Bryon Turcotte

Who is Bryon Turcotte?

Composer Bryon Turcotte has been making music with his heart, his mind and his hands since he was 13 years old. Experimenting with sound, multitrack recording, tape loops and early analog synthesizers, Turcotte began to build a well of knowledge, technical understanding of music and sound that he would tap into for the next 25 years of his life. He grew to appreciate the relationship between music, film and his love for all creativity as his life as a musician continued. Born in Massachusetts in1965, Turcotte set foot to become a student of human nature and of sonic chemistry. In addition to being a self taught musician from age 13 and avid music collector, he pursued an educational path in electrical and audio engineering building a long list of accomplishments as a technical professional during the beginnings of his adult life. These skills helped him to sharpen his passion for music and the love of technology that would increase his strength as a composer and multimedia designer in years to come. Continually experimenting, he perfected his own recording methods in his home studio and began to put them into practice in his life as a performer and producer as he worked with other musicians. Turcotte began his career in music as a keyboardist/bassist and played and toured professionally from 1984-1997. He also worked as a session and freelance musician between 1997 and 2002 performing with numerous bands in Boston and New York in studio sessions and live stage performances. He then collaborated and performed with artist and composer Micheal MacDonald and his bands Transom and Jupiter 88. Turcotte performed with both bands on bass until MacDonalds untimely death in 2000. His work as a film composer began in the independent short film "The River" by young Greek film maker Andrea Hadjcosti. Hadjcostis translation of the short story Zitite Elpis by Antonis Samarakis captured Turcottes attention and quickly began to influence his heart to begin his course in the direction of composing for film. Within a year he began working on other independent films leading him to a project for a cause with a very important purpose. Survivors Stories, a film used nation wide to alert educational institutions, parents, college age students, and law enforcement agencies to the rising issue of rape at the college and university level became the next pallette for Turcottes emotional support through his music. In the early part of 2003, he began working with independent filmmaker and director Kenneth Niblock to work on the score for the upcoming release of "Who Jacked Jimmy" which is due for release in the summer of 2005. Turcotte worked as Music Director, score composer and sound designer on the film and work closely with Niblock on the film in its finishing stages. Between 2000 and the present, Turcotte has been composing music under the name "The Bandless Hands" and released a full length album in late 2004. Currently three CDs from The Bandless Hands are available. Each covers a wide range of musical styles including Folk, Rock, Electronica, Jazz and Trance.

The Bandless Hands are currently working on new material and signed to RedCave Music. The next release should be expected late 2009.