Claudia Chopek (violin, vocals - East Coast) has toured with Vince Gill, Hem and many others, when not in New York playing Broadway productions and other local gigs.
Paul Brantley (cello, vocals - East Coast) teaches at the Manhattan School of Music, and composes for various ensembles. His work "Electric Fan," for full orchestra, premieres in May.
My parents' record collection: Simon & Garfunkel, James Taylor, Mozart and Beethoven, 60s Mandarin pop. That's what I started with and it'll never leave me. Later on, pianist-songwriters: Elton John, Billy Joel, Tori Amos. These days I'm influenced by whoever intimidates me. I hear them, I'm astounded by them, I think daily about quitting music because I'll never be able to do it as well as they do. Then I try to steal from them without imitating. A tricky thing.
If you take photos at a show, send them our way so we can see 'em too!
Please send your concert pics to fanpics at viennateng dot com. You can send a link to the pics, and/or send the pics directly. Thanks!
Since MySpace has increased their available number of pictures, there's enough room for a fan gallery! Get a pic taken with Vienna or a Vienna-related object (VT merchchandise like a CD or a shirt, a location in a song, or some other related thing). Send a message with the URL of your pic, or e-mail it directly to fanpics at viennateng dot com. Include your name(s), and location/date of the pic if you'd like to include it in the caption. You'll find the pics in the Vienna Teng Fans album.
See a behind-the-scenes video of the making of Dreaming Through The Noise:
She shares her name with the Austrian home of Mozart and Beethoven. And she herself studied classical piano from the age of five. But there's nothing old-world about the music of Vienna Teng, whose Zoë/Rounder Records debut brings to mind artists as diverse as Tori Amos, Simon & Garfunkel and Radiohead. "People used to ask what kind of music I played and I never knew how to answer that," says Teng. "I work a lot with classically trained musicians, but most of my influences are from 1970s-era folk music. So now I call it chamber folk." She adds: "I'm always looking for the perfect pop song combined with an unexpected amount of depth; that's my idea of great music."
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I love your music sooo much! I've just recently discovered your work and I'm impressed. You're so talented & intelligent. Keep up the good work, I'm looking forward to new stuff to come :D
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xx "On a traffic light yellow means yield, and green means go. On a banana, it's just the opposite, yellow means go ahead, green means stop, and red means, where'd you get that banana?" - Mitch Hedberg
It warms my heart that some musicians actually care about their carbon footprint and what not. I realize that most musicians make most of there livelihood off concerts, and that's not going to change (and as a fan I would be severely bummed if concerts stopped), but its nice to know musicians like yourself are at least trying to learn of ways to offset such environmental costs. I've actually thought about like a green band travel agency. Not that I have the capitol to do this, but...yeah, arrange it so the tours are as green as possible.
Well, you just make sure February happens really fast, M'kay? If there is a way to fast forward to it, I will find it, be sure of that. What, with global villages and timezones, I'm sure I could.
Oh, look!! It's February 2009!! Almost time for your New Album!! Yay!!
To celebrate the release of my new book: The Divine Romance - The Song of Jesus and His Bride, I am giving away 100 numbered and signed copies of the book over the next 100 days. Would you like to win a copy for FREE?
Read my most recent blog to find out how to win and tell your friends!
