Nathan Eliot - ProfilesArchive

About Me

MORE BASS. MORE HUGS. LESS HATE.I taught myself to play guitar out of a Beatles book. I was a theater kid for awhile until around high school when I discovered that girls like good guitarists. I practiced. I began to independantly study music history, becoming particularly infatuated with Renaissance polyphony and Romantic piano. I also absorbed a lot of jazz. I've been in many bands including Gretna Green, Exploded, B.R.A.I.N, Stunt Vocabulary, Living Spoon, Jake Rowan Band, Charlie Van Stee Trio, and Free Grandma (the last four are current groups). I enjoy composition. I enjoy coffee and dogs. Currently I'm working on a solo album which I hope to release this fall. So far it has been a productive year. Enough about me. Tell me about yourself.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/3/2005
Band Website: myspace.com/nathaneliot
Band Members: Living Spoon, Charlie Van Stee Trio, Free Grandma, Jake Rowan.
Influences: Baaba Maal, The Beatles, Happy Apple, Mingus, Trane, Chris Thile, Beck, Nikka Costa, Led Zeppelin, Frank Zappa, Stevie Wonder, Cloud Cult, Andrew Hill, Wayne Shorter, Greg Osby, Brad Mehldau, Jason Lindner, Bill Frisell, Phish, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Edgar Meyer, Tallis Scholars, Chanticleer, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Gesualdo, Schubert, Berlioz, Chopin, Mahler, R. Strauss, Scriabin, Debussy, Satie, Shostakovich, Stravinsky, too much bluegrass, Sci-fi fantasy stories, fiction in general, Marvel Comics, Sega Genesis RPGs, Jack Nicholson, Indiana Jones.
Sounds Like: Living Spoon, Charlie Van Stee Trio, Free Grandma, Jake Rowan.
Record Label: Yeah right.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Album, Sam Rivers

Alright, not sure who reads this but anyway...It's actually a little humid and but pleasant outdoors on this early spring Saturday afternoon. I'm taking Phydeaux for a walk once I digest my lunch, so ...
Posted by Nathan Eliot on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 12:55:00 PST

Freaking OUT.

Wow this Edgar Meyer CD is just about the coolest thing I've heard. He really speaks through the bass and all the other instruments he plays. It's self-titled, get it, Sony Classical.Happy Apple this ...
Posted by Nathan Eliot on Wed, 30 Aug 2006 01:34:00 PST

Shostakovich Symphony No. 4

Friday night and I filled in the overnight shift at the grouphome. Oh well. Easy money. I saw Wallace and Gromit today which was brilliant and went out to Doolittle's with Molly and Colleen. Wait this...
Posted by Nathan Eliot on Sat, 04 Feb 2006 09:00:00 PST

Mahler

Mahler is just the master of melody. The seventh symphony is probably my favorite. It's incredible to me that every section and every section within every section has just a gorgeous melody. These mel...
Posted by Nathan Eliot on Mon, 12 Dec 2005 11:11:00 PST