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Hilary talks to Rachel Blumberg about the *ahem* unique aesthetic of her first drum kit, transitioning from gear head denial to loving gear, band gender breakdowns, the woes and whoas of gear-carrying, and why buying gear should be like butter.
RACHEL'S BIO
Rachel Blumberg has been bringing her musical feel to bands and solo artists for a good part of the last two decades through her primary instrument, THE DRUMS, as well as percussion, keyboards, voice, and the occasional stringed instrument. She has recorded, toured and performed with many widely acclaimed artists such as Mirah, Tara Jane O’Neil, Laura Gibson, M.Ward, The Decemberists, Sam Beam (Iron & Wine), Michael Hurley, and Bright Eyes. Rachel also composes and performs her own music under her name and her moniker Arch Cape.
In addition to being a musician, Rachel is a prolific visual artist and animator, and has produced stop motion music videos for folks like Gillian Welch, Iron & Wine, and Nada Surf, among others. Her paintings and other work have been shown in galleries and other arts spaces around the US.
Her current projects includes an interactive audio - visual installation entitled Space Is the Place where drawings turn into sound and then into projections, which she first premiered at the RISD Museum in 2018 and the bands Death Vessel, The Huntress and Holder of Hands, and Califone. Rachel is also a well regarded teacher of percussion and the creative arts, and runs her own music school and volunteers regularly for Girls Rock! Rhode Island. Originally from Portland, Oregon, she now resides in coastal Rhode Island.
BRANDS/SHOPS MENTIONED
Revival Drum Shop / Village Drum & Music / Ludwig / Rogers / Leedy / Gretsch / Roland / Korg / Teenage Engineering / Electro-Harmonix / Line 6 / DigiTech / Boss / TC Electronic / Atelier Rosenkrantz
BANDS RACHEL HAS PLAYED WITH/MENTIONED
Califone / The Decemberists / M. Ward / Mirah / Tara Jane O’Neil / The Huntress & the Holder of Hands / Death Vessel / Iron & Wine / Bright Eyes / Arch Cape / Laura Gibson / Sissyface
OTHER BANDS MENTIONED
Magnetic Fields / The Crabs / Messthetics / Fugazi / Velvet Crush / Eyelids / Retrix / Sun Ra / Juana Molina
OTHER MENTIONS
Columbus Theater / Jodi & Ted Leo / What Cheer? Brigade / RISD Museum / New Bedford Art Museum / RIOT RI (formerly Girls Rock! RI) / Janet Weiss / Tom Tom magazine / She Shreds magazine
RACHEL'S LINKS
Website
The Huntress & Holder of Hands
MID-RIFF LINKS
Website
Gender and Music Gear Survey
CREDITS
Rachel's Bumper Track: "Red & Gold" by Arch Cape
Theme Music: "Hedonism" by Towanda
Artwork by Julia Gualtieri
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By Hilary B. Jones
4.9
3030 ratings
Hilary talks to Rachel Blumberg about the *ahem* unique aesthetic of her first drum kit, transitioning from gear head denial to loving gear, band gender breakdowns, the woes and whoas of gear-carrying, and why buying gear should be like butter.
RACHEL'S BIO
Rachel Blumberg has been bringing her musical feel to bands and solo artists for a good part of the last two decades through her primary instrument, THE DRUMS, as well as percussion, keyboards, voice, and the occasional stringed instrument. She has recorded, toured and performed with many widely acclaimed artists such as Mirah, Tara Jane O’Neil, Laura Gibson, M.Ward, The Decemberists, Sam Beam (Iron & Wine), Michael Hurley, and Bright Eyes. Rachel also composes and performs her own music under her name and her moniker Arch Cape.
In addition to being a musician, Rachel is a prolific visual artist and animator, and has produced stop motion music videos for folks like Gillian Welch, Iron & Wine, and Nada Surf, among others. Her paintings and other work have been shown in galleries and other arts spaces around the US.
Her current projects includes an interactive audio - visual installation entitled Space Is the Place where drawings turn into sound and then into projections, which she first premiered at the RISD Museum in 2018 and the bands Death Vessel, The Huntress and Holder of Hands, and Califone. Rachel is also a well regarded teacher of percussion and the creative arts, and runs her own music school and volunteers regularly for Girls Rock! Rhode Island. Originally from Portland, Oregon, she now resides in coastal Rhode Island.
BRANDS/SHOPS MENTIONED
Revival Drum Shop / Village Drum & Music / Ludwig / Rogers / Leedy / Gretsch / Roland / Korg / Teenage Engineering / Electro-Harmonix / Line 6 / DigiTech / Boss / TC Electronic / Atelier Rosenkrantz
BANDS RACHEL HAS PLAYED WITH/MENTIONED
Califone / The Decemberists / M. Ward / Mirah / Tara Jane O’Neil / The Huntress & the Holder of Hands / Death Vessel / Iron & Wine / Bright Eyes / Arch Cape / Laura Gibson / Sissyface
OTHER BANDS MENTIONED
Magnetic Fields / The Crabs / Messthetics / Fugazi / Velvet Crush / Eyelids / Retrix / Sun Ra / Juana Molina
OTHER MENTIONS
Columbus Theater / Jodi & Ted Leo / What Cheer? Brigade / RISD Museum / New Bedford Art Museum / RIOT RI (formerly Girls Rock! RI) / Janet Weiss / Tom Tom magazine / She Shreds magazine
RACHEL'S LINKS
Website
The Huntress & Holder of Hands
MID-RIFF LINKS
Website
Gender and Music Gear Survey
CREDITS
Rachel's Bumper Track: "Red & Gold" by Arch Cape
Theme Music: "Hedonism" by Towanda
Artwork by Julia Gualtieri