Todd Reynolds
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Records, Gigs, Social Media, Twitter and staying in touch.
I confess. My former reliability around ’staying in touch’ has been completely shot to hell. Well, at least in some ways. I mean, I do update my facebook status, post a few posts on Twitter nearly daily, however my myspace page hasn’t seen a change in music for awhile, nor have I posted that much on the blog, and my last official newsletter was in JUNE…
In short: Bad Boy.
But ~ as I’ve sat at my computer working on a new record, my first solo record in fact, and while I’ve been on tour and rehearsing for the many rewarding projects that have continued to consume me, I’ve been watching. People like my ‘Fretless Bass Virtuoso -Live Looping-House Concerting-Social Media Guru-buddy Steve Lawson, and pop-star (also live-looping colleague Imogen Heap, who’ve found so much work to be done on the Social Media circuit that it’s greatly enhanced their circulation, are posting daily and gathering fans by the minute, and offering compelling, interesting, and useful content. In fact, Steve is even doing consulting for musicians on social media morays! Music writer Greg Sandow is even on Twitter these days, and it’s one of my favorite ways of keeping up with people around me.
I try to keep it all to a minimum so that I’m getting work done, actually, and my record should be in the can by March 15th because I’m NOT spending all day on the internet. But as things ramp up here for me again, you’ll be hearing from me more. But if you’re interested in joining in a little on this record making process, then do join me on twitter . I’ll maybe post some 140 character soundbites from the record on Soundcloud, even!
I’m looking forward to rejoining the blogosphere a little more firmly, though I must admit the 140 character Tweets have gotten me attached to shorthand. You may indeed subscribe to this blog, however, and if you leave a comment, I’ll know you’re reading. If I know you’re reading, I may post more interesting stuff and the barrel may just tumblr over the top! More interesting things just down the pike, and at the end of my fingers, including music.
I’ll be in New York from March 1st through 5th, performing with Meredith Monk at the Guggenheim Museum, and teaching as well, then back up to the studio to put the finishing touches on the record, and then a very sweet gig with Evan Ziporyn and Steve Gosling playing Stravinsky’s arrangement of his own L’Histoire Du Soldat at Le Poisson Rouge, opening for Charles Spearin of Broken Social Scene and following Jenny Lin’s VERGE Ensemble. We recorded this tune with Andy Russo a few months ago and had so much fun that we’ve gotta make it a regular thing. You can bet we’ll have some more experimental and electronical things to throw down as well for the other 25 minutes of our set. Looping fans won’t be disappointed.
Til the next time, may it be soon. Pax.
Winter is not just a weather thing…
Alright, so… I love Bach, I love Vivaldi, I love all those red-haired and wig-worn priests of the old tradition, but I simply don’t get a chance much to play their music anymore, due to my unfortunate addiction to same tradition they themselves followed, that of creating music for their own time.
Andy Russo, himself a purveyor of said trade, has invited me to his college to hang with his students and is giving me an opportunity to dig into some Vivaldi for the next two days. details to follow, and a book report after it’s all done. Really looking forward to this one. Last year I recorded Stravinsky’s Soldier’s Tale at the same college, and had a blast! Add to that, the addition of Bill Ryan and his music to the program, and it’s a good time all around.
Le Moyne College Chamber Orchestra Presents ” Winter”
Tues., Feb. 3, 7:30 p.m.
W. Carroll Coyne Center for the Performing Arts
With Todd Reynolds, violin wizard
Todd Reynolds’ take on Vivaldi’s “Winter,” his original composition Outerborough with video by Bill Morrison and music by guest composer Bill Ryan.
Tickets: $15 general public; $10 senior; free to all students and Le Moyne community. Tickets are available at the door. For more information, call (315) 445-4523.
Composers don’t miss this free colloquium. Special guest Todd Reynolds will be presenting some of his music, and speaking on life as a composer/performer.
more on TODD REYNOLDS: a violinist/composer known for his work with amplified violin and electronics. Starting out as a Heifetz-trained child violin prodigy, he became a member of Bang on a Can and Steve Reich & Musicians and Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Project, and is performing and touring with the TR String Quartet and David Krakauer, Matt Haimowitz and Meredith Monk this year. Reynolds co-founded the Ethel string quartet, combining the classical ensemble with technology and multi-genre new music, and presents impassioned residencies and lectures on creativity and technology around the world.
Photo Credit: Toni Gauthier
Robin Cox Ensemble with violinist/composer Todd Reynolds
This Friday, 1/30 AT 8PM
Robin Cox Ensemble with violinist/composer Todd Reynolds -a very special concert with an extraordinary soloist.
Todd Reynolds is violinist for the Steve Reich Ensemble, Meredith Monk, The Books, Yo Yo Ma’s Silk Road Project, a founder of the Ethel String Quartet and endorsed by Ableton Live. He will perform works for processed violin/interactive electronics/video and premiere a commissioned work by Robin Cox with the full Robin Cox Ensemble.
After ten years, multiple CD releases, and 150 performances, this ensemble is recognized as one of the standout new music ensembles in the US. They will also perform some new works for RCE’s signature combo of violin, cello, marimba, vibes, drums, bass clarinet, and electronics.
And a bonus! If your suggested title for the unnamed work on the program is chosen -you win a $30 iTunes gift card!
http://www.robincoxensemble.com http://toddreynolds.wordpress.com/
Robin Cox –violin,
Erik Leckrone –percussion,
Eric Mellencamp (aka Marshall Willanholly) –percussion,
Maggie Parkins –cello,
Marty Walker –clarinets,
Nic Chaffee & David Goyette –audio engineering
The Bob Cole Conservatory at California State University -Long Beach
Gerald R. Daniel Recital Hall, Friday 1/30 at 8pm
$7/$10
6200 Atherton St. Long Beach, CA 90815 562/985-7000
Robin Cox Ensemble: “impressive…a refreshingly diverse new musical encounter” -Los Angeles Times
Reynolds: New York’s reigning classical/jazz violinist” -The New Yorker
Interactive Technology in Live Performance using Ableton Live
photo: Toni Gauthier
Performers don’t miss this FREE opportunity to learn more about how to do Interactive Sound Processing for Acoustic Music live on stage, using Ableton Live.
more on Todd Reynolds: is a violinist/composer known for his work with amplified violin and electronics. Starting out as a Heifetz-trained child violin prodigy, he became a member of Bang on a Can and Steve Reich & Musicians. Reynolds co-founded Ethel, the contemporary string quartet, combining the classical ensemble with technology and new music. He can currently be seen touring with Meredith Monk, David Krakauer and Matt Haimowitz’s Akoka project, and with his own show, Still Life with Microphone.
more on Ableton Live: is a pro loop-based software music sequencer. Unlike others, Live is designed around the notion of being as much an instrument for live performances as a tool for composing and arranging.
Interactive Technology in Live Performance using Ableton Live
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Bob Cole Conservatory of Music
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Thursday, January 29, 2009
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5:30pm – 7:00pm
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To California We Shall Go
And we’re off. I feel fortunate. Songs of Ascension, Meredith Monk’s new work becomes my focus for the rest of the month as we tour California.
But first, it is my GREAT pleasure to visit the students at Stanford where we’ll offer up the premiere of Songs of Ascension. Wednesday night, the 15th of October, at 9pm, Stanford Lively Arts has invited me to present an hour of music, video, film and conversation spanning my favorite subjects – collaboration, multi-disciplinary work, and technology.
Click here to jump to the link for a few more salient details, and follow up with whatever comes up tomorrow night. The only thing better than being with smart people, is being with smart people who are a generation younger than you. It reawakens all sorts of things and always tweaks the brain a little.
Download Da LUB!
Lots of free jazz love to be had as a result of the aforementioned meeting of minds a few days ago at the radio station. Not that you can participate in the foodie love which happened afterwards, and I’m seriously sorry that’s sort of over, but you CAN ‘download da lub’ in full and listen to it as many times as you’d like, DRM free. Lord knows I do enough ‘real-time composing’ by myself with my trusty dusty laptop, but it’s been awhile since I’ve done the same with three others, let alone three who I’d never really met. Credits for all these gents are in the post right below. Great musicians with fabulous histories and stories to tell and recorded histories to beat the band. Twas an honor, a pleasure, a wonderful time and I’m proud and happy to share the results.
The Radio Station Blog has pictures and a link to the whole session here:
Think about it… When was the last time you sat down next to …
Think about it… When was the last time you sat down next to someone you didn’t know at all, and started up a conversation? But, like, a REAL conversation, one which you knew would go on for 90 minutes come hell or high water, and would be entirely about ANYTHING which came up?
Alright, now, multiply that by two, so you’ve got four people talking at once, take away the syntactical element of ‘talking’ (which seems to be so very ‘in play’ during this campaign season), get away from the politics and rhetoric, plug into the board, take instruments in hand, and you have a lovely gathering of minds at WBCR Studios in Great Barrington, MA today at 3pm with the details as printed below.
Yours truly is feeling a little under the weather but will happily be making the trip for this extraordinary conversation, and I’m really looking forward to it. You can join us in real time by tuning in at BerkshireRadio.org or at 97.7 fm if you’re in the area!
This week the Splatto Festival (3 PM Friday) is honored to
host a special jazz-improv performance featuring The Splatto
Festival Chorus:
Todd Reynolds (Bang on a Can, Ethel, Yo Yo Ma’s Silk Road
Ensemble) violin and laptop
Dave Barrett (Splatter Trio, Banda Elastica) saxophones
Ed Mann (Frank Zappa Band) vibes, percussion, electronics
Michael Bisio (Joe McPhee, Michael Bisio Quartet), bass
Join as as four astounding musicians meet and perform for
the first time, totally free form, for 90 minutes live in
WBCR studios.
Stop by and watch! Tell everybody!
