Vanessa Vivante

It was the beginning of the nineties. I had just graduated college where I had majored in trumpet performance with my minor instrument being bass. That morning I was at Stapleton Airport on my way to Boston to visit relatives…

Here's a video for You're In A Hell Of A Lot More Trouble Than You Think from my album Du Bist Kein Toy. Enjoy!

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Recently I noticed someone online issued one of those dumb little social media surveys people do to generate clicks, likes, and shares. It asked you to post the cover image of the first album you bought with your own money…

Mongomaniacs (named after we did an all Mongo Santamaria show last year) is a jam / cover band I play with in San Francisco. Here's more about this upcoming show. -V

Do you love music? Freedom? Democracy? Then join us…

Here's a head's up about the first gig I will play since heart surgery. It's this Sunday!

Just a little over a week after I left the hospital our lead guitar and genius singer/songwriter Mike Woodard was in the emergency…

Like many classic cars and other hobby projects, I’ve been taken apart and put back together several times in order to give me more years of life. I remember a comic strip of a Sergeant who was always taking his…

Pink Pony World

The thing I love most about Chappell Roan’s sudden rise in popularity is watching the effect she seems to have on people. Look at any video of her concerts online and check out the audience. Doesn't it…

Living in a postcard…

While trying to assemble photos of myself for an editor once, he complained that a lot of them looked like I was on vacation. He was clearly being acidic, trying to say the photos I gave…

After revisiting a song I wrote ages ago I decided to make a video love letter for San Francisco out of it. Crisis Management explores the city through video I captured in December 2007 as well as December 2023. If…

Here's a new video from Split Window's show at FIBARK - Salida, CO June 17, 2023. (link: https://youtu.be/rzNQnNOywec)

Video for Split Window - Gypsy Dance - Live at Elevation Festival - Alma, Colorado - June 30, 2023.

Looks like it's a bright sunny day behind us but from the stage we were watching a dark storm creep over…

Listen to Split Window perform Stray Valet from the AvonLive concert September 15, 2022.

I suppose it's worth mentioning that this was the first time we performed this song and Lucas and I were making it up as we went…

The Split Window summer calendar is beginning to come together. (Actually, I've been sneaking in here every few weeks and updating our calendar as things get added. -ed)

Hope to see you at our shows.

• June 17, 2023 -…

The donkey scored front row seats for Split Window's show! (July 29, 2023, Burro Days, Fairplay)

Yesterday as I was driving home my phone played the song “bloodseconds” by 40th Day in my car. I don't expect you to know who 40th Day is. This is the year 2023 and that band hasn't been around in…

Tune in to YouTube December 25 for my new video! -V

Here are a few more upcoming Split Window shows:

• September 24, 2022 - 6:30pm: Free concert at Buena Vista's 14er Fest
• October 8, 2022 - 6:00pm: Frisco Coroner's Ball - Ghouls & Goblins Night Out!

And here's a Split Window…

Question: What do you do when Matt Berninger comes up to you and sings a song?
Answer: I'm not really sure. Take his picture, I guess?

Tonight I will perform with Split Window as part of the Town of Frisco's…

It may seem pretty quiet around my website these days but it's because when it's summer here in the mountains I tend to spend a lot of my time playing shows with Split Window. We're a ten person band…

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Buy my CD! The CD is absolutely the best way to experience Du Bist Kein Toy. If you listened and liked it in your tiny…

Check out Tom Murphy's review of Du Bist Kein Toy in this month's Birdy Magazine!

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Ron Miles was a great friend and mentor to me. Recently I had gotten in touch with him to share some of my new music, but it was immediately apparent that something far more urgent was going on when he…

Danielle de Picciotto created this video for There Is Beauty In Waiting starring Alexander Hacke. It's a neo noir stroll through the landscape of northern Berlin. Enjoy viewing!

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There Is Beauty In Waiting with the additional performances of Danielle de Picciotto (voice, violin, autoharp) and Alexander Hacke (voice, guitar, mixing) is released in single form now. It would have been nearly impossible for me to have travelled to…