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Lipbone Redding and The Lipbone Orchestra

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Lipbone Redding and The Lipbone Orchestra

Inventive singer/songwriter/ guitarist / voice-instrumentalist and former subway musician, Lipbone Redding revs up the party and creates original songs that effervesce with New Orleans swing, Memphis grooves and New York City style.

Known for his ability to use his vocal to sound exactly like a trombone, it’s hard to tell the difference -- unless you witness the phenomenon live. Lipbone and his two-man orchestra make for a show greased with uncanny riffs of vocal trumpeting, booming mouth percussion, hilarious side moments and esoteric lyrics

"Lipbone Redding brings new meaning to using one’s voice as an instrument. The Lipbone Orchestra is in fact a trio, but can get away with the implication of that there is as stage full of musicians.” - NY1

By the late 90's Lipbone Redding had already survived his post-punk angst years and was well into his free-jazz and abstract performance-art era. It was during this time that he began producing events for the legendary Museum of Sound Recording in New York City.

The yearly festival and bacchanal, LOVeSPHeRe now in its eleventh year, was originally a collaboration between Lipbone Redding and Gary Heidt. LOVESPHERe was born along with many other multi-media events that were filled to the brim with musicians, DJ's, video artists, dancers, actors, painters and anything else that would stimulate the sonic and theatrical palate.

During this time, Lipbone wrote songs which incorporated elaborate non-traditional instrumentation and avant-garde stage theatrics including, but not limited to, full choirs, 20 or 30 guitars, completely nude musicians, household electronics and appliances, flame-throwers and of course there's the (in)famous flying pancake night at CBGB's.

It took exactly one night for Lipbone Redding to go from maximalist to minimalist. It happened on the New York City Subway at about 11pm upon the platform of the uptown 6 train at Spring Street. After 2 hours of subway singing with just an acoustic guitar, Lipbone counted his money and realized he could make more in 2 hours of playing on the Subway than he could make at any straight job. He sold his electronic equipment to a beat-boxer and voicestrumentalist - Kid Lucky and for the next two years Lipbone spent his nights crooning to the public in the belly of the beast.

He developed an extensive repertoire of original music from these couple of years in the subway which he still draws from today.

Having saved enough money from his subterranean music making, Lipbone, hopped a plane to South America, where he soaked up the sights and sounds of different music and cultures. He worked with performance artists and dancers along with other musicians to leave a trail of notoriety in his wake.

After a brief return to North Carolina, Lipbone, crisscrossed the country in his camper a.k.a. "THE BEAUTIFUL FLYING MACHINE" and eventually landed for a time in San Francisco. He explored venues along the Lost Coast and in the Redwoods and spent many nights among the bay area's diverse music and poetry scene.

From San Francisco, Lipbone, went to India where he followed the banks of the Ganges River to the high Himalayas.

Along the journey he studied Indian Classical and Karnatic music in Varanassi and Eastern philosophy with his guru in Rishikesh. For almost 2 years, Lipbone wandered India and then Europe, hitchhiking his way from mountain-top to festival to music club.

Upon his return to New York City in 2005, Lipbone began to immediately play regular gigs around town. The exposure from these regular gigs, in turn gave rise to many new avenues for performing including a main-stage
spot at The Hartford International Jazz Festival and the wildly successful dance collaboration with the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company.

The music of which was heralded by the New York Times as "Remarkable!"

With a vocal-trombone and nuances of exotic Eastern influence, Lipbone Redding maintains a musical act that is markedly different from other singer/songwriters. To many Lipbone Redding has become a mainstay in the global nexus of New York's East Village where he performs nightly at Jazz and Blues venues.

"I support music, and music supports me," states Lipbone who has yet to get a straight job. Armed with an armada of vocal powered sounds which range from percussion and synthesizers to an amazingly true-to-life mouth trombone, "THE LIPBONE ORCHESTRA" (with drummer Rich Zukor and upright bassist Jeff Eyrich) finds the ability to cross over from one audience to another extremely easy because as one LIPBONE REDDING fan states, "Everybody likes good music!"

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Current/Past works:

Notes on the Forever War. A performance adaptation of New York Times reporter, Dexter Filkins’ book “The Forever War.” Composer and Music Director. Directed by Hugh Carson. Premiers 2010.

(2005-present) - Lipbone Redding and The Lipbone Orchestra. Songwriter, composer, guitarist, voicestrumentalist, US TOUR – 200+ dates per year/ festivals and theaters (list available on request). Album Releases: “Hop The Fence” (2007 BePop Records), “Party On The Fire Escape” (2008 BePop Records), “Science Of Bootyism” (2009 BePop Records)

(2006-2009) - Chapel/Chapter - Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company - Collaborator co-composer, actor, vocalist, musician. Choreographed and directed by Bill T. Jones. Premiered December 2006 and closed June 2009 at Harlem Gatehouse (NYC). Winner of the 2007 Bessie Award for Best Collaborative Effort and the 2008 Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Production. North American Tour included Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Power Plant (Toronto), Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (San Francisco). European Tour included, Mercat Des Las Flores (Barcelona), Teatro Conciliazone (Rome) and a Paris, France command performance duet with Bill T. Jones for First Secretary of French Socialist Party, Martine Aubry..

(2004-2005) Street Performer – Prague, Berlin, Copenhagen

(2005) Runaway Snail – writer/singer/guitarist -recorded a collection of original songs with producer Mads Nordheim (Denmark) in Goa, India with traditional and local folk musicans. (ManInOuterSpace Records).

(2003-2004) Cultural Exploration & Education: India - Studied Indian Classical and Carnatic music in Varinasi, India with Dr. V. Balaji of Banaras Hindu University, Studied Vedanta philosophy with Swami Dayananda Saraswati at Arsha Vidya Gurukulum, Rishikesh, India. Traveled at length to record various folk music of the Himalayan region of India.

(1998-2002) Street Performer/ Subway Musician – New York City Subways; Released "Subway Fire," document recordings of underground music in New York. Writer/performer/engineer

(2001) - The Saints - writer/musician. Choreogrpahed by Carmen Bouchard with Santo Remedio Dance Company, Santiago Chile
For the New York Parks Dept Outdoor Performance Series

(2001) Cultural Exploration: Chile performed in festivals in Santiago, Chile. Collaborated with local musicians. Writer/musician for an orginal dance performance using found-objects and giant children’s toys. Juegitos - Collaboration with Santo Remedio Dance Company, Teatro de Quinta Normal, Santiago, Chile.

(1997-2001) Session Nights - Museum of Sound Recording, NYC – Producer/writer/performer – presented live music by disadvantaged youth, young musicians and local performance artists in a recording studio environment and provided an opportunity to present new work attended by an audience.

(1995 – Present) LOVESPHERE – A 67 year performance project and annual festival. (Currently in its 15th year of production) - Co-founder, writer, performer. Lovesphere has been presented at Theaters and Public Venues in NYC Since 1995 (List available on request).

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Other Band Credits:

Mammals Of Zod

The Gametones

Glitter Mice

Black Squirrel Mob

Marvl Hill

Earth Funk

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Workshops and Affiliations:

More Gardens!

Veterans Against Iraq War

Tibetan Bridge Foundation

Community Youth Empowerment Organizations

Workshops for at risk youth

Storytelling workshops

Vocal workshops

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Education:

4 years Professional Acting Program, East Carolina University

Meisner Technique - Don Biehn, East Carolina University

Vocal production for Actors - Tracy Donahue, East Carolina University

Walking and Singing - Kathy Kennedy

Improv Comedy - Marty Feldman, The Improv

Carnatic and Indian Classical music with Dr. V. Balaji University of Benares

Indian Classical theory with G.S. Sachdev, San Francisco

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