Friday, February 10
Film Bar
815 N 2nd St, Phoenix, AZ 85004
w string arrangements performed by Flexible Tiger ensemble
also performing: Sonorus, and Biologia
$10
21+

Saturday, February 18
Michelle Blades CD release
Trunk Space
1506 Grand Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85007
All ages

It seems I’ve been fortunate enough to have been featured in the online and print editions of this week’s New Times. Biggest thanks to Nicki Escudero!

….and then….

Nicki also did a blog entry on me blabbering about my song “Tiny Eucatastrophes”, in New Times’ “Up on the Sun” along with some videos from a recent performance. I am being spoiled for no good reason.

Read this for another excellent write-up about Alyosha by CityBeat’s Seth Combs. Thanks Seth!

In the past year or so I’ve been lucky enough to work with a few Phoenix bands doing string arrangements for their new material.

Courtney Marie Andrews- Pomegranate from Alien Moon Partnership on Vimeo.

This is Courtney Marie Andrew’s “Pomegranite”. The strings you hear were done by yours truly…this track is a milestone for me because it’s the first time I physically composed multiple string parts rather than doing it all in my head.

Her new album For One I Knew is about to be released…you will be able to listen to it here starting October 29th.

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This is a great song by Phoenix’ Constellation Branch…I was really excited to contribute to this one, and I’m quite happy with the results. Please check them out here and get a copy of their excellent new record Mirage on iTunes.

It’s finally that time…

Here you can watch the episode of Roadtrip Nation featuring “Tiny Eucatastrophes”. It starts right at the two-minute mark, “Nice to meet you,” dum dum dum dum dum dum….

…and thus I am strongly considering renaming the song to “Hello Tina”.

While you’re at it, you might as well watch the entire episode. It’s a really good one!

The song has also been placed on a compilation that will be distributed around the country as the green Roadtrip Nation RV’s tour college campuses this fall. How nice! If you are at any of my upcoming shows, I will have download cards for people who would like to get the entire comp. Just ask.

See the trailer for Season 7 here.

Click here to listen to Alyosha from front to back on my EPK page.

Cause they’re fun to look at.

Click here to read a very nice review of Alyosha in the excellent Java Magazine. Thanks Mitchell!

Click here to see pictures of yours truly from a photo shoot by my friend Tiffany, who is somehow able to make even unphotogenic folks such as myself look interesting…be sure to also check out the rest of the galleries as well. Her other friends are much prettier.

Looks like I just got featured on CMJ’s Sonicbids Spotlight! Read it here.

“His instrument narrates the complexities of being a young American circa 2010 right back at him…”

Read this and other reviews of Alyosha here.

The music of Tobie Milford has been described as an “ethereal symphony of sound”. It is the result of a marriage between ambient, minimalist string textures, sophisticated plucking patterns, and dynamic vocals. He is occasionally joined onstage by the illustrious Henri Benard of Dry River Yacht Club, who contribues his meticulous and pounding percussion arrangements to further accentuate songs that are immediately personal yet broadly appealing to a diverse palette of audiences.

Milford performs extensively in the Phoenix area, playing everywhere from art galleries to music festivals. Performance highlights include three well-received performances at Cincinnati’s MidPoint Music Festival, playing a show with Joe Firstman at Los Angeles’ prestigious Hotel Café, opening for ambient indie folk pioneers Sleep Whale, and performing at Arcosanti’s EarthDance festival.

Milford has contributed to the latest recordings of many Phoenix bands/songwriters including What Laura Says Thinks and Feels, Kinch, Peachcake, Ryan Taverna, the Constellation Branch, Andrew Jackson Jihad, Michelle Blades, Courtney Marie Andrews, Justin Olsen, Porches, and Cardiac Party. He was also commissioned by Snake Snake Snakes! to compose and perform in two-part violin accompaniments for their live show when they opened for Jimmy Eat World this past October.

Milford is a member of Phoenix band the Whisperlights and has performed frequently with Michelle Blades.

Musical influences include Radiohead, Max Richter, Arvo Part, Rachels, Sigur Ros, Sufjan Stevens, and Andrew Bird.

2009 Editor’s Choice Award by Carly Schorman of YabYum Music.

‘Tiny Eucatastrophes’ on The Train Tracks with friends Michelle Blades and Wasef.