ThaMuseMeant

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Img_capt = Album cover for "Never Settle for Less"
Left to right: Enion Pelta-Tiller, David Tiller, Aimee Curl, Nathan Moore
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Origin = Austin, Texas, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Portland, Oregon
Genre = Folk rock
Years_active = 1993–2001
2003–present
Label = Frogville Records High Sierra Records
Associated_acts = Taarka, Surprise Me Mr. Davis, Furnace Mountain
URL = [http://www.myspace.com/thamusemeant] [http://frogvilleplanet.com/artist_detail.php?artistID=5]
Current_members = Nathan Moore
Aimee Curl
Enion Pelta–Tiller
David Tiller
Past_members = Jeff Sussman

"ThaMuseMeant" is an American folk-rock quartet. The band has had three permanent members since the beginning: Aimee Curl (acoustic bass and vocals), Nathan Moore (guitar and vocals), and David Tiller (mandolin). Prior to 2001 the band contained Jeff Sussman on percussion instead of Enion Pelta-Tiller on violin, who joined in 2003. Originally from Virginia, the bandmembers met in Austin, Texas. They spent some time in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Portland, Oregon, oscillating between these two Western cities. Nathan Moore's poetic lyrics, Aimee Curl's singing style combines with David Tiller and Enion Pelta-Tiller's technique in their respective instruments to create a unique sound. "Movin By Lovin" is the title of one of their songs, which is also the title for a documentary about ThaMuseMeant. ThaMuseMeant toured in the Summer of 2007 for the first time in two years and played at the High Sierra Music Festival in July 2007.

History

Etymology

The name "ThaMuseMeant" is a pun on the word "amusement", an English word for excitement or glee. The name came to the band back in the early 90's when the band was just a trio comprised of Aimee Curl, Nathan Moore, and David Tiller. The group was looking for a band name in the dictionary when they saw the word amusement, a fun question they felt their music might answer. [ [http://home.earthlink.net/~nathansland/biography.html biography ] ]

In search of the Goddess of Music, the Muse, the band's entire quest was to find out "what the Muse meant?" in a wholly artistic philosophers quest tounravel the cryptic messages that live in-between the spaces, music by nature disappears as soon as you create it and sometimes the words just cometo you on the wind as if the Muse herself was whispering in your ear.... what was it Tha Muse Meant? [ [http://frogvilleplanet.com/FrogvilleStory Frogville Story * Frogville Records Indie Folk, Rock & Alternative Country Music for people who love, think & do ] ]

Band members

Line-up (2003-present)

*Nathan Moore - Guitar, lead vocals (1993 - present)
*Aimee Curl - Bass, lead vocals (1993 - present)
*Enion Pelta-Tiller - Violin, background vocals (2003 - present)
*David Tiller - Mandolin, background vocals, various (1993 - present)

Timeline

Discography

References

External links

* [http://frogvilleplanet.com/artist_detail.php?artistID=5 Thamusemeant on Frogville Records] (their record company) from which their studio-recorded CDs can be bought (see Discography)
* [http://www.archive.org/details/ThaMuseMeant ThaMuseMeant collection] at the Internet Archive's live music archive
* [http://www.accordioncrimes.com/ Nathan Moore interviewed]
* [http://positiveproductions.net/thamusemeant.htm ThaMuseMeant described on positiveproductions.net]
* [http://www.thamusemeant.net www.thamusemeant.net]
* [http://www.myspace.com/thamusemeant Thamusemeant on MySpace]