What is your first musical memory?
Both of these memories must have happened around the same time, probably when I was about 2 years old, playing piano with my father and dancing to Stravinsky's "Patrushka" over and over again.
What was the first album you owned?
I think it was the Beatles, Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band. My dad gave it to me from his record collection, he also gave me Revolver and the White Album.
Were you not a musician, what would your profession be?
I actually have multiple professions. I am also a multi-media, conceptual artist. Meaning an artist who draws and paints, uses photography, video and installation to create visual and sonic environments.
What song do you wish you had written?
Prince's "Hot Thing."
What was the first concert you attended?
The Rolling Stones at Brendan Berne Arena when I was about 7 years old.
What three bands or artists, dead or alive, would be part of your ultimate one-night concert performance?
A young David Bowie (Ziggy Stardust era), Billie Holiday, Jimi Hendrix.
What instrument would you like to play, that you currently cannot?
I would love to be a kick ass lead guitarist.
With whom would you like to collaborate?
The Gorillas, Aphex Twin and Brian Eno.
Which one of your songs would you put in a time capsule?
“C'mon C'mon.”
What one album can you not live without?
The Crystal Method, Vegas.
Who was (or is) your biggest influence as a musician?
That's a hard one...well, if I have to pick one...Deborah Harry.
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~ Compiled by Elizabeth Sokol
TRICKY BIZZNISS FT. TRIXIE REISS' Self-Ttiled album is released on EsNtion Silver on January 23, 2007.
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