The Cure, Silverchair, Sparta, Soundgarden, William Ackerman, Micheal Hedges, Bjork, Incubus, Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, Alice in Chains, A Perfect Circle, Tool, Bela Fleck, Beth Orton, California Guitar Trio, Dave Brubeck, Dead Can Dance, Depeche Mode, Dishwalla, Failure, Finger 11, Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, Frou Frou, Fuel, George Winston, Iron and Wine, Jimmies Chicken Shack, King Crimson, Kitchens of Distinction, Matt Durfee, Milo, Mogwai, Ms. John Soda, New Order, Papa Vegas, Pat Metheny, Porcupine Tree, Primus, Public Image Limited, Pushmonkey, Rage Against the Machine, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Sigur Ros, The Replacements, The Smashing Pumpkins, Soul Coughing, Stabbing Westward, Stage, Suzanne Vega, Talk Talk, The Blue Nile, The Police, Psychedelic Furs, The Verve Pipe, Toad the Wet Sproket, Turtle Island String Quartet, Unkle, Wayne Shorter, Alex DiGrassi, Leo Kottke, World Party, Yes.
Sounds Like
Could remind you of: Pat Metheney's One Quiet Night, William Ackerman, Alex DeGrassi, David Cullen, Micheal Hedges, George Winston
Love's Dance is featured on the Woodsongs compilation cd alongside Will Ackerman, Alex DeGrassi, David Cullen, Adam Werner, and Preston Reed to name a few.
Turtle Writing is the project name of composer and guitarist Nick Cosimano. Nick's potent and contemplative acoustic guitar sound began to emerge at the age of 10. At that time, he discovered the music of William Ackerman, David Cullen, Don Ross and Michael Hedges. "I had been listening to the Seattle grunge sound, but these acoustic guitarists uncovered my love for melody and earthy tones. My acoustics fret-board became worn, and my electric began to collect dust."
Under the influence of the above guitarists, Nick flirted with alternate tunings and began collecting them in a small spiral bound notebook aptly titled "Nicks tunings." "I never like to dwell on a single tuning too much, but I find no matter what tunings I use the music always seems to come back to common ground. The notebook is over 50 pages, and includes composition titles paired with the tunings. A thumb through the pages shows an impressive array of seventh tunings.
Nick approaches the guitar with a unique, two-finger picking style that impresses other acoustic musicians. "Its unbelievable how much melody and sound Nick delivers picking with only two fingers," says musical friend and song-writer Matt Durfee. "He is a phenomenal musician."
On stage, Nick creates an honest atmosphere, and delivers a wide range of emotions to his audience without pretense. "When composing, I try to take emotion and its imagery and translate them to music. When performing, that translation produces a feeling far more calming than I had ever anticipated."
In addition to his live performance schedule, Nick is currently working with Windam Hill producer and musical mentor, William Ackerman on his untitled debut release alongside Michael Manring on bass and Eugene Friesen on cello. One of his compositions is included on the first Woodsongs Compilation, a New Land Music production.
Hey Nick, thanks for having us on New Year's Eve! I had fun with you guys. Hope Steph is feeling better now. See you on Friday at Red Square, hopefully? ~Jess
SEAN TAYLOR’S NEW ALBUM ‘ANGELS’ OUT NOW!!! ‘exquisite’ … ‘mesmerising’ … ‘beautiful’ … ‘breathtaking’ AVAILABLE FROM www.myspace.com/seantaylorsongs SPECIAL PRICE £5 Peace
Hey Turtle Writing How's things? I hope you're well. I have four new tracks up from my forthcoming album 'Angels'. I also have some new pics & videos up. Be great to know what you think Peace
Good to see you, Steve and the Steph-anator last night! Hope to see you on friday at Red Square. Come out of your Clifton Park Cave, Nick! We need some more of your Shenanigans.
muy importante do you like anathallo and if so i bet you're going to see them at valentines on october 21st and if so i bet you'd like to tell my parents to let me go
it was good to see you and your dad yesterday. Your cats are adorable. If you let me and Tommy live in your Indian Ledge pagoda, I will be your personal chef and housekeeper! Seriously... :o)
Hey Turtle Writing, how's it going? Amazing thing. Went to bed last night as normal as Nantucket. Woke up this morning and found an all singing utterly swinging facsimile of myself in performance on MYSPACE profile (www.myspace.com/seantaylorsongs). If only for the dancing diamondback chorus, it's definitely worth a look and a listen. Peace
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