Michael Leviton - ProfilesArchive

About Me

I play baritone ukulele and sing. I put out my first album "My Favorite Place to Drown" on Smith Street/Acefu Records in April of 2006. And I went on tour opening for They Might Be Giants, and it's all been ridiculously fun.

Here's the music video for "Summer's the Worst", a cautionary tale about the dangers of summer romance.

Here's the music video for my song "The Beach Gets Cold" in which I play miniature golf.

Also, I sometimes videotape my musician friends playing music in my apartment. Check out videos from The Apartment here .

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/8/2004
Band Website: michaelleviton.com/
Band Members: just me
Influences: Scary Mansion, Regina Spektor, James Levy, The Babyskins, Teen Jaser-Erickson, Graham Smith, Snowblink, Forest Fire, Chris Garneau, Luke Temple, Creaky Boards, The Teeth, Jeffrey Lewis, The Cairo Gang, Foreign Born, Soltero, La Laque, The Boswell Sisters, Thelonious Monk, Chet Baker, Lorenz Hart, Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn, Ira Gershwin, Mose Allison, assorted Barber Shop Quartet records, Phil Spector, The Beach Boys, The Microphones, Randy Newman, The Kinks, The Smiths...
Sounds Like: loneliness, misery, longing, etc.
Record Label: Smith Street Records/ Acefu Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Ukulele Lessons in New York, NY

It may seem to be a bit redundant to write another blog announcing that I teach ukulele lessons in brooklyn and manhattan, but one of my students mentioned to me that my blog on that subject is now ye...
Posted by Michael Leviton on Sun, 27 Apr 2008 07:51:00 PST

music parties at The Apartment

For about a year now, Leah and I have been holding secret open mike parties at our apartment. We (and whoever is around to hold the camera) have been shooting video of these performances and we now ha...
Posted by Michael Leviton on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 03:22:00 PST

now offering ukulele lessons in New York City!

Want to learn to play the ukulele? Live in the New York area?well, starting in the new year, I am officially offering ukulele lessons!If you or anyone you know might want ukulele lessons, write me at ...
Posted by Michael Leviton on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 07:43:00 PST

How to buy my album!

My debut album "My Favorite Place to Drown" just hit the shores...You can buy the album on-line at any of these places:AMPCAMP INSOUNDAMAZON wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=136915239&s=143441&i=136915256" tar...
Posted by Michael Leviton on Wed, 19 Apr 2006 06:58:00 PST

join my ukulele mailing list...

If you want to join my ukulele mailing list, please go here
Posted by Michael Leviton on Sat, 03 Jun 2006 01:56:00 PST

Would you like a copy of Boring Island?

Dear Friends,I have been getting many letters asking me for copies of Boring Island from people who are sad that it isn't on my album. The good news is that I have a recording of it from a long time a...
Posted by Michael Leviton on Sat, 03 Jun 2006 04:17:00 PST

Ukulele tour with They Might Be Giants!

Hey everybody. So, I'm going on my first ukulele tour in a few weeks supporting They Might Be Giants. It's going to be just myself and a ukulele, which is crazy; going on stage in front of a lot of pe...
Posted by Michael Leviton on Sat, 25 Mar 2006 08:23:00 PST

"Summer's the Worst" is now official rallying song of the YUS!

Dear Public,Every August, thousands of innocent hearts are broken by the plague often referred to as "Summer Romance". And it must stop! I have made "Summer's the Worst" available for Free Download in...
Posted by Michael Leviton on Thu, 09 Feb 2006 07:54:00 PST