Andrew Bird Chicago-based multi-instrumentalist and lyricist Andrew Bird picked up his first violin at the age of 4. Actually, it was a Cracker Jack box with a ruler taped to it, and the first of his many Suzuki music lessons involved simply bowing to the teacher and going home. He spent his formative years soaking up classical repertoire completely by ear so when it came time for a restless teen-ager to make the jump to Hungarian Gypsy music, early jazz, country blues, south Indian etc., it wasn't such a giant leap. It's fitting that now, though classically trained, he has instead opted to play his violin in a most unconventional manner, accompanying himself on glockenspiel and guitar, adding singing and whistling to the equation, and becoming a pop songwriter in the process. http://www.imeem.com/andrewbird Delta 0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Updates to playlist: Promo <tr><td><td><a href="http://www.imeem.com/andrewbird/photo/o5ho15dqpt/"><img src="http://srv0110-06.oak1.imeem.com/g/p/03d82fb996f801639e03d6b7ab3299c0_thumb.jpg" /></a></td><td><a href="http://www.imeem.com/andrewbird/photo/eIr6iIKJC4/"><img src="http://srv0204-07.sjc3.imeem.com/g/p/8c516e765e1f3e39e1618791f202c62f_thumb.jpg" /></a></td><td><a href="http://www.imeem.com/andrewbird/photo/7-Uj5Mfti5/"><img src="http://srv0204-06.sjc3.imeem.com/g/p/9a9cff5a554feb9c2f1230128844b714_thumb.jpg" /></a></td><td><a href="http://www.imeem.com/andrewbird/photo/lyN7OlBPX0/"><img src="http://srv0204-01.sjc3.imeem.com/g/p/683cca027136916edebeffd1917552b5_thumb.jpg" /></a></td></td></tr> Andrew Bird Promo http://www.imeem.com/andrewbird/playlist/Qw623hmA/promo_photo_playlist/ Thu, 23 Aug 2007 04:37:50 -0000 RupOIOJV0k Updates to playlist: Bird Tunes Andrew Bird Bird Tunes http://www.imeem.com/andrewbird/playlist/1N0bEg2D/bird_tunes_music_playlist/ Thu, 23 Aug 2007 04:12:08 -0000 SxNZywNOw6 Andrew Bird http://www.imeem.com/andrewbird/music/4aH6cTdU/andrew_bird_scythian_empires/ Thu, 23 Aug 2007 04:07:24 -0000 Scythian Empires by Andrew Bird <div><a href="http://www.imeem.com/andrewbird/music/4aH6cTdU/andrew_bird_scythian_empires/"><img border="0" src="http://icons-p2.imeem.com/4aH6cTdU.jpg" title="Click to play this song"/></a></div> zLn2jZa-en Andrew Bird http://www.imeem.com/andrewbird/music/JP-1sQgL/andrew_bird_imitosis/ Thu, 23 Aug 2007 04:07:23 -0000 Imitosis by Andrew Bird <div><a href="http://www.imeem.com/andrewbird/music/JP-1sQgL/andrew_bird_imitosis/"><img border="0" src="http://icons-p2.imeem.com/JP-1sQgL.jpg" title="Click to play this song"/></a></div> XxO_ClGqpj Andrew Bird http://www.imeem.com/andrewbird/music/Qzi6hMjR/andrew_bird_fiery_crash/ Thu, 23 Aug 2007 04:07:22 -0000 Fiery Crash by Andrew Bird <div><a href="http://www.imeem.com/andrewbird/music/Qzi6hMjR/andrew_bird_fiery_crash/"><img border="0" src="http://icons-p1.imeem.com/Qzi6hMjR.jpg" title="Click to play this song"/></a></div> hwZEcIk6lh no caption <a href="http://www.imeem.com/andrewbird/photo/lyN7OlBPX0/"><img src="http://srv0110-08.oak1.imeem.com/g/p/683cca027136916edebeffd1917552b5_thumb.jpg" /></a><br /><p></p> http://www.imeem.com/andrewbird/photo/lyN7OlBPX0/ Thu, 23 Aug 2007 03:42:25 -0000 lyN7OlBPX0 no caption <a href="http://www.imeem.com/andrewbird/photo/O87b1yON1K/"><img src="http://srv0204-06.sjc3.imeem.com/g/p/0b648e540615b86706b6a9534d15aa50_thumb.jpg" /></a><br /><p></p> http://www.imeem.com/andrewbird/photo/O87b1yON1K/ Thu, 23 Aug 2007 03:42:25 -0000 O87b1yON1K no caption <a href="http://www.imeem.com/andrewbird/photo/eIr6iIKJC4/"><img src="http://srv0110-04.oak1.imeem.com/g/p/8c516e765e1f3e39e1618791f202c62f_thumb.jpg" /></a><br /><p></p> http://www.imeem.com/andrewbird/photo/eIr6iIKJC4/ Thu, 23 Aug 2007 03:42:25 -0000 eIr6iIKJC4 no caption <a href="http://www.imeem.com/andrewbird/photo/7-Uj5Mfti5/"><img src="http://srv0204-09.sjc3.imeem.com/g/p/9a9cff5a554feb9c2f1230128844b714_thumb.jpg" /></a><br /><p></p> http://www.imeem.com/andrewbird/photo/7-Uj5Mfti5/ Thu, 23 Aug 2007 03:42:25 -0000 7-Uj5Mfti5 Updates to playlist: Promo <tr><td><td><a href="http://www.imeem.com/andrewbird/photo/o5ho15dqpt/"><img src="http://srv0110-08.oak1.imeem.com/g/p/03d82fb996f801639e03d6b7ab3299c0_thumb.jpg" /></a></td><td><a href="http://www.imeem.com/andrewbird/photo/eIr6iIKJC4/"><img src="http://srv0110-05.oak1.imeem.com/g/p/8c516e765e1f3e39e1618791f202c62f_thumb.jpg" /></a></td><td><a href="http://www.imeem.com/andrewbird/photo/7-Uj5Mfti5/"><img src="http://srv0110-05.oak1.imeem.com/g/p/9a9cff5a554feb9c2f1230128844b714_thumb.jpg" /></a></td><td><a href="http://www.imeem.com/andrewbird/photo/lyN7OlBPX0/"><img src="http://srv0110-08.oak1.imeem.com/g/p/683cca027136916edebeffd1917552b5_thumb.jpg" /></a></td></td></tr> Andrew Bird Promo http://www.imeem.com/andrewbird/playlist/1fWNejXy/promo_photo_playlist/ Thu, 23 Aug 2007 03:42:25 -0000 N176mAuos2