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About Me

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I'm a cellist living in Southern California who has been playing the cello in rock bands for many moons trying to prove that it is the most versatile, if not the greatest, instrument ever created. After many happy years playing cello and singing back-up with good friends in a Bay Area band called The Fingers, I began focusing on a technique on the cello that allows me to strum, pluck, and generally abuse the instrument in order to use the cello by itself as the backbone of my original songs. DuckHole Records recently agreed to record 15 tracks of this style of singer-songwriter cello playing, the result of which is my debut solo album, Wabi Sabi (available on Amazon.com, Borders.com, iTunes and everyone's favorite, CD Baby.com).With the album now finished, I'm back to playing live as much as possible -- I'm looking to play any time and any place I can, so if you are a booking agent or another band looking to trade shows or just plain crazy and looking for someone to talk to, please contact me through MySpace or at [email protected], please check out my blog entries for more information about the folks helping me fill out the arrangements to my tunes in my spanky new band as well as information about the folks who helped me film the video for Small Town Superstar. What can I say -- I know a lot of talented people and I like to brag about their abilities.venus/musica significat humanitatem (pretty pretentious, innit?)

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Member Since: 1/16/2007
Band Website: semyonkobialka.com
Band Members: THE BAND -- Semyon Kobialka - cello abuse, vocals/ Jason Gonzalez - guitar, lap steel, pedal steel, mandolin, etc./ Jessica Fagre - bass guitar, upright bass/ Deacon - drums, percussion///---///WABI SABI CREDITS -- Semyon Kobialka - cello in various forms, vocals, bass guitar/ Chris Daddio - bass guitar, vibes, producing & engineering/ Bruce Kaphan - lap steel guitar, mixing/ Brian Clahan - drums/ Brian O'Connor - guitar/ Chris Grady - trumpet/ Lisa Kobialka - violin, viola/ Seth Ford-Young - upright bass/ Myles Boisen - lap steel guitar, engineering/ Josh Grapes - insanity///---///SMALL TOWN SUPERSTAR VIDEO CREDITS - Semyon Kobialka - as Bald Headed Cello Guy/ James Cutts - as Zeremy/ Juliana Moreno - as Juliana/ Amyn Kaderali - writer and director/ Alison Kelly - cinematographer/ Nadia Fugazza - film editor/ Joshua Smith - additional camerawork/ Chapa - boom operator///---///KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR "KISSING COUSINS", A ROMANTIC COMEDY WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY AMYN KADERALI THAT INCLUDES CONTRIBUTIONS BY MANY OF THE PEOPLE LISTED ABOVE. My song "Love Blows" even made it into the movie soundtrack, so go buy yourself a ticket to see the movie and enjoy a good laugh. (myspace.com/kissingcousinsmovie)
Influences: Oh so many people and in oh so many different ways. So many that I will even blog about them from time to give them proper respect and adoration.
Sounds Like: A singer-songwriter cellist. What’s that, you ask? Check out these videos to get an idea of what I’m talking about. Here’s a video of a brand new song called "It Ain’t Over", written in honor of the long road ahead of us leading to the 2008 election. Jason "Ace" Gonzalez on guitar, Jessica Fagre on bass, and Deacon on drums as The Fateful Indiscretions, premiering this song live at Room 5 in Los Angeles, Feb. 15, 2008. / / Here’s a video for Small Town Superstar. / /
Record Label: DuckHole Records www.myspace.com/duckholerecords
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Matt vs. My Ennui

Blogga blogga -How are you folks doing today? I'm in a strange mood. I'm feeling some ennui. Maybe it's because I'm in limbo waiting for the NBA Draft to happen, or I'm annoyed by po...
Posted by Semyon Kobialka on Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:27:00 PST

Japan Trip - THE END!!!

Blogga blogga.I'm finally at the end of the trip. Wow, the blog journey was even longer than the trip itself. . . but I've still got to describe the trip home and fun details of that portio...
Posted by Semyon Kobialka on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 03:28:00 PST

Japan Trip - Part X

Blogga blogga.O.k., this Japan trip blog is endless, isn't it? I think I can wrap it up in two more installments, starting with this one -- So after the monstrous super expensive meal my mom and...
Posted by Semyon Kobialka on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:48:00 PST

Japan Trip - IX

Blogga blogga.So my mom and I traveled by train to the Osaka area to meet up with her childhood friend Yuri and her husband, Dr. Hara. I've met them both in previous trips to Japan, but this was...
Posted by Semyon Kobialka on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 05:02:00 PST

Wheres my Tony Award?

Blogga blogga -I really should do the next chapter in the endless Japan trip bloggage, but I'm just too tired today. I feel like I've been running a marathon for the past three months, going non...
Posted by Semyon Kobialka on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:33:00 PST

Japan Trip - Part IX

Blogga blogga.So I'm at Day 4 of my Japan trip and at this point in the trip my mom and I separated from everyone to catch a train to visit her childhood best friend, Yuri, who lives near Osaka. ...
Posted by Semyon Kobialka on Wed, 28 May 2008 04:07:00 PST

Japan Trip - Part VIII

Blogga blogga.So it's the end of Day 3 in Japan and I was traveling with my grandmother (Obachan), uncle (Kosei the Cowboy), and mother (mother) to the countryside in Kagoshima. We were going to...
Posted by Semyon Kobialka on Fri, 23 May 2008 02:20:00 PST

Japan Trip - Part VII

Blogga blogga.O.k., so on Day 3 of the Japan trip, after getting almost no sleep, my mom, grandmother, cowboy uncle and I all got up at 4 in the morning to head to the airport. I was out of my g...
Posted by Semyon Kobialka on Thu, 22 May 2008 10:11:00 PST

What the hell am I doing now?

Blogga blogga.So I'm in a pretty bizarre situation again -- don't know why, but that seems to happen a lot these days. This time, I'm suddenly finding myself included as part of a new play ...
Posted by Semyon Kobialka on Thu, 22 May 2008 10:00:00 PST

Japan Trip - Part VI

Blogga blogga. I hadn't mentioned this yet, but in previous trips to Japan, I had always managed to avoid eating native Japanese food that I don't enjoy. What that means is that I'm not ...
Posted by Semyon Kobialka on Wed, 21 May 2008 03:26:00 PST