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Cody

Get Busy Livin', Or Get Busy Dyin'

About Me

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I'm 26 years old & just graduated from UC Riverside with a bachelor's degree in Music. I'm a guitarist, but I also play bass, drums and piano a little bit. I play a variety of styles, from rock to blues to jazz. I'm currently teaching, as well as looking for music students (guitar) and recording opportunities (both performing and engineering). I'm also rehersing with Serpent Undergound. So I'll be giggin' soon! If you have questions, read the list then ask!
TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey

Name: Cody
Birthday: July 10th
Birthplace: Riverside Cali
Current Location: Riverside Cali
Eye Color: Hazel, but they change color
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 6'0
Right Handed or Left Handed: Both
Your Heritage: A lot to list
The Shoes You Wore Today: None...As Dane Cook says, FUCK SHOES
Your Weakness: Female Musicians
Your Fears: None
Your Perfect Pizza: Pepperoni & Cashews
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: Start teaching
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: "LOL"
Thoughts First Waking Up: Lyrics to some song
Your Best Physical Feature: Hmmm not sure
Your Bedtime: When my eyes close
Your Most Missed Memory: How do you miss a memory?
Pepsi or Coke: Pepsi
MacDonalds or Burger King: Neither
Single or Group Dates: Depends on the sitch
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Lipton
Chocolate or Vanilla: Chocolate
Cappuccino or Coffee: Neither
Do you Smoke: Nope
Do you Swear: Fuck yes
Do you Sing: Yeah
Do you Shower Daily: yep
Have you Been in Love: Yes
Do you want to go to College: Been there!
Do you want to get Married: sure
Do you belive in yourself: Absolutely
Do you get Motion Sickness: Yeah...it blows!
Do you think you are Attractive: In my own way
Are you a Health Freak: I'm healthy and a freak...does that count?
Do you get along with your Parents: Yes
Do you like Thunderstorms: Love'em
Do you play an Instrument: 4 actually
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: Couple sips
In the past month have you Smoked: No
In the past month have you been on Drugs: Nope
In the past month have you gone on a Date: Yeah
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: Sadly
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: Ewww no
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: Ummmm if california rolls count
In the past month have you been on Stage: No :(
In the past month have you been Dumped: Naw
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: Nope
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: Naw
Ever been Drunk: No
Ever been called a Tease: Yeah
Ever been Beaten up: HAHAHAHA No
Ever Shoplifted: Nope
How do you want to Die: After playing a gig
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: Ummmmm What I am
What country would you most like to Visit: Australia
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: Same as mine
Favourite Hair Color: same as mine
Short or Long Hair: long
Height: 5'3
Weight: Don't matter
Best Clothing Style: Whatever she wants to wear
Number of Drugs I have taken: None
Number of CDs I own: A ton
Number of Piercings: None
Number of Tattoos: None yet
Number of things in my Past I Regret: No regrets...life's too short
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Your Five Factor Personality Profile
Extroversion:
You have medium extroversion.
You're not the life of the party, but you do show up for the party.
Sometimes you are full of energy and open to new social experiences.
But you also need to hibernate and enjoy your "down time."
Conscientiousness:
You have medium conscientiousness.
You're generally good at balancing work and play.
When you need to buckle down, you can usually get tasks done.
But you've been known to goof off when you know you can get away with it.
Agreeableness:
You have medium agreeableness.
You're generally a friendly and trusting person.
But you also have a healthy dose of cynicism.
You get along well with others, as long as they play fair.
Neuroticism:
You have low neuroticism.
You are very emotionally stable and mentally together.
Only the greatest setbacks upset you, and you bounce back quickly.
Overall, you are typically calm and relaxed - making others feel secure.
Openness to experience:
Your openness to new experiences is high.
In life, you tend to be an early adopter of all new things and ideas.
You'll try almost anything interesting, and you're constantly pushing your own limits.
A great connoisseir of art and beauty, you can find the positive side of almost anything. The Five Factor Personality Test
Thanks to Mike we no longer have to be Self Proclaimed Genius'...Muahahhahahahahah!!!!
Here's Some Tasty Jams While You're Browsing My Page, Feel Free To Listen To Anything You Want!

My Interests

Writing, composing and listening to Music. Movies, Guitar, Drums, Bass, Going to Concerts, Performing, Going To The Beach, Playing Raquetball, And just having fun with life!

I'd like to meet:


Iron Maiden - Afraid To Shoot Strangers
Ozzy Osbourne - Mr Crowley

Dream Theater - Solitary Shell

The Amazing Victor Wooten!

Music:

There are far too many people to list here. But I'll give a small list of groups and people that come to my head:
The Beatles
Black Label Society
Iron Maiden
U2
Soul SirkUS
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Bela Fleck & The Flecktones
George Clinton & P-Funk
Led Zeppelin
Iced Earth
Pantera
Django
Dream Theater
Jeff Scott Soto
Fozzy
John Petrucci
Steve Morse
Ozzy
Bruce Dickinson
Aerosmith
Van Halen
Kiss
Bon Jovi
Audioslave
AC/DC
Guns n Roses
Zakk Wylde
Steve Vai
Joe Satriani
Jimi Hendrix
Mike Stern
Victor Wooten
I could go on, but you get the point. /center

Movies:

Again, A lot to list..so:
Tenacious D:
The Pick of Destiny
Tenacious D:

The Complete Master Works
Dream Theater: Score
Pirates of the Caribbean
I & II
Talladega Nights
Usual Suspects
Harry Potter series
Star Wars
Princess Bride
Black Label Society:

Boozed Bruised & Broken Boned
Black Label Society:

Doom Troopin
School of Rock
V for Vendetta
Ocean's 11 & 12
Corpse Bride
Get Shorty & Be Cool
Boondock Saints
Iron Maiden:
Death on the Road
Joe Dirt
Austin Powers Series
We were soldiers
Forrest Gump
The Family Guy Episodes!!!!

Television:

FAMILY GUY!

Books:

Da Vinci Code, Harry Potter, and some other stuff :P

Heroes:

My Family...Anyone else is a distant second....Influences of mine are: Zakk Wylde, Steve Morse, Randy Rhodes, Dime, John Petrucci, George Harrison, Jimi Hendrix, Adrian Smith, Eddie Van Halen, Mike Stern, and others.

My Blog

Serpent Underground Update!

Thanks to our fans Serpent Underground is officially #5 in our region on MTV2's "On The Rise". We now have over 59,000 votes and climbing. So I would like to personally thank all of you who have been ...
Posted by Cody on Fri, 18 May 2007 11:21:00 PST

Mike Stern Quartet Last Sunday Night

We went & saw the Mike Stern Quartet last sunday night. Once again, this year it featured Mike (guitar), Victor Wooten (Bass), Bob Fransischine (Sax), and Dennis Chambers (Drums). What an unbeli...
Posted by Cody on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 06:14:00 PST

Wow.

So this evening was a very sureal time for me. A few months ago my friend Mike came to me and said that his guitar ensemble was putting together a few songs for their school's first annual Christma...
Posted by Cody on Sat, 09 Dec 2006 08:46:00 PST

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Last Friday (september 1st), Krystin & I went to see the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Now if you would have told me like a year ago that I'd go to see them live, I would have probably told you that you were...
Posted by Cody on Wed, 06 Sep 2006 01:23:00 PST

Go Greased Lightnin'!

So I just got home from the first gig I've played in at least 2 months. And this was the first gig of this type that I've ever played. Believe it or not...I...Yes me, the metalhead you all know &...
Posted by Cody on Sun, 27 Aug 2006 11:57:00 PST

Lyrics of the Day

Will I see him on the TV Preachin' 'bout the promised land He tells me to believe in Jesus And steals the money from my hand Some say he was a good man But Lord I think he sinned, yeah Twenty-two ye...
Posted by Cody on Tue, 27 Jun 2006 12:05:00 PST

Lyrics For This Mornin'

There are places I remember All my life, though some have changed Some forever not for better Some have gone and some remain All these places had their moments With lovers and friends I still ca...
Posted by Cody on Sun, 25 Jun 2006 02:40:00 PST

One of my favorite new songs

And if I had a clue I'd know exactly What to do If I were the wiser of the two And if I saw it all so clear I'd write it down and bend your ear If I were the clearer of the two We could take a walk...
Posted by Cody on Fri, 23 Jun 2006 09:50:00 PST

New Lyrics Today

Ok, so I said I'm startin' lyrics a week...but hell I'm on a roll, so I'm just gonna be postin' lyrics when I feel like it...so it's gonna probably be quite regularly..So here's some for today: Soul ...
Posted by Cody on Wed, 21 Jun 2006 02:12:00 PST

Lyrics Today

Hustle, bustle and so much muscle ourCells about to separateAnd I find it hard to concentrate andTemporary this cash and carryI'm stepping up to indicateThe time has come to deviate andAll I want is f...
Posted by Cody on Tue, 20 Jun 2006 10:18:00 PST