Thereminist IN HIS NATURAL HABITAT

http://www.thomasgrillo.com

Enjoy a little tour of "the coolest room in town" according to an anthropology major who recently documented thereminist Thomas Grillo in his natural habitat. ;)

The song is an original jazz compostion by Thomas Grillo, called Mint Julep Fantasy.

Video was shot by professional photographer Josh Haley. Visit him at http://www.joshhaileystudio.com

The lens was a 120 degree wide angle, fish eye lens. ;)

Song and video are
Copyright 2009 Thomas Grillo, and Josh Hailey.

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[shannonrae39]

I love this video! Reminds me of all the hours I spent practicing on my Etherwave. Makes me wish I still had my theremin. Then, I could play along with you, but I had to go and break my theremin instead. At least, I think I broke it. Anyway, I love the song, and I really love the way you play. You're one of my favorite thereminists.

[ThomasGrillo]

@shannonrae39 Thanks for the kind words! :)

I hope you get that theremin fixed soon.

Happy new year! :)

[Yotunen]

Greetings Tom!

I have a question, each time i listen your performance i cant help but imagine how certain guitar solos would shine on theremin. Have you tried some of this?

( Like for example David Gilmour's gutar solo from 'High Hopes' )

[ThomasGrillo]

@Yotunen I have explored playing the theremin to some guitar solos. Indeed, in some cases, the theremin can indeed duplicate some of the same things an electric guitar with a whammy bar can do, but ultimately, some guitar solos are best suited to guitars. Theremins seem a bit more at home performing either melody, or accompaniment rolls similar to voice, or bowed strings. :)

[romefox]

I would love to hear you do the original Star Trek theme!

[ThomasGrillo]

@romefox I would love to, but I've already had Paramount Pictures formally deny permission for performing it in writting due to copyright. However, I am considering a Harry Fox license which may get round that problem though.

[atabekan]

This just seems like a bad dream :P

[willplez]

That is a very cool room there!!!

[ThomasGrillo]

@ScottishCommy I wish you all the best with your theremin. I appreciate the top ten fav spot. :)

Happy holidays! :)

[ScottishCommy]

Haha, I found out I was getting a theremin for christmas about a week ago, and since then you've joined my top ten favorite musicians!

[ThomasGrillo]

@2watchwhatiwant Hello. I also have a Wavefront suitcase theremin (gray). The wavefront, and Burns theremins use totally different circuit architectures. In fact, the Wavefront Suitcase theremins use a circuit that is a little more like the Etherwave Standard in many respects. The Burns theremins were desinged to sound more soft, and string like, and indeed to sound nice, even on the cheaper speakers or amps. :)

[2watchwhatiwant]

Hi, I love your work. I have a Wavefront suitcase model theremin that sounds more

like a swarm of bees compared to your B3. Why is that so? Thanks for your input.