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Joe Decker

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About Me

Hi everyone, my name is Joe Decker and I am a bass guitarist, vocalist, and teacher. I have been a member of many cover and original bands that have appeared throughout the tri-state area. Right now I am in a cover band called "Shift" and I am currently working on an original project with our guitar player named Paul Allen who is a well known guitar player and teacher in New Jersey. Also working with a fantastic drummer named Eric Heiser ("Eric" in friends list) who also teaches (part time) as well. Hopefully sometime in the near future I will post some new material on this page. Thank you for checking out my page.

My Interests



MUSIC
Fitness / Health
Travel, Performing Arts, Astronomy, Museums and Art, Starbucks Coffee, Bass Guitar, Singing, Playing gigs, Recording, Photography, Collecting Vinyl, and anything weird

I'd like to meet:

David Lynch, John Carpenter, Christian Bale, Donald Fagen, Walter Becker, Todd Rundgren, Paul McCartney, Jack Nicholson, Peter Gabriel, Brian Wilson, Scarlett Johanson, Pete Townshend, Angelina Jolie, Sting, Stewart Copeland, Andy Summers, Alan Parsons, Robert Smith, David Bowie, Midge Ure, Stevie Wonder, Ringo Starr, Joni Mitchell, Jeff Lynne, Robert Fripp, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, John Cusack, George Martin, Geddy Lee, Morrissey, Herbie Hancock, David Byrne, and all talented and interesting people everywhere!!!!!!!!!!

Some of my favorite Musicians
Bass guitarists:
Chuck Rainey, Paul McCartney, Tony Levin, Dee Murray, Bernard Edwards, John Entwistle, Anthony Jackson, Chris Squire, Geddy Lee, Geezer Butler, Dennis Dunaway, Tom Petersson,, Percy Jones, Mick Karn, Pete Farndon, Mark King, Ron Carter, Andy Rourke, Jaco Pastorius, Dave Hope, Francis "Rocco" Prestia, Jack Bruce, Steve Harris,

Vocalists:
Midge Ure, Daryl Hall (Listen to the Robert Fripp Exposure Record and Hall's Sacred Songs), Doug Pinnick, David Sylvian, Todd Rundgren, Jeff Lynne, Chris Rainbow, Colin Blunstone, Lenny Zakatek, Rob Halford, Ian Gillan, Ronnie James Dio, Steve Walsh, David Pack, David Bowie, Crosby,Stills,Nash, Eric Stewart, Glen Phillips, John Wetton, John, Paul, George, Ringo, Stevie Wonder, Neil Finn, Glenn Tilbrook, Adrian Belew, Joni Mitchell, Annie Haslam, Sarah Brightman, Olivia Newton John, Karen Carpenter, Chrissie Hynde, Johnette Napolitano,

Drummers:
Jeff Porcaro, Keith Carlock, Gavin Harrison, Vinnie Colaiuta, Bernard Purdie, Terry Bozzio, Steve Gadd, Peter Erskine, Art Blakey, Gary Husband, Phil Collins, Stewart Copeland, Ginger Baker, Dan Gottlieb, Manu Katche, Eric C. Heiser, Anton Fig, Bill Bruford, Steve Ferrone, Martin Chambers, Alex Van Halen, Neil Peart, Dave Lombardo,

Guitarists:
Wayne Krantz, Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser, Robert Fripp, Terry Kath, Pat Metheny, Ritchie Blackmore, Toni Iommi, John Mclaughlin, Johnny Marr, Adrian Belew, Larry Carlton, Ty Tabor, Jeff Beck, James Honeyman Scott, Lindsey Buckingham, Andy Summers, Jay Graydon, Steve Stevens, Edward Van Halen, Steve Morse, Elliott Easton, Robben Ford,

Keyboardists:
Donald Fagen, Jordan Rhudess, Stevie Wonder, Herbie Hancock, Rick Wakeman, Lyle Mays, Eddie Jobson, Elton John, Mike Lindup, Robert Lamm, Keith Emerson, Joe Zawinul, Geoffrey Keezer, Roger Powell, Greg Hawkes, Tony Banks, Jon Lord, Richard Tandy, Christine McVie,

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Music:

Beatles, Todd Rundgren, Utopia, Steely Dan, Donald Fagen, Kings X, Ty Tabor, Peter Gabriel, Kevin Gilbert, Genesis, Stevie Wonder, The Police, Quincy Jones, Yes, Early Chicago, King Crimson, Robert Fripp, Tony Levin, Adrian Belew, Brian Eno, The Cars, Blondie, Talk Talk, The Cure, Pink Floyd, David Sylvian, Syd Barrett, Japan, Van Der Graaf Generator, Anekdoten, Paatos, Marillion, Porcupine Tree, Renaissance, The Zombies, Mogwai, Jackson Browne, America, Tears For Fears, The Fixx, ABC (Lexicon of Love CD), Pete Townshend, The Who, David Bowie, Nick Drake, Roxy Music, Joy Division, New Order, Wire, Stooges, Magazine, The Sound, The Church, XTC, Thin Lizzy, Phil Lynott, Beach Boys, Bernie Chiaravalle, Ambrosia, Jon Herington, Daryl Hall (Sacred Songs), Toy Matinee, The Tubes, Igor Stravinsky, Mozart, Bach, ELO/Jeff Lynne, ELP, Camel, The Strawbs, Supertramp, Blackfield, Black Sabbath, Opeth, Katatonia, Neurosis, Slayer, Iron Maiden, Queensryche 1983-1988, Judas Priest, Nurse With Wound, Throbbing Gristle, Current 93, Coil, Alice Cooper, Blue Oyster Cult, Deep Purple, Rainbow, Cheap Trick, Cream, Rush, Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, John Coltrane, Jaco Pastorius, Herbie Hancock, Don Cherry, Elton John, Pat Metheny, Weather Report, Brand X, Frank Zappa, Missing Persons, Devo, Crowded House, Smiths, Morrissey, Air, Split Enz, Early Human League, Joe Jackson, Early Kinks, Peter Murphy, Sisters of Mercy, Concrete Blonde, The Pretenders, Squeeze, Elvis Costello, Ultravox, Visage, Gary Numan, Devo, Killing Joke, Sonic Youth, The Clash, Depeche Mode, Can, Neu!, Pilot, Andrew Gold, 10cc, Godley and Creme, Alan Parsons Project, RadioHead, Ben Folds, Level 42, Travis, Talking Heads, Robert Johnson, BB King, Fleetwood Mac, Julian Lennon, Sean Lennon, Jeff Buckley, The Doors, Jellyfish, Curtis Mayfield, Chic, Four Tops, Funkadelic, The Spinners, Sly & The Family Stone, all great 60/70s film themes,60s psych,i really am a sponge i absorb so much!!!!!!!!!!!

Movies:

Twin Peaks 'Fire walk with Me', The Shining, Bad Boys (Sean Penn movie - NOT will smith!), American History X, Airplane, Jacob's Ladder, Ghost World, Fast times at Ridgemont High, Vacation (all of 'em), Goodfella's, High Fidelity, dumB & DuMber, Eraserhead, Halloween I + II, Kung Pow, The Fog, Amityville Horror I + II, American Psycho, Fight Club, Friday The 13th I + II, Full Metal Jacket, A Clockwork Orange, The Exorcist, Shawshank Redemption, Hellraiser I + II, The Wickerman, Reservoir Dogs, Mulholland Drive, The Machinist, LA Confidential, Carrie, Images of Tron, Inland Empire, Lost Highway, Apocalypse Now, Raging Bull, and many many more.

Television:

House, Lost, Law & Order, Vh1 Classic, Cartoon Network / Warner Bros. cartoons, Discovery Channel, Nip/Tuck,

Books:

"1984" by: George Orwell "Ghost Rider" by: Neil Peart, Film Biographies

Heroes:

Anyone in Music that writes/plays with their soul.My Mother, Father and Sister.