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todd marston

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Member Since: 8/9/2005
Band Website: www.choosetofind.com
Band Members: Fingers + Hands + Wrists + Arms + Shoulders + Spine = Piano/Keys/Accordion Creative/Analytical Mind + Emotion + Life Experience (limited x unlimited) = Compositions
Influences: Keith Jarrett, Thomas Mapfumo, Flook, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Rage Against the Machine, NIN, the Bad Plus, Helmet, Mr. Bungle, Pachora, Charms of the Night Sky, Bloodcount, Bjork, Radiohead, Beck, Joanna Newsom, Brad Mehldau, Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Tool, 7 Seconds, Sick of it All, Jerry Sabatini, Kakallah, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Beastie Boys, Peru Negro, Jason Moran, Public Enemy, Black Star, Susanna Baca, Saul Williams, The Books, Fugazi, Bob Marley, Blackalicious, Death Cab For Cutie, Eric Whitacre, Blonde Redhead, Logo, Steve Pyne, Minor Threat, Passenger and Messenger, Fun in The Kitchen, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, John Shannon, Fiest, Oscar Peterson, Waking Vision, Brahms, Bach, Dagobah, Henryk Gorecki, The Kronos Quartet, Yeah No, Squarepusher, Boban Markovic, Ivo Popasov, Yuri Yunakov, Thelonius Monk, Ahmad Jamal, Immortal Technique, Explosions in the Sky, The Books, David Lynch (Dune, The Straight Story, Mulholland Drive, and pretty much everything he's ever made)...Baraka
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Dash For a Difference

On April 25th I'm participating in the Dash For a Difference. It's an all day excursion into the city of Boston to help raise money for Boston Cares, inc. which then dispurses money to a bunch of non-...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Mar 2009 10:57:00 GMT

returning 'home'

I'm writing from my dad's computer in Brooklyn, CT. I just returned from 4+ months playing at the House of Blues & Jazz in Shanghai with the Sam Hooper Group. It's 3:37am and I can't sleep due to jet ...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Feb 2009 01:07:00 GMT

Post-China Trip Movie Review

Hello Hello HelloI just returned from a 24 hour trip from Shanghai to LA to NY to CT. I'm totally exhausted, and extremely wired at the same time. Very excited to be home, but sad that I had to leave ...
Posted by on Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:44:00 GMT

China Update 5?

Hello hello, Ok. I've been in China for exactly two months. There's a ton to report on, but the first thing that comes to mind is a bike journey I took a couple days ago. Jordan I went to Luxun Park, ...
Posted by on Fri, 12 Dec 2008 05:08:00 GMT

LIGHTNING BOLT

JEEBUS CRUST!!!! Tonight I saw the craziest show of my life. When I first saw videos of the Providence-based band, Lightning Bolt, on youtube, I was freaked out. People crowded around this duo that's ...
Posted by on Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:53:00 GMT

c2f video blogs

since we're posting blogs about the album on the c2f site, i'm not doing them here. check it: http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&frien dID=77503765&blogID=395733817
Posted by on Mon, 19 May 2008 06:39:00 GMT

Day 2 @ Wellspring

I'm about to pass out. Today we worked primarily on piano sounds. So, the idea of using the softer sounding piano as the main voice doesn't look like it's going to work either. It looks like we're go...
Posted by on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:06:00 GMT

C2F recording sessions, Day 1

Our first day was great. It was definitely a lot of work (and a lot of sitting around, lol), and there were a few major road blocks that we ran into. Fortunately we took the first day as a setup day,...
Posted by on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:24:00 GMT

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For some reason I don't want to sleep. I know that I have to get up at 6:30am to go to work, but it feels too much like xmas eve. Tomorrow afternoon, Choose to Find is going into Wellspring Sound to s...
Posted by on Sat, 19 Apr 2008 20:17:00 GMT

In remebrance of Sumner

Sumner Goldstien died a few days ago to Leukemia. He was 82 years old. The last time I saw Sumner was in the Spring when I worked as an usher with him at Symphony Hall. He was by far my favorite perso...
Posted by on Sat, 08 Sep 2007 20:44:00 GMT