mike pride & id m theftable- things, voices, electronics, percussion
Blanca Martin- two-string violin
Don Pride- nylon-string guitar
*from "Strange Mane" 2005 Sachimay Interventions
the MPTHREE:
Mary Halvorson- guitar
Trevor Dunn- bass
Mike Pride- drums, composition
*from "Sleep Cells" 2006 Utech Records
You can buy all these recordings from www.mikepride.com or www.funholerecords.com.
Influences
Growing up in a little town trying to be a big city, music festivals about fish, Conlon Nancarrow sharing Roy Haynes with Jimmy Scott, growing pains while in MDC, Lark's Tongue-era King Crimson vs. Eric Dolphy duo with Milford Graves live at Strange Maine, scenic ball-suckers abroad, Mariah Carey UNPLUGGED, R. Kelly- light it up tour (Mr. Showbiz), Bill Belichick, Terry Francona; Daniel Day in There Will Be Blood on one screen, Jack Nicholson in About Schmidt on the other, Herzog's man power, Twin Peaks, Kubrick egging Raymond Carver's house with Errol Morris...
Sounds Like
heaven in the woods (w/ Marcos Fernandes)
the night i knew I had to get married (w/ Dynamite Club)
Damn I was psyched to see something from the depths of the funhole. Now I must wait until fall? I am going to file a complaint w/ your producer. How can you do this to your west coast fans. BOOOO. Keep me posted on future dates!
