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About Me


After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music. -Aldous Huxley
I shall give you what no eye has seen and what no ear has heard and what no hand has touched and what has never occurred to the human mind -The Ghospel of Thomas
I play guitar, compose music, and think. These are my hobbies and passions in life. I love all music and all things musical. I am particularly fond of Jazz, Classical, Romantic, Baroque and Post Romantic, modern art music. I am involved in various musical projects which are often very nebulous, changing and developing over time. I play with a blues band, a fusion project, a modern rock cover band and spend a lot of time studying musical concepts and history.
In addition to music, I am a constant stundent of life. I believe there are things to be learned every day. There have been so many great ideas throughout human history and noone will ever have the time to explore them all, but that does not stop me from trying. History, science, philosophy, politics, religion, art: These are the playgrounds of the mind.
I am always interested in meeting people with new and interesting ideas, or points of view on old ideas. I enjoy a good conversation and am always eager to learn. I am willing to share a good bottle of aged single malt Scotch or case of Guiness any time.
So if you want to play music together, debate about God or politics or whatever, just drop me an email.
Currently I am actively involved in a few projects, including The Rock Show, a rock cover band. I am also available for substitution gigs, recording and private lessons.
www.soundclick.com/spaivxx

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/08/2006
Band Website: www.soundclick.com/spaivxx
Band Members: Just me
Influences: A myriad of influences from nearly every musical style.
Sounds Like: Sounds like me.
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

The Death of Spock

Today marks an anniversary. A truely sad one. Dealing with the death of a beloved pet can sometimes be painful, as you will see.....       In 2002 I was living in a condo in Atlantic Beach, Florida (b...
Posted by on Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:39:00 GMT

About Reinventing The Wheel.....

      Ever been working on a problem, trying to come up with the right solution, because you either see inefficiency in the accepted approach or the limitations of conventional paradigms simply do not...
Posted by on Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:26:00 GMT

The Pointless Nature of Existence

Somewhere out in space, actually, at any of an infinite number of points in space, there exists a star. As we know, in just our local galaxy, there are some 100-200 billion of them. Each of these bega...
Posted by on Sun, 20 Sep 2009 22:17:00 GMT

Meteor Shower and Random Thoughts

Had a great day today hanging out with Sarah, my 18 year old daughter. She rode down to Debary with me to pick up some gear for my guitar rig, and then later on we went out and scoped out the meteor s...
Posted by on Wed, 12 Aug 2009 02:08:00 GMT

She Walks With Ghosts

She says that death surrounds herEchoes of what might have beenHaunt her memory.With somber resonanceWords once spokenStill speak of promisesthat never will be kept. She says"I have been close to Deat...
Posted by on Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:06:00 GMT

Black Priestess in the Urban night

The beat fills the nightRhythms pulsating in the dark.Her ebony skin reflects nothingand her eyes stare distantly towards some imaginary place.Her poetry, is her movement,and as the music moves throug...
Posted by on Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:04:00 GMT

Creative Auralization

When I was young, I was very into the martial arts. Not just the physical training, but the mental and spiritual awakening that can come with a serious meditative lifestyle. One thing we were taught ...
Posted by on Fri, 16 May 2008 15:56:00 GMT

Flat V Substitution (more about Tritones)

You can substitute any V7 chord with a diminished chord built on it's 3rd. Actually, this works so well that nobody will realize you did it, because the diminished 5th in the diminished chord is preci...
Posted by on Fri, 16 May 2008 15:48:00 GMT

The Devils Interval (Introducing the Tritone)

This is a brief article I wrote for a guitar site a couple of years ago, found it today on my hard drive and figured I would post it here, there is a much more extensive article on the subject bu...
Posted by on Fri, 16 May 2008 07:58:00 GMT

The Euthyphro Dilemma As It Relates To Art

Plato has Socrates talking to Euthyphro.Euthyphro was a young man who was wise beyind his years in this particular story. It seems Plato was to be indicted in court for corrupting the Athenian youth w...
Posted by on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 02:07:00 GMT