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Musical Saw Player

...borrows from the past but refuses to stay there

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Member Since: 9/14/2006
Influences:
Other saw players: Morgan Cowin (our President), David Weiss, Jim (Supersaw) Leonard, Jim Turner, Dr. Otto Frederick, Niels Harrit, Charlie Blacklock, Henri Chenuet, Natalia Paruz (the Saw Lady), Dale Stuckenbruck, Caroline McCaskey, Sam Moore, Sylvain Pichet, Jodie and Anna, Joel Clark, Haris Gersham, Jean-Pierre Gontier, Maurice Dalle, Paul McKoy, Woody Phillips, Buddy Nutt
Groups who wholeheartedly embrace the saw: Dreamland Faces, Nullo Romani Orchestra, Stella, Robert Crumb and the Cheap Suite Serenaders, Asylum Street Spankers, Ode Hazelwood, Under Vien, The Novelty Music Ensemble of Pittsburgh
Composers who wrote for the saw: Charles Koechlin, Claude Duboscq, Abbe Audre Lacaze, Henri Sauguet, Joseph Canteloube
Friends of the cause: Aram Khachaturian, George Crumb, George Enescu, Arthur Honegger, Beck, Tom Waits, They Might Be Giants, Kronos Quartet, Art Peterson
And a few good movies that include the musical saw: American Splendor, Delicatessen, One Flew Over the Cookoo's Nest, The Station Agent, Oh Brother Where Art Thou, Sweet and Low Down...
Sounds Like: Sounds like a child angel singing without a tongue.
Record Label: Rusty Blade
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Brief correspondance regarding saw mic-ing techniques

Every few weeks I get a message asking about the best way to mic a saw. Not that I don't I enjoy getting these messages or any other questions about the saw but I thought it would be practical to post...
Posted by Musical Saw Player on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 01:25:00 PST

About the International Musical Saw Association

Anyone who is remotely interested in the musical saw should seriously consider joining the International Musical Saw Association. The IMSA began as the California Saw Player's Association but changed ...
Posted by Musical Saw Player on Sun, 28 Jan 2007 09:38:00 PST

How to Clean a Rusty Saw and Influence People

I posted this last week in the Sawyers of the World myspace group. Check it out, there's some good stuff in there. I figured I'd repost it here to go along with my How to Find a Saw post.-Take off the...
Posted by Musical Saw Player on Thu, 28 Sep 2006 08:03:00 PST

How to Find a Musical Saw and Other Basic Needs

The saw player is very frequently asked, "Is that a special saw? Is that a normal saw? Where do you buy a musical saw?" Some argue that Professional Musical Saws are best and there are those saw playe...
Posted by Musical Saw Player on Fri, 15 Sep 2006 03:56:00 PST

How to Play the Saw and Other Matters of Life and Death

Let me begin with a brief disclaimer and state that there are almost as many ways to play the saw as there are saw players. There are a few oddballs who play standing up, some saw players place the ha...
Posted by Musical Saw Player on Sun, 24 Sep 2006 12:51:00 PST

Hello for the first time

Hi Folks,Im pretty new to Myspace, I resisted for a long time but now that Im here I feel pretty good about it. For those of you who dont know me let me tell you a little about myself and what I want ...
Posted by Musical Saw Player on Thu, 14 Sep 2006 02:05:00 PST