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Industrious Bird

Mraw!

About Me



I currently:

Write music, play guitar, bass and sing in...
    Vermouth , a retrofuture pop exotica band.. (myspace.com/vermouthlounge)
Play Balinese Gamelan music in...
    Gamelan Silih Ganti , an Angklung Kebyar quartet (myspace.com/silihganti) Gamelan Burat Wangi , a large Gong Kebyar ensemble with dancers.
Sing a capella songs with other women in...
    Petra Haden and The Sellouts Nevenka , an Eastern European Folk Ensemble- (myspace.com/nevenkafolk)
I earned a B.A. in music from UCSC where I studied classical guitar, voice, orchestration, composition, traditional Latin American music and electronic music.

I am also fortunate to have found a second passion in Web Design .

I have been a vegetarian for 20 years. Click here to find out why.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/13/2005
Band Website: industriousbird.com
Band Members: Currently (at least on this page) me and the internal sequencer of a Roland xp50. (I know... I know...! One of these days, I'm gonna get serious.)
Influences: Traditional ethnic music from all over the world including Gamelan, Balkan vocal music, Latin American, Sephardic, Arabic, Indian, Klezmer and American folk music. Other favortie genres are drum and bass, intelligent pop music, classical guitar, medieval music, and jazz.

Random Sampling of Favorite Artists: (as if I can really make a list like this!) The Beatles, Beck, Bjork, Tom Waits, Amon Tobin, DJ Food, Dimaggio, Ladytron, Bossacucanova, B-52's, Tipsy, Matthew Embry, Talking Heads, Devo, Paul Simon, Manu Chau, La Rondinella, The Baltimore Consort, Yma Sumac, Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Susana Baca, Buena Vista Social Club, Cesaria Evora.

Composers: Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Igor Stravinsky, Erik Satie, Bela Bartok, Modest Mussorgsky, Olivier Messiaen, Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy, Astor Piazzola, Colin McFee, Lou Harrison, Grenados, Leo Brouwer, Cole Porter, George Gershwin, Martin Denny, Henri Mancini, Danny Elfman,

Sounds Like: Singing Backup on the Jimmy Kimmel Show with As Tall As Lions!

Singing with Petra Haden and the Sellouts: The Troubadour, 5.25.06.

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Playing with Gamelan Burat Wangi at RedCat (Disney Hall Complex) 04.14.07

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