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Member Since: 11/8/2006
Band Website: myspace.com/treeoflifeworldmusic
Band Members: Richard Cisneros is an African-style hand drummer who plays
djembe,darbuka,doumbek,bodhran,mounted "tombourine" and conga heads,
bells, chimes, gongs, and other percussion. He is a Cincinnati native gone wild.Patrick McMahon plays wind instruments, including
flutes, recorders, clarinets, saxes, harmonicas. He has been recorded on 70 different instruments over 50 albums and is best known for his work with Owen Knight's Blacklight Braille and as a founding member of Cincinnati's legendary Bitter Blood Street Theatre.
Influences: Extremely eclectic influences, including rock, jazz, blues,classical and ethnic world music.
Richard is particularly inspired by Neil Peart of Rush. Patrick venerates the ancestors, including Jimi, Bird, Trane, Miles, Cannonball,Grover, Dexter, Sun Ra and George "Bullet" Williams (hc). As a kid, he was deeply moved by the work of Yusef Lateef. Carlos Santana and Gato Barbieri are major influences as well. The late Eric Dolphy holds a special place in Patrick's heart, and is a spiritual and musical mentor to him. As an ethnologist, Patrick has made a cross-cultural study of world religion and spirituality, as well as tribal art and music. The Smithsonian's collection of ethnographic field recordings has been a gold mine of inspiration and musical influence. In the realm of classical music, composers Bach and Debussy have been particularly inspiring. As a teen, Patrick had personal experiences with Amanda Ambrose, Frank Zappa, Ravi Shankar and Gwenivere which directly inspired him to become an entertainer and placed him on the path of honoring the divine gift of music. Today music is his passion ...his bliss...his life.
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Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None