:::: Todd Cameron Reynolds (grin) : violin, electronics, software and composition ::::
Still Life with Mic cast members: (see the site) :::
Michael Lowenstern :: Evan Ziporyn :: Theo Bleckmann :: Alexandra Montano :: Katie Geissinger :: David Cossin :: Bohdan Hilash :: Jody Elff :: Luke DuBois :: Phil Kline :: Gutbucket :: Jesse Stiles :: Leese Walker :: Christian Brandjes :: Steve Salerno :: Michael O'Brien :: Dave Cook :: L. Ron Dubbard
Influences
Jascha Heifetz, Steve Reich, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Kenny Werner, James Brown, The Eagles, Meredith Monk, Philip Glass, Jimi Hendrix, Miles, Coltrane, Jesus (may he rest in peace), HH the DL, Robert Johnson, Bang on a Can, Richard James, Robin Rimbaud, Evan Ziporyn, The Second Viennese School, The Renaissance School, Doug Cox-Violinmaker, Cycling74, Peregrine Arts, Neil Rolnick, Michael Lowenstern, Trevor Exter, Theo Bleckmann, Todd Rundgren, Joe Jackson, Ethel (my former band), Gurumayi Chidvilisinanda, Laurie Anderson, Jason Kottke, TWIT, Ableton.com and Live 6, Steve Jobs and all things Cupertino, David Cossin, Phil Kline, Randy Woolf, Kathy Supove, Bill Ryan and Billband, Thich Nhat Hanh, Bigfoote Studios, Yo-Yo Ma and all things Silk Road, The Books, Nonesuch Records, Cantaloupe Records, Warp Records.
Sounds Like
Bach, Paganini, Peter Frampton and Karlheinz Stockhausen sipping mojitos in Palm Springs, Fritz Kreisler and Jascha Heifetz plugged into a 100 watt generator and a Macintosh on their birthday (Feb2), Acoustic Alchemical Electronica, Quantum-Ambient-uh... Ness, but it's all going Lower soon.
TODD REYNOLDS (NYC), composer, conductor, arranger, violinist and electronic musician, is a veteran of the New York City music scene, and a longtime touring and recording member member of Bang On A Can, Steve Reich and Musicians and Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Project . Collaborations run the gamut from Todd Rundgren and Joe Jackson to Kenny Werner and Betty Buckley to Meredith Monk and Scanner. His solo sets on tour opening for Indie sensations, The Books, and his affiliation with and use of the music software phenomenon Ableton Live have opened his unique blend of "classically- improvised-quantum-ambient-electronica" to a new and wider audience. His commitment to genre-bending and technology-driven innovation in music continues to produce innumerable collaborations with artists that regularly cross musical and disciplinary boundaries, regularly placing him in venues from clubs to concert halls around the world.
A forerunner in the expansion of the violin beyond its classical and ’wood-bound’ tradition, Reynolds electrifies in concert, weaves together composed and improvised segments, and makes use of computer technology and digital loops to sculpt his sounds in real time, seamlessly integrating minimalist, pop, Jazz, Indian, African, Celtic and indigenous folk musics into his own sonic blend. As a cross-genre improviser and collaborator, he has appeared and/or recorded with such artists as Anthony Braxton, Uri Caine, John Cale, Steve Coleman, Joe Jackson, Dave Liebman, Yo-Yo Ma, Graham Nash, Greg Osby, Steve Reich, Marcus Roberts and Todd Rundgren, and has commissioned and premiered countless numbers of new works by America’s most compelling composers, including John King, Phil Kline, Michael Gordon, Neil Rolnick, Julia Wolfe, David Lang, Evan Ziporyn and Randall Wolff. His interdisciplinary work includes ongoing collaborations with SoundPainter Walter Thompson as well as media artists Bill Morrison and Luke DuBois and sound artist Jody Elff.
Reynolds is a founder of the band known as Ethel, a critically acclaimed amplified string quartet (represented by ICM Artists), with whom he wrote and toured internationally for its first 7 years. He also carries in his booking stash ’Still Life With Microphone’, an ongoing theater piece which incorporates his own written and improvised music, compositions written for him, and elements of video and theatrical arts. Nuove Uova [new eggs], new works for violin and electricity, another Todd Reynolds production is a ’new-music cabaret’ of sorts, having as its home Joe’s Pub in Manhattan. He is the recipient of ASCAP awards, an American Composers Forum Grant for Still Life with Mic and Commissioning and Performance grants from Meet The Composer, classical music’s funding godsend to the continuation of the classical music tradition.
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Just wanted to say hey. I ran across some sl pics from when we went parachuting and was thinkin of ya. Hope work and all that is going well. Talk to ya soon.
Hi Todd, Honoured you like my music so much!! with a cred like yours it's a big boost for the ego!!! :) love your music, do put me on mailing list if you in the uk.
Todd hey popping by to say hey. I've been doing a lot of violin work lately along with Mobius. Have a new track, Aimlessly Adrift. I've got to get back on an east coast loop fest, with all going on have lost a bit of touch on that, will keep you in the "loop".
thanks for the link. yes, I know Kala Ramnath. I've seen her on tv a few times, I might learn the Hindustani style from her aunt. Have you played with Kala Ramnath??
Heya, our album was just released on Bondarev records and through Itunes. Check it out if you get the chance to have a looksee. Bondarev will release the album soon with a new EP due in the new year.
Thank you for creating such beautiful music! As I'd previously mentioned, I adore "Alap", but am thrilled to discover that you've shared other exquisite pieces here and at www.toddreynolds.com. It was such a pleasure to meet you.
