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Marc Friedman

About Me

Shitting, eating, sleeping, shitting, eating sleeping, endless crying, laughing, eating, running, walking and at age 7 I started learning the following instruments in this order: piano, recorder, guitar, drums, bass, synth, ukelele, piano. My main axe is the electric bass. Enjoy.------------------------------------------------------ -----------------------------------Cats I've scratched with: The Slip, Surprise me Mr.Davis, Natalie Merchant, Story Pirates, Dan Bern, Sonya Kitchell, Meowskers, UA, Pat Irwin, Marco Benevento, The Prenups, Will Bernard, Mackie Burnette, Spoonman, Baby Gramps, Jim Hobbs, Timo Shanko, Kram Dangle, The Blue Stripes, San Fransisco Trolley Tour, the Bed Wetting Band, Leslie Helpert, the Blue Cake Theater Company.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 20/11/2007
Band Website: nytimes.com
Band Members: "I would never belong to any club that would have me as a member"(paraphrasing Woody Allen paraphrasing W.C. Fields)
Influences: Everything under the sun, everything under the moon, everything underground, everything above ground. Bach, Slash, Olga Lepeshinskaya, Wes Anderson, the Mills Brothers, Built to Spill, Cliff(ukelele ike)Edwards, Bill Evans, Eno, The Walkmen, Diana Ross, Woody Allen, Adam Green, John Jacolb Niles.
Sounds Like: A tree falling in the forest.
Record Label: Bar/None Records, 216 Records

My Blog

MARCO AND I...SXSW and "RISD Song" REMIX.

My friend Linda ran a great interview I did with her for this years SXSW website. Read the article here. http://sxsw.com/homeSo, I also got some inspiration today to edit a song Marco and I andJosh Ra...
Posted by on Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:29:00 GMT

END OF THE YEAR-2008-THESLIP! DAVIS! more

Here i am blogging again, 2 mins after my last blog. Within the last two mins. I think I might have made a funny comment to Andrew about something on the tour bus and took a sip of black coffee.In Dec...
Posted by on Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:48:00 GMT

CHANGE ’08, that suit is old!

Hey y'all mammals, I do have some news to report. The tour with Sonya Kitchell and The Slip is sounding straight up awesome. Its a really nice sonic collaboration and this girl is such a pure talent. ...
Posted by on Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:38:00 GMT

STORY PIRATES GIGS-something to write home about

Ok, I'm happy to write "home" about 2 very cool upcoming gigs I have in NYC with a great comedic theater group called "Story Pirates." The links below will provide all show info. This is a very cool g...
Posted by on Tue, 27 May 2008 11:17:00 GMT

sprung 2008 with Natalie and more.

spring sprung events: I have been recording with Natalie Merchant in a very woodsy Upstate setting. I also recorded with B 52's guitarist Pat Irwin and have been touring with the wonderfully talented ...
Posted by on Wed, 07 May 2008 13:51:00 GMT

Marc is a fine bass teacher

That's right, for all of those eager musicians out there, Marc is available for private bass lessons. He mostly teaches around the NYC area but if scheduling works out, he can possibly be in your neck...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:22:00 GMT

Shows With Natalie Merchant

I'm very happy to announce that in January I will be performing in Natalie Merchant's band. There will be 5 shows all at the very cool Hiro Ballroom in NYC. Andrew Barr and I first met Natalie in augu...
Posted by on Mon, 26 Nov 2007 12:40:00 GMT