Member Since: 5/20/2006
Band Website: bluviolin.com
Band Members: RM (violin, piano, vocals, noises - almost all instruments on home wreckordings)
live, these friends form the band:
Dan Kaufman (electric guitar)
Christy Davis (drums)
Danny Tunick (bass, piano)
Ursula Wiskoski (electric cello)
Pinky Weitzman (viola)
and sometimes also our friends:
John Frazier (guitar)
Steve Berson (cello)
Influences: Musical influences: My bandmates, friends, the artists i grew up around; John Zorn's whole world, the early live performance art & music of They Might be Giants; most of all, the magical and incomparable Hugo Largo and their inspiring lead singer, Mimi Goese.
But all the artists I have been fortunate to have worked with in different mediums, have inspired & taught me. Some are:
(In Theater and Performance Art) John Jesurun, Richard Foreman, Ridge Theater, Drag King Diane Torr, Pat Oleszko, Judith Ren-Lay, Richard Elovich, Martina Torr, Jessica Liebman, Christina Campanella, Eileen Myles, John Moran, Tim Miller, Liz Prince, Larry Miller, Wanda Phipps, Guy Yarden, Carmelita Tropicana, Penny Arcade, Shem Bitterman, Steve Buscemi, Eric Ehn, Martin Epstein, Jan Leslie Harding, David Patrick Kelly, Julia Stiles, Mac Wellman, Jim Simpson, Michael Sexton, John O'Keefe, James Goddard, Hilary Blecher, Shana McKay Burns, Guy Yarden, Karen Kimmel, Julia Heyward...
(In Dance) Jo Andres, Clarinda Mac Low, Carol MacDowell, Mimi Goese, DD Dorvillier, Sally Silvers and Bruce Andrews, studying at Merce Cunningham...
(In Film) Jo Andres, Larry Fessenden, Michael Buscemi, Joel Schlemowitz, Alex Wolfe, Michelle Mahrer, Toni Dove, Dayton Taylor, Uzi Parnes, MM Serra, Eric Schaeffer, Margaret Schnipper, Jason Brandenberg, Jeff and James Israel, Katherine Dieckmann, Jason Lucero, and my Super-8 teachers at Millenium Film Workshop...
Sounds Like: a happy door
Record Label: One due out on Tzadik
Type of Label: None