My name is Frank Gerace, looping guitarist. I am half of the band Dreamchild. Cheryl Wanner is the other half. She uses a JamMan on her voice, both for sampling and looping in live performance. I also use a JamMan and Echoplex DP in conjunction with a Roland VG8 and an old RPS-10. Cheryl also plays bass and wire strung harp (as yet, unlooped). She plays the harp through a Trace Elliot acoustic amp, the bass through a Gallien Krueger and 2-10 Genz Benz cab. I play through a Mackie 1202 board into a Samson 550 power amp and 2 Celesstion CS12s. We affectionately refer to what we do as music from Dreams and Nightmares. We combine elements of ambient, goth, song structure, textural awareness and strong melodic sense to create a book for your ears. Okay, we're more than a little artsy. Our homepage is http://www.channel1.com/users/seahorse. Our influences range from the ubiquitous Mr. Fripp, David Torn, Dead Can Dance, Grainne Yeats, Hendrix, Belew, Pentangle, Robin Williamson and lots of other stuff. As we aren't trying to fit any of their particular styles with our stuff, it could be a bit misleading to go on. We also write and perform with a theater group called Behind The Mask. Our current project with BTM is an of the Greek classic called Masks of Odysseus. There is mix of electric and acoustic instruments, looped and non-looped used to enhanced masked pieces by many of the main characters other than Odysseus. Quite the multimedia affair. As Dreamchild, we have finished a nine song cassette called Gates To The Sea. . It is available from us for $8.00 (includes shipping and handling) by sending a check to Frank Gerace, 955 Mass. Ave. #252, Cambridge, MA 02138. We are playing fairly regularly in the Boston/Providence circuit of clubs. See our website for details.
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