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Trevor Exter

this ain't the movies

About Me

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Click here to listen to the XTR live solo set on Break Thru Radio.
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“Singer and unconventional cellist Trevor Exter plucks and whacks at his big instrument and guides it through multiple climaxes.” Time Out New York - - - - - - - - - - "If you’re expecting a sedate orchestra recital, you’d better think again.... Exter’s crooning voice harkens back to an era of music where men weren’t afraid to wear their hearts on their sleeves." Chris Kocher, Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin - - - - - - - - - - "...makes you feel like you found something you didnt even know you were missing... Trevor Exter nails it." Ethan Kanat, BreakThruRadio.com - - - - - - - - - - "This album is an admirable testament to the purity of Exter’s distinct and exceptional vision." - Urban Folk Magazine on the Water EP
I was born in Ithaca, NY and I always played different things but kept coming back to the cello.
I started singing in Brazil and then with De La Guarda here in NYC, now I just sit with the cello and sing. I play it weird though - like a tiny bass or aquatic guitar, and I also hit it sometimes.
You can find me often at Banjo Jim’s, Rockwood, Joe’s Pub, Living Room, Sidewalk and those kinds of places, mostly songwriter hangouts.
I work frequently as a sideman, but I ain’t Yo-Yo Ma!
Come see a show sometime - we’ve been hitting it pretty hard with the band, and I also do solo sets.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/26/2005
Band Website: trevorexter.com
Band Members:
ME, voice and cello

A rotating cast in the band:
Marcos Archetti
Jairus "Jazz" Odums
Solomon Dorsey
and Derek Nievergelt - Bass

Mariano "Tiki" Cantero
Jamie Alegre
Trevor Goodchilde
Tônio Da Timba
and Brain Geltner - Drums

Cassondra Kellam
Natalie Gelman
and Veronica DeSoyza - Voices

Seen also with:
Bronwen Exter
Bret Mosley
Tom Hayes
Jamie Leonhart
Late Night At Rockwood
La Bomba De Tiempo
De La Guarda

Influences:
Hathaway, Jamerson, Cash, Atahualpa, Bronwen, Gil, Hanks I and III, João, Elis, Merle, Mose, Naná, Fela, Curtis, AC-DC, Barry White, Smokey, Van Halen and ZZ Top.
Sounds Like:
Avant-soul cello spanking

Tears For Fears and Bill Withers go camping with Casals

Type of Label: None

My Blog

XTR featured on Fingertips Music!

Fingertips Music featured Strawberry Wine this week. Here's what Jeremy Schlosberg had to say:"Finger-picking and generally slapping around a beat-up cello, Trevor Exter makes music that is both serio...
Posted by Trevor Exter on Tue, 06 May 2008 08:57:00 PST

Ladies and Gentlemen, some wonderful news:

---> If it’s been awhile since you’ve heard a live Trevor Exter show, there are now 2 free recordings that you can get right now:Right here at the top of the page.Just click the red butto...
Posted by Trevor Exter on Sat, 22 Mar 2008 10:03:00 PST

bio

Home-schooled in Newfield, NY, Trevor expressed a fascination for the cello starting around age 6  although his is definitely not the story of a childhood wunderkind. While he was young, he was fortu...
Posted by Trevor Exter on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 04:26:00 PST

"That guy just plays guitar parts on the cello. What's so special about that?"

Some have said this. Here's my response:It bothers me to see how far the guitar was able to leapfrog over the backs of the other instruments that came before it.Before Andrés Segovia started playing t...
Posted by Trevor Exter on Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:52:00 PST

Heres a nice radio appearance...

Hey. A little while ago I went on Break Thru Radio, played a set and got interviewed by the lovely Maia McDonald. It's a good listen, check it out here....
Posted by Trevor Exter on Sat, 29 Dec 2007 10:50:00 PST

Thanks + ways to help

The outpouring of support at the shows in 2007 was beautiful and overwhelming. Now with this new release we hope to take it even higher in 08. Thank you so much! Yes, Trevor would like your help. It's...
Posted by Trevor Exter on Sat, 29 Dec 2007 11:02:00 PST

What Am I After?

Let me tell you how this happened. I discovered very young that I need to hear things differently.I didn't know what that meant (and I don't now, either) but only knew that sounds affect me. I notic...
Posted by Trevor Exter on Sat, 29 Dec 2007 11:04:00 PST