Outside of music, I am interested in BBQ'ing, cliff jumping, smart well dressed Women, and the National Football League.
For 2 years I had no car, only my trusty fixed gear bike. Still have it and I still like to spend a whole day on it.
Music:
Sometimes I like 70's soft rock, music of the 80's, and Rap. But I will always love Jazz. Specifically from about 1940 to 1962, the bebop and improvisation years. Some of my favorites are Mingus, Miles, Coltrane, Charlie Parker, and Max Roach.
What's on my iPod right now?
2008 Update:
Bat For Lashes
Beach House
Radiohead
The National
Black Keys
SojaBoy
Amanda Blank
Spank Rock
Sound Team
Voxtrot
Sparrow House
Nick Nack & Blaze
Arctic Monkeys
Wilco
Miles Davis
Charlie Mingus
N.W.A
Dr. Dre
MC REN
Me & little renzo rollin ina benzo - ICE CUBE
Snoop
De La Soul
Sufjan Stevens
Did I already say Wilco
Ray Charles
Diplo
Switch
Gomez
American Analog Set
CLIPSE
Pharrell
Chicken George
DJ MEL
Willie Nelson
Krista Muir
Quizno aka Care Clusaki
Honey Claws
James Brown
Rick Ruben
Spoon
Arcade Fire
Sound Opinions on Demand
Albert Hammond Jr.
Ghostland Observatory
Art Blakey
Astor Piazzolla
Baby Dayliner
Bebel Gilberto
Beck
Beirut
Belle & Sebastian
Ben Kweller
Boards of Canada
Brazilian Girls
Broken Social Scene
Calexico
Seriously, Calexico
Coltrane
The Decemberist
Duran Duran (in the 80's and the sliver soundtrack, but with Timbaland? What?)
Elliot Smith
Nick Drake
Ella Fitzgerald
Explosions in the sky
Etta James
The Flaming Lips
Grizzly Bear
IRON & WINE
J Dilla
Jazzanova
Jenny Lewis
Jose Gonzalez
Joy Division
Jurassic 5
Justin Timberlake
Kaiser Chiefs
Keane
Kelis (Bossy is a jam! I don't care, I like it)
Too Short
The Killers
Kings of Leon - took me a while
KOOP
Lupe Fiasco (Kick Push might be a one hit wonder, we will see)
M. Ward
The Mars Volta (Lets go El Paso!)
MeW
MIDLAKE MIDLAKE MIDLAKE
Missy Elliot
Mogwai
Mos Def (Miss Fat Booty was the jam, new stuff not so much)
Nada Surf
Neil Young
Nickel Creek
Nickodemus & Osiris
Nirvana
Nouvelle Vague
Nuspirit Helsinki
The Octopus Project
Out Hud
Slim Thug
Chingo Bling
The Police
Micheal Jackson Off The Wall
Quincy Jones
Radiohead
The Raconteurs
RJD2
ROBERT JOHNSON - Google it
Royksopp
Sara Hickman
Sharon Jones & The Dapp Kings
The Shins
Sigur Ros
The Smiths
SOUND TEAM SOUND TEAM SOUND TEAM
R.I.P. SUBA
T.I.
Tapes n Tapes
Tegan & Sara (Walking with a Ghost is the jam)
All my friends at ESL & Thievery Corporation
Thom York
TIMBALAND
TV on the Radio
Ulrich Schnauss
Various Artist (rock almost as much as Untitled!)
WEEN (Baby Bitch)
Waylon Jennings
Wolfmother?
ZERO 7 ZERO 7 Zero 7
!!! - worst band name ever
I also love each and every one of my clients, in no order:
Honeyclaws
Benjamin Odunsi
Degrade
Lick Samba
Bryan-Michael Cox
Yo Gotti
Kelly Rowland
Bama Boyz
John Nelson and The Cognacs
Solange Knowles
Jadewood
Instapita
Johnny Nash
American Federation of Musicians
NARAS (The Recording Academy)
Disney
Trixoin Inc. and SHSM
Matt Mason
Thomas Sahs
Eddie Spettro
Ken ECB
Shina Rae
Demenace
Rap Reform Party
Traey Hatch
Bernie Hatch & Dr. Robert Linder
Travis Stepheson
Gilbert Sedeno
John Calderone
Merino
Grupo Esperanza
Bobby Soloman Smith
Jeff Timmons
Momma D
Erick Garcia
Gabby V.
A Penny for Lane
Fried Ice Creme
Gibby Haynes
FactoryPeople
ACLFest
Arlyn-Pedernales Studio
Cornerstone Promotion
Jack Johnson
G-Love
Ben Harper
Warner-Brothers
Ephraim Owens
Sound In Color
Cornerstone Promotion
FADER Magazine & The FARM Team
Studio !K7
Red Bull
Scion
Rapster & BBE
Bastard Jazz
THE Parakitachi DJ Crew
Urban Jazz All Stars
Attayac Sound Team
Red Fez
Progress Coffee
Firehouse Lounge
Plush
and each and every other person I've had the extreme pleasure to make music with!!
Books:
Everything You need to know about the Music Business by Donald Passman
Make Music Make Money by Eric Beal
Make it Happen by Kevin Liles
The Long Tail by Chris Anderson
The Tipping Point by Malcom Gladwell
Tape Op
Heroes:
Ahmet Ertegün, Ben Dorcy (Waylon Jennings, Cash and Willie), Phil Ramone, Tommy Dowd, Rupert Neve, Charlie Mingus, Miles Davis, Gordon Parks, Manute Bol, Ray Charles, Quincy Jones, TIMBALAND, Rick Ruben, Simon Cowell, Tory Malatia, Nic Harcourt, and most importantly my Grandfather.
Leon "Eddie" Donaho, war hero, former prisoner of war, recipient of 2 purple hearts. You can read about him and the rest of WWII's Lost Batallion in the book "FOO" by Frank "FOO" Fujita. Foo was personally responsible for sneaking food to my grandfather and keeping him alive long enough to eventually be rescued and return to the United States, marry my grandmother and raise my mother. He was tortured by the Japanese and lost all his toes. We must never forget why torturing humans is just not an acceptable thing to do no matter what.
