The Forbidden Parallels
Forbidden Parallels Kurt Werner Laura Grace Minstrel Whack-za-phone Belka Tetris garageband ukulele theremin L'Oeuf Folk melodica cigar box guitar funny electro
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Laura Laura
An mbira-inspired acoustic guitar piece. //Kurt Werner: Acoustic Guitar, Jaw Harp, Programming, Piano //Laura Grace: Percussion, Beautiful
Miniature #6 Miniature #6
A happy song, all done by strings //Kurt Werner: programming, Piano
The Minstrel The Minstrel
An inspiring tale of the great minstrel James. Like an epic tale told around a giant bonfire, only better. //Kurt:Vocals, Guitar, Programming //Laura:Vocals, Percussion //Michael Anderson:Vocals, French Horn //Kim Burkhart:Flute //Erica Werner:Vocals
Brooke Brooke
You should know, most of the little whooshing noises are reversed waveforms of piano chords. Indeed. //Kurt Werner: Acoustic Guitar, Programming, A+S Recorder, Ukulele, Piano //Micah Sweeney: Acoustic Guitar //Laura Grace: Percussion
What the Cell? What the Cell?
The Forbidden Parallels get vaguely political? Nifty. The Music is very electronic sounding and features quite a bit of sampled cell phone. //Kurt Werner: Programming, Vocals, Organ, Sampling //Laura Grace: Vocals //Joel Caracci: Organ Solo
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The Forbidden Parallels are a musical collaboration between Kurt Werner, Laura Grace, and a plethora of miscellaneous ladies and gents. As of late, TFP has been a more consistent group of individuals who play and rehearse together on a regular basis.
Ostensibly pidgeonholed into the "indie rock" genere by Soundclick's system of categorization, they generally prefer the label "Alternative Folktronica."
Kurt Werner plays the bass for the most part, but in studio he has been seen on ukulele, guitar, programs pleasant and not-so-pleasant blips and bloops, and sings (as well as a variety of other delightful noise-making activities). In addition, Kurt writes most of our music and plays with the band "World's First Flying Machine."
Laura Grace plays drums for the most part, but has also branched out to ukulele, melodica, harmonica, and gizmos on occasion.
Micah Sweeney is our guitar player (electric and acoustic) and also our lead male vocalist. He has also done some writing.
Sam Fahlberg plays a mean trumpet, dances around, and plays the bells (when we let him).
Giulia Mazza is our beautiful lead female vocalist, although sometimes we demoralize her into playing tambourine and the egg shaker. She also plays the bells sometimes.
Laura Lynch plays the violin and is awesome. She might do some back-up singing in the future because we recently discovered that she is really good at it.
Matt Dordal plays euphonium and helps us achieve a pseudo-ska feel on some of our songs. We all wish that he would wear tight pants.
The aforementioned ladies and gents that we sometimes collaborate with include but are not limited to: Sean Hart, John Swisher, Erica Werner, Kyle Werner, Chris Howaniac, Steve Kuhn, Kim Burkhart, Michael Anderson, Daniella Farah, Danny Zeckhauser, and Joel CaracciBand/artist history
You can see some of our live performances here:
http://youtube.com/user/thereminjazz
And you can join our Facebook group here:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2446476529Have you performed in front of an audience?We have been playing live at Allen Hall Coffeehouses, open mic nights, and in friend's basements for over one fifth of a decade. Our first gig in the Champaign area was the Project ChamBANDa Eco-Concert Benefit at the Canopy Club in Fall 2007.
Your musical influences
Explosions in the Sky, The Alan Parsons Project, Dream Theater, Enya, The Beatles
Urbana, IL
USA
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685413
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This song sounds like Banjo-Tooie music, especially from Jolly Roger's Lagoon and Witchy World.
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