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The Teller Light

RIP George Carlin.

About Me


The Teller Light flows from a single, enigmatic individual who maintains an abiding love of music and a desire to provide the soundtrack for the ascendancy of mankind through secular, rational humanism (and contribute to that ascendency, if at all possible).
The Teller Light's first official EP called "Unkind Mirror" is now available for download from iTunes, Napster, eMusic, Rhapsody, and Amazon.com. The new album contains three tracks, including "Ivy Mike," which you can preview above.
I have several other projects in the works and a great deal of unreleased material still in development, so from time to time I will post some new tracks for everyone to preview. So thanks for looking in and don't forget to buy the new album!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/28/2008
Band Members: Steven E. Serdikoff is responsible for the playing or programming of all the instruments, writing the music, producing, mixing, and mastering and otherwise giving birth to everything produced under the name The Teller Light.
Influences:
Gustav Mahler, Maurice Ravel, Igor Stravinsky, Jean Sibelius, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Serge Prokofiev, Antonin Dvorák, Johannes Brahms, Pyotr Illych Tchaikovsky, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johann Sebastian Bach, Ralph Vaughn-Williams, Edward Elgar, Paul Hindemith, Bela Bartok, Claude Debussy, Arthur Honegger, Wendy Carlos, Pierre Boulez, Martha Argerich, Charles Dutoit, Mariss Jansons, Andre Previn, Sir Colin Davis, Sir Simon Rattle, Nigel Kennedy, Jean Yves Thibaudet, Bernard Haitink
Armando "Chick" Corea, John Coltrane, Miles Dewey Davis, Julian "Cannonball" and Nat Adderly, Lee "Sidewinder" Morgan, Brad Meldau, Allan Holdsworth, Stanley Clarke, Jaco Pastorius, Victor Wooten, Bela Fleck, Joseph Zawinul, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Weather Report, Return To Forever, Jean-Luc Ponty, Bill Evans, McCoy Tyner
Rush, Yes, Pink Floyd, Porcupine Tree, Opeth, Radiohead, King's X, King Crimson, Eric Johnson, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Steve Morse, The Dixie Dregs, Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, Lamb of God, Mastodon, Meshuggah, Rage Against the Machine, Pantera, Metallica (pre-Black Album), The Police, Tool, Clutch.......and many, many more...
Sounds Like: Post apocalyptic neo-progressive heavy instrumental fusion rock with bits of nearly every other genre and sub-genre mixed in.
Record Label: Independent
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Music I wish Id written....

"La cathedrale engloutie," from Preludes, Book 1 by Claude Debussy: The big open parallel fifth chords that open and close the work are sublime. "Symphonic Metamorphosis on Theme by Carl Maria von W...
Posted by The Teller Light on Tue, 27 May 2008 03:33:00 PST

Buckaroo Banzai!?!?

That's right, my new song is a cover tune: Mike Boddicker's catchy theme music for the eipc 80s campy sci-fi cult classic "The Adventures of Buckarro Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension." My sister an...
Posted by The Teller Light on Mon, 26 May 2008 08:02:00 PST

New song!

Have a new track up called "Chaurora." Check it out!Steve (The Teller Light)
Posted by The Teller Light on Mon, 19 May 2008 11:38:00 PST

Please comment!

I just want to remind anyone who buys my EP on iTunes or any other site to comment favorably on the album (if you actually enjoy the music, that is). Good reviews help promote the album, and -- as mu...
Posted by The Teller Light on Fri, 16 May 2008 07:08:00 PST

Some background on The Teller Light

I thought I'd share a little about my band name and the name of the new EP. The phrase "Teller light" is a reference to one of the scientists who helped develop first the atomic bomb and later the fi...
Posted by The Teller Light on Thu, 15 May 2008 02:54:00 PST

The New Album is OUT!!!

The new album is out! As of right this instant, The Teller Light's first commercial EP "Unkind Mirror" is available for download on iTunes, Rhapsody, eMusic, and Amazon.com. The album contains three...
Posted by The Teller Light on Wed, 14 May 2008 02:12:00 PST