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Tiik

About Me

Tiik is me, singer/songwriter/musician. Native Ban is my friends Kris Koth on bass, Joe Ellis on drums and Lisa Walker on 2nd guitar in one or two songs. "National Tears" is the title of our first project togethe..a tape. I do the rhythm and lead guitar parts, all vocals and harmonies, keyboard, and keyboard instruments..bassoon and violins mainly.We played around Washington, DC, our home town, in the 90's. Then Joe moved with his wife and kids to Atlanta, Ga. Sniff sniff!!! You can hear Native Ban tunes here, and also, I am going to upload some of my new tunes. You can go to www.tiik.com at any time to see more of what I am about.Currently I'm working on re-releasing "National Tears" on CD. AND I'm working on a new CD.Currently I need a band. Heeeelp!!!!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/16/2008
Band Website: www.tiik.com
Band Members: Players needed: the basic.. Drums, bass, second guitar with lead ability, who have mad vocals...or atleast some singing ability. Also, I'd love if you can second on some other instrument... horns, strings, bassoon, weird instruments...I'm open.
Influences: It would be nice to work with folks who like the Beatles, The Pretenders, Samuel Barbers "Adagio for Strings", Patti Smith, Lydia Lunch, L7, Tribe 8, Gossip, Souixie and the Banshees, The Noisettes, Ferron, Jefferson Airplane, Tom Waites, Odd Girl Out, the Raincoats, Bitch, Heather Nova ......for starters.
Sounds Like:A Gaythering Storm from Jane Lynch
Whiteberry - All Girl Japanese Band ____________Religious Right

Bitch & the Exciting Conclusion_______Bitch &the Exciting Conclusion
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"I Think I Love U" PartridgeFamily@PowerOfWomenRally___Women Rockers Talk
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Our Spirits Don't Speak English: ____________Indian Boarding School Abuse
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AmazingGrace - age13 Cherokee Girl___Native American Actors talk of Predjudice
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Deaf Community____________________________Deaf Community
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Cindy Sherman___________________________Some X Ray Spex then & now
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X Ray Spex Then_______________________X Ray Spex NOW
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Ken Lee-Bulgarian Idol__________________ESTER GOLDBERG on Palin
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Record Label: Unsigned
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Back from CampOut Women's Music Festival - Sobriety & Falling in love

Back from CampOut women's music festival. Drove up with wonderful Natalie Ilum, who besides being one of my fav people, is an amazing poet. If you don't know her work you NEED to. I am constantly insp...
Posted by on Sat, 23 May 2009 23:30:00 GMT

Geo Wyeth, BeBe K'Roche, Artomatic - A lot has been going on

SO much has been going on and I am amazed.First, Artomatic begins May 29. My Artomatic visual art space=floor7/area11/panelspace3. I perform on the Cabaret stage Saturday June 6 and Saturday June 13.Y...
Posted by on Sun, 10 May 2009 11:32:00 GMT

Artomatic

I chose my art space at Artomatic today. It's on the 7th floor, area 11, space 3.Kelley Donnelly and I are right next to each other.Come see us both.Hey...I wonder if someone tried really hard to get ...
Posted by on Sat, 25 Apr 2009 15:06:00 GMT

Letting my hair grow ... new video tunes up

Well, the comments just keep coming in so here's the deal with my hair. I'm letting it grow...obviously. You can see in the Going Home video when I had my cute two toned short cut. I'm guessing that w...
Posted by on Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:38:00 GMT

Gig Last Night and Barbra Streisand Dream

Thank you everyone who came out to the gigipoo last night. I call it that because it was only 3 tunes. Terry does a great job keeping this Recovery Cafe Open Mike going. He has a smile that lights up ...
Posted by on Sun, 19 Apr 2009 10:55:00 GMT

My New Tunes

big hi to everyone from the inner belly of the cyber-clops. i looooove you.i am way settled now about that disappointment i had a week or so ago. it's almost like i had to get one under my belt and no...
Posted by on Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:59:00 GMT

Love is

Love is not having to constantly engage in dynamic response analysisfold your solar array wings and retractcancel your romantic vacation cruise when you realize you're booked on the Kilo Moana
Posted by on Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:02:00 GMT

Interesting Couple of Days

I wish I could type in the category above myself. Choosing from a list is soooo Patty Duke at the grocery store.Anyway...life tosses flicks of this flecks of thatseen any good flicks lately?saw a flec...
Posted by on Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:12:00 GMT

Poets Are Amazing

The poets tonight were brilliant. And I had a first. I cried. Andrea Gibson is the first poet who has brought me to tears. This was a Sol y Soul & Sparkle presentation at The Warehouse in Washington D...
Posted by on Sun, 29 Mar 2009 20:37:00 GMT

When The Audience Seems Blah After Show

Now that I've put myself back out there and been getting my stage legs back by playing local open mikes, and you friends & fansz have been so supportive...which means sooooo very much to me...I've fin...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:28:00 GMT