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C A L I F O R N I A...
"I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity." -- General DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
Uijeongbu
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Her Majesty Queen Noor
Aung San Suu Kyi
Lea Solonga
I LOVE MUSIC.....I LOVE HEARING IT - SEEING IT - PLAYING IT.....AND I ESPECIALLY LOVE HOW MUSIC INVOKES SUCH AN ETERNAL WHOLENESS WITHIN ME.....MUSIC HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY 'SALVATION'.....MY 'INNER PEACE'.....MY SENSE OF 'BEING'.....
CASSIE (by Flyleaf)
V O I C E S - Mindy Smith, Tori Amos, Bayang Barrios, KITKA, Julianne Baird, Gillian Welch, Lea Solanga, Sarah McLachlan, Pat Benatar, Sarah Brightman, Jewel, Bjork, Paula Cole, Bonnie Raitt, Shawn Colvin, Mellisa Etheridge, Alanis Morissette, Kitchie Nadal, Bette Midler, Mazzy Star, Joni Mitchell, Fiona Apple, Suzanne Vega, Sharon Cuneta, Beth Orten, Natalie Merchant, Nora Aunor, Ellen Hargis, Kathleen Battle, Grace Slick, Martina McBride, GOLDEN OVERTONES [CAL's very own...], Samantha Stollenwerk, Patti Smith, Ani DiFranco, Beyonce Knowles, Shania Twain, Linda Ronstadt, SHAKIRA, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, Lena Horne, Arethra Franklin, Diana Ross, Toni Braxton, Janis Joplin, Cyndi Lauper, Barbra Streisand, Madonna, Feiruz.....ETHAN HAMILTON [MY VERY GOOD, CLOSE FRIEND AND BROTHER - check him out on myspace...], Chris Isaak, Ray Charles, Louis Armstrong, Otis Redding, Rick James, Johnny Cash, Prince, Elvis Presley, John Denver, Michael Jackson, Ronnie James Dio, Tupac Shakur, Easy-E, Buddy Holly, Stevie Wonder, Keith Urban, Ozzy, Nat King Cole, Peter Gabriel, Ben Harper, Sammy Hagar, Cat
Stevens, James Taylor, Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel, Chanteclear, James Brown, Stevie B, Van Morrison, John Cougar Melancamp, Steve Windwood,
David Bowie, Smokey Robinson, Kenny Loggins, Frank Sinatra, Elton John, Tim Buckley, Sam Cooke, Johnny Mathis, Billy Joel, Harry Connick Jr., Dean Martin, 50 Cent, Sting, Bob Seeger, Tony Bennett, James Blunt, Luciano Pavorotti, Plácido Domingo, José Carreras.....
B A N D S - Dixie Chicks, Heart, METALLICA, Death Angel, Beatles, Élu, Queen, Animals, DOORS, Cream, Public Enemy, NIRVANA, Rolling Stones, ELO, Outkast, Earth-Wind-Fire, Art Of Noise, Gnarls Barkley, King's Noyze, Baltimore Consort, Tool, Boyz II Men, Violent Femmes, Beastie Boys, King Crimson, 10,000 Maniacs, Tears For Fear, Run DMC, Pixies, U2, Queensryche, Pretenders, Cure, Cradle Of Filth, Psychodelic Furs, REM, Papa Roach, Wang Chung, Breaking Benjamin, Jackson Five, Three Days Grace, Foreigner, Incubus, Bee Gees, Smashing Pumkins, Pearl Jam, NWA, Ramones, Anthrax, Soundgarden, Forbidden, Testament, Vio-Lence, Pink Flyod, Who, Bush, Mordred, ASIN, Turtles, Linkin Park, Zombies, Portishead, Garbage, Cranberries, Eagles, Motorhead, Warlord, INXS, Guns 'n Roses, Flock of Seaguls, Spoon, Quarterflash, Everly Brothers, Alice In Chains, Bangles, Scorpions, Mojofly, Furious Five, Stone Temple Pilots, Twisted Sister, Primus, Fleetwood Mac, Iron Maiden, Outlaws, New Order, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Sisters of Mercy, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers, Depeche Mode, Radiohead, Kansas, Black Crows, Judas Priest, Dead Kennedys, Boston, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Van Halen, Black Sabbath, Evanescence, Nine Inch Nails, R U S H, Triumph, Journey, Trapt, Breaking Benjamin, Green Day, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, Doors, Nightnoise, Children Of Bodom, Clash, Go Go's, Horishima, Sepultura, Cars, Blue Öyster Cult, Buthole Surfers, Godsmack, Black Flag, Simon and Garfunkel, Police, Mamas and Papas, Korn, Deep Purple, Our Lady Of Grace, Chevelle, Honeymoon Suite, Jethro Tull, Social Distortion, Clash, Sex Pistols, Marilyn Manson, Saga, 38 Special, Beach Boys, Posies, Harvey Danger, Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, Yes, Turtle Island String Quartet, Joan Jet and the Black Hearts, Kronos Quartet, Stabbing Westward, My Chemical Romance, Rascal Flatts, WAR COUNCIL.....
DJs - Mr. Moonlight [MY OTHER BROTHER], David [and MY OTHER BROTHER], Aphrodite, HEAVYGRINDER, Diesel Boy, Ronni Size........
HIGHLY I N F L U E N C E D and DEEPLY I N S P I R E D BY -- JOAQUIN RODRIGO, Jimi Hendrix, SEGOVIA, Sharon Isbin, Muriel Anderson, JOEY AYALA, Ida Presti, Ana Vidovic, Dale Kavanagh, Lily Afshar, Liz Story, Liona Boyd, Badi Assad, MICHAEL HEDGES - [The one most influential when it comes to playing my steel string guitar and composing for it], Michael Manring, Leo Kottke, Tuck and Patti, Carlos Santana, Tommy Emmanuel, Steve Howe, Django Reinhardt, B.B. King, Charlie Parker, Lindsey Buckingham, Pat Metheny, Alex Degrassi, Paco De Lucia, Preston Reed, Bob Hadley, Benjamin Verdery, John McLaughlin, Yo-Yo Ma, Jordi Savall, Hilary Hahn, John Doan, RANDY RHOADS [The ONE i wanted to be growing up as a teen], Stevie Ray Vaughan, Bruce Springsteen, Miles Davis, Chet Atkins, Duke Ellington, Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass, Neil Young, Peter Frampton, Stanley Jordan, Jason Becker, Yngwie Malmsteen, Bob Marley, Elvis Costello, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Eric Johnson, Eric Clapton, Davey Graham, Rory Block, Ry Cooder, Robert Cray, George Benson, Andy Summers, Jeff Beck, Tal Farlow, Steve Morse, Pierre Bensusan, Paul O'Dette, Pepe - Angel - Celin and Celedonio Romero, Alexander Lagoya, Emilio Pujol, Alirio Diaz, Frederick Noad, Edgar Cruz, Eliot Fisk, Kazuhito Yamashita, Christopher Parkening, John Williams, Julian Bream, Eduardo Fernandez, Manuel Barrueco, Sérgio and Odair Assad, John Dearman , William Kanengiser, Andrew York, Scott Tennant, Vladimir Mikulka, Michael Lorimer, David Tanenbaum, Philip Hii, Al Di Meola, David Starobin, ALBERT EINSTEIN - [YEAH, he was a violinist who loved Bach and adored Mozart], Arturo Toscanini, Leonard Bernstein, Seiji Osawa, Herbert Von Karion, Michael Tilson Thomas - [with my BELOVED San Francisco Symphony]..................................................
C O M P O S E R S - Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Handel, Brahms, Chopin, Rossini, Dvorak, Mahler, Vaughan Williams, Schubert, Berlioz, Grieg, Strauss, Bizet, Glinka, Liszt, Offenbach, Schumann, Mendelson, Copeland, Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Shostakovich, Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev, Scriabin, STRAVINSKY, Dowland, Adrien le Roy, Mudarra, Negri, Narvaez, Pisador, Weiss, Vallet, Frescobaldi, Playford, Purcell, Corbetta, Pachelbel, Corelli, Scarlatti, Sanz, Clementi, Albononi, Castro de Gistau, Saint-Saenz, Aguado, Paganini, Barber, Puccini, Giuliani, Carulli, Sor, Llobet, Joplin, Mario Castlenuovo Tedesco, Barrios, Ponce, Gershwin, John Williams, Howard Shore, Ennio Morricone, John Adams, Henry Mancini, John Cage, Villa-Lobos, JOAQUIN RODRIGO - [The ONE I LOVE MOST when it comes to playing classical guitar], Stepan Rak, Nikita Koshkin, Carlo Domeniconi, Oliver Hunt, Joan Tower, Ernesto Cordero, Toru Takemitsu, Larry Cooperman, Leo Brouwer.....
i carry your heart (Music by Michael Hedges...Poetry by e.e.cummings)
STEVE HOWE - Lute Concierto In D (Vivaldi) / Mood For A Day
JOAQUIN RODRIGO - Concierto De Aranjuez (II. Adagio)
[John Williams, Guitar]
ANIMAL I HAVE BECOME (by Three Days Grace)
ALFRED HITCHCOCK - The Birds, North By Northwest, Psycho, Lifeboat.......RIDLEY SCOTT - Kingdom Of Heaven, Blackhawk Down, Alien, Blade Runner.......GEORGE LUCAS - The Star Wars Saga, THX-1138, American Graffiti.......PETER JACKSON - The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, King Kong.......MICHAEL MANN - The Last Of The Mohicans (Awesome Cinematography with a Great Score), Colateral, Heat, Manhunter.......AKIRA KUROSAWA - Seven Samurai, Throne Of Blood, Ran, High And Low, Rhapsody In August.......SOFIA COPPOLA - Lost In Translation.......MARY LAMBERT - Pet Semetary.......JANE CAMPION - The Piano.......PENNY MARSHALL - Awakenings, Big.......MILOS FORMAN - Amadeus, One Flew Over The Kuko's Nest.......BERNARD ROSE - Immortal Beloved, Candyman.......NEIL JORDAN.......RON HOWARD.......JOHN CARPENTER.......BRIAN DE PALMA.......LUC BESSON.......STANLEY KUBRIK.......OLIVER STONE.......JOHN FORD.......TIM BURTON.......DAVID CRONENBERG.......CLINT EASTWOOD.......STEVEN SPIELBERG.......JEAN-JACQUES ANNAUD.......JOHN HUSTON.......DAVID LYNCH.......TERRY GILLIAM.......JOHNATHAN DEMME.......SERGIO LEONE.......JOHN BOORMAN.......ANG LEE.......WACHOWSKI bros.......COHEN bros.......SAM RAIMI.......BRYAN SINGER.......WOLFGANG PETERSEN.......RICHARD DONNER.......GORE VERBINSKI.......GEORGE A. ROMBERO.......ROB REINER.......CECIL B. DEMILLE.......ALEJANDRO GONZALEZ INARRITU.......DAVID LEAN.......M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN.......MARTIN SCORSESE.......
SAVED....Countdown with Keith Olbermann....CNN....ESPN and Sports Center....Armed Forces Network....Pentagon Channel....UFC....Live sports, i.e. NFL, MLB, NHL, NCAA Basketball/Football, World Cup Soccer....NOVA....Battlestar Galactica....Over There....Star Trek...Touching Evil...PBS's Great Performances and Austin City Limits...
The Art Of War (Sun Tsu).....The Guitar Anthologies (Frederick Noad).....Call of the Wild (Jack London).....Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury).....Salem's Lot, Pet Semetary, The Shining (Stephen King).....Rapaccini's Daughter, The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)....Travels With Charley, The Pearl, East of Eden, The Red Pony (John Steinbeck).....A Room Full Of Mirrors - A Biography Of Jimi Hendrix, Heavier Than Heaven - A Biography Of Kurt Cobain (Charles R. Cross).....The Vampire Chronicles (Anne Rice).....The Collected Works Of (Edgar Allan Poe)
Travelin' Soldier [by The DIXIE CHICKS]
My Mother and Father for raising me color blind
My "IMMORTAL BELOVED" for showing me that "love does mean having to say you're sorry"
Every guitar teacher I ever had
Professor George C. Pimentel for making CHEM 1A (especially the Concept of
Equilibrium) quite interesting and enjoyable to learn
1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team
Challenger 7
Columbia 7
Apollo 11
The entire Staff of the Music Department at U.C.Berkeley for making me the MUSICIAN THAT I AM
F.D.N.Y. [9/11 - in loving memory of ALL]
MY FELLOW SERVICEMEN AND SERVICEWOMEN
[PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE]