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JASON & NOLAN (Electric Violin Twins)

TWIN ELECTRIC VIOLINISTS, VOCALISTS, & COMPOSERS

About Me

"JASON & NOLAN CREATE MUSIC WITH GREAT POWER, BEAUTY, AND SENSITIVITY. THEIR MUSIC HAS THE POWER TO HEAL...THE POWER TO INSPIRE...THE POWER TO MOVE THE SPIRIT." -Jeff Otero (Walt Disney Imagineering)"I'M CONSTANTLY AMAZED BY THE VERSATILITY, VIRTUOSITY, AND VARIETY JASON & NOLAN BRING TO EVERY PROJECT. THEY ARE PHENOMENAL MUSICIANS!" -Lee Sanders (New Line Cinema & CBS Television)"THE 'ECLECTRIC' ALBUM IS BOLD YET BEAUTIFUL, LIKE A NOVEAU RED WINE BURSTING WITH FLAVOR AND DRAMA." -Drew Tretick (Downtown Disney Entertainment) "JASON & NOLAN ARE TRUE ARTISTS. I AM LEFT DUMBFOUNDED BY THESE TWO PROLIFIC MUSICIANS; WHO, UNFAILINGLY CREATE RIVETING MUSIC THAT'S PACKED WITH A UNIQUE MIX OF ENERGY, SOUL, AND BEAUTY." -Michael Olson (Paramount Pictures) "THERE IS NO ONE WHO CAN MATCH THE COMBINATION OF COLLABORATION, MUSICAL SKILL, PERFORMANCE AND DEDICATION TO THE FURTHERING OF CINEMATIC MUSIC THAN THE LIVESAY BROTHERS." -Mark Edward Lewis - Director, Composer (CEO LEM Media Productions)Jason & Nolan Livesay, identical twins raised in Southern California, both began playing the violin at the age of eight and went on to study with Todor Pelev. By the time they graduated from high school, they were performing professionally, winning national violin competitions, and composing for full orchestra. They both attended Azusa Pacific University where they studied violin with Ruth Meints and composition with Phil Shackleton. They later studied film scoring at UCLA and conducting with Jorge Mester.Jason & Nolan both hold conducting positions with the Golden State Pops Orchestra and have composed music for Disney, Dreamworks, Paramount Pictures, MGM, Columbia Pictures, Warner Brothers, Nickelodeon, CBS, and MTV (Gold Classic Telly Award), and have performed with Josh Groban, Bela Fleck, Linda Eder, Jubilant Sykes, Merv Griffin, Betty Garrett, Sally Struthers, Val Kilmer, Tony Danza, Chris Botti, Lisa Vroman, John Williams, and have appeared with Crystal Cruises, Celebrity Cruises, and on "The American Music Awards" and "The Tonight Show" with Jay Leno.
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Music:

Member Since: 6/23/2006
Band Website: ElectricViolinTwins.com
Band Members:
Influences: John Williams, Peter Gabriel, Jerry Goldsmith, John Powell, Thomas Newman, Jean-Luc Ponty, James Newton Howard, Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein, Bernard Herrmann, Franz Waxman, Max Steiner, Erich Korngold, David Foster, Jason Robert Brown, Bruce Broughton, Bruce Healey, Aaron Copland, Andrew Lloyd-Webber, Phil Collins, Igor Stravinsky, Gustav Holst, Claude Debussy, Sting, Itzhak Perlman, Michael Jackson, Kansas, James Horner, Michael W. Smith, Steve Green, J.A.C. Redford, Walt Disney, Maurice Ravel, Michael Giacchino, John Debney, Phil Shackleton, Jesus Christ
Record Label: Fairway Lane Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Check out these videos: "Music of the Night" & "Bring Him Home"

We recently performed with the Golden State Pops Orchestra. I sang and Nolan conducted. It was a wonderful experience. We hope you enjoy the videos."The Music of the Night" Add to...
Posted by JASON & NOLAN (Electric Violin Twins) on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 01:34:00 PST