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In San Francisco I have played with... Tom Heyman, a new project with M.C. Taylor called Hiss Golden Messenger; and looking for a new gig...currently. With Joe Buck we released one CD, opened for a lot of cool people including The Gourds, the Old 97's, Junior Brown, and had two songs in the 2002 award winning indie film "Tully." We premiered a live film score for Smokey and the Bandit in 2001, arranged and conducted by me. Many years ago in Texas, I played with... Little Jack Melody and His Young Turks, toured the West Coast, premiering two theater pieces, one of which was a collaboration with Firesign Theatre member David Ossman in Seattle. Darrell Nulisch and Texas Heat (toured the U.S. and Canada), and multi-instrumentalist phenom Milo Deering. |
discography (what little there is...)
My All Music Guide entry is here.
2000 Live Start Lifting, Chris Von Sneidern Drums, Musician
2000 Remember the Alimony, Joe Buck, Drums,Vocals
2002 Demons Dance Alone, The Residents, tech support (hehe)
2003 Two Foot Yard, Carla Kihlstedt, Arranger
2003 Two Forms of Multitudes: Conducted Improvisations Moe! Staiano's Moe!kestra!, Drums
2004 Miserycord, Knife and Fork, Trap Kit
2005 Deliver Me, Tom Heyman, Congas
2006 Our Hearts First Meet, Rykarda Parasol, Drums
2006 Soul Parade, Jesse Denatale, Drums
2006
An Inescapable Siren..., Moe! Staiano's Moe!kestra!, Percussion
in addition to those, there were some others previously. The only one I can remember right now that got any publicity at all, was when Robert Wilonsky uncovered "M.C. Duncan's Dog and Pony Show" out of a dusty pile on his desk. Read that story here. (I'm referred to as one of "other prominent and lesser-known members of the Denton-Dallas-Farmers Branch rock-and-roll trifecta.")
the long formal version
Chris Sipe grew up in a musical family with his mother a piano teacher and organist, and his father renowned pipe organ builder Robert Sipe. The family traveled a lot for organ installations, which later on had an influence over Chris' love for the road. A Dallas native, Chris studied music performance at the University of North Texas with Dr. Robert Schietroma, Ed Soph, Henry Okstel, Renato Pereira (Brazilian), Poovalur Srinivasan (South Indian) and Leigh Howard Stevens (Marimba) among others. Chris also mentored for many years under Dallas session drummer Gene Glover, who assisted him in getting into many professional gigs.
Professional drumming began at age 19 when Chris toured the U.S. and Canada with Black Top Recording Artist, Darrell Nulisch and Texas Heat. He spent several years with multi-instrumentalist Milo Deering and his wife Rachel Goetz in their band Ghostown. Chris also played briefly and toured with critically acclaimed Texas band Little Jack Melody and His Young Turks, premiering two theater pieces, one of which was a collaboration with Firesign Theatre member David Ossman in Seattle.
In 1997 Chris relocated to San Francisco, and has played with Sprocket Ensemble, Carla Kihlstedt’s Two Foot Yard, guitarist Jim Campilongo, Moekestra!, Herb (Herb Alpert tribute), Bitches Brew, Joe Buck, and singer/songwriters Chris Von Snidern, Tom Heyman, and Jesse DeNatale. In 2003 he joined Rykarda Parasol's band, which led to meeting Eric Drew Feldman who asked him to play drums for his project kNIFE & fORK. In fall 2004 that band supported P.J. Harvey on half of her U.K. and U.S. tours. 2006 found Chris joining one of the Bay Area's buzziest indie bands, The Herms.