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David Strother

About Me

Improvising electric violinist and composer in Southern California. Latest CD, "the desert is singing," is available at amazon.com , cdbaby.com , i-tunes , and rembarecords.com , with more outlets being added. Recording credits also include CPD's experimental opus "The Process," Alternate Faith's "Out of Nowhere," and Susan J. Paul's "Big Love," among others. 2009 CD appearances include two tracks on rapper Tito "Stretch" Calloway's highly anticipated album, "Thugelligence," due in spring 2009, and the remixed edition of Davie Gayle's "Amber in the Clay," just released. Film and TV appearances include David Lynch's "The Straight Story" and the animated Nickelodeon series "Doug."David plays the NS Series 5-string electric violin as his primary instrument. On occasion he also plays a Yamaha SV-120 electric and an acoustic made by David Rivinus. For intimate gigs he uses a Roland Cube or Fender Blues Junior amp; when more wattage is needed he plays through a Fender Blues Deluxe. His sound modification equipment includes a Dunlop Cry Baby wah-wah pedal; a Danelectro EQ unit; a phenomenal new Boss DD-7 digital delay with looping capabilities; a Dunlop DC-Brick power supply; and an Electro-Harmonix Holier Grail digital reverb.


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Member Since: 3/2/2007
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Influences: Miles Davis, Charlie Haden, Stuff Smith, Eyvind Kang, Sonny Rollins, Tomasz Stanko, L. Shankar, Jan Garbarek, Jeff Beck, David Lynch, Anouar Brahem, Jimi Hendrix, Wayne Shorter, Joni Mitchell, Charles Bukowski, Nils Petter Molvaer, Joe Henderson, Thelonious Monk, Edward Hopper, Carlos Almaraz, Cassandra Wilson, David Hidalgo, Wim Wenders, Duke DuBois, Jimmy Scott, Jackson Pollock, Ed Harris, Charles Burnham, Pablo Neruda, Radiohead, Charles Ives, Arve Henriksen, Harry Dean Stanton, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Howlin' Wolf, Yves Robert, Tom Waits, Led Zeppelin, Frida Kahlo, Mark Feldman, Christian Howes, Tin Hat Trio...there are so many...including all who pick up a violin & improvise.
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Record Label: rembarecords.com
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Video with Ricardo Acuna on YouTube

This is a clip from Ricardo's "Under the Influence" performance a couple of years ago, which was a very special event:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7C3x_pH8h8The entire video, which features perform...
Posted by on Sat, 23 May 2009 11:14:00 GMT

Vida Verde in La Canada, Majestical Roof in Pasadena--latest retail outlets

Vida Verde, described as an "eco-friendly boutique," is a great place, unique in the La Canada area, with all kinds of cool art and jewelry by local artists.  The website is www.vidaverde.us, the...
Posted by on Sat, 08 Nov 2008 16:04:00 GMT

news

Feeling pretty lucky these days, with lots of career action to report.  I'm honored to report that my mega-talented writer/filmmaker friend Ricardo Acuna asked me to write a musical theme piece for hi...
Posted by on Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:54:00 GMT

...and new retail outlets for my cd!

If you're out in the high desert in SoCal, Abe and BJ of Windwalkers are carrying my CD at their store.  This is a fantastic store, especially great for pottery (my garden is full of their contai...
Posted by on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:18:00 GMT

some new outlets for "desert is singing" mp3s...

www.allaboutjazz.com www.audiolunchbox.com www.napster.com www.musicishere.com      
Posted by on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:48:00 GMT

portuguese radio features "desert is singing" (link)

Portuguese journalist Ivo Martins was kind enough to do a recent feature on my CD.  The program can be heard here:  http://www.rum.pt/index.php?option=com_conteudo&except=& amp;...
Posted by on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 14:58:00 GMT

new video--original composition (excerpt)

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Posted by on Tue, 01 Jan 2008 02:10:00 GMT