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Jennifer

Molto bene

About Me

Visit my website to hear more compositions:www.composingjennifer.com This layout was handmade with love by the folks at My space or yours? Go get one!

Click here to buy Waking in Fields on CDFreedom! My father bought an electric organ when I was 4 or 5 years old and I figured out how to play the Star Wars theme by ear. It was a brand new world after that.All songs © 2006 and beyond Jennifer Gaidosh ASCAP

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/14/2006
Band Website: composingjennifer.com
Band Members: Jennifer
Influences: Otis Redding, The Rolling Stones (my cell phone ringtone is "Beast of Burden"-it makes me giggle every time), Scott Joplin, The Supremes, Nina Simone, Bessie Smith, Patti Smith, Fleetwood Mac, Smokey Robinson, REM, Billie Holiday, Elvis Costello, Beethoven, The Hollies, The Stone Roses, Louis Armstrong, Pre-1985 Bruce Springsteen, Art Tatum, Ethel Waters, The Dead Milkmen, John Williams, Duke Ellington, The Beach Boys, The La's, Bix, Pat Benatar, The Kinks, Benny Goodman, Aretha Franklin, John Lee Hooker, Mozart, Spencer Davis Group, Ella Fitzgerald, 10, 000 Maniacs, Rick James, Mott the Hoople, Sidney Bechet, The Lemonheads, Peter Tork (yes, really), Buddy Bolden, The Indigo Girls, Jelly Roll Morton, Yngwie Malmsteen, Kate Bush, Teddy Wilson, The Everly Brothers, The Police, Fats Waller, Four Tops, Cream, Jimi Hendrix, Aimee Mann, Dean Martin, Bacharach & Davis, Franz Schubert, Vangelis, Van Morrison, Leo Kottke, The Commodores, John Coltrane, The Who, Stevie Wonder, Patsy Cline, Vivaldi, Prince, Irving Gordon, The Ink Spots, Traffic, Buddy Holly, Marvin Gaye, Eagles, Chopin, Suicidal Tendencies, Joan Jett, Tom Petty, An occasional substance, Eric Johnson, Weezer, Radiohead, Beck, The Nuge, Bee Gees, The Replacements, Starlight Mints, Clinic, Erykah Badu, Hy Zaret, Noel Gallagher (not necessarily Oasis, though), Santana, Mississippi John Hurt, Art Blakey, Lou Rawls, Ali Farka-Toure, Dick Dale, Herb Alpert, (are you still reading this?) Led Zeppelin, Diana Krall, Dire Straits, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Fiona Apple, U2, Herbie Hancock, Earth Wind & Fire, Smashing Pumpkins, Simon & Garfunkel, Wendy & Lisa, Jethro Tull, Jefferson Airplane (but not Jefferson Starship), Willie Nelson, The Yardbirds, Steely Dan, Blondie, Johannes Brahms, Johnny Cash, Hal David, Henry Mancini, Muddy Waters, George David Weiss, Bob Thiele, Aerosmith, Bjork, Peter Gabriel, Nora Jones, Queen, Bernie Taupin, Jim Weatherly, Billy Joel, Alex North, Juliana Hatfield, The Jazz Messengers, Sly and the Family Stone, Dropkick Murphys, Gwar, The Rutles, Pylon, Sonic Youth, Nirvana, Chapter House, Happy Mondays, George & Ira Gershwin, Du Bose Heyward, Paul Desmond, Portishead, The Sundays, My Bloody Valentine, Lush, Jane's Addiction, Lena Horne, The Chiffons, Phil Spector, The Cars, Madness, Crowded House, The Temptations, Jackson 5, Handel, The Platters, Janis Joplin, David Bowie, The Shirelles, The Crystals, The Mills Brothers, Billy Strayhorn, Elton John, George Martin, Love Tractor, Matthew Sweet, Primus, The Clash, Polyphonic Spree, The Flaming Lips, Yo Yo Ma, Yann Tierson..... maybe even Don McLean and Tony Orlando in their own special way.
Sounds Like: Me.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

On a side note...

...I've gotten engaged to be married....
Posted by Jennifer on Sun, 08 Apr 2007 08:01:00 PST

Long Time Coming

I've been a busy girl.I've uploaded two new instrumentals on my profile...I'm in the process of recording some of my material but it's slow going as I have bills to pay. I'm also on the hunt for music...
Posted by Jennifer on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 09:32:00 PST

On Composing for Film-or-A Weekend Well Spent

"A good day is two minutes of music written" - John Williams I don't know how other writers work. When I am faced with writing a score, I really pump the director for what they had in mind. I'm a puzz...
Posted by Jennifer on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 03:52:00 PST

So last year...

2006 has been very good to me. I was reminded of what is most important to me. I've written music I'm proud of. (I've also written music I'm not-so proud of) I've mourned the dead some of the time, a...
Posted by Jennifer on Tue, 02 Jan 2007 06:26:00 PST

OMG

So, a couple of months ago, I entered 2 compositions in the International Songwriting Competition. About a week ago, I found out who the judges are: 2006 ISC JUDGES RECORDING ARTISTS / SONGWRI...
Posted by Jennifer on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 12:07:00 PST

Computer Crashed

Internet access is random at best right now. As soon as I am up and running again, there will be new songs added. Hope everyone is doing well during my online absence!
Posted by Jennifer on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 02:52:00 PST

An Excerpt From My Studies of Music in Film-for Fellow Star Wars Geeks

"Orchestral Scores Return to Stay ...In early 1976, the first trailers for the motion picture Star Wars appeared in American theaters. Believe it or not, those audiences laughed and jeered at the trai...
Posted by Jennifer on Sun, 10 Sep 2006 03:14:00 PST

American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers

Otherwise known as ASCAP. Madonna is a member. So is  Dave Matthews, Bruce Springsteen, Wynton Marsalis, John Mayer, Quincy Jones, Alicia Keys, Howard Shore (gush-one of my heroes) and now.....
Posted by Jennifer on Mon, 21 Aug 2006 03:40:00 PST

Oh Neil

Don't you hate it when you watch an A&E Biography special on the songwriters that churned out the hits for Aldon Music....and then you find yourself writing a song for Neil Sedaka?
Posted by Jennifer on Thu, 13 Jul 2006 01:02:00 PST

you asked for it

Here's the poem I referred to in the bulletin that helped inspire Implacable: Always before your voice my soul half-beautiful and wholly droll is as some smooth and awkward foal, whereof young m...
Posted by Jennifer on Tue, 11 Jul 2006 02:37:00 PST