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Clinton Daniel

It's not the dog in the fight, but the fight in the dog

About Me

Garth Algore said it best - I like to play
When you look at yourself from a universal standpoint, something inside always reminds or informs you that there are bigger and better things to worry about. - Albert Einstein
My friends say I'm laid back, so I try not surround myself with drama but it always seems to find me all to easily. I am a man of few words. I have moments of optimism and bouts of pessimism. I love music and travel which seem to work hand in hand with my line of work. I love to have a good time....drink and be merry. Alcohol was put on this earth as a social lubricant.......so lube up....doosan does!
As for my line of work, I am a self taught musician, aka: a drummer, which to many means he's the crazy guy in the band. Okay fine, I am, but it's all relative to the other members you work with. I like to produce my own music so I can play other instruments, but my guitar and bass got stolen when our house got broken into couple years back in Royal Oak. I love syncopation which is the greatest sign of a good band. If I didn't play the drums I would definately be a bass player. I really like the way low notes make your body shake.

My Interests

I like to play/ listen to music. I like to travel in a van with three other men in a smelly van unfortunately, but you can't beat the view! I like to relax with friends when I'm around town as well as party like crazy....you've probably bore witness to my shananiganz if I know you!

I'd like to meet:

Rob Dyrdek and the makers of this wonderful video: .. width="425" height="350"
and this kid.....he's hillarious!

Music:

Drummers: Dave Abruzzese-Pearl Jam, Tim Alexander-Primus, Richard ?Pistol? Allen-the Funk Bros, William ?Benny? Benjamin, John Blackwell Jr.-Prince, John Bonham-Led Zepplin, Jeff Ballard-Various Jazz Artists, Greg Bissonette-Various Rock, Eddie ?Bongo? Brown-the Funk Bros., Will Callhoun-In Living Colour, Danny Carey-Tool, Jimmy Chamberlin-the Smashing Pumpkins, Dennis Chambers-Various Jazz/ Fushion Artists, Mike Clark-Various Jazz/FusionArtists, Billy Cobham-Mahavishnu Orchestra, Phil Collins, Stewart Copeland-the Police, Adam Deitch-Various Funk Artists, Kenwood Dennard-Maceo Parker, Jon Fishman-Phish, Steve Gadd-Paul Simon, David Girabaldi-Tower of Power, Dave Grohl-Nirvana & the Foo Fighters, Levon Helm-The Band, Jaimoe-Allman Bros., Uriel Jones-the Funk Bros, Steve Jordan-James Taylor, Tommy Lee-the Crue, Billy Martin-, Joseph ?Zigaboo? Modeliste, Stanton Moore, Idris Mohammed, Zac Najor, Buddy Rich, Ahmir (?uestlove) Thompson-the Roots and the Philadelphia Project,Butch Trucks, Ron Tutt, Skeeto Valdez-the Brothers Groove/Various, Alex Van Halen,
Bassists: ERIC "BIG NADZ NOVAK, MATT VAN- Uncle Cracker, Marc Brownstein- the Disco Biscuits, Rob Derhak-moe., Flea-R.H.C.P., James Jamerson-the Funk Bros., Dan Kurtz-the New Deal, Christian McBride, Robert Mercurio-Galactic, Chris Stillwell-the Greyboy Allstars, Victor Wooten

Movies:

The Goonies, Outside Providence, Star Wars Trilogy(VHS),

Television:

Anything on Discovery Channel or the History Channel, Family Guy, South Park, the Sunday Stew, King of Queens, Howard Stern.......

Heroes:

The Fantastic Writers of South Park.....for instance: .. width="425" height="350" ..

My Blog

The Difference Between Stopping and Slowing Down

I saw this somewhere on the internet and I just think it's hillarious!   A lawyer runs a stop sign and gets pulled over. He thinks that he is smarter than the cop because he is sure he has a bett...
Posted by Clinton Daniel on Fri, 19 Oct 2007 11:59:00 PST

RIP James "the Godfather of Soul" Brown

R.I.P Comments about James Brown, the "Godfather of Soul," who died on Christmas morning at the age of 73:___"What James Brown was to music in terms of soul and hip-hop, rap, all of that, is what Bac...
Posted by Clinton Daniel on Tue, 26 Dec 2006 08:42:00 PST