Stevie Howell, Guitar, Singing
Brad Kilpatrick: Drums
John Poon: Bass
Michael McGuffin: Banjo
Rob Teehan: Keyboard, and in the near future, tuba!
And you, and you, and you, and you....
Influences
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BELOVED MUSICIANS / COMPOSERS:
Spiritualized, Sufjan Stevens, Beck, Kanye West, Polyphonic Spree, Paul McCartney / Beatles / Wings, Flaming Lips, Bat for Lashes, Stevie Wonder, Final Fantasy, Madlib, Jon Brion, Ennio Morricone, Talib Kweli, Apples in Stereo, The Arcade Fire, Van Dyke Parks, Spookey Ruben, Steve Reich, The Old Soul, Lauryn Hill, Dizzy Gillespie, Beach Boys / Brian Wilson, Prince, Bill Callahan / Smog, Bruce Springsteen, Elliot Smith, Kris Kristofferson, Bob Dylan, Vic Chesnutt, Cat Stevens / Yusif Islam, Leonard Cohen, Jack White, Buck 65, K-os, Death Cab for Cutie, Postal Service, Elvis Costello, Chad Van Gaalen, Electrelane, Duke Ellington, Yoko Ono, Andre 3000 / Outkast, Beck, Miles Davis, J Dilla, The Smiths, Superchunk, Dvorak, Idle Tigers, Debussey, Hayden, Nifty, Harry Belafonte, The Streets, Justin Timberlake, Timbaland, Cyndi Lauper, Mos Def.
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THE PATRON SAINTS OF THE HEART BEATS: W.H. Auden, Robert Lowell, Audrey Hepburn, C. Wright Mills, Buckminster Fuller, Harry Houdini, Stevie Smith.
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"Only connect! That was the whole of her sermon. Only connect the prose and the passion, and both will be exalted, and human love will be seen at its height. Live in fragments no longer. Only connect, and the beast and the monk, robbed of the isolation that is life to either, will die." - E.M. Forster, Howards End
The Gamines are an undisciplined but passionate army orchestra that is waging a Love-war on the world. Join us!
Born on Valentines Day to a Drum Corp Major and a Poetess, it is perhaps Stevie's manifest destiny that she is composing and conducting The Gamines' acoustic and digital heartfelt music.
In the spirit of uniting, these pieces include influences from classical, folk, pop, and hiphop music , as all are loved by our troops. We love everything, and we love at first sight, forever. Forever-ever!
That was a great set at Sneaky Dee's for Wavelength. A chanteuse that reveals charm and vulnerability, combined with boldness and sensitivity. Impassioned yet delicate vocals, uplifting hook-ladened pop, a beaming soundtrack that awakens us with a burst of sunlight.
I love the new demo, just like I love all your songs.
Though, I wasn't ecstatic about the midi horn changes (correct?) on "I'm a Wave". You might call on some horn players at the Elephant Six label down in Athens, GA and get them to wire you something special. Or I can be quiet. heh.
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