Violinist Marques Toliver: a star on the rise

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/may/05/rise-of-marques-toliver

Last Nights Gathering.

Last night marked the return of Marques Toliver and The Sometimes. The show took place in a loft space in Williamsburg. Earlier that day DucksFlyMoon and myself rehearsed two sings on the autoharp. I was still in my underwear by this time and the apartment was like an ice cave. David Reuben was out taking the SAT. Mihir was scheduled to drop by at noon

Once Mihir was at the flat we ran through White Sails, and Place Somewhere(That night I decided not to play "Place Somewhere").4pm rolled around and by then we where at the space on Kent, where the show would be taking place. The night was filled with people that had heard word of the music that night an as a result conversation we sparked and vanquished. My favourite part of the night was playing Anticipation. it served as somewhat as an awakening inside of me and allowed me to take a glimpse at what my sound could possibly become.

At the moment I'm working with what I know. In the future I plan on incorporating more aspects of present day music into my sound, but for right now I like the violins and autoharp. Towards the end of the Night I spoke briefly with Francois Champenois, CEO of LEN INC.

I wanted to set aside some time and have a smoke before I played, but it didn't really work out way.I walked back into that loft, which was adorned with large painted canvases and began to warm up. The music started and eveoryone slowly took their seats. I asked DucksFlyMoon to a play an impromptu 2 chord passage over and over while everyone drifted to their seats. The ensemble had never practiced this particular song I creating, never the less, everything jelled and before I knew the pianist and cellist were weaving in and out of DucksFlyMoon's chords.

Many thanks to the musicians that helped make last night possible.

Mihir,DucksFlyMoon,Dave,and Claudeen.

Good,Better,Best! That Must Be Our Test.

This video was shot before I came to London. I was playing down in the subway at midnight in order to pay back Daisy (She helped me pay for my second flight to come to the U.K)

Once I was down at the Bedford stop and it was about 12:30 am and while busking I managed to make enough money to call it lucrative day. With the money I made from previous encounters down in the subway I paid Daisy back and set off to be with my LOVER, DucksFLyMoon. I booked a flight to London and before I knew I was there.

Before leaving for London I didn't have an apt and managed to sleep wherever I could. There was even a point by which a friend of mine gave me keys to her buddies condo right off of Bedford. It was as if the cosmos were helping me.

Subway Musician from Cyrus Dowlatshahi on Vimeo.