Gideon Freudmann
CelloBop
Happy Autumn! The days are short but at least it's cold and wet. Wait, there's got to be a better pitch than that. How about: It's great indoor weather. Or maybe: Grey is the new gray. I'll keep working on this.
In the meantime...
I have a NEW ALBUM with my string group, King Tide Trio. It's on Bandcamp where you can stream it or purchase downloads.
If you like CDs, you can get 1/$16 -or- 2/$25
Venmo - @Gideon-Freudmann
PayPal - gideon@cellobop.com
Some of these tunes here have appeared with different arrangements on my earlier solo and collaborative albums. Others are reworked pieces I wrote for cello ensembles but never recorded, and some are new.
This group has 1 cello & 2 violins. I overdubbed additional cellos, and Mark Powers added some fabulous percussion on a few songs.
The two violinists, Gloria Ferry-Brennan and Linda Vogt, are wonderful musicians, lovely people and a joy to work with. I've wanted to make this kind of record for a long time. It's pretty, playful, cozy and classical...ish.
- 3 cellos
- 2 cellos and 1 violin
- 1 cello and 2 violins
You can find those Sheet Music PDFs here
While I'm there I am doing one very special show on Nov 12 at the Academy of Music in Northampton, MA. I'm sharing the evening with my good friend Mark Roessler, a talented artist and writer. He is celebrating the release of his new book, Fairsted about Frederick Law Olmsted. We have a special show planned.
You can learn more about the book, the event, and get Academy of Music tickets here
I have one final show back home in Clinton, WA on at Bailey's Corner on November 29. This will be a cello & drums post-Thanksgiving catharsis. Hop on the dance floor and show off your Tryptophan dance moves.
River Skeeters is an instrumental tune from my 1997 "Adobe Dog House" album. It caught the ear of Christine Lavin, a NYC singer/songwriter, and she included it on a collection of songs by various songwriters. The CD was called The Stealth Project. Mine was the only instrumental track and it caught the ear of Liane Hansen who invited me to be a guest on her NPR show, Weekend Edition (my 15 minutes of fame, thankyouverymuch Andy Warhol). That eventually resulted in lots of additional musical "bumpers" on NPR elevating me to a higher tier of obscurity.
At the tail end of my interview with Liane, I made an offhand comment about the cello's historic typecasting as "the sad instrument" and how I was on a mission to show how joyful the cello could be. We had a nice little laugh about that, yes we did! Then the interview ended. As my music was trailing off it was interrupted with a voice over sharing a breaking story about a plane crash in which all 200 passengers were presumed dead. So much for my lofty mission.
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During the tune called "Adobe Dog House", I quote the melodies of some iconic TV themes and rock songs including "Smoke on the Water". There ensued a small tiff with the owner of the indy label about to release the album. He said it was a cliché that should be removed and I told him I would redo the track if he could show me one other cello album with that tune on it. The musical quote remained on the track. A small victory. Rock on, Garth.
Concerts are listed on the gigs page. Have a fabulous day.
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