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Evan Winiker is an American music manager and former musician . He has played in the bands Steel Train from 2002 - 2012 and Fun in 2012 . With Steel Train he has appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman , Late Night with Conan O ' Brien , Lopez Tonight , and Conan as well as making festival stops at Coachella ( 2010 ) Bonnaroo ( 2005 , 2006 , 2008 ) , Lollapalooza ( 2008 ) and many others . The band has also toured with Tegan and Sara , Ben Folds , The Fray , Silversun Pickups , O . A . R . and many others . With Fun he has played Coachella ( 2011 ) as well as a tour with Panic ! at the Disco and Foxy Shazam . In 2015 he was named as one of the Billboards executives who golf . A musician ( or instrumentalist ) is a person who plays a musical instrument or is musically talented . Anyone who composes , conducts , or performs music may also be referred to as a musician . Girl In a Coma is an indie rock band from San Antonio , Texas formerly on Joan Jett ' s Blackheart Records ' label . The band is made up of sisters Nina ( vocals / ___MASK95___ ) and Phanie Diaz ( drums ) and long - time friend , Jenn Alva ( bass ). The name is a reference to The Smiths ' song " Girlfriend in a Coma ". Before they were called Girl in a Coma , they were Sylvia ' s Radio and Girls in a Coma . Tegan and Sara are a Canadian indie pop ___MASK93___ duo formed in 1995 in Calgary , Alberta , composed of identical twin sisters Tegan Rain Quin and Sara Keirsten Quin ( born September 19 , 1980 ). Both musicians are songwriters and multi - instrumentalists . Steel Train was an indie rock band from New Jersey . They have toured with The Juliana Theory , Tegan and Sara , Girl in a Coma , Ben Folds , The Fray , Silversun Pickups , Hanson , The Format , Gomez , O . A . R ., Something Corporate , Jack ' s Mannequin , Barenaked Ladies , fun . and others . Other highlights include performances at Bonnaroo , Lollapalooza , Coachella , " Late Night with Conan O ' Brien ", and " Late Show with David Letterman ". On November 13 , 2012 , Jack Antonoff announced on his tumblr that " there are no immediate plans to get things up and running again ," and that the band would have a final show at the Bowery Ballroom on January 5 , 2013 . They returned for the Shadow of the City festival in 2016 . Music is an art form and cultural activity whose medium is sound and silence , which exist in time . The common elements of music are pitch ( which governs melody and harmony ), rhythm ( and its associated concepts tempo , meter , and articulation ), dynamics ( loudness and softness ), and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture ( which are sometimes termed the " color " of a musical sound ). Different styles or types of music may emphasize , de - emphasize or omit some of these elements . Music is performed with a vast range of instruments and vocal techniques ranging from ___MASK93___ to rapping ; there are solely instrumental pieces , solely vocal pieces ( such as songs without instrumental accompaniment ) and pieces that combine ___MASK93___ and instruments . The word derives from Greek  (" mousike "; " art of the Muses "). In its most general form , the activities describing music as an art form include the production of works of music ( songs , tunes , symphonies , and so on ), the criticism of music , the study of the history of music , and the aesthetic examination of music . Ancient Greek and Indian philosophers defined music as tones ordered horizontally as melodies and vertically as harmonies . Common sayings such as " the harmony of the spheres " and " it is music to my ears " point to the notion that music is often ordered and pleasant to listen to . However , 20th - century composer John Cage thought that any sound can be music , saying , for example , " There is no noise , only sound ." Benjamin Scott " Ben " Folds ( born September 12 , 1966 ) is an American singer - songwriter and record producer . From 1995 to 2000 , Folds was the frontman and pianist of the alternative rock band Ben Folds Five . After the group temporarily disbanded , Folds performed as a solo artist and has toured all over the world . The group reunited in 2011 . He has also collaborated with musicians such as William Shatner , Regina Spektor and " Weird Al " Yankovic and undertaken experimental songwriting projects with authors such as Nick Hornby and Neil Gaiman . In addition to contributing music to the soundtracks of the animated films " Over the Hedge ," and " Hoodwinked !", Folds produced Amanda Palmer ' s first solo album and was a judge on the NBC a cappella ___MASK93___ contest " The Sing - Off " from 2009 to 2013 .