James Sudakow
Named on Music Connection Magazine's "HOT 100 TOP UNSIGNED ARTISTS" in the Country (December, 2008), James Sudakow is a musician with a creative and innovative approach to the electric violin. As a third generation violinist, James was classically trained since the age of 4. Despite this classical upbringing, James’s inherent attraction was to Alternative Rock, Progressive Rock, Fusion, and Electronica – influenced by bands ranging from Nine Inch Nails, Jane’s Addiction, Chemical Brothers, and System of a Down to Mahavishnu Orchestra, Pink Floyd, and Led Zeppelin.
James has adapted his classical training to significantly change the violin’s sound, capabilities, and applications and has been influenced specifically by a innovative rock guitarists, including Jimi Hendrix, Vernon Reid, John McGlaughlin, and Dave Navarro. Playing through a Marshall half-stack amplifier, James uses a combination of sounds ranging from clean melody lines to heavy rhythm sections to completely altered and distorted feedback and sound effects.
In January 2007, James completed his first solo all instrumental CD – GREEN - in which he created a unique sound – heavy and ambient – combining post progressive melodies, modern alternative rock, electronica, and the uniqueness of the electric violin. Music from GREEN received critical acclaim from numerous progressive rock and mainstream music magazines, websites, and e-zines Nationally and globally, including Music Connection, Progression Magazine, Relix Magazine, Jazz Magazine, and Strings Magazine, was featured in two MTV programs, and received radio play on a significant number of CMJ, progressive rock, and electronica radio programs Nationally and globally.
Named on Music Connection Magazine's "HOT 100 TOP UNSIGNED ARTISTS" in the Country (December, 2008), James Sudakow is a musician with a creative and innovative approach to the electric violin. As a third generation violinist, James was classically trained since the age of 4. Despite this classical upbringing, James’s inherent attraction was to Alternative Rock, Progressive Rock, Fusion, and Electronica – influenced by bands ranging from Nine Inch Nails, Jane’s Addiction, Chemical Brothers, and System of a Down to Mahavishnu Orchestra, Pink Floyd, and Led Zeppelin.
In January 2007, James completed his first solo all instrumental CD – GREEN - in which he created a unique sound – heavy and ambient – combining post progressive melodies, modern alternative rock, electronica, and the uniqueness of the electric violin. Music from GREEN received critical acclaim from numerous progressive rock and mainstream music magazines, websites, and e-zines Nationally and globally, including Music Connection, Progression Magazine, Relix Magazine, Jazz Magazine, and Strings Magazine, was featured in two MTV programs, and received radio play on a significant number of CMJ, progressive rock, and electronica radio programs Nationally and globally.
