Thom Corah - ProfilesArchive

About Me

So, I was reading my bio and realised that it's really out of date. So, here is a new version.
You can hear the sort of music I make on my own above, although the 2 weeks on is with Mark. See below. The foundation is feedback; enclosed, acoustic, and electromagnetic. Added to this is manipulation thanks to max/MSP, and sounds from sources such as modified guitar, harmonica, slinky, powdered milk container. I've been doing this for around three years, and will shortly be entering a new phase once more.
I play this, trombone, and generally make noise in Her Name Is Calla. Things are going pretty well there, many gigs with some very good bands indeed. Couple of singles out this year and an album next, as well as a tour or three. I also play in an improvisatory manner with Mark Towers under the guise of Orfon. He makes lots of sounds with hardware and software too.
I also like to get out and play trombone at a few places in Leicester with the likes of Mike Sole, Ola, and the dodoz people.
I've also just finished writing a film with a certain Mr Mike Riley. This will hopefully be made by the end of 2008, but we'll see.
Take care.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/15/2005
Band Members: Depends who I'm playing with.
Her Name Is Calla - Tom, Michael and Andy
Orfon - Mark
Lines (very very rarely) - Mark, Dom, and Jimmy

And then there are the open mic jams so it could be anyone really.
Influences: john richards + david tudor for their artistic integrety and inginuity, radiohead for their music, tom morris for his passion, the doors + god speed + silver mt zion for their darkness, a few bits of classical music - moonlight sonata, planets, carmina burana, firebird for bits of everything, my students + mark towers + jayde morrison for their inspiration, tom waits + misterlee for their noise, damien rice + nizlopi for their perseverance, office jobs everywhere for strengthening my will.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

The Bus and The Film

So, two posts in one. It seems these are the two things i talk about the most at the moment. First the bus. To get a nice little C on my driving license requires another theory test, a week long cours...
Posted by Thom Corah on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 02:07:00 PST

the bus is closer

Ah so. Things have taken a definite turn for good on the bus front. I think i may have been offered the money to buy it. Well, pretty sure it's mine. Got to pay it back, but still cheaper than rent. A...
Posted by Thom Corah on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 08:25:00 PST

Vans and busses

So, my first posting under the category of automotive. I hear you ask, why? well, let me explain. last week I toured with my band, Her name is Calla. From York to Aberdeen and back down to Oxford, all...
Posted by Thom Corah on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 04:02:00 PST

adventure in sound

And so it goes, that we find ourselves looking for new toys, new means of expression within the music of calla. Condor is an epic, and has received very good reviews. When we were writing it, it all f...
Posted by Thom Corah on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 04:52:00 PST

Forced containment

So,all this week I've been feeling restless. Well, I usually do, but moreso this week. It's like there's something waiting to get out of me, but i don't know what it is. I tried writing, that didn't g...
Posted by Thom Corah on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 08:00:00 PST

A long time waiting

So, it's been a long while since I wrote anything here, and rather a lot has happened. There is however a series of events that will perhaps always characterise the last few weeks, and that is to do w...
Posted by Thom Corah on Thu, 05 Jul 2007 03:07:00 PST

And another thing..

I've just been reminded about something. We played a gig recently with a couple of other bands. We were on first. Anyhow, we played, and then nipped outside for a smoke to find that the headline band ...
Posted by Thom Corah on Thu, 05 Jul 2007 03:26:00 PST

Future exploits

And so, I find myself thinking about current and future activities. I have written down concerns, objectives. They are fuzzy, like many things at the moment. they have been sent to the relevant people...
Posted by Thom Corah on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 03:01:00 PST

point for discussion

How much control are you willing to surrender when playing live. How much of what you create can you assign to a third party. How much would you want to. Would you be comfortable presenting music that...
Posted by Thom Corah on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:50:00 PST

Current musical experiences

So, calla have been playing well recently. Gigs at the Shed and in Cov provided the opportunity to play Condor and River for the first times in its finished form, and it really is very good. It's also...
Posted by Thom Corah on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 03:41:00 PST