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Blair Barnette

About Me

"Her music sounds like a retarded French kid playing xylophone in the bath." ~gawker.com
Hello! I'm a multi-instrumentalist songwriter just kinda giving it a go. Mainly flute, bass and vocals, but I dabble with all sorts of odd things like banjos, singing saws, sitars, melodicas, celeste, wurlitzer, moog, harmonium...etc. I've thrown up a smattering of varied styles here in the form of live-minidisk recordings at some gigs, mostly somewhat conservative. Better quality recordings are soon to follow.
I've played and recorded with jazz bands, J-Pop, punk, garage, folk and everything in-between. I record for film and TV too. There's a blog here describing a few of the bands I've been in. Recently I've make a record with Nickelcreek members, written and recorded songs for a SPACE porn and recorded with The Seeds! Yeah!!
Give it a listen and drop me a line. Come to a show if you will. See you soon!
OH! Check out my personal profile for cryptic insights into my soap opera of a life and random tangents. Yeah!
SO busted by a girlfriend....CBGB's

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 09/01/2005
Band Website: www.blairbarnette.com
Band Members:

Various cool folk...and ME!
Such as....
Nick Mancini
Pete Dale
Mark Bordenet
Matt Kanelos
Rebeka Radna
Bill Bartling
Eric Lievano
Chuck MacKinnon
..oh so many great musicians to work with....

Influences: Aimee Mann, Air, Alex Chilton, Apples (In Stereo), April March, Arcade Fire, Aretha Franklin, Athens Ga, Bach, Beach Boys, Beatles, Ben Folds, Bertrand Burgalat, Blondie, Breeders, Brigitte Bardot, Buzzcocks, Cake, Cal Tjader, Cardigans, Celia Cruz, Chet Baker, Chopin, Church, Cocktails, Cocteau Twins, Combustible Edison, Creation, Danny Elfman, Dave Brubeck, David Bowie, De La Soul, Debussy, Decemberists, Dinosaur Jr., Django Reinhardt, Dungen, Dusty Springfield, Easybeats, ELO, Ella Fitzgerald, Elliot Smith, Elton John, Elvis Costello, Ennio Morricone, Esquivel, Fischerspooner, Flamin' Groovies, Flaming Lips, Frank Sinatra, Frankie Stein and His Ghouls, Freedy Johnston, Generation X, George Harrison, Georges Brassens, Geraldine Fibbers, Gilberto, Goldfrapp, Gram Parsons, Grifters, Guided by Voices, Hammond and Synth, Hank Jones, Harry Nilsson, Henry Mancini, Hollies, Hüsker Dü, Jazzanova, Jeff Buckley, Jellyfish, Joanne Newsom, Jobim, John Barry, Johnny Cash, Jon Brion, Jonathan Richman, Kinks, Koop, Le Tigre, Left Banke, Love, Makers, Man or Astroman?, Massive Attack, Mazzy Star, Mel Torme, Mercury Rev, Mice Parade, Miles Davis, Minutemen, Mission of Burma, Moog, Morphine, Murry the K, Muse, Neutral Milk Hotel, New York Dolls, Nick Cave, Nick Drake, Nickelcreek, Nina Simone, Nino Ferrar, Northern Soul, Nublu, Paolo Conte, Patsy Cline, Patti Smith, Paul Simon, Peggy Lee, Petula Clark, Pixies, Police, Prince, Rachmaninoff, Radiohead, Ramones, Red House Painters, REM, Replacements, Rolling Stones, Roxy Music, Sea and Cake, Sebadoh, Serge Gainsbourg, Sergio Mendes, Shadows of Knight, Shadowy Men from a Shadowy Planet, Sharon Jones, Shirley Horn, Sigur Ros, Silver Apples, Sonic Youth, Soul Survivors, Squeeze, Steely Dan, Stereolab, Stevie Wonder, Stone Roses, Suede, Superschunk, Sun Ra, Sweet, Syd Dale, Talking Heads, Teardrop Explodes, Television, Thelonious Monk, Tom Vek, Tones on Tail, T-Rex, Tsunami Ursula 1000, Velvet Underground, Wagner, Who, X, Xavier Cugat, Yo La Tengo, Zombies, 70's NYC punk..all sorts of jazz, classical, tin pan alley...etc etc etc etc I can't begin to list it all here. Heck, I even like the music from retro German commercials!

Artwork by legendary Sal Jenco!
Record Label: Unknown Indie
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Pictures from Coco&Co Event with Tommy White Tie

TOMMY WHITE TIE 5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY PARTY on September 24th What a fantastic evening this was!!!! Sorry it took me so long to get these up, but I've been very busy lately. Here are a few from the ev...
Posted by on Fri, 21 Oct 2005 10:06:00 GMT

A month with THE FAME..read and listen..if you know what's good fer ya!

OK&so Im sitting here still smarting from the separation anxiety as I watched the tour van roll away&adding more and more space between the rock stars within and me waving frantically on the curb. Th...
Posted by on Wed, 04 May 2005 13:09:00 GMT

Synaesthesia????

I had to write about this because I just assumed everyone thinks this way&..I guess not. This is a syndrome? I have a syndrome? Here is some correspondence that ensued after I posted my 2 cents to a b...
Posted by on Thu, 03 Mar 2005 05:19:00 GMT

I'm always interested in being the bass player for GOOD rock groups with an edge

I'm hot and I play well. I'm always on time, I have a car and my gear all works. I'd love to hear your stuff. I'm a melodic player who doesn't go much for simply covering the bottom. I love Paul McCar...
Posted by on Tue, 11 Jan 2005 05:59:00 GMT

Seeking an electronic/jazz/Brazilian combo...care to play with me???

I'm a female vocalist/flute/bass player looking to put together a group that's live....natural instumentation, influenced with jazz..but also elecronically driven, even if just in effect, and not with...
Posted by on Mon, 10 Jan 2005 04:16:00 GMT