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C. R. Ward

I'm a geek, spelled g-double-e-k

About Me

I work in product development at taylor guitars. it's exactly what it sounds like; product-development. yes, my job is amazing..yes you're jealous and no, I can't get you a deal. I'm a professionally trained recording and live sound engineer (not for taylor, for myself). I've been at it for about 8-ish years and I've been told that I'm pretty good at it. I am available for hire, message me if you want to know what I can do. I really enjoy pretending to be far more pretentious than I really am, which makes most people not care much for getting to know me. this suits me just fine, it keeps out the riff-raff. the ones who can tell how incredibly sarcastic (and dry-humored) I am are really the only ones I care to know anyways. mostly I spend my time at home learning things about how to build electronic devices such as guitar amps and synthesizers and so-forth. I've been known to build custom devices to make your guitar or synth sound more fun, let me know if you want in on this..it's not free, but it's not expensive either. I've been playing guitar since I turned 15 (I know, you had no idea that was coming). you'd think I'd be far better at it than I am but I'm mostly a rhythm player anyways (by the way, how much fun is the word rhythm?).
I would also like to say that I'm not particularly fond of the fact that in the 'religion' section christian is listed as 'christian - other'. I am christian. not other.

My Interests

music (including, but not limited to; indie rock, orchestral, big band, chamber compositions, classic jazz, electronica, etc..)mountain dew, synthesizers, random guitar effect pedals, manual transmission vehicles, analog electronics (mostly musical equipment), smart people, learning

I'd like to meet:

just your average thundercats ho..

also..Sarah Neufeld

Music:

you want a list? well, I will try to oblige..
instrumental stuff like Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Explosions In the Sky, Mogwai, and Sigur Ros. along with the compositions (mostly chamber) of Dimitri Shostakovich, Schubert and the like. I also enjoy a good lyric or two which has lead me to bands like Mineral and The Gloria Record, Death Cab For Cutie, Criteria, The Black Heart Procession, American Analogue Set, Brandtson and Sunny Day Real Estate. then there are the occasional soundtrack/ambient/shoegazer/whateverthehellyouwanttocallit, e.g., My Bloody Valentine, Spiritualized or Air. Finally I'm not without my more energetic moments in which I've been known to listen to the likes of Burning Airlines, June of 44, Atom and His Package, Me Without You, Dietrichs, We Are Scientists, Blonde Redhead and so-on, and so-forth. all that having been said there are two men you cannot deny:Johnny Cash and Jonah Matranga (in all his encarnations)

Movies:

The Goonies, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, 28 Days Later, Saved!, I (heart) Huckabees.

Television:

it's easier just to list channels here. The Discovery Channel, The History Channel, The Science Channel and The Cartoon Network are pretty much it. occasionally I find myself on MTV's The Real World though if I haven't had enough high school drama in my day.

Books:

how about authors? C. S. Lewis other than that, pretty much anything from which I can learn more about discrete electronic design.

My Blog

real journals

http://faderight.livejournal.com/it's where real journals live.hahaha
Posted by C. R. Ward on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST