Name: Alison Balano
Nicknames: Al, Ali
Height: 5'6"
Does: Music, teaching, gardening,
Grew Up: Oakland, CA (& I still live here)
Musical Training: Suzuki kid, BA in Music, and tons and tons of playing with people and learning to listen
Ambitions: love, happiness, travel
Turn-Ons: kindness, intelligence, thoughtfulness
Turnoffs: meanness, pretending, selfishness
When I get stressed out I: retreat to my hermitage
My best feature is my: ability to love people and be in the moment
How to get my attention: have a creative project for me to sink my teeth into
Musical influences: The Shaolin Afronauts, The Budos Band, Soul Coughing, Sun Hop Fat, Noura Mint Semali, Geoffrey Oreyma
Life Influences: GI Gurdjieff, Caroline Myss
My motto: Remember yourself always and everywhere