Editing LOUD (section)

==Bios==

<b>Eileen Kage</b>'s musical and movement chronology:

* Born in Japan '65, persuaded by mother to study Aikido at age 9
* moved to Vancouver B.C. in 1975
* Studied Judo and learned to fall with the Sunset Judo Club 1975-1980
* Trombonist for the Winston Churchill high school band 1978-1980 (met Leslie)
* Started learning Taiko with Katari Taiko 1982-1992 and was introduced to Asian Canadians who were interested in breaking stereotypes of us as demure, passive etc., learned to work in a collective, met Leslie again
* One time guest taiko player with bands Roots Round-up and Animal Slaves 1987
* Studied Tai Chi 1987-1989
* Taiko and butoh with Kokoro Dance 1987-1993 (shaved head 1992-1993)
* Taiko with Uzume Taiko 1988-1991
* Taiko with [http://www.sawagitaiko.com/files/about_us.htm Sawagi Taiko] 1990-1999 (met Elaine at Michigan Womyn's Music Festival 1990)
* Taiko with Reijingu Horumonzu 1991-1992
* Began building taiko drums currently used by LOUD, N&K Duo and Sawagi Taiko 1992
* Worked with Shinobu Homma on piece utilizing Taiko making tools 1994-1995 & 2003
* LOUD happened 1996-present
* Began work on taiko building audio music project 2000
* Practiced femme drag with the Draggin' Angels, 2000-2003
* Formed the Nishihara & Kage Duo with pianist Alison Nishihara 2001-present
* Knee reconstruction surgery 2002
* Continuing with tai chi, yoga, taiko and preparing to enter my 40's 2004
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<b>Elaine Stef</b>'s musical and performance chronology:

* Studied classical piano and music theory for ten years..really enjoyed it for the first five
* Started teaching herself guitar at age 16, began writing music
* Played some flute, played some mandolin, stopped playing flute, smoked too much
* Left Calgary, moved to Vancouver, got an electric guitar, joined a really terrible band for a few months
* Studied aikido, kung-fu, tai-chi, and karate-do
* Joined a really good all womens band, Moral Lepers
* Played guitar with Junco Run
* Played guitar and recorded with Animal Slaves
* Heard Eileen and Leslie play with Katari Taiko a few times (didn't meet them yet)
* Moved to Toronto - Played guitar and bass, recorded with Warfare vs. Welfare
* Performed and recorded with all womens band Demi/Monde
* Played guitar and recorded with Lillian Allen Band (shaved part of head)
* Started composing music for video and film
* Worked with artist Rita McKeough on music for "In Bocca Al Lupo", a performance/installation in Halifax, Toronto, and Vancouver
* Played lap steel guitar, played some percussion
* Moved to Montreal, kept doing music for multimedia, film and video
* Worked again with Rita McKeough on music for performance/installation "Take it to the Teeth", at the Glenbow Museum in Calgary
* Played drums, accordion, percussion, keyboard and xylophone with Rhythm Activism
* Heard Sawagi Taiko and met Eileen at Michigan Womyns Music Festival
* Moved back to Vancouver, kept doing music for multimedia, film and video
* Ran into Eileen on the street, started jamming and had a wonderful time
* Got some gigs, asked Leslie to play with us and had a wonderful time
* LOUD 1996 - until we run out of ideas (which doesn't seem likely)

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