Welcome to the home page of Canadian musician Ted Strauss. Ted performs and produces music influenced by folk, blues, bluegrass, electronica, jazz, spoken word, soundtrack, rock, minimalism and some traditional musics. Ted can be contacted by email - ted_strauss@hotmail.com.

The mp3s on this page may be shared freely, but may not be used for any commercial purpose without express written permission. That means the permission has to be written, and it has to be mailed to you express. Enjoy.

** most people like these ones.

sounds like ... singer/songwriter music
many thanks to Jeremy Penner, Adam Blinick, Mike Nathanson,
Charles Gagnon & Kirk Wight for their contributions to these tracks.

1. Freedom Come** (acoustic version)
2. Soft Blues**
3. I am a man of frequent sorrow**
4. No Never
5. Oh Winnipeg (Jeremy Penner, violin)
6. Bail Maker
7. On the bank of the river

sounds like ... electronic/trip hop/warp/dj shadow
the first four are from the EP 'born in Ottawa raised in Winnipeg living in Montreal' (2001).

8. Born to
9. Go what how many**
10. Speak Lavinia
11. Berry's thorn's ice
12. Freedom come (electronic-ee version)

sounds like ... a soundtrack

13. Roy St. Grass (Jeremy Penner, violin)
14. Collage with voices** (from the Montage project, see below; Jason Selman, trumpet)
15. My lover loves me better than your lover loves you**
16. Famous blue (Kaie Kellough, words spoken)
17. The City (from The Immortal, TNC Theatre, Montreal, 2002.)
18. Mary's Theme #1 (from Hideous Ontology)

sounds like ... spoken word
in Spring 2003, Ted was asked to produce a CD in collaboration with Montreal literary journal Montage. This was to be a look at the relationships between spoken word, music and sound. The journal/CD was be released in Fall 2003. The following tracks are from this project; the poems are from the journal, and are read by Anna Levinthal, Andrew Courtnage & Rasa. with Jason Selman, Trumpet; Adam Blinick, Bass.

19. Process (electroacoustic)
20. Retired, but far from sleepy
21. Weather
22. My wicked trick

All music copyright Ted Strauss, 2000-2003.

from august '03 until march '04, ted lived in Bremen, Germany.
This was his bike route from home to work.
Ted worked at the university as a programmer for a linguistics professor.