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 Chris Becker's Profile |
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| Location: | New York City, New York |
| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | Jun 1, 2009 (211 days back) |
About Me |
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| Composer Chris Becker lives and works in New York City composing, arranging, and recording music for a wide variety of solo and collaborative projects. He has composed music for dance, film, and mixed-media installations. His music has premiered in clubs, galleries, and music and dance festivals across the country. He has received grants and awards from the American Music Center, the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Meet The Composer and ASCAP. NOW AVAILABLE: Saints & Devils CD release (November 9, 2006) - Inspired by songs, stories and icons of the deep south. Featuring performances by Reverend Vince Anderson, James Hall, Lynn Wright (Gachupin), Jon Petrow (The Cloud Room), Charlie Miller (Dr. John), Dana Schechter (Bee and Flower), Nick Beaudoing (The Doc Marshalls), Louis Romanos (Permagrin), Eyal Maoz and many more. All sampled material used by permission. All rights reserved. Also 200 Birds - Music created to accompany New Orleans artist Jacqueline Bishop's mixed media installation Terra. . Features performances by Lynn Wright, Lainie Diamond and Chris Michael. Current: Co-production work with bassist, singer, band leader Jeremiah Hosea. Silver Threads - a collaborative project with guitarist, singer Peg Simone (more details to come...). Past: Like Dirt (February 2008) - a mixed media collaboration with choreographer Rachel Cohen and sculptor Patty Rosenblatt. Also posted above is the third movement from my first piece for classical guitar Delta performed by Dan Sumner. The score will be available soon for purchase. Details to come. Check out http://beckermusic.blogspot.com for photos, notes, etc. Profile photo by Todd Carroll. Slide show photos courtesy of Karen Garrett de Luna, Silke Hasse, Nicole Fournier and the Times Picayunne. |
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My Interests |
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Music:Member Since: 7/22/2005Band Website: www.beckermusic.com Influences: ...as soon as I begin, it seems there is no end...So, in no particular order: Brian Eno's Thursday Afternoon, David Bowie's Heroes, Pat Metheny's As Falls Wichita So Falls Wichita Falls, the first 10 minutes of the film Bladerunner...Miles Davis (Recollections, He Loved Him Madly, In A Silent Way), Charles Mingus (Weird Nightmare, The Clown, Self Portrait In Three Colors), David Sylvian, Tom Waits, Peter Gabriel...the wonderful talented friends I get to see, hear, and collaborate with here in NYC...my wonderful wife Lainie Diamond...Morton Feldman, John Cage, John Zorn, Mahler... New Orleans , Texas, Kentucky, and Southern Ohio...Johnny Cash, Son House, Skip James, Loretta Lynn...Nick Cave (The Carny, Up Jumped The Devil, From Her To Eternity)...Hitchcock, Fellini, Wim Wenders, Martin Scorsese...The Clash, Joni Mitchell, Prince, Talk Talk (last three albums)...great Brazilian, Colombian, and Mexican composers...sacred music from all over the world... Type of Label: Major |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Experimental/Ambient/Electronica) |
My Blog |
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Paint It Black |
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Posted by on Tue, 19 May 2009 10:08:00 GMT |
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Composing for Dance (or Blurry Buddha at One Arm Red) |
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| Im currently working on an original score for an evening length dance piece choreographed by Sasha Soreff. The title of the piece is The Other Shoe and it basically deals with fear and the ways we l... Posted by on Mon, 18 May 2009 13:55:00 GMT |
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Nineteen Forever |
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| I dedicate this to anyone UNDER the age of 30. Enjoy :)P.S. The music's not in sync with the video but the performance is so incredible...just close your eyes and listen. Posted by on Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:47:00 GMT |
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La Spectra, April 23 and 24, at The Tank |
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| ..The video above was created by Adrian Jevicki and Movement Pants Dance. Music is the track Louisiana from my CD Saints & Devils. April 23 and 24th, 9:30 pm at The Tank$15 coverLa Spe... Posted by on Fri, 10 Apr 2009 09:26:00 GMT |
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Warm Leatherette |
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| I just love the way Peter Murphy delivers a song... Posted by on Tue, 14 Apr 2009 09:23:00 GMT |
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Ralph Towner Green and Golden |
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Posted by on Sun, 29 Mar 2009 18:29:00 GMT |
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Thank you Capital University |
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| I wanted to thank all of the students who came out to hear and see our Music For Silent Films program February 13th at Capital University's NOW Music Festival. We truly appreciated your presence - it... Posted by on Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:01:00 GMT |
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Theresa Anderson |
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| Yeah! She was already great and she just keeps getting better! All the gadgets are cool but her voice is what is killing me. Enjoy! Posted by on Thu, 05 Feb 2009 09:37:00 GMT |
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Music For Silent Films in February |
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| The core trio of myself (on laptop), Lewis 'Flip' Barnes (trumpet), and Lynn Wright (electric guitar) over the past couple years have developed our Music For Silent Films project and it ... Posted by on Fri, 30 Jan 2009 09:22:00 GMT |
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Smiley Culture |
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| Okay, and another one inspired by With Comb and Razor's blog...damn, there's a lot of good music to listen to... Posted by on Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:49:00 GMT |
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Chris Becker's profile has been tagged with the following keywords. Click a tag to search for profiles with the same tags. american music center, louisiana division of the arts, nicole fournier, karen garrett, brian enos, permagrin, media collaboration, orleans artist, rachel cohen, media installations, ambient electronica, features performances, miller dr, charlie miller, maoz, recording music, silver threads, anderson james, dance festivals, lainie |
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