Introducing Rock Violinist Alyson Montez, Our Winning Guest Columnist
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 by TheWebMistress
The Week in the Life contest has closed and we have our winner! We had some interesting people give us a slice of their life and we thank them all. But Alyson grabbed us right from the jump. How can you not be chomping at the bit to hear more after an introduction that begins, “My life is an unseen, unheard hit reality television series.”
God's Weapon at Nokia - click to view full size
Sure enough, we read on and Alyson is, indeed, a person we’d most like to follow around for a week. Here are a few excerpts to give you an idea of what we mean:
“I develop a new product for my store, Peanut Butter Cat Poop (carob covered, of course)!”
“I attend a Latin adaptation of an Aristophanes play, involving giant balloon penises, a shit-powered giant beetle, fudgesicles passed out to the audience (then declared frozen shit on a stick), massive humping, the masturbation song, and Aristophanes himself popping a boner or two (literally). Old snobby people all around me hail it as a “unique and modern look on a classic”. I sit in the background laughing at the absurdity of it all.”
Add to that, we have come to discover, after contacting Alyson, she is a Grammy award-winning violinist who plays in five different bands, one of which (God’s Weapon) just opened for George Clinton and P-Funk at the Nokia Theater. She also works closely with a local animal sanctuary (All the Same Wild and Tame)and creates her own line of jewelery (El Rockerachi) to donate funds to the cause, too. So, beside wondering when she finds time to sleep, we can’t help but be excited to see what a week with Alyson is all about.
Alyson will be our guest Blacklist columnist On the Road in next week’s edition (October 7)
Oh, yeah, and we’ve also discovered she rocks the hell out of Lip Service gear, too.
Here’s a little taste of what rock violin can do with some fun, funky stream of consciousness video thrown in for kicks:
Robot Octopi Rendezvous (credited as follows)
Jeff Musial – songwriting, engineering
Damon Cisneros – drums, mastering
Brian Netzley – bass
Gelsomina – Viper, verse and chorus solo writing
Alyson has worked with:
Mark Wood/MW Rock Orchestra
, Gretchen Bonaduce/Ankhesenamen , Mariachi Divas
, Dee Snider
, Cherie Currie
, Mark O’Connor
, Jeff Musial Band
, Archways
, Bill Clark Star Vehicle
, Wayne Foster Entertainment
, Mix Entertainment
, Jean Michele Danton
, Houston Youth Symphony, Virtuosi of Houston
Check out her MySpace music page at Ghost of Gelsomina or read more about her full career and background (or how to get her to play for you) at her website:
Join Alyson for a week in her (incredibly busy) life next Wednesday, October 7!
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