Indie |
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