music by Trevor Exter
music by Trevor Exter
 

"The acid-banjo god of the cello"

STEVEN BERNSTEIN

(The Hot 9, Levon Helm Band, Sex Mob)

 
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Writing from home today. I’m an advocate of having a practice “rig” to work with which has the capacity to record, but also for leaving the raw business of tracking and production to the professionals. Thank you #jimmywebb for elucidating our work so clearly in this book.
#henrymiller never gets old. Thanks @frankpavlick for this gift all those years ago.
Here’s a book which i wish i had come across a long time ago. I’m glad it’s here now though, thank you #stevenisserlis
WELCOMING GRANDPA TO THE FAMILY: Today a new cello is here, the year is stacking down and my heart is growing a new eyeball. It's a week past Thanksgiving in New York. The weather is crisp, the city is starting to box up the loose ends of this very odd 2018 and I'm sitting with this gift, one that is revealing new colors and layers to me by the minute. As a cello player I know very well the dance between happy accidents and useless planning. I also know that cellos will scrape and squawk at you if you don't come correct. A cello also has no real owners anyway, just companions. We are stewards. Let me tell you what I know so far about Grandpa: He's been beat to shit, but also fully restored. He was made in Berlin in 1906, so we can scarcely imagine what he's seen. He growls and he screams, sings, and dances. Talkative people fall silent in his presence. This dude is INTERESTING, he's got totally different stuff to say than Goose did, and for now I get to hang out and learn from him. Awesome. Grandpa's first request is that we avoid going on any planes together, because he plans to outlive us all. Music has saved my life more times than I can remember. I make music because life has provided me with the opportunity, and I judge my musical experiences by how life-filled and life-giving they are. Because why else? So I'm grateful for my life. Grateful for my musical impulse. Grateful for the ability to focus. Grateful for the freedom to create, the freedom to perform. Grateful for these instruments and their lineages. Grateful to a responding public. Grateful for the chance to begin again. Grateful to you! Thank you. Love Trevor
 

“Plucks and whacks at his big instrument and guides it through multiple climaxes.”

Time Out New York

 
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