|
Blurbs
New Blurb Stuff (you can trim it down however you like):
Around the world and into your brain, vocal adventurer,
multi-instrumentist and looping beatboxing songwriter Mal Webb plays
too many instruments in too many styles to too many people. He gives
solo performance a bad name, and that's Mal, whatever your language.
Music that stomps all over stylistic boundaries. Ebulliently eclectic.
Nefariously varied. Family fun free from facile
frippery. It's as grittily human as it is other worldly, as clever as
it is stupid, as playful as it is ponderous. Using a world of vocal
techniques, guitar, mbira, slide trumpet, chromatic harmonica, a loop
recording pedal called Derek and the audience. A founding member of the
Oxo Cubans, Sock and Totally Gourdgeous, he did all the music for the
Lano and Woodley TV show and Wogs Out of Work, played mbira and sang
"Eagle Rock" with Ross Wilson on John Safran's Music Jamboree on SBS
and has done a few spots on Spicks and Specks (ABCTV). Ani DiFranco
said "You're a freak!" after Mal played support for her. He's like
Bobby McFerrin, Aphex Twin and Cole Porter playing scrabble.
Older blurbs: 100 words or less:
Mal Webb: Vocal adventurer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter.
Ballads,
beatbox and beyond. A jolly jaw dropping journeyman. Eclectic,
ebullient
and even educational. Mal Webb uses a world of vocal techniques
(including
pygmy yodelling and Inuit panting) and song styles. He plays
guitar, mbira,
slide trumpet, chromatic harmonica, a loop recording pedal called Derek
and
the audience... a lot. He's a founding member of the Oxo Cubans, Sock
and Totally
Gourdgeous. Mal has spent a lot of time mucking about.
Like Bobby McFerrin, Aphex Twin and Cole Porter playing scrabble.
75 words or less:
Vocal adventurer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter. Ballads,
beatbox
and beyond.
A jolly jaw dropping journeyman. Eclectic, ebullient and even
educational.
Mal combines a world of vocal techniques and song styles with
guitar, mbira, slide trumpet, chromatic
harmonica, a loop recorder and the audience.
He's a founding of the Oxo Cubans, Sock and Totally Gourdgeous. Mal has
spent
a lot of time mucking about. Like Bobby McFerrin, Aphex Twin and Cole
Porter playing scrabble.
50 words or less:
Vocal adventurer, multi-instrumental songwriter. Ballads, beatbox and
beyond. Jolly jaw-dropping journeyman. Eclectic, ebullient and even
educational. Family fun free from facile frippery. A world of vocal
techniques and song styles with guitar, mbira, slide trumpet,
chromatic harmonica and loop recorder. Like Bobby McFerrin, Aphex Twin
and Cole Porter playing scrabble.
25 words or less:
Mal Webb: Vocal adventurer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter.
A
jolly jaw
dropping journeyman. Ballads, beatbox and beyond. Eclectic, ebullient
and even
educational.
1 word or less:
La.
Workshop blurb
Around the world and into your gob, vocal explorer and songwriter
Mal
Webb takes you on a lip to lung journey through the physics, physiology
and phrivolity of all the sounds a face can make. Pygmy yodelling,
beatbox/mouthdrums/vocal percussion, harmonics/throat singing, mic
technique, uvular fluttering, advanced clapping, vocal
distortion (without hurting) and Inuit panting (way beyond Rolf Harris)
are
all explored on the way to being a band with your voice and the lead
singer too.
|