Reel 2012Here is a collection of footage featuring cinematography by Kate Kelley from some Devlo Media's most recent projects, playing out to Violin Monster's version of Irish Washerwoman/Black Nag. And, yes, there is a lot of soccer. Special thanks to Violin…

Violin Playing Werewolf Spotted Around Town: SFistPhoto credit: Ryan Cecile on Facebook Apparently, on the campus of the University of Michigan, there exists a person who dresses in a wolf mask and plays the violin. There's even a tumblr blog documenting the travels of said wolfman/violinist.

The Violin MonsterSeen in Old Town Pasadena today… This guy is traveling the country (his sign says he started out in Ann Arbor, MI) playing music and entertaining the masses. Oh, and he'll howl for you on request. If you want to know more about him, check him out on Facebook, or at www.violinmonster.com And no, I have not been paid for this endorsement.

Crumpled Sheets of Paper: Violin Monster. Someday, I will find you.Major orchestras provide a screen during auditions so that the panel of judges may not see the applicant. Within it’s first applications begininning in the early twentieth centrury, one trombonist earned first chair before the judges realized one trait differing from the other applicants. She had a second X chromosome.

(This lovely post came out in October, 2011. We missed it first time around.)

On the road: The Violin Monster of Ann Arbor is ‘monsterizing America’Zachary Storey, who achieved local fame this past year for playing his violin on the streets of Ann Arbor in a werewolf mask, has taken his show on the road. In these chilly winter months, Storey – better known as the Violin Monster of Ann Arbor – is fiddling his way across the country, seeking refuge in warmer locales.

Roar Like a Violin MonsterLegendary jazz drummer Billy Hart once told me, "You're more than good enough to be a star". Just before he said that I had asked him, "what should I be working on to improve?", thinking that if I could just become "good enough", somehow this would translate into success as a jazz violinist.