Tamara Barnett-Herrin
Encyclopedia
Tamara Barnett-Herrin is a London
-based singer-songwriter
, who has sung with the group Freeform Five
on the album Strangest Things which was released in 2005. Her latest project is the Calendar Songs album, an internet-based collaborative Creative Commons
-licensed project released in early 2008.
Tamara contributed vocals to 'State of Permission', an album track on Shinichi Osawa's 2007 album The One
In 2011 she performed in and composed songs for the ballet 'Love Letters in Ancient Brick', choreographed by Mai-Thu Perret and Laurence Yadi, based on George Herriman
's Krazy Kat
comic strip. The premiere took place on March 17 at Theatre de l'Usine, Geneva
.
In June 2011 she composed two songs for a special performance at the Aargauer Kunsthaus in Aarau, Switzerland, to mark Mai-Thu Perret's solo exhibition 'The Adding Machine'. The exhibition catalogue featured an exclusive 7 inch vinyl, featuring her performance of ukelele version of John Dowland's 'In Darkness Let Me Dwell' and a cover of Mai-Thu Perret and Steven Parrino's 'Spider Song' featuring Nigel George Hoyle on guitar.
were available on the website as well as ccMixter
for download, so that anyone could re-mix the song, and upload it to the website. In May 2008, Calendar Girl released "Calendar Songs--Remixes Volume 1", featuring twelve chosen remixes, one for each month.
In 2008, Magnatune
recording artist Four Stones included a remix of the Calendar Songs vocal for "July" on his album "Chronic Dreams 2".
In connection with the Calendar Songs project, Tamara made her a capella tracks and simple instrumental tracks available pursuant to Creative Commons
licenses, permitting remixers to make non-commercial uses of her songs.
"No More Conversations" Freeform Five
London
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-based singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
, who has sung with the group Freeform Five
Freeform Five
Freeform Five is London based DJ, producer, songwriter Anu Pillai. It was his remix of Isolee’s “Beau Mot Plage” in 1999 that alerted many to this production outfit....
on the album Strangest Things which was released in 2005. Her latest project is the Calendar Songs album, an internet-based collaborative Creative Commons
Creative Commons
Creative Commons is a non-profit organization headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. The organization has released several copyright-licenses known as Creative Commons...
-licensed project released in early 2008.
Tamara contributed vocals to 'State of Permission', an album track on Shinichi Osawa's 2007 album The One
The One
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Performance
In 2010 Tamara Barnett-Herrin collaborated with artist Mai-Thu Perret on two projects. 'The Ballad of a Russian Doll', with Nigel Hoyle, a performance at Migros Museum, Zurich for the exhibition 'While Bodies Get Mirrored'; and the prizewinning short film 'In Darkness Let Me Dwell', created with the assistance of l'Institut de hautes études en administration publique (IDHEAP), Lausanne.In 2011 she performed in and composed songs for the ballet 'Love Letters in Ancient Brick', choreographed by Mai-Thu Perret and Laurence Yadi, based on George Herriman
George Herriman
George Joseph Herriman was an American cartoonist, best known for his classic comic strip Krazy Kat.-Early life:...
's Krazy Kat
Krazy Kat
Krazy Kat is an American comic strip created by cartoonist George Herriman, published daily in newspapers between 1913 and 1944. It first appeared in the New York Evening Journal, whose owner, William Randolph Hearst, was a major booster for the strip throughout its run...
comic strip. The premiere took place on March 17 at Theatre de l'Usine, Geneva
Geneva
Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...
.
In June 2011 she composed two songs for a special performance at the Aargauer Kunsthaus in Aarau, Switzerland, to mark Mai-Thu Perret's solo exhibition 'The Adding Machine'. The exhibition catalogue featured an exclusive 7 inch vinyl, featuring her performance of ukelele version of John Dowland's 'In Darkness Let Me Dwell' and a cover of Mai-Thu Perret and Steven Parrino's 'Spider Song' featuring Nigel George Hoyle on guitar.
Calendar Songs
Calendar Songs began in October 2006 and ran to September 2007, with Tamara releasing one original song on the Calendar Songs website every month inspired by events that month. The vocals and a minimalist backing trackBacking track
A backing track is an audio or MIDI recording that musicians play or sing along to in order to add parts to their music which would be impractical to perform live.-Uses:...
were available on the website as well as ccMixter
CcMixter
ccMixter.org is a community music site that promotes remix culture and makes samples, remixes, and a cappella tracks licensed under Creative Commons available for download and re-use in creative works. Visitors are able to listen to, sample, mash-up, or interact with music in a variety of ways...
for download, so that anyone could re-mix the song, and upload it to the website. In May 2008, Calendar Girl released "Calendar Songs--Remixes Volume 1", featuring twelve chosen remixes, one for each month.
In 2008, Magnatune
Magnatune
Magnatune is an American independent record label based in Berkeley, California, founded in spring 2003 by John Buckman, then-CEO of e-mail software company Lyris. It aims at treating both its musicians and its customers fairly—its tagline is "We are not evil"...
recording artist Four Stones included a remix of the Calendar Songs vocal for "July" on his album "Chronic Dreams 2".
In connection with the Calendar Songs project, Tamara made her a capella tracks and simple instrumental tracks available pursuant to Creative Commons
Creative Commons
Creative Commons is a non-profit organization headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. The organization has released several copyright-licenses known as Creative Commons...
licenses, permitting remixers to make non-commercial uses of her songs.
Discography
- Destroy Rock & RollDestroy Rock & RollDestroy Rock & Roll is the first album by Scottish record producer and DJ Mylo, released in 2004. The album was re-released in 2005, containing a new remix of "Drop the Pressure", called "Doctor Pressure" , which was also released as a single...
Mylo (2004) - Strangest ThingsFreeform FiveFreeform Five is London based DJ, producer, songwriter Anu Pillai. It was his remix of Isolee’s “Beau Mot Plage” in 1999 that alerted many to this production outfit....
Freeform Five (2005) - State of Permission, "The One", Shinichi Osawa (2007)
- Calendar Songs (2008)
"No More Conversations" Freeform Five