Frogtoon Musik

The Future by Kevin Cryderman

Künstlerbiographie Kevin Cryderman

FITS AND STARTS SELECTIONS Is Now Available On ITunes And Amazon.Com. Kevin Cryderman Is An Eclectic Independent Songwriter-Singer I Sic Originally From Victoria British Columbia Canada Who Is Now Based In Atlanta Georgia USA . With Lyrics That Range From The Simple To The Cerebral Where The "I" Is Often A Fictional Persona The Main Thread Of His Work Is Indie Folk Alternative Folk Folk Rock And Pop Folk Hanging Out In The Ballpark's Parking Lot Of Fellow Canadian Acts Such As Ron Sexsmith Tegan And Sara Feist Barenaked Ladies Jeremy Fisher Great Lake Swimmers Dan Mangan Rufus Wainwright Sarah Harmer The Arcade Fire Hayden Neil Young The Grapes Of Wrath Emm Gryner Alanis Morissette Nelly Furtado And The Tragically Hip. Cryderman's Oeuvre Also Includes Many Notable Instances Of Genre-Hopping Including Trashy Garage Punk Americana Wedding Processional Music Heavy Metal Instrumental Guitar Music New Age Post-Rock Bubblegum Pop Drinking Songs Cinematic Underscoring New Wave DJ Country Blues Modern Rock Synth Pop Gospel Radio Jingles Reggae Easy Listening Psychedelia Proto-Grunge Grunge Post-Grunge Post-Post-Grunge And Allegedly Humorous Bits Of Parody And Satire That Include Moments Which Simultaneously Revel In And Ironize Raunchy Sophomoric Sensibilities. CURRENT ALBUMS-IN-PROGRESS Cryderman's Two Works-In-Progress Are The Folk Rock Album Courting The Muse And The Sadcore Album Dance Songs For The Clinically Depressed. Rummaging Through The 'Cryderman Archives ' He Has Also Made Available Online Fits And Starts A Candid Behind-The-Scenes Look At An Artist's Development And Experiments With Numerous Musical Paths Ranging From The Creatively Successful To The Spectacularly Awful Sometimes Intentionally So . Wildly Eclectic Fits And Starts Spans From Cryderman's Early Basement Tapes During His Teen Years Songs Which Would Not Normally Be Made Public To Current Studio And Home-Computer Recordings. To Enact The Unstable Nature Of The Project It Even Changes Names Periodically Which Unfortunately Brings The Play Count Back Down To Zero . Alternate Titles For The Project Include Imperfections In All Sincerity And The Irony Of Time. While The Number Of Songs On Fits And Starts May Seem A Bit Unwieldy Each Song Contains A Parenthetical 'menu Item Description ' Such As "sunny Pop Silliness " "country Folk Innocence " "heavy Metal Satire " Or "slightly Obscene Waaaay-Past-Drunk Singalong Song " So Listeners Can Choose Based On Their Preferences Akin To A Restaurant Menu. ALBUMS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE
Fits And Starts Selections Is Now Available For Download Purchase On ITunes And Amazon.Com. The Album Contains Fifty Key Tracks Selected By The Artist From The Larger Collection Loosely Grouped By Genre Such As Indie Folk/Acoustic Singer-Songwriter Tracks 1-14 Blues-Based And World Fusion 15-19 Pop-Based Music 20-27 Rock Grunge And Heavy Metal 28-33 Instrumentals In Various Genres 34-43 And Musical Comedy 44-50 . Kevin Is Also An Artist And Producer/arranger/mixer On Two Songs From Ariel Root Wolpe's SPIRIT SOUNDS Album An Interfaith Collaboration Of Various Musicians From Atlanta. PRODUCTION STYLES AND RELATED ARTISTS
Fits And Starts's Genre-Hopping Collection Of Songs Showcases Not Only Cryderman's Musical Eclecticism But Also His Taste For A Wide Variety Of Production Approaches Within Both Hi-Fi And Lo-Fi Modes. In Contrast Courting The Muse As An Album Tends More Towards Polished Production And A More Coherent Folk-Rock Style. Overall Some Of Cryderman's Textured And More Polished Hi-Fi Recording Arrangements Combined With Non-Virtuosic 'alt.Indie' Singing Have Drawn Comparisons To Counting Crows The Smiths The Cure The Decemberists Bright Eyes Death Cab For Cutie And Band Of Horses. Meanwhile His Lo-Fi And/or Minimalist Songs Have Been Likened To Iron & Wine The Tallest Man On Earth Daniel Johnston Clem Snide The Mountain Goats Violent Femmes And Pavement. In Terms Of The Dominant Stylistic Mode In His Work Some Of Cryderman's Songs Fit Within The Classic Folk-Inflected Songwriting Tradition Of Simon And Garfunkel Or Bob Dylan While Others Might Also Fall Into The Progressive Folk Genre Sufjan Stevens Bon Iver Ani Difranco . Meanwhile Cryderman's Genre Play Fits In With Artists Such As Ween The Magnetic Fields Beck And Starside Casino. After Recording With A Variety Of Producers And Engineers E.G. Greg Vaughn Anand Greenwell Graham Coady And Casey Pechet Cryderman Now Mostly Works With Engineer And Co-Producer Tony Hebert In Victoria At Fresh Air Studios. Cryderman Visits There Once A Year To Do In-Studio Work And The Two Work Remotely For The Rest Of The Year. Hebert Sends Cryderman Various Drafts Of The Mixes And Cryderman Sends Back Copious Feedback Notes. Thus Cryderman's Studio Albums Are Very Slow In The Making But The Latest Mixes Appear On Last.Fm. He Also Continues To Record At Home With His IMac Computer And Apple's Garageband To Produce Demos Stand-Alone Tracks And Parts For Fresh Air Sessions. While Cryderman Writes Sings Plays Guitar And Handles The MIDI And Loops He Has Also Worked With A Collection Of Musicians That Includes Multi-Instrumentalist Composer Producer And Engineer Anand Greenwell Bassist Rick May Depeche Mode DbClifford Michael Jackson Ricky Lee Jones As Well As Drummers Johnny '5' Andrews Tegan And Sara Holly McNarland Starfield And Jason Deatherage Daniel Lapp Band Ocean Wide Lotus Assembly . Producer And Musician Joby Baker Mae Moore The Bills Alex Cuba Cowboy Junkies Plays Bass And Is Featured On Background Vocals For Nasty And The Original Versions Of "The Future" And "Greed" While Greg Madill Of The Ecclestons Makes An Appearance On The Mandolin And Irish Bouzouki For Joe Dimaggio And "Hats Off To Led Zeppelin Acoustic Blues Homage ." Canadian Rising Star Raquel Loglisci Sings Back-Up Vocals For Nihilistic Twilight And The Featured Backup Vocals On Nothing To You Melancomic Ballad . As Listeners Will Note In Recordings Such As Courting The Muse And Breathe Depressing Acoustic Ballad With Strings Cryderman Also Brings Violin And Cello Into Some Of His Recordings. Violinist Erynn Marshall Appears On "Breathe" And The Original Version Of Visions Of The Daughters Of Albion And Viola Player Kenji Fuse Appears On "Nihilistic Twilight." Recently Cryderman Has Worked With Spanish Cellist Dan Anies For Courting The Muse On Tracks Such As Watching Anime Wedding Processional Instrumental Feat. Dan Anies On Cello "Joe Dimaggio" And Reconciliation Day. LYRICS
Rather Than Simply Confessional Autobiography Cryderman's Lyrics Usually Involve Personae At Varying Degrees Of Distance From Himself Exploring A Wide Range Of Moods And Obscure Directions. With A Tone That Is Often Simultaneously Humorous And Melancholy A Variety Of "I" Characters In The Songs Make Appearance. For Instance Cryderman Has A Tetralogy About Unrequited Love That Begins With The Naive Narrator Of Crawling After You Country Folk Innocence And His Simple Quixotic Lines. In The Sequels Namely Pedestal Playful Ascerbic Folk And Paper Cup Tortured Earnest Folk The Narrator Moves To A Critical Distance From Such Idealization. The Final Work In The Tetralogy Is A Self-Reflexive 'meta-Love' Song Parallel World. Other Cryderman Personae Include Cryptically Intellectual Observers On The State Of The World "Mobile Phone Army " "Nihilistic Twilight " "Looking Glass Self" Not-So-Naive Narrators With Sarcastic Critiques Disguised As Self-Loathing "I'm So Sorry..." And "Nasty" The Immediate Urgency Of 'melan-Comic' Sufferers Of Unrequited Lust/love And High School Angst "Nothing To You" Or Unrequited Love As A Metaphor For The Creative Process Courting The Muse An Understated Ballad That Features A Near-Spoken Melody. Many Of The Humor-Tinged Songs Satirize Society While Simultaneously Holding The Narrator Of The Song Up To Ridicule As Well Unbeknownst To Him Or Her Such As The Death Row Inmate Who Converts To New Age Spirituality After Reading Ken Wilbur Rather Than Christianity The Pitch Black Humor Of Psychopath Killer Heavy Metal Satire Or The Nerdy Loser Types With Frustrated And Paranoid Rants About Gun Culture Everybody Wants A Gun Trashy Lo-Fi Grunge Satire Minimum Wage And Corporate Domination Minimum Wage Folk Ska Satire Secret Societies SSSS Or The Suffocating Desexualized Prison Of Nice Guyhood Nice Guy Folk Punk Ribald Sophomoric Humor . While Cryderman Writes Most Of His Own Material Music Lyrics He Has Also Collaborated With Others On Several Songs. For The Composition Of Lyrics Collaborations Include "Free" W/ Darren Cryderman His Older Brother "Another Beer Drinking Day" W/ Alan Rhines "She Put It In A Cup" W/ Graham Coady "A Simple Operation" W/ Dawn Langstroth Canadian Superstar Anne Murray's Daughter And "Looking Glass Self" W/ Cat Prueitt Who Currently Acts As His Main Feedback Person . Since Moving To Atlanta Cryderman Has Also Begun Musical Collaborations With DJ Plain View Such As Songs From The Second Floor Global DJ With Vocals Feat. DJ Plain View Hats Off To Led Zeppelin Part II Electric Blues Homage With DJ Plain View Transatlantic Electro-Funk Chillout Instrumental With DJ Plain View And Cascadia Borealis Hip Hop-Esque Instrumental With DJ Plain View As Well As A Related Collaborative Musical Project Called Greenhouse Effect With Tracks Such As Second Sunrise Post-Rock Instrumental With Greenhouse Effect . REWORKINGS AND HOMAGES
In Addition To Collaborating And Creating Songs From Scratch Cryderman Also Works In The Folk Tradition As A Reworking Or 're-Versioning' Of Songs. For Instance He Has Recorded A Cover Of A Nirvana's "Something In The Way" Where He Re-Wrote Most Of The Lyrics Appropriately Called Something In The Way Grunge Ballad Re-Written Lyrics . "Hats Off To Led Zeppelin" Is A Trilogy Of Homages To Led Zeppelin. With A Narrator Who Is On The Lamb And In An Inter-Racial Relationship Hats Off To Led Zeppelin Acoustic Blues Homage Is An Acoustic Blues Story Song Set In The Early Twentieth Century South USA During A Downpour Of Biblical Proportions. Not Only Does The Sound Pay Homage To Led Zeppelin's Acoustic Blues Sound The Lyrics Are Also Composed Entirely Of Led Zeppelin Song Titles. Part II Is An Electric Blues Instrumental While Part III Entitled Falling Down Solo Acoustic Raga Rock Emerges Out Of Zeppelin's Folkier Work Particularly Their Third Album. Along With This Trilogy Of Musical Tributes Led Zeppelin Cryderman Has Also Done Homages To Dan Bern Icons Dan Bern Homage And Bob Dylan Solitary Man Modern Troubadour Folk Homage To Bob Dylan . Cryderman Also Reworks Material For The Purposes Of Humor And/or Social Commentary. "Tree Falling" Is A Weird Al-Esque Take-Off Of Tom Petty's "Free Falling " Where The Narrator Is Caught Lovestruck In A Romeo-And-Juliet Scenario In British Columbia Canada He Is A Hyper-Earnest Logger Who Is Singing At The Campfire To His Fellow Loggers About His Hopeless Love For A Radical Environmental Activist. "Frat Boy Angst" Reworks Metallica's "One" Into A Stereotypical Frat Boy's Worst Nightmare Come True As With Most Of The Comedy Material The Narrator Is Also A Prime Target Of The Satire. Inspired By The Obama Campaign Of 2008 The Star-Spangled Banner The Times They Are A-Changin' New Folk Twist On An Old Anthem Slyly Transforms The American National Anthem Into A 1960s-Style Folk Song Through A Variation Of The Melody From Bob Dylan's "The Times They Are A-Changin' " All With The Full 1814 Lyrics By Francis Scott Key Largely Intact Though With A Few Notable Variations In Phrasing And The Word 'anthem' Left Ambiguous . THE EARLY YEARS
Born And Raised In Victoria British Columbia Canada Cryderman Began Singing And Playing Guitar As A Teenager Recording His Own Compositions Just A Couple Of Weeks After Starting To Play Guitar Sing And Write Songs. He Soon Proved To Be A Prolific Songwriter Well Over 500 Songs To Date With Most Of Them Unrecorded And Lost To The 'round File' Eclectically Shifting Genres From Soft Folk To Comedy To Country To Heavy Metal To Blues And Grunge Before Focusing On His Signature Folk-Rock Style. A Number Of These Early Basement And Studio Recordings Survive Though Appearing On Fits And Starts. Some Of These Early Teen Recordings E.G. "I'm So Sorry "Falling In Love With A Fantasy Outsider Folk And "White Picket Fences" Bear A Resemblance To The Outsider Folk-Pop Of Daniel Johnston An Artist He Was Unaware Of At The Time. After Initially Recording On The In-Built Microphone Of A Cheap Portable Stereo Cryderman Soon Began Running Between Two Tape Decks And A Mattel Microphone A Low Tech Multi-Track Recorder In His Basement Room Used To Record Songs Such As Not The Same Psychadelic Syd Barrett And Imperfections Electric Guitar Instrumental . In His Collaborations With Anand Greenwell Cryderman Moved On To 4-Track Recording Such As Wishing Well New Wave Ballad . Beginning In His Late Teens With Songs Such As "Crawling After You " "Lost " "Daddy" And Girl Like You Quixotic Pop Delusions All Recorded With Greg Vaughn He Then Began Sessions At Various Recording Studios. Meanwhile Cryderman Continued To Work With Anand Greenwell On Greenwell's Home Computer For Songs Such As Riff Slightly Gothish New Wave Alternative Rock Falling Down Solo Acoustic Raga Rock And Home Classic Folk Ballad To Complete His First Album Nice Guy In 1996. For His Second CD A Concept Album Called The Atman Project Based On The Writings Of Ken Wilbur Cryderman Began To Record Songs In A New Studio Greenwell Had Set Up Graham Coady A Mutual Friend Called The Mine. The Album Was Never Released But All Of The Extant Recordings Such As "Something In The Way " "Psychopath Killer " "The Night Is Coming Down " "Hats Off To Led Zeppelin " "Everybody Wants A Gun" And "Breathe " Now Appear On Fits And Starts. With His Limited Budget Cryderman Decided Against Releasing The Atman Project And Instead Began Recording "Nasty" And "Courting The Muse" For His Next Album Project Courting The Muse With Casey Pechet Who Soon Moved To Calgary. After Talking With Many Of The Studios In Victoria Cryderman Found A Good Rapport And Shared Outlook With Tony Hebert With Whom He Has Been Working Ever Since. LIVE PERFORMANCES
During These Early Years Cryderman Also Played Live At Various House Parties And Open Stages Including Carolyn Mark's Well-Beloved Sunday Hootenanny Garnering The Most Attention Early On For His Satirical Folk E.G."Nice Guy " "Minimum Wage " "Tree Falling" And Alcohol-Themed Songs Such As "Frat Boy Angst " "Shotgun" And Many Singalong Drinking Songs Only Three Of Which Survive In Recorded Form "Another Beer Drinking Day " Solitary Woman Slightly Obscene Waaaay-Past-Drunk Singalong Song And "Drinking Fool." Despite His Severe Tinnitus A Loud Constant Ringing In The Ears From Too Much Loud Music As A Youth He Continues To Make Sporadic Live Performances Mainly Solo Acoustic And Small Ensembles. He Has Even Been Known To Compose Songs Extemporaneously During Concerts Based On Phrases Written Down By Audience Members Passing Around A Sheet Of Paper Strictly In The Order The Phrases Appear. As With The Dozens Upon Dozens Of Cryderman's Infamous 'made Up On The Spot' Songs That Riff On A Particular Moment Or Prepared Quickly For Special Occasions Some Recordings Of These 'audience Participation' Song Performances Exist But Are Extremely Rare. While Many Of His Recent Songs Roughly Fit Within Adult Alternative Folk-Rock Some Of Cryderman's More Satirical Material Finds Itself Within The Anti-Folk Movement. In His Brash Youth Cryderman Was Infamously Banned For Life From A Particular Folk Festival Where After A Set Of Anodyne Songs He Ended By Singing His Edgy Obscene Comedy Material In Front Of A Large Crowd Of Senior Citizens And Parents With Young Children Many Of Whom Ran Away In Horror And/or Later Lodged Formal Complaints. Likewise During Performances Of "SSSS " Ironically-Challenged Senior Seniors Will Often Stand Right In Front Of Him In Protest With Their Walkers And Wraparound Sunglasses. He Was Also Fired From Several Regular Coffeeshop Gigs For Singing "Minimum Wage." These Days Though He Tries To Respect The Context Of The Performance And The Audience Present. NOVEL WRITING AND EDUCATION
In Addition To Music Kevin Cryderman Also Writes Novels Namely A Six Part Work-In-Progress Called Sex In The Stream Of Consciousness And Screenplays. He Also Has A PhD In English And Film Studies From The University Of Rochester NY And Currently Teaches At Emory University In The Film Studies Department And Georgia Gwinnett College In The English Department.

START KEVIN CRYDERMAN
BELIEBT TRACKS MIXE ALBEN
Video 1 : 50