TINA.MARIE - ProfilesArchive

About Me

"The artist's life, and what an artist is . . . that is very curious. Relatively few people know why an artist acts in this way or that. As far as I know, the word means: I am seeking, I am striving, I AM IN WITH ALL MY HEARTâ€”always seeking without absolutely finding." -Vincent van Gogh

(Regarding artistic expression and experience): "For that brief moment you feel that God's in His heaven and all's right with the world. I've tried to explain this to family members who are not of artistic persuasion, and they find it difficult to understand. I find it difficult to understand myself, and sometimes wonder if normal people can feel these strong pullings of the strings of the stars at any given moment of their lives. Maybe those inclined towards the arts are spiritually retarded to a degree that they must go through the whole process of cathartic expression just to discover how they really feel". -Mark Heard

My Interests

Music, VISUAL ART, live music, CATCHING UP WITH A GOOD FRIEND OVER A NW MICRO-BREW, my Taylor guitar, LISTENING PARTIES (ESPECIALLY AT THE WILLETT'S), organic food, BOATING, sushi, MARTHA'S VINEYARD, The Boston Red Sox, HIKING, going to the lake/river/ocean, THUNDER STORMS, being a "roadie", CREATIVE PEOPLE, last minute road trips....well anything crazy and last minute, TRAVELING.

I'd like to meet:

Madeline L'Engle, Bono, Vincent van Gogh, YOU.

This is one of my brother's performances at the CMC! Eric Parker singing, "Cold and All Alone":

These are my friends who formed the band Gretel. Check 'em out at www.gretelmusic.com:

Music:

Ummm... My current faves:
U2, Patty Griffin, Ryan Adams, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Peter Bradley Adams, John Mayer, Mindy Smith, Bruce Springsteen, Snow Patrol, Audioslave, Def Leppard, David Gray, Matt Wertz, Scratch Track, Rufus Wainwright, Phil Collins, Silverchair, Chevelle, Jimmy Eat World, Dishwalla, Stereophonics, Levi Smith, Gretel, East Mountain South, Maroon 5, 80's Rock, 90's Alt-rock ------

Currently Hot on the iPod:
"Magic" - Bruce Springsteen
"Easy Tiger" - Ryan Adams
"Raising Sand" - Robert Plant & Allison Krauss
I'm also really digging Kanye West's "Stronger", Timbaland's "Apologize", and Chris Brown's "Kiss Kiss". Oh, and "No One" by Alicia Keys. Mmmmmm...

Movies:

The Simpsons Movie, Walk The Line, High Fidelity, The Holiday, Almost Famous, The Notebook, Good Will Hunting, How to Loose a Guy in 10 Days, Love Actually, Spinal Tap, When Harry Met Sally, live concert DVD's, Under The Tuscan Sun.

Television:

Grey's Anatomy!!!, The Office, The Simpsons, VH1,

Books:

A Circle of Quiet- Madeline L'Engle
U2 BY U2
Dear Theo- Vincent van Gogh
Blue Like Jazz- Donald Miller
The Myth of Certainty- Daniel Taylor
In the Name of Jesus- Henry Nouwen

Heroes:

My Daddy :)

My Blog

VOTE for GRETEL!!!! - Starbucks Music Makers Competition

Choose the "Boston 9/18" station on the player below and listen to Gretel's fabulous new song, "Can I Still Come Over". You'll like it, I promise...which means you need to vote for them!! They are sem...
Posted by TINA.MARIE on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:52:00 PST

song for the year.

I was driving around Martha's Vineyard this last February, thinking about life--(which I did a lot while I was there). I had this loop around the island that I drove every week when I needed to get ou...
Posted by TINA.MARIE on Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:43:00 PST

My New Adventure...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contemporary Music Center Launches Executive-in-Residence ProgramMARTHA'S VINEYARD, Mass. (January 26, 2007) The CCCU's Contemporary Music Center (CMC), a BestSemester student p...
Posted by TINA.MARIE on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 09:29:00 PST

"And the Grammy goes to..."

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECMC Alumna Contributes to Third Day Grammy® SuccessMartha's Vineyard, MA. (February 13, 2007)-- Contemporary Music Center (CMC) alumna Tina Parker had something to celebrate at th...
Posted by TINA.MARIE on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 09:44:00 PST