Drumming, coffee tasting, obscure rhythm, Jazz, Art (in general), Atheism/Theism, Comedy, Nutrition (I eat almost exclusively all-natural/organic), Visionary artists, wine, Controversy, Debate, documentaries, stuff of that sort.
Music:
Music is everything to me, it's the part of me that I really care about the most, whether I am listening to it, making it, or discovering it.I'm open to all intriguing music with meaning. I listen to quite a bit of jazz, classical, fusion, hip-hop, prog, free-jazz, experimental, world...
To quote Sir Millard Mulch: "I study everything I listen to."
Although I have many musicians that care for especially in this list, some that stand out the most currently are John Coltrane (he is the epitome of music itself), Miles Davis, Frank Zappa, John Zorn, The Mars Volta, King Crimson, Tool, and Pharoah Sanders.
Here are bands/musicians whom I have listened to and enjoyed on a regular basis/in the past. Alphabatized (by last name) then from favorite to least favorite in each letter section The CAPITALIZED ones refer to what I am digging the most at the moment.
ALBERT AYLER, Allman Bros Band, Ryan Adams, AALY Trio, Air, Animal Collective, AESOP ROCK, Ralph Alessi, Astroid Power-Up!, Archers Of Loaf, Chet Atkins, Analog Missionary, At the drive-in, A Perfect Circle, Aphex Twin, BILL BRUFORD, PETER BROTZMANN, The Beatles, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, ADRIAN BELEW, DAVID BOWIE, JEFF BECK, BECK, ANDREW BIRD, ART BLAKEY, Bjork, James Brown, TERRY BOZZIO, Buckethead, Black Sabbath, Belle And Sebastion, Black Keys,Beethoven, Big Sir, Ray Barretto, Bad Religion, Hamid Drake, BB king, Bouncing Souls, Bush, Tim Berne, Bach, Beach Boys, Tony Bennett,Dave Brubeck, Bozzio Levin Stevens, Blue Oyster Cult, Bad Company, DEVENDRA BANHART, The Beastie Boys, Boards of Canada, Blues Traveler, Brand X,The Byrds, David Berne, JOHN COLTRANE, CRANIUM, Billy Cobham, CAKE, CHICK COREA,THE CLASH, Johnny Cash,Chicago, CAN, ORNETTE COLEMAN, Creedence Clearwater Revival,THE CLAUDIA QUINTET, Captain Beefheart, Frederic Chopin, Crosby Stills and Nash (Young), Children Of Bodom, Cream, Eric Clapton, California Guitar Trio, Stanley Clarke, Colonel Claypool's Flying Frog Brigade, Elvis Costello, Cranium, The Cure, !!! (Chk Chk Chk), The Cult, Cypress Hill,The Crystal Method, Cherry Poppin' Daddies, MILES DAVIS, THE DOORS, DECEMBER, Dream Theater, AL DIMEOLA, DIRTY DOZEN BRASS BAND, The Dredson Dolls, Dead Kennedies,Dave Matthews Band, DKV Trio, Reza Derakhshani, Willie Dixon, Derek And The Dominos, Dinosaur Jr., Dredg, Bob Dylan, Deep Purple, Dr. Dre, Death by Stereo, Derek And The Dominos, Bob Dylan, EMERSON LAKE AND PALMER, BRIAN ENO,Duke Ellington, EZ E, Earth Wind and Fire, Echo and the Bunnymen, ROBERT FRIPP, BILL FRISELL, Fleetwood Mac, FANTOMAS, Fripp and Eno, Faith No More, Flaming Lips, Foo Fighters, John Frusciante, Filter, fiREHOSE, Funkadelic, GENTLE GIANT, Genesis, DIZZY GILLESPIE, Stephane Grappelli, Henry Grimes, Stan Getz, Trey Gunn, Cee-lo Green, Peter Green, GREYDON SQUARE, The Greatful Dead, GhostFace Killa, GARAGE A TROIS, GORDIAN KNOT, Gnarls Barkley, Benny Goodman, Gandalf, Garbage, JIMI HENDRIX, JOE HENDERSON, HIROMI (Uehara), BILLIE HOLIDAY, Herbie Hancock's Headhunter's, CHARLIE HADEN, John Lee Hooker, DAVE HOLLAND, George Harrison, Howlin' Wolf, ALAN HOLDSWORTH, Incubus, Interpol,The Industrial Jazz Group,The Jazz Messengers, MILT JACKSON, Elvin Jones, JETHRO TULL, THE JESUS LIZARD, JAPANCAKES, Jane's Addiction, Kieth Jarrett, Janis Joplin, Judas Priest, Joy Division, Just Jack, KING CRIMSON, MIKE KENEALLY, FELA KUTI, Gene Krupa, KNEEBODY, KTU, Keb' Mo, Diana Krall, Kraftwerk, DAVE LIEBMAN, Lenny Kravitz, Led Zeppelin, John Lennon, Tony Levin, LES CLAYPOOL, Lupe Fiasco, Little Feat, THE MARS VOLTA, THELONIOUS MONK, MESHUGGAH, MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA, MR. BUNGLE ,John McLaughlin, Modest Mouse, BRANFORD MARSALIS, MEDESKI MARTIN AND WOOD, Sir Millard Mulch, Bob Marley, Wynton Marsalis,THE MELVINS, Stanton Moore, Paul McCartney, M. WARD, Dean Martin, CHARLES MINGUES, Van Morrison, Sergio Mendez, My Bloody Valentine, Megadeth, Ray Manzarek, Airto Moreira, Mos Def, Money Mark, Marcy Playground, Mark Mothersbaugh, NINE INCH NAILS, Nirvana, NWA, Necrophagist, Nevermore, Kazumi Nikaidoh, Oysterhead,Oingo-Boingo, OOIOO, Oasis, Ozzy Osbourne Outkast, PINK FLOYD, CHARLIE PARKER, JACO PASTORIOUS, PRIMUS, The Police, LONNIE PLAXICO, Tom Petty, Jean-luc Ponty, MIKE PATTON, Peeping Tom, JOE PASS, Pearl Jam, Public Enemy, Oscar Peterson,The Pixies, Prince, Phish, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, Quoda, Queen, RUSH, RADIOHEAD, RETURN TO FOREVER, Red hot Chili Peppers, Marc Ribot, THE ROOTS, DJANGO REINHART, Sonny Rollins, Buddy Rich, MAX ROACH, TIM REYNOLDS, STEVE REICH, The Rat Pack, Robby Krieger Oganization,Rage Against The Machine, Henry Rollins, Rolling Stones, Rancid, PHAROAH SANDERS, JOHN SCOFEILD, SIGUR ROS ,Sun Ra, SONIC YOUTH, Smashing Pumpkins, Frank Sinatra, Santana, Spock's Beard, David Sylvian, Damo Suzuki, SKINNY PUPPY, The Sea and Cake,The Streets, Bruce Springstein, Maria Schneider, Stone Temple Pilots, Sherik, Horace Silver, Paul Simon, Sly and the Family Stone, Soundgarden, Igor Stravinski, The Sound Of Animals Fighting, Spiritualized, Steely Dan, Mongo Santamaria, The Strokes, Symphony X, System Of A Down, Sex Pistols, TOOL, TALKING HEADS, HENRY THREADGILL, Tin Hat Trio,Tower Of Power, TALK TALK, TORTOISE, Tuner, Art Tatum, Toadies, Timbaland, Tears For Fears, Tenacious D, Tomahawk, UMPHRY'S MCGEE, Utada (Hikaru), U2 ,Stevie Ray Vaughn, Violent Femmes, Steve Vai, KEN VANDERMARK, Vanilla Fudge, Vital Information, The Vicar,TOM WAITS, EDGAR WINTER, TONY WILLIAMS, Victor Wooten,White Stripes, CHAD WACKERMAN, MIKE WATT, Weather Report, Dave Weckl, Wu-Tang Clan, World Saxophone Quartet, The Who, Alex Weiss Quartet, XTC, YES, YO LA TENGO, FRANK ZAPPA, JOHN ZORN, the Zutons
I also enjoy a lot of world music, though i can't pronounce half of the names. But I like Poncho Sanchez, Tito Puente, Horacio "el Negro" Hernandez, many greek artists, african percussion music...
the following is a list of some of my favorite albums at the moment (also in no order):
Brian Eno-Before And After Science
Max Roach-Mebers Don't Git Weary
John Zorn- Electric Masada 50th Birthday Celebration Vol 4
King Crimson-Vroom Vroom (live)
Frank Zappa-Make A Jazz Noise Here
The Mars Volta-Amputechture
Bill Frisell, Ron Carter and Paul Motian-Bill Frisell, Ron Carter, and Paul Motian
Thelonious Monk-Brilliant Corners
Bill Bruford's Earthwork's-The Sound Of Surprise
Omar. A. Rodriguez-Lopez-A Manual Dexterity Soundtrack: Volume One
Again.... many more, but there are just a few
King Crimson- Walking On Air:
John Coltrane Quartet--Afro Blue:
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John Zorn:Hemophiliac
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Fantomas feat. Terry Bozzio
The Mars Volta--Frances The Mute
