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Tres

About Me

Father, musician, artist, writer, actor, carpenter, computer geek, etc.. I work and live in Austin TX. I'm into the spiritual/metaphysical, wonderment, confusion, and inconvenience of life, the serendipity of conversations with strangers, and learning as much as I can about what's hidden behind the veil of the everyday existence I play guitar, bass, trumpet, percussion and sing, and like to make up my own words (provided I can come up with an equally convincing etymology for them) I speak French, German, and a little of both Italian and Spanish...one of my favorite things to do is play music with people I've just met and let the improv/magic happen. I am well travelled...having been in at some point or another...Lexington, Philadelphia, Seattle, Paris, Los Angeles, Chicago, Norfolk, San Diego, and Austin....let's just say I've been around...Been playing music since age 6 when I started on violin, I play guitar, bass, trumpet, percussion and sing. I've had the privilege of playing with a wide range of musicians in every genre (jazz, classical, pop, rock, country, experimental, etc.) - and I like to think every one of those people has influenced me in some way, shape, or form. Currently, in Austin to complete the last "mile" of my musical pilgrimage and find my "eightfold path" companions.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 24/09/2006
Band Members: Me..for right now
Influences: Jeff Buckley, Led Zep, Jimi Hendrix, James Brown, Tony Williams, Jamiroquai, Dilated Peoples, The Rolling Stones, Van Halen, The Who, Otis Redding, Miles Davis, Frank Zappa, Soundgarden, Elliott Smith, Harry Nilsson, The Impressions, A Tribe Called Quest, Stevie Wonder, PJ Harvey, Curtis Mayfield, The Beatles, Grand Funk Railroad, Cheap Trick, The Kinks, James Gang, Tim Buckley, Sly Stone, Jay Z, War, D'Angelo, The Beastie Boys, Al Green, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Temptations, INXS, Matisyahu, Incubus, Tower of Power, G Love, John Coltrane, Neil Young, Fiona Apple, John Coltrane, Jeff Buckley, Sublime, The Cars, Outkast, Beck, Larry David, The Pharcyde, King Crimson, Stone Temple Pilots, David Bowie, The Mars Volta, Charles Bukowski, Parliament, The Black Keys, The White Stripes, JD Salinger, Rage Against the Machine, John Frusciante, Lenny Kravitz, Nine Inch Nails, Wilson Pickett and many, many, many, many more.
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Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Food for exponential thought

This was forwarded from a friend, although I haven't fact checked any of it, it does seem plausible.
Posted by on Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:53:00 GMT

Life is not an easy task

Been some time coming, but I am back, and have had time to sort out some things, reflect on mistakes made, and had a chance to figure out what I want. Thanks to all who wrote to me during this time, a...
Posted by on Sat, 14 Mar 2009 20:17:00 GMT

That’s pretty good...

Just in case you missed it ...here is SNL's sketch with Tina Fey and Amy Poehler as.....? you guessed it, Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton. 8-)
Posted by on Sun, 14 Sep 2008 13:43:00 GMT

Come on back to it...

I was reminded how much I love this band and all they represent and the message they send,,,this is a nice Saturday morning thought for all...
Posted by on Sat, 13 Sep 2008 16:13:00 GMT

You can NOT be serious....

Forced (I and I do mean forced) myself to watch the Sarah Palin interview last night...it was ridiculous to say the least, not only is she horribly uninformed, she subscribes to the Bush pronunciation...
Posted by on Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:30:00 GMT

The answer lies therein

"The truth is that everyone is bored, and devotes himself to cultivating habits"(-Camus((Less and less is life animated through personal discovery, intimacy with others, or self-reflection. While life...
Posted by on Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:57:00 GMT

Greyhound should have paid me the hush money

This is a repost from a different page, but it has been suggested that I lighten up and stop being so angsty/existential...that being said, the following is a true story.Okay after telling this story ...
Posted by on Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:38:00 GMT

Mile Markers

Sitting in my new home on a Saturday night, alone, playing my guitar, it seems to me to be understandable that I have become melancholy and introspective.. ((I am sitting here listening to the sounds ...
Posted by on Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:10:00 GMT

Russians, Republicans, and Eschaton...Oh MY!!!!!

Okay not to be alarmist but a ...Not so hidden agenda? Thought this letter might be of interest to the(group. The third world war began 8/8/08 in(Georgia. Nostradamus, in his now infamous quatrains, ...
Posted by on Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:45:00 GMT

Not without but within

"The lesson that life constantly enforces is 'Look underfoot' You are always nearer to the true sources of your power than you think. The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great ...
Posted by on Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:14:00 GMT