Ted Kraut is in a band called The Mars Hall. It is the culmination of a writing partnership between Ted Kraut and Marshall Thompson. They started writing together seven years ago. Marshall and Ted have know each other since the early nineties, playing on different gigs together. Marshall and Ted first recorded together in 1995. They recently released a full length album and a six song e.p. entitled "The Mars Hall Planet Ted" The other people on the recording are Katrina Leigh bass and vocals and Jimmy Paxson drums. The album has a definite Wilco meets Pink Floyd vibe to it.
The Mars Hall was selected as a winner in the Independent Music Awards 2007 for a recording of a song Ted Kraut penned and produced called Nu song. "Nu Song" is available as part of "The Planet Ted"
album and e.p. and was released nationally on the MRG Labels "Now Here This cd" "Now Here This" is one of the most heavily downloaded cds at E-Music.com.
Winter 2008-2009 saw the song "Nashville" land on Relix Magazines Holiday Compilation Album. Distributed nationally bundled with the Holiday issue of Relix Magazine magazine to over 100,000 readers.Ted co-founded the band Radio I-Ching in 1991. Radio I-Ching's first album, "Emo's Choice," was released in 1994 and was quite popular in the college market, launching the band into 5 years of non-stop touring throughout the U.S. "Emo's Choice" received national air-play and charted next to major label acts such as Radio Head, Dave Matthews, and Sound Garden. The group's follow-up album, "Sigh," was equally popular landing two cuts with Columbia Tri-Star for use on the popular late 90's T.V. show "Party of Five." The album "Sigh" also hit the charts becoming the 7 most added record in the country on December 7, 1998, according to C.M.J. New Music Report. As the Leader and principal songwriter of Radio I-Ching, Kraut toured all over the U.S. logging 150 shows a year. The band played major festivals such as High Sierra Music Festival and has been billed with top touring acts such as Moe. Radio I-Ching regularly packed clubs In L.A.
Ted first appeared on the L.A. music scene as high school kid booking and performing at venues across Southern California. He became a founding member of Geffen recording artist Half-Way Home, a band who played to packed houses across the southland, including The Troubadour, The Country Club and Madam Wongs. He left the band to pursue his musical education at The Musicians Institute, where he studied with Jazz luminaries Joe Pass, Joe Diorio and Ron Eschette, as well as a host of other great guitarists.
Upon graduation, he joined the hit 60's garage psychedelic band The Music Machine, best know for their hit song "Talk Talk", and performed at major venues around the west coast such as The Gibson Amphitheatre. The Music Machine was named one of the top 100 guitar bands of all time by Guitar World Magazine. Later, Ted became the lead guitar player for Terry Stafford, best known for penning the Country hit "Amarillo by Morning" for George Strait and having a 2 Billboard hit on his own with "Suspicion".
For the past ten years Ted has been teaching at Canoga School of Music and is currently Musical Director of the schools Live Performance Work Shop.
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