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joshua steele

About Me

"if a composer once starts to compromise, his work will begin to drag on him. Before the end is reached, his inspiration has all gone up in sounds pleasing to his audience, ugly to him - sacrificed for the first acoustic - an opaque clarity - a picture painted for its hanging." - Charles Ives, 'essays before a sonata'

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/6/2005
Band Website: http://www.myspace.com/joshuasteele
Band Members: jsteele : [email protected]
Influences: Brahms, Beethoven, Schumann, Rachmoninov, Scriabin, Saint-Saens, Debussy, Ravel, Tchaikovsky, Barber, H.Hanson, Hilliard, Schoenberg, Libby Larson, Liszt, Chopin, Mozart, Faure, Verdi, Berlioz, Schubert, Prokofiev, Stravinsky, Tori Amos, Polly Jean Harvey, Bjork, Patti Smith, Nine-Inch Nails, Rasputina, Loveliescrushing, Anthony Steele, Loren Steele, BT, Armand Van Helden, Deep Dish, Danny Tenaglia, Tall Paul, Darren Emerson, Sasha and Digweed, Victor Calderone, Carl Cox, Everything but the Girl, Tricky, Angelo Kortez, Michele Miruski, Sven Vath, Ritchie Hawtin, Steve Lawler, Scumfrog remixes, Perfect Circle, Fiona Apple, DJ Rap, Diesel Boy, iio, mistress barbara, dave seaman, Portishead, Jeff Mills, Junior Vasquez, Fleetwood Mac, Global Underground Series, Moonshine Records Series, Essential mix series, Imogen Heap, Radio Slave, New Order, Depeche Mode, Led Zepplin, Radiohead, Alexia K, Bethany M, The Day, The Night, The Elements, L, Being tongue tied, Sculpture, Texture, Reflection, Eyes, Subtlety, Poetry, Fiction, Non-Fiction, In-between, Grey, bone structure, lips, Hope, Pain, Wonder, Tears, Wish
Sounds Like: the endless player piano reel of music spinning in my head
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

The Bitter End, June 14th

Hello my beautiful people - So, I'm playing again at The Bitter End on June 14th (flag day) at around 9:30 pm ish. i have some new songs and i'll be playing some of my standards as well. for those of ...
Posted by on Tue, 12 May 2009 21:34:00 GMT

Moon Horoscope thingy

Moon Day 14 Different astrological traditions strongly disagree about this day. The Vedic tradition doesn't recommend starting anything, especially if it concerns getting income, and advises you no...
Posted by on Fri, 08 May 2009 07:09:00 GMT

big wheel

its funny;  i listen now, to my bounty of live recorded dj's and i flirt with memories of seemingly endless nights, of the promise of sex, and the gut rumbling thunder of a great sound system - i pond...
Posted by on Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:54:00 GMT

i hate Automatic Teller Machines

mutha f***ing atm with its haughty "i'm not going to dispense you the cash you withdrew, but the receipt and your account will reflect that i did" "mua ha ha ha ha " (dumbass, it says under its breath...
Posted by on Wed, 08 Apr 2009 21:45:00 GMT

Doppelgänger

there have been innumerable "joshua steele"s finding me on facebook and myspace - and it leaves one to question; the duality in one's self and you multiply that by all of these js's running around eve...
Posted by on Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:58:00 GMT

oh horoscopes.

Cancer Horoscopes(June 21 - Jul 22)Yesterday | Today | TomorrowSunday, Mar 29th, 2009 --Things at work may have moved ahead so quickly in these past few weeksthat you aren't sure what to do next. Taki...
Posted by on Sun, 29 Mar 2009 08:00:00 GMT

angel of Harlem

so ladies and gentsits official.i live in Harlem now. i have internet, electricity, and a serious predicament with absolutely no closets in the entire apt. i'm working piecing together modular furnitu...
Posted by on Sun, 08 Mar 2009 17:22:00 GMT

by the park

and so my friends, this is my final monday in this square room with its oppressive reverberations present, thrumming like a hummingbird's wings. .. the sounds and tinks from the guts of this apartment...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Feb 2009 07:10:00 GMT

another rambling blog post

It is the 1st of February.  ...... ..28 days until I will have a new address, a different perspective, a compared environment....... ..I have been toying with several new song concepts over the past c...
Posted by on Sun, 01 Feb 2009 19:21:00 GMT

January.

well - taking my love lisa's lead, i haven't written in quite some time.  but to get you up to speed - new year rolled around; was going to try to play sometime in the next two months; that plan was p...
Posted by on Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:41:00 GMT