Ed Kliman is an Austin based writer, producer, publisher, and performer who has worked as a professional writer and director for Shakespeare companies across the US and Europe. He also produces loop and sample libraries, does voiceover work for broadcast media and audiobooks, and still manages to perform an average of 150 gigs a year. Ed has performed as a solo act and sideman for theatrical pit orchestras, Country bands, RnB acts, and Latin groups, and his original music blends disparate cultural influences and unique instrumentation.
Music for Japanese Noh theatre? A monologue from Hamlet translated into the Czech language and set to a Eurodisco rhythm track? Delta blues score for a Tennessee Williams play? Need music using such hard-to-find instruments as the Chinese bamboo flute or Indian gopachend? Ed Kliman is just the type of composer our clients love! A recent quote from Ed, "Welcome to the skills and working life of the most versatile musician on the planet!" Hyperbole? Awww, we think not...
Barrelhouse piano, a smooth and swinging shuffle rhythm from the drummer, an upright bass and strong male vocals singing about road work to do and nobody at home to come back to. Need a song to support a plot line involving heartache at the airport? Long distance love? Traveling blues? Get this. Male Vocals, Blues, Country Blues
"Back porch" acoustic instrumental blues with drive. Harmonica supported by acoustic guitar, Dobro and foot percussion. Instrumental, Blues, Harmonica Blues
