Tim Byrnes

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Tim Byrnes is a New York City trumpeter and composer. More recently, he has added synthesizer to his repertoire. He recently started a music project called Hazel-Rah (a reference to Richard Adams's Watership Down). Byrnes is also a graduate of New York University.

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[edit] Hazel-Rah

More or less a solo act, Hazel-Rah is Byrnes's compositions for guitar, percussion, and synthesizer (specifically his CZ-101). So far, there are only three compositions to speak of: "Good-bye", "Kaleidoscope", and "Ty."

[edit] Recordings

Currently, there is only one Hazel-Rah recording, which contains both Hazel-Rah pieces and is for sale on CD-R only. It was recorded and edited by Colin Marston at the famous Queens, New York recording space Menegroth, The Thousand Caves. The guitar and percussion parts are played by Ben Greenberg and Andrew Greenwald respectively.

[edit] Performers

Tim Byrnes has performed his Hazel-Rah compositions with a number of notable musicians.

  • Toby Driver
  • Forbes Graham
  • Andrew Greenwald
  • Jesse Krakow

[edit] Other work

Byrnes has written for and performed with several other projects. These include Candiria, Tartar Lamb and Friendly Bears[1].

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