Gideon Freudmann
CelloBop
And just like that it's spring, astronauts are flying around the dark side of the moon and we forge on into dire straits.
I have 2 Buster Keaton silent film shows coming up soon:
I'm accompanying The General on Friday April 17th at Dancing Fish Vineyards in Freeland, WA - Info/tickets
Then it's Sherlock Jr at the amazing Majestic Theatre in Corvallis, OR on April 25th - Info/tickets
Trio Quartetto is reuniting for a house concert in Portland, OR on April 24th. Cello, accordion, piano and drums, fine playing and inexplicably fun chemistry. This Info/tickets link offers the lowdown about the show, how to reserve seats and how to stream the show if you can't attend.
I have at long last recorded a soundtrack for Buster Keaton's amazing 1924 film, Sherlock, Jr. I've talked about the film at length in the past, so I'll refrain from doing so now. But lemme tell ya, this came out great! I love the film and worked hard to nail it in this recording.
I'm selling them on THUMB DRIVES. (Remember DVDs? Me either)
You can get one at a show or I can send one to you: Venmo @Gideon-Freudmann $23 (includes shpg, sales tax and the unfathomable "convenience fee")
I'm going to tell you a little story. 26 years ago, my then two-year-old heard a little snippet of interstitial music on NPR. It was one of your pieces. She stopped her two year old lunacy and said "What's that?" I told her it was someone playing the cello. She said "I wanna play." For the next two years she asked when she could start the cello. We took her to one of your concerts, and she was so still and enthralled through the entire performance. Finally when she was four, she was able to start lessons. And then she finally grew into my mom's gorgeous old cello. That love of cello got her into Seattle Youth Symphony, a massive scholarship to St Olaf, orchestra tours all over the country and to Norway, and just opened the world up for her. She's just moved to Brooklyn and is looking for groups to play with. And now I get to introduce your music to our Kids in Concert cellists. So thank you for all the years of wonderful, fun, outrageously delightful music.
- I released two albums, both acoustic and yet wildly different from each other:
King Tide Trio – a freshly minted chamber music debut
Raging Peasants – a reworked high energy album recorded in 1990 with my pal John Kruth
- I played concerts with King Tide Trio, Bigfoot Unicorn, Cello Piano, Trio Quartetto, and reunited with Caravan Gogh, plus a variety of solo and silent film shows.
- I published 20 new string trio sheet music compositions.
- Spotify tells me that I have about 8-10000 listeners per month and that earns me a pretty fancy cup of coffee or two. I don't know the stats with the other streaming services but I'm pretty sure that collectively it's around eleventy-million-kajillion. Maybe even more. This is a wondrous time to be making music. So many ways to cast about in the ether!
About a week later, he emailed me saying his friend loved the CD and particularly liked the song, Japanese Car. He wanted to write a scene into the first episode of Season 3 to include this song. I was elated, jubilant, jazzed, exultant. I was so happy I was turning into a thesaurus. They even reprised the song for another short scene later in the episode.
During the next few years, I had another dozen placements on that show. I went to a wrap party in Hollywood at the end of Season 7, where the executive producer told me I'd had more placements on Weeds than any other musician. Cracking good luck, that!
After recorded the chord foundation, I overdubbed a few instruments including a Zube Tube. What's a Zube Tube you may wonder? I bet you do.
Why "Plasma"? I just finished reading a book about vampires. Can you believe it? I can't. But be that as it may or may not be, I went with the blood theme.
Now here's something - the internet tells me that:
Plasma is the fourth state of matter (after solid, liquid, gas), an ionized gas with free electrons and ions, making it electrically conductive, found in stars, lightning, and auroras, while also referring to the liquid part of blood rich in proteins, crucial for clotting and immunity. It's the most abundant form of matter in the universe (99.9%) but rare on Earth, though vital in medicine for transfusions and in technology (like plasma TVs/lights).
Whoa! Maybe I'll call my next tune: The Fourth State of Matter. I wonder what key that will be in?
Concerts are listed on the gigs page. Have a fabulous day.
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