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Vienna Teng is a Bay Area singer/songwriter who works in a style she likes to call chamber-folk. A classically trained pianist, she left a job at Cisco Systems to write and record music full-time. She has taken to touring in the past few years, often accompanied by professional percussionist Alex Wong, who co-produced ''Inland Territory'' with her. |
[[Vienna Teng]] is a Bay Area singer/songwriter who works in a style she likes to call chamber-folk. A classically trained pianist, she left a job at Cisco Systems to write and record music full-time. She has taken to touring in the past few years, often accompanied by professional percussionist Alex Wong, who co-produced ''Inland Territory'' with her. |
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* 2002 - ''Waking Hour'' |
* 2002 - ''Waking Hour'' |
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* 2004 - ''Warm Strangers'' |
* 2004 - ''Warm Strangers'' |
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* 2009 - ''Inland Territory'' |
* 2009 - ''Inland Territory'' |
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* 2010 - ''The Moment Always Vanishing'' (live album) |
* 2010 - ''The Moment Always Vanishing'' (live album) |
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She provides examples of: |
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* [[After the End]]: ''Enough to Go By'', through [[Word of God]]. |
* [[After the End]]: ''Enough to Go By'', through [[Word of God]]. |
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* [[Alternate Universe]]: ''No Gringo'', {{spoiler|where-in [[Persecution Flip|Americans are trying to get across the border into Mexico]] because America's economy collapsed.}} [[Harsher in Hindsight|Oh, wait]]. |
* [[Alternate Universe]]: ''No Gringo'', {{spoiler|where-in [[Persecution Flip|Americans are trying to get across the border into Mexico]] because America's economy collapsed.}} [[Harsher in Hindsight|Oh, wait]]. |
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** The live album ''The Moment Always Vanishing'' gets its title from ''Antebellum'', which originally appeared in ''Inland Territory'': |
** The live album ''The Moment Always Vanishing'' gets its title from ''Antebellum'', which originally appeared in ''Inland Territory'': |
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{{quote|''In the fall we circle through the leaves |
{{quote|''In the fall we circle through the leaves |
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And talk about the little ones |
''And talk about the little ones |
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And we smile, but never say too much |
''And we smile, but never say too much |
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The moment always vanishing'' }} |
''The moment always vanishing'' }} |
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* [[Amazing Freaking Grace]]: The penultimate line of "Recessional" is "oh words like rain, how sweet the sound," sung almost exactly to the familiar tune. |
* [[Amazing Freaking Grace]]: The penultimate line of "Recessional" is "oh words like rain, how sweet the sound," sung almost exactly to the familiar tune. |
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* [[Anachronic Order]]: ''Recessional'' is backwards. |
* [[Anachronic Order]]: ''Recessional'' is backwards. |