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The Big Picture

Music is the best.

About Me

Once upon a time, The Big Picture was but a sparkling ideal, a mere driving force behind Chestertown's first rock opera, "Chromosome Thirteen." Late nights on dorm porches and basements, the sounds of genius and foozeball reverberating throughout the collective psyche, eventually coagulated into White Snow/Blaque Ice. In an effort to test the resiliency of a small liberal arts school, WSBI began to rock the casbah under the pseudonym Da Earf. And yet, perfection and the highest level of creative madness can only coexist as The Big Picture.The distinct yet compatible songwriting styles of the members allow for an eclectic variety of moods, sounds, and visions. Furthermore, the irresistable urge to dance to such streaming waves of bliss will bring you to each and every unique performance. And The Big Picture would like you to dance.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/26/2006
Band Members: Ian Trusheim- Bass guitar, Vocals, Composition.................................. Trevor Williams- Guitar, Vocals, Composition....................................... Brooks Long- Red Electric Guitar, Vocals, Blues harp, Composition................. Jake Deal - Red drums
Influences: In no order (although some names are placed around each other purposefully) and constantly growing: The Band, Grateful Dead, Oingo Boingo, James Brown, The Meters, Jaco Pastorius, Cowboy Jazz, Fat Shadow, The Beatles (and solo ventures), Dreams, Frank Zappa &/or the Mothers of Invention, Neil Young, The Funk Brothers, Bob Dylan, John Cage, Bob Marley & the Wailers, The Beach Boys, Buena Vista Social Club, James Brown (skadamoochy), Al Green, Aretha Franklin, Spirit, Joni Mitchell, Pink Floyd, Yes, Jethro Tull, Herbie Hancock, Danny Elfman, Miles Davis, Oscar Peterson, Papa Grows Funk, Charles Mingus, George Clinton & The Parliment Funkadelic/Detroit Soul, Bootsy Collins, Ken Schweitzer, Tom Anthony, Beethoven, The Who, Vivaldi, John Dowland, Lafayette Gilchrist, Villa Lobos, Howlin' Wolf, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gilespie, Les Claypool, Medeski Martin & Wood, Stravinsky, George Gershwin, Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band, Randy Newman, Dusty Springfield, Curtis Mayfield & the Impressions, Derek Trucks Band, Carol King, Phil Spector, Tom Dowd, Booker T. and the MG's, Santana, Louis Armstrong, Gram Parsons & the Fallen Angels, Warren Zevon, Rage Against the Machine, Soulive, They Might Be Giants, John Scofield, Spontaneous Underground, Syd Barret, Smashing Pumpkins, Stevie Wonder, Steve Kimock, Steve Bartek, Steely Dan, Spinal Tap, Led Zeppelin, Sting, David Bowie, Muddy Waters, Timothy Leary, Jefferson Airplane, Mamas & the Papas, The Ethiopiques, Robert Johnson, Otis Redding, Ray Charles, Nick Drake, Galactic, The Doors, Van Morrison, Disco Biscuits, Paul Kiss, Peter Gabriel, Polaris, The Adventures of Pete & Pete, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson, The Kinks, The Temptations, Earth Wind & Fire, Chic Corea, The Police, Dr. John, Junior Brown, Elvis Costello, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Los Lobos, Seizmic Sanchez, The Juicy Chops, Jeff Beck, The Yardbirds, Bela Fleck & the Flecktones, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, Electric Light Orchestra, Phish, XTC, Chester River Runoff, Blues Traveller, The B-52's, Astralyte, Traveling Wilburys, Weird Al Yankovich, Allman Brothers, SCI, JGB, DMB, Frank Sinatra, The Rolling Stones, Crosby Stills & Nash, John Coltrane, Thelonius Monk, Dave Brubeck, The Decemberists, The New Deal, The Zombies, Weather Report, Eyeball Skeleton, Sly & the Family Stone, Bernard Herrman, Tower of Power, Deep Banana Blackout, Bomb Squad, Sarah Vaughan, Gov't Mule, Widespread Panic, The Clash, Squeeze, Cake, Paul Simon (& Garfunkel), Tod Rundgren, Oldguard, John Williams, Ravi Shankar, U2, Radiohead, Wu Tang Clan, Timbaland (without the rapping so much), Elton John, Prince, Queen, Beck, David Lindley, The Pixies, Steely Dan, Little Feat, Jimi Hendrix Experience/Band of Gypsies, David Grisman Quintet, Flight of the Conchords, Tony Rice, Sea Level, Eric Clapton, Cream, Blind Faith, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, Talking Heads, Public Enemy, King Crimson, Lou Reed, The Velvet Underground. every combination of sound and silence. African, Afro-Cuban, Baroque, Bluegrass, Blues, Bop, Classical, Classic Rock, Country, Creole (food and music), Doo Wop, Electronica, Experimental, Folk, Funk, Gospel, Hip-Hop, Indian Classical, Jam, Jazz, Improvisational Rock and Roll, Live House, Motown, old school R &/or B, Middle Eastern, Nintendo music such as in Super Mario Bros, Zelda and Tetris, Soul, Tribal Trance, Tao, Ghandi, Dolemite, MLK, Buddha, Kids in the Hall, Jack Keroac, Allen Ginsberg, Phillip K. Dick, Hermann Hesse, Heraclitus, Boba Fett, Martin Scorsese, Master Splinter, Quentin Tarentino, Tim Burton, J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S Lewis, Paulo Cohelo, Mel Brooks, Kevin Smith, Woody Allen, The Cohen Brothers, Snakes on a Plane, Sacha Baron Cohen, Richard Linklater, N64 Kid, George Lucas, Cal Ripken Jr., Matt Groening, Brendan Small, Larry David, Christopher Guest, Ingmar Bergman, Akira Kuraosawa, Milan Kundera, Dostoevsky, Nietzsche, Chinese Brush Painting, The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Lebowski's Little Urban acheivers, Homer (the epic poet and the Simpson), 60 Minutes, The Kitchen (specifically spicy mustard & green beans), Philosophy, Literature, Cinema, the Visual Arts, Humanism, Existentialism, flux, dynamic interconnection, Friends and Family, Dr. Emmet Brown, Kenny Haddaway, Back to the Future, the sounds of the world/ the sounds (and voices) in our heads.
Sounds Like: THE BIG PICTURE.All songs written and performed by: THE BIG PICTURE - THE BIG PICTURE is Jake Deal, Brooks Long, Ian Trusheim, Trevor Williams. Copyright © 2006.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Good Causes

Last weekend Brooks, Ian and Trevor played an acoustic set for the Washington College Student Environmental Allience (SEA). It was great fun. There were marshmallows and glow-in-the-dark condoms for a...
Posted by The Big Picture on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 10:00:00 PST

Winners of the Washington College Battle of the Bands

Last night The Big Picture was awarded first place in the Battle of the Bands organized by the Washington College class of '09. It was very close and all the bands rocked in a big way. We are also ver...
Posted by The Big Picture on Sat, 03 Mar 2007 02:03:00 PST

Caution: Chance of Blowing Sexy Fuse

The Big Picture is legally bound to inform all their listeners that there is a 110% chance of one or all of you blowing a sexy fuse at their next shows.They issue this statement because, as you have b...
Posted by The Big Picture on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 11:15:00 PST

Phoenix Rising

You thought fall was about death, the inevitable wind-down of the madness and beauty of summer lovin' and listenin'. You didn't count on what exquisite musical vitality The Big Picture will breath up...
Posted by The Big Picture on Tue, 31 Oct 2006 09:35:00 PST

Summer LockDown

So you may have noticed the as-of-yet empty Upcoming Shows list. Try not to despair. It is not symbolic of The Big Picture's dedication to you, the beloved fans. In fact, if you want to know what's...
Posted by The Big Picture on Fri, 26 May 2006 06:04:00 PST

Le Prince

Thanks to everyone who came to the Prince Theatre to support the Big Picture as well as the other local bands. There was some great music by all of the performers (i sure hope that kid did well on hi...
Posted by The Big Picture on Tue, 09 May 2006 06:12:00 PST

Earf Day

Despite having to be inside on what turned out to be a gorgeous afternoon, WAC Earth Day was definitely a success this year. Lots of people turned out, and there was much tie-dying, crafting and henn...
Posted by The Big Picture on Mon, 24 Apr 2006 10:50:00 PST

The Big Picture Meets The Chester River At Farm-Fest

Well the birthday farm-fest at Ben's was a huge success. While it was rainy and cold for most of the day, it cleared up as the music started and the collective body heat of the crowd kept us nice and ...
Posted by The Big Picture on Mon, 10 Apr 2006 05:10:00 PST

We= Sore

Yesterday our band realized the joy and pain of professional musicianship. Two shows in one day makes you realize how much you love music...and hate moving equipment. We are so lucky to have Ian's br...
Posted by The Big Picture on Mon, 03 Apr 2006 07:15:00 PST