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Erik Ian Walker

About Me

I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4 NEWS: Darkness of Day just screened twice at the SF International Film Festival- (I did the soundtrack). Working on new film soundtrack for Max Sokoloff's (he's only 17!!) film Silent Ana. Preparing multiple Erika Von Volkyrie shows for may and June. Turns out ERika is Cruella deVille's cousin, so the Disney show is a must. Will be producing Erin Rametta's new songs at end of May. Busy spring.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 01/09/2006
Band Website: http://www.wackoworldmusic.com
Band Members: Erik Ian Walker piano, household items, Hammond organ, synthesizers, percussion; Fred Chalenor- bass Paul Elias- drums and anybody in San Francisco that will sound good on a track.
Influences: Early electronic music, Henryk Gorecki, Arvo Part, Frank Zappa, Cream, The Who, Eno, Stravinsky, Muddy Waters, Medeival music, Ray Charles, film soundtracks, John Adams (because he taught me), Modern Art, physical acoustics, modern dance and that'll do for now.
Sounds Like: Film Soundtrack; Arvo Part; Morton Subotnick; Keith Emerson; Staring off into space and waiting for the kettle to boil; glittering brain pan; All Sorts.
Record Label: Bottomfeeder Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

They Just Drifted Away

I think 795 downloads might be enough!   OK, the download special ended today,  so all you lucky browsers got on the stick and did your job.   Yowee!!!    I guess it pays to make a melancholy little n...
Posted by on Wed, 06 May 2009 08:35:00 GMT

Cough and Sneeze and Fed Up

The newish tunes: Cough and Sneeze- we made this goofy tune because the Department of Public Health held a song competition for their new campaign- "Infect Me not" which also would have made a great ...
Posted by on Sun, 02 Nov 2008 12:27:00 GMT

Chaos and Order

It's been a long haul, but I can see the light at the end of the tunnel for the Castle Canyonrock band album. Two songs have proven to be hard in very different ways.Canoeing on the River Styx, writ...
Posted by on Sat, 20 Sep 2008 14:29:00 GMT

Why I can’t finish anything lately- except my Quisp

Quisp! The cereal from Mars.I can't finish my books because I'm doing a movie. I can't finish the movie because I'm making a prog record with the guys from high school. We were great back then, and...
Posted by on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 23:06:00 GMT

Imrpovisation and Theory

Improv and Theory (this is an excerpt from my upcoming book)A lot of the improv games I use with my students are designed to create music without a whole lot of application of theory. I do this bec...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 08:38:00 GMT

Popsicle Piano

Stuck about 80 popsicle sticks in the piano this week, between the strings. got some real weird sounds. Had all my students help me do it. Then let 'em jam on the thing. William and I recorded "...
Posted by on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 21:32:00 GMT