New Demo available now on Bandcamp
Despite the hectic schedule, my European tour was a windfall for songwriting. The process of riffing, sketching lyrics, notating, fleshing out the songs, performing, and recording took place in less than six months with nothing more than a pencil and paper, violin, and 4-track recorder. The little notebook that collected my energy in 13 countries was a source of inspiration as I recorded alone in a Western PA cabin. The recording (now available on Bandcamp) is rough and raw and the songs will be re-done with thicker orchestrations in 2016 but I am pleased with the demo-quality rendering.
Demo cassettes (on high quality tapes) are available in the US, with a 2016 release planned as a split with my long-lost stepbrother Monsieur Marcaille on Third Type Tapes.
October Haunting Northeast US tour
Friday, Oct 26: at UMass Amhearst
Saturday, Oct 17: Providence at Machines with Magnets
Sunday, Oct 18: Brooklyn at Torus Porta
Back in USA
Tour wrapped up even better than I even expected (I expected quite a bit) and I am now back in the USA with a notebook full of new songs, which will be my main priority aside from a couple regional tours and local shows. I performed 60 shows in 10 weeks in 13 countries, mostly booked far in advance. If you have any photos/ videos to share please e-mail them to joeymolinaro (at) gmail (dot) com, or contact me via facebook.
I plan to be back in September 2016 for a much longer tour through 2017, including the towns I visited and more. I also hope to have some of my music released on vinyl via a EU label. If you are interested in booking me or directing me to booking/ record label contacts then you can contact me via e-mail.
And of course if you are coming stateside, I would be happy to share contacts and other ideas!
Final three weeks of tour updates
The past seven weeks have been awesome! The shows are well organized and recieved. I have another stretch of shows before I return to the USA:
██Sunday Aug 2 Nuremburg TBA
██Monday Aug 3 Bamburg Summer Camp TBA
██Tuesday, August 4 Berlin at XB-
██Friday, August 7: Berlin at Sowieso with TJ Borden and Paul Arambula
██Thursday, August 13: Berlin at Villa Kuriosum
██Friday August 14: Berlin at Kuhl Spot
██Saturday, August 15 at Normal Bar
BERLIN DETAILS:
██June 5, Berlin at Loophole
██Saturday, August 1 Berlin @ Mme. Claude
~acoustic-grind and performance art~
https://www.facebook.com/events/860028927405997/
Lübbener str. 10997
Please donate (if you can afford beer you can afford to donate)
With Antänne (DE experimental chiptune) + DJs
Doors at 19:00, music at 21:30
██Sunday Aug 2 Nuremburg TBA
██Monday Aug 3 Bamburg Summer Camp TBA
██August 4 Berlin at XB
~classic electric solo grind violin~
XB- show at 21 hr
“Joey Molinaro” (Experimental Violin), “Shivers & Shakes” (Experimental Pop, Rough Folk und Ambient) und “Elmer Kussiac” (Drone, Noise Rock Trio) unterhalten euch mit einem streicherlastigen Experimental Rock Abend. Dazu gibt es vegane italienische Küfa und Anti-Ra Soli-Cocktails.
liebigstr. 34, 10247
U-Bhf. frankfurter Tor
██Friday, August 7: Berlin at Sowieso
MOLINARO-BORDEN-ARAMBULA TRIO:
Joey Molinaro – Violin.(Pittsburgh)
TJ Borden – Cello. (NY/CA)
Paul Arambula – Guitar (Berlin/ Phoenix)
www.joey Molinaro.com
www.tylerjborden.com
www.arambulapaul.bandcamp.com
Doors at 20.30 (starts at 21.00)
Admission: 6-to-12 Euros.
Sowieso-Weisestr.24 12049-Berlin – Neukölln.
██Thursday, August 13: Berlin at Villa Kuriosum
~classic grind and performance art~
http://villakuriosum.netGarden at 18:00, music at 21:00,
Bar available. Please bring some € for touring musician. If you can afford beer you can afford to donate :-)
Scheffelstr. 21 Lichtenberg. S+U frankfurter allee.
██Friday August 14: Berlin at Kuhl Spot
~improvisations, piano compositions, and more unusual works~
Full admission 10€, reduced 5€ to 8€, and a policy that no one should be turned away.
With Satoko Fujii trio
Lehderstrasse 74-79 (Hinterhof Links)
Berlin
██Saturday, August 15 at Normal Bar
Forster Str 46, Kreuzberg Berlin 10999
Kickstarter Coven Wrap-Up
A million “thank-you’s” to the dozens of lovely people who supported my Kickstarter effort and gave me the economic and personal confidence to book a 40 show, 11 country, 10 week tour and release a full-length album online, on CD, and (coming soon) on cassette via Auris Apothecary.
The project resulted in a 31 volume series of merchandise reviews which were exhibited at Pittsburgh’s premiere DIY spot, Mr. Roboto Project (you can view on my twitter, #icdv), a ten date tour I booked for Sister Mary, two covers of songs available on Soundcloud, and a remix of a song by The Marches.
But the biggest thanks go to the supporters:
INTERNATIONAL COVEN OF
DANGEROUS VIOLINISTRY:
William Hayes, Dubravka Bencic,
Jessica Lynch, Spencer Fro,
Lizzy Storm, Mercedez Gonzalez,
Caitlin Hudac, Amanda Pagniello,
Kevin Shintaku, Ben Rector,
ELCO, Stephanie Jane Rexroth,
Neal Wojdowski, Lilli Jean,
Amelia Ishmael, Scott Scholz,
Richard Conti, Kiley Brady,
Anna Rosati, Adam D. Morris,
Eric Stephenson, Charles Hoffman,
Dominic Raths, Lisa Moss,
Jessica Ellis, Melody Moore,
Laura Fisher, Bonnie Redubber,
Claire Molinaro, Zach Baransky,
Laura Luttner, Chris Donadio,
Sam Sabbagh, Matthew Martell,
Harrison Thurman, Daniel Iglesia,
Adam Petersen, Eddy Kwon,
Victor Morningstar, Anrrea Dune,