(back when we were called "The Ambitious Orchestra")
$5.00 + $1.95 s/h
Featuring:
1. Come & Get It
2. Seven Deadly Sins
3. Afraid of the Dark
4. Maybe Tonight (w/Corn Mo)
5. The New Age of Man
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Your first bidet experience
"That's not what it's for, Benjamin."
January, 2007
ADD POLICY: The orchestra values true friendship. Everyone is welcome to enjoy the music we work so hard to make. But if you are a band or have a music profile and want to be our friend, please message us first. Otherwise we have to assume we're being collected for myspam purposes. Thank you and god bless.
This Ambitious Orchestra (20 members!) is New York's only ensemble dedicated to bringing punk rock spunk back to classical music, and virtuosity back to rock and roll. Our mission is to be the first orchestra to play rock music AS rock music.
TAO is a rock band with the instrumentation of a symphonic orchestra. Besides our own original songs, we've provided orchestral backing for other great artists we really like.
We recently released our debut recording, a 5-track EP of our favorite AO songs. Buying it helps fund our upcoming full-length epic album, Shout! For the LORD Has Given You the City!. We play regularly in New York City and Brooklyn, and are beginning to play regionally as well. Benjamin Ickies and Steve La Rosa are also laying the groundwork for a 3-act opera about Dungeons & Dragons, called Opera +1.
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yo guys -- the gato loco big band which isn't nearly as big as your band is playing this monday, cinco de mayo! 8pm, bowery poetry club..... bands bigger than 5-pieces UNITE!!!!!!
Hello :) I usually do not leave comments like these (and as I see not many people do) but well... It's my first impression and it's very strong. I've listened to "Not My Town" (and while I write this my ears hear it for the 2nd time) and with greatest honesty I have to say that it sounds absolutely terrific. Pretty original (the only thing that comes to my mind is UK's artist, Patrick Wolf) but that's not the most important. It's full of emotions, the ending is absolutely moving and touching! Something that is worth hearing, really :). Symphonic music that sounds so much like kind of alternative pop... marvelous and even not the purest of pure voices of vocalist, Mr. Benjamin Ickies as I read on the site, doesn't take anything but actually gives to this music. It fits! :) Wonderful strings and brass parts. Simply loveable and going into so uncommon but fairly satisfying direction.
Thanks and - of course - I wish you all best :). Hope to see you in Edinburgh or at least in UK someday ^_^.
Good afternoon Mr. Ickies, Long time no see. I hope 2008 is treating you right so far. Don't be a stranger. Most Sincerely Yours, Mr. Eller ----- Curtis Eller's American Circus www.curtiseller.com
thnx4th+! I play rock oboe in a band called Hoboe -- Add Hoboe here!-- if you ever want to collaborate, and we're in the same area, let me know! Imagine if we played a show together--now that would be something. We'll open for you!
i just love love love "until we can't go home!" you changed the original lyrics and title, eh??!!! whatever you did, it sounds fantastic and totally rockin! can't wait to hear the album and see you play again... well done guys! xoxo
Evening, I really love yur take on instrumentation! There is so much colour in yur music 'cause of all the different timbres.... it's beautiful! :D I loved the cover of "One" (is the loneliest number....) yu did with the Dresden Dolls even though it was ages ago now! The orchestral backing brings so much life to the song!! Rachel XXXX
