Biographies
ERIC DELUCA (Brown ‘90, CalArts M.F.A. ‘96) has been writing, performing, and recording music for nearly thirty years. Initially trained in trumpet through the public school system, Eric began piano lessons at age 12 and quickly progressed into jazz, classical, and rock n roll piano. His high school rock band performed extensively in the Philadelphia area and recorded an album of original material at Sigma Sound Studios in 1983. This record features Eric’s innovative piano playing, as well as his arrangements and musical direction.
DIY and under the radar, Eric has written over 150 songs and produced multiple recordings of original material. On stage and in the studio, he has chronicled a progression of development from an emphasis on virtuosity and musical sophistication toward the journey of a heart in relationship with the world.
Eric’s collaboration with Nina is indicative of the kind of long-standing and mutually engaging creative partnerships he has cultivated. He leads the Boston area’s Hungry Ghost, which features his catalog of originals. On organ, he plays with Philadelphia-based blues rock band CSB, singer-songwriter John Clarke, and alongside Dan Seiden in Vermont’s Littlenoface.
NINA KATCHADOURIAN (Brown ‘89, UCSD M.F.A. ‘93) was born in Stanford, California and grew up spending every summer on a small island in the Finnish archipelago, where she still spends part of each year. She is a visual artist whose work exists in a wide variety of media including photography, sculpture, video and sound. She is represented by Sara Meltzer gallery in New York and Catharine Clark gallery in San Francisco. In June 2006 the Tang Museum in Saratoga Springs opened a 10-year survey of her work with an accompanying monograph entitled All Forms of Attraction. More info on her visual art can be found at www.ninakatchadourian.com.
Nina studied recorder and classical piano as a kid and wrote songs with her drummer brother Kai. She learned guitar in her 20s and also developed an interest in Balinese music while in college, which prompted her to spend half a year abroad in 1988 in Bali, studying a gamelan instrument called gender wayang with Bapak Wayan Nartha. Many years later, she played with Brown University’s Javanese gamelan ensemble, led by Pak Harjito and Marc Perlman, from 2001-2004. She currently plays with the Brooklyn-based band The Wingdale Community Singers, www.myspace.com/thewingdalecommunitysingers. The Wingdales are currently at work on their second album, Spirit Duplicator, due out in 2008. Nina also plays accordion, recorder, piano, various forms of percussion, and occasionally flails away on the musical saw. Some of Nina’s solo musical projects can be heard at www.myspace.com/ninakatchadourian.
Credits
Many people have been part of the songs on this site, both in the past and in the present. We would like to thank the following people for their participation as listed.
ON THE COVERS:
Cactus
Eric DeLuca: lead guitar, production, broom, percussion, organ, vocals
Dan Seiden: acoustic guitar, basic track production
Karen Werner: accordion, dowels, percussion
Nina Katchadourian: words and music
Manny, My Old TV, Orson Welles, Smile
Nina Katchadourian: guitar, vocals, recorder, found sound, percussion, production
Eric DeLuca: words and music
Apt.
Eric DeLuca: bass, guitar, piano, organ, sampled orchestration, lead and backing vocals, production
Nina Katchadourian: words and music
When I Was a Young Girl
Eric DeLuca: 12-string guitar, piano, organ, sampled orchestration, lead and backing vocals, production
Nina Katchadourian: words and music; based on “When I Was a Young Boy,” words and music by Dan Seiden
Hole
Eric DeLuca: Martin acoustic guitar, vocal
Dan Seiden: production and engineering
Nina Katchadourian: words and music; based on song of the same name by Tim Nohe and Shawn Hall.
ON THE ORIGINAL RECORDINGS:
Cactus
Eric DeLuca: organ
Nina Katchadourian: vocals, 12-string guitar, words, and music
Jen Knuth: viola
Dan Seiden: electric guitar, musical direction
Greg Tucker: bass
Manny
Eric DeLuca: guitar, vocals, arrangement, words and music
Nina Katchadourian: tambourine, vocals
My Old TV
Eric DeLuca: Electric piano and vocals, words and music
(Recorded live at Club Passim in Cambridge, MA)
Orson Welles
Eric DeLuca: vocals, electric guitar, words and music
Nina Katchadourian: 12-string guitar, vocals
Tony Larkin: drums
Bart Wise: bass
Smile
Eric DeLuca: 12-string guitar, lead guitar, vocals, production, words and music
Dan Seiden: electric guitar, lead guitar, vocals, production and engineering
Apartment #13
Nina Katchadourian: guitar, vocals, recorder, production, words, and music
When I Was a Young Girl
Nina Katchadourian: guitar, vocals, recorder, production, words, and music; based on “When I Was a Young Boy,” words and music Dan Seiden
Hole
Nina Katchadourian: guitar, vocals, recorder, production, words, and music; based on “Hole” by Tim Nohe and Shawn Hall
Related Links
Dan Seiden’s music site: www.danseiden.com
Jen Knuth’s blog: jeninco.blogspot.com
Brown Association for Cooperative Housing (BACH): www.brown.edu/Students/BACH/
Orson Welles video outtake: www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5LkDNu8bVU
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