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Elliot Racine/Band Of Musicians

About Me

HERE'S HOW THIS WORKS: The Elliot Racine studio recordings are just under my given name, Elliot Racine. Band Of Musicians is the band that plays the Elliot Racine music live. It's called that because it bugs me when bands are called things like "the Elliot Racine Band" (but please don't get offended if your band is called something like that, it's just my meaningless little opinion). ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ Here are some third-party sells: "Sick. Very unique. Funky. I like the rad beats and the voice!" -A cute girl that I wanted an excuse to talk to"Very changeable and eclectic. I wouldn't know what genre to put it in". -A dude with a cool dog in the park ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ And here's a short, descriptive, slightly humorous bio-thingy: The one thing to expect when listening to an Elliot Racine album is that you can't expect what you'll hear next. Although his primary instrument is the bass, you are likely to find musical instruments and ideas from every corner of the globe-some maybe familiar, some maybe not so familiar-coming at you from the most unlikely angles. Catch Elliot live with Band Of Musicians, and see it all translated into the language of an energetic and sometimes strange-costume-wearing four-piece band. Band Of Musicians has been altering perceptions and toying with emotions since 2006 at venues such as the Boom Boom Room, Grant & Green, Retox Lounge, Hotel Utah Saloon, The Knockout, Beale Street, Cafe Revolution, Socha, Cafe Velo Rouge, Blondie's, Ireland's 32, Virgin Megastore, The Brainwash, Mama Art Cafe, and Art Salon in San Francisco, CA, Starry Plough in Berkeley and Prism in Oakland, CA, Johnny V's and Bamboo Lounge in San Jose, CA, Stanford Campus, Jungle Digital, Fanny and Alexanders, Printers Café, Café Bettola in Palo Alto, The Red Rocks in Mountain View, CA, and Ash Street Saloon in Portland, OR. See the widget below to join the Elliot Racine/Band Of Musicians mailing list, and receive the latest news on album releases, concerts, and more. UUUNNNHHH!!!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 22/12/2005
Band Website: www.cdbaby.com/all/eracine
Band Members: The band is that plays E.R. originals live is called Band Of Musicians. Me on bass and vocals, Tyler Shusterman on guitar, Aaron Douglas on drums, and Dan Sarna on trumpet. On recordings, there's no telling who you'll hear play what. It would take a ton of time to track down pictures of everyone on the recordings, but... E.R. looks like this: Tyler looks like this: Aaron looks like this: Dan looks like this: A bunch of newts on a pile of submerged branches looks like this:
Influences: The Universe that I am in, Lark In The Morning, The Nonesuch Explorer Series, P-funk, Charles Mingus, Babatunde Olatunji, Jimi Hendrix, J.S. Bach, Dr. Dre, Bob Marley, Augustus Pablo, Gregory Isaacs, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, The Band, Bibio, Ali Akbar Khan, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Voices Of Forgotten Worlds, Brian Eno, The Spencer Davis Group, Matsuo Basho, James Brown, Otis Redding, Sam Cooke, The Boredoms, Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, Plaid, Cachao, Irakere, Quasimoto, The Clash, Allen Ginsberg, Blackalicious, Black Uhuru, The Kicking Woman Singers, Kobayashi Issa, Northern Cree, Mozart, Fela Kuti, The Grateful Dead, David Grisman, The Beatles, Marc Cary, Prince, Huan-Huur-Tuu, Jega, The Invisable Scratch Pickles, Ephat Mujuru, The Velvet Underground, Pole, Digital Underground, Sly & Robbie, King Tubby, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Miles Davis, John McLaughlin, Robert De Niro, Wu-Tang, The (pre-sellout) Roots, Jurassic 5, Duke Ellington, James Welch, Leonard Cohen, Curtis Mayfield, Igor Stravinsky, Bjork, The Orb, John Keats, Tortoise, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Charlie Patton, John Lee Hooker, Eric Dolphy, Sun Ra, Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Chuck Berry, Chuck Rainey, Jane's Addiction, Porno For Pyros, Link Wray, Aretha Franklin, Sam And Dave, Howlin' Wolf, August Collins, Cecil Taylor, Pink Floyd, Nick Drake, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, David Grisman, Gangstarr, Cesaria Evora, Walela, Carlos Nakai, William Butler Yeats, Dave Holland, David Hudson, Woody Shaw, Bad Brains, Richard Wally, Toumani Diabate, Stiff Little Fingers, Johny Cash, Luke Vibert, LTJ Bukem, Igor Stravinsky, Cypress Hill, Gabby Pahinui and his offspring, Debussy, Led Zepplin, Orlando Rios, Santana, Robert Tree Cody, The Master Musicians Of Jajouka, 2Face Idibia, Albert Ayler, The Boards Of Canada, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Arovane, Art Blakey, Azeem, B.B. King, Baba Maal, Beenie Man, Beethoven, Yosa Buson, Victor Wooten, Berlioz, Bill Stevens, Sonny Sharrock, Bo Diddley, Bootsy Collins, Philip Glass, The Universe that is in me. Here's those newts again.
Sounds Like: Music (duh). QUIT READING, GO LISTEN!!! www.cdbaby.com/all/eracine, iTunes, other places, or the widget below.

Record Label: I friggin' need one
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Thanks to everyone who came to Grant & Green on June 17

I'd like to give a big huge thank you to everyone who came out to see Band Of Musicians on June 17th. I know I say this a lot, but it's always gonna be the truth: We're nothing without you all, thanks...
Posted by on Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:14:00 GMT

Thanks to everyone who came to see us at Socha

Thank you SOOOOOO much for coming out and watching our set at Socha. Your support means a lot to us, we're nothing without you! Thanks.-Elliot
Posted by on Fri, 19 Dec 2008 07:11:00 GMT

The live band is now called Band Of Musicians, not All One Thing!!!

The live band is now called Band Of Musicians, not All One Thing!!! For some reason, I never really felt quite "right" calling the band All One Thing. So I changed it to Band Of Musicians, and now I f...
Posted by on Thu, 11 Sep 2008 06:51:00 GMT

How can we be more of a community? The Three Questions, 2008

Recently, I had a little gathering with some other members of the music/arts/etc. community (and yes, that included "fans"!). I asked everybody 3 questions about things we could do to solidify the cre...
Posted by on Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:03:00 GMT

New pics!

So I finally figured out how to create and arrange photo albums on this silly sight. I've uploaded some new pictures and arranged them in albums, including All One Thing shows, CD cover art, and music...
Posted by on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:50:00 GMT

Musical instrument of 7-21-06

Ney: A popular flute from the Middle East.
Posted by on Fri, 21 Jul 2006 19:51:00 GMT

Musical concept of 7-21-06

Azaguno: An Ewe (a people from West Africa) master drummer.
Posted by on Fri, 21 Jul 2006 19:49:00 GMT

Animal of 7-21-06

Sagebrush Lizard: A blue-bellied spiny lizard found in the western U.S.
Posted by on Fri, 21 Jul 2006 19:47:00 GMT

Musical instrument of 5-4-06

Mohan Vina: A guitar from India that has been addapted for Indian music. It is played with a slide.
Posted by on Thu, 04 May 2006 09:31:00 GMT

Musical concept of 5-4-06

One of the most widely known Native American melodies is the Zuni Sunrise Song.
Posted by on Thu, 04 May 2006 09:22:00 GMT