Breeze:

www.breezemuse.com
 
Drums, percussion, instrument maker/designer, educator . . improviser 
 
Working in solo and ensemble formats in Europe & the U.S. 
 
 David Ornette Cherry, Rod Poole, Hannibal Lakumbe, String Planet, Roberto Miranda, Justo Amario, Ralph "Buzzy" Jones, Yuval Ron, Tadashi Namba, David Strother; this is a warm list of artists that I am so grateful to have performed along side in the vast realm of the musical arts.
 
Through deeper studies in Ethnomusicology, I facilitate sound guided meditations with a myriad of gongs, singing bowls and eclectic percussion.
 
Modern Dance accompaniment is also an area that has made it possible for me to create many performances with the Ohio State University Dance Dept. Among them, with my wife, Cheryl Banks-Smith, famed dancer with Sun Ra, Peter Kowald, Cecil Taylor and Dianne MacIntyre. 
 
I was a guest artist at the "NOW" festival at Capital Universities Music Conservatory. Here I performed on five of my own sound sculptures.
 
2004 solo, self produced CD, "SightSoundingBackDrops+8" - Also 3 recording projects with brother, Stan Smith: "Pathways" "Silent Memories" and "In Tadashi's Room"  www.stansmithguitar.com
 
I am honored to be creating new music with Oz in our duo: ComfortZone - with Oz on Chapman Stick.
 
I work with the non profit, STAR Education, Inc., where I am director of World Percussion, Geo-Domes, Woodworking and Special Events. www.starinc.org

David Strother is an improvising electric violinist and composer in Southern California. His solo CDs, "muse," “soundings.live” and “the desert is singing,” are available at cdbaby.com , Itunes, Amazon and other outlets. His recording credits also include CPD's experimental opus “The Process,” Alternate Faith's “Out of Nowhere,” and Susan J. Paul's “Big Love,” among others. More recent CD appearances include two tracks on rapper Tito “Stretch” Calloway's great album, “Thugelligence;” the remixed edition of Davie Gayle's “Amber in the Clay;” Scot Ray's magnificent “Earth Circuit;” and Lawrence Lebo's '”Don't Call Her Larry, vol. 3.” Film and TV appearances include David Lynch's “The Straight Story” (with the Radio Ranch Straight Shooters) and the animated Nickelodeon series “Doug.”  He also has been co-hosting the Eighth Day Arts Poetry and Wine Salon along with the writer Ricardo Acuna for since 2010.

David Strother is an NS Design artist and plays that company's CR-5 electric violin on a regular basis. www.soundcloud.com/dstroviolin

David Strother is an electric violinist and composer in Southern California.  Latest albums are “El Tecolote Sings Songs to the Night” and the Space Yard duo’s “Televisions Dreaming,” with lap steel guitarist Scot Ray.  DS has also recorded several other solo CDs including "Azul," which was released in 2014. Along with the remarkable poet Ricardo Lira Acuna, David hosted the popular monthly Eighth Day Arts Poetry and Wine Salon for over four years.  

David's playing has also been featured in both film and televison, including David Lynch's "The Straight Story,” “Carlos Almaraz: Playing With Fire,”and the Nickelodeon animated series "Doug.” He also recently created a score for the upcoming indy film “Daughter.”  

David is also a veteran of the Los Angeles roots/swing/blues scene and was a member of both the Radio Ranch Straight Shooters and Lawrence Lebo's band for many years. He has also guested on many albums in various genres, including Scot Ray's "Earth Circuit," the brilliant rapper Tito Calloway's "Thugelligence," and country artist Davie Gayle's "Amber in the Clay."  Latest credits are on albums from the German electronica artist Morgen Wurde.

"Pure emotion quivers through the strings, plaintive and direct, the fragile sounds hovering in space...he has created a spare, beautiful work of great depth."--Florence Wetzel, Allaboutjazz.com, 
7/26/13

http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/DavidStrother1
www.dstroviolin.com

Born in Bako, and now making my bed in LBC. My influences are too many to list, but you can probably pick them out in my tracks (The Cure, The Cult, Joy Division, Radiohead, Lo-Fi, DIY).  

If you like tribute bands, check A Night Like This, tribute to The Cure playing all over Los Angeles (www.curetribute.com).

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