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Brandon

Do not open door while inflight.

About Me

But enough about me. Let's hear more about ME!!!

I am an aspiring film maker, animator, crazy idea generator, arranger, composer, band leader, trombonist, and musician.

There are some who might say i have a fetish with dolphins... and there are others who say that unicorns can't neigh.

My favorite mode of transportation (or most used anyway) is by scooter. I can do two tricks on it so far. Start, and stop. I can't always do the second one, at least not right away.

I wish I could major in Creativity.

Good Layouts and Backgrounds

My Interests

Movies, music, anime, the art of the trombone, running, hiking, inverse ice skating, drawing, animating, red dolphins that fly, language barriers... and pretty much anything having to do with the awesome power that is: creativity.

An Incredible artist and friend:

check it out! ^

also, Machinima:

And Fan Made Films:

I'd like to meet:

Someone, someone(s), sometwo, somethrees, somepeople(z), etc.

HW GUY (Please, don't touch his Sasha)

Music:

I like a lot of music, but my specialty lies in Jazz.

Trombonists:
Hal Crook, Jim Pugh, Mike Davis, John Allred, Bill Allred, Eijiro Nakagawa, Wayne Wallace, Wycliffe Gordon, Scott Whitfield, John Fedchock, Andy Martin, Paul McKee, Tom Garling, Jack Teagarden, Trummy Young, Lawrence Brown, Tricky Sam Nanton, Dicky Wells, J. C. Higginbotham, Jack Jenny, Tommy Dorsey, Bill Harris, J.J. Johnson, Al Grey, Curtis Fuller, Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green, Frank Rosolino, Dick Nash, Carl Fontana, Frank Rehak, Jimmy Knepper, Slide Hampton, Albert Mangelsdorff, Bill Watrous, Barry Rogers, Art Baron, Papo Vasquez, Sam Burtis, Gary Valente, Steve Turre, Dave Taylor, Keith O'Quinn, Robin Eubanks, Matt Niess, Harry Waters, David Steinmeyer, George Bohanon, Bob McChesney, Mike Fahn, Steve Davis, Abe Lincoln, Julian Priester, Dan Barrett, Grachan Moncur III, Pat Hallaran, Ed Gooch, Dave Eshelman, Tom "Bones" Mallone, Turk Murphy.

Piano:
Art Tatum, Michel Petrucciani, Bill Evans, Chano Dominguez, Count Basie, Johnny Varro, Oscar Peterson, John Sheridan, Joey DeFrancesco, Jimmy Smith, Eddy Louiss, Thelonious Monk Joe Gilman, Dave Brubeck, Chick Corea, Ray Charles.

Trumpet:
King Oliver, Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, Charles "Cootie" Williams, Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie, Jim Cullum, Clark Terry, Miles Davis, Chet Baker, Clifford Brown, Wynton Marsalis, Nicholas Paynton.

Big Bands:
Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Gerald Wilson, Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Shorty Rogers and His Giants, Maria Schneider, Dave Eshelman's Jazz Garden Big Band, Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band, Stan Kenton, Ray Brown, Tom Kubis, Harry Connick Jr., Bob Curnow, Pat Metheny, The SeatBelts, Jim Wiedner Big band.

Vocalists:
Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, Harry Connick Jr., Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Ann Pedersen, Diana Krall, Bobby Darren, Ray Charles, Nat King Cole/Natalie, Take 6, Jack Black, Tom Lehrer, Michael Jackson, James Brown, The Blues Brothers, Tower of Power.

Bass:
Ray Brown, Matt Perrine, Niels Henning Orsted Pedersen, Marcus Miller, Oscar Pettiford, Victor Wooten, Charlie Haden, Wilbur Ware, Paul Chambers, Jaco Pastorius, Stanley Clarke, Charles Mingus.

Film Music:
Danny Elfman, John Williams, Hans Zimmer, Randy Newman, Howard Shore, Jerry Goldsmith, James Horner, Philip Glass, and Alan Menken.

Movies:

Sponge Bob vs The New Lowdown



SB thought he could take us on... he was wrong.

The Penny Man's Pretzel



One man, on a quest for the holy pretzel! Only one problem, his belief system requires that he can only purchase food through pennies. Good Luck Penny Man!

FEAR



This is a montage I made about portraying Fear in different situations. Though sometimes it is a bit humorous...
Check out a few of my FLASH animations at Newgrounds.com:

Band Room Battle

Twice A Thief

Aside from my own films, I like... well a lot of stuff. I'll go more into that later.

Heroes:



adopt your own virtual pet!

The Easter Bunny

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My Blog

Check out this event: Au Brothers Reunion Concert - Mid-Week Sunset Jazz

Hosted By: Capital Jazz Radio host, George EspositoWhen: Wednesday Aug 20, 2008 at 7:00 PMWhere: Backyard of Capital Jazz Radio's George Esposito6138 Woodhaven AveCarmichael, CA 95608United StatesDesc...
Posted by Brandon on Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:29:00 PST

The Carling Family Band. OMG.

Previously on this blog, I featured deceased virtuoso musicians Michael Brecker, and Michel Petrucciani, and the still living Super awesome Trombonist John Allred. Since all of them so far have been ...
Posted by Brandon on Mon, 28 Jul 2008 02:18:00 PST

Performance schedule for Sac JAzz Jubilee (May 23-26)

My performance schedule for the 35th Annual Sacramento Jazz Jubilee on memorial day weekend May 23-26http://www.sacjazz.com/*NLD= The New Lowdown*POLLY= Polly's Hot PaupersFRIDAYNLD 5:30pm Embassy S...
Posted by Brandon on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:40:00 PST

A different take on pirates of the carribean

While under the influence... my brother Justin and I recorded a strange version of the song "YoHo" from Pirates of the Caribbean.You can listen to it on mypage...
Posted by Brandon on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:30:00 PST

Santa CRUZ

Had a blast in Santa Cruz with my friends Belissa, Musan, and Sen... or was that Selissa, Busan, and Men?here's a slide show of some of the stranger moments of the trip.Santa Cruz Slide show ...
Posted by Brandon on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 09:35:00 PST

All that meat and No Potatoes

I like potatoes.   I just needed to make that clear.   Now that that's out of the way,  I have quit my job at FRY'S ELECTRONICS today.  Why?  Is it because of the commute? the...
Posted by Brandon on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 02:07:00 PST

Would you like Fries with that?

So, I got another part time job over at Fry's Megastore in Roseville.  Hasn't opened up yet, but from what I've seen so far, it has a pretty big TRAIN theme.  The front of the buil...
Posted by Brandon on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 11:32:00 PST

But Officer, there were SOME trees I didn't hit at all!

So, this month I got into my first car accident.  I would have thought that my first accident would be associated with the RED traffic lights which can be soo alluring and distracting at night......
Posted by Brandon on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 01:14:00 PST

Re-arranging my room... with a Hack Saw!

Mooohahahaaa!!   Ohh Man Does it feel good to rip appart furniture! Ever feel like you can't get anything done in your room?  I did.  So then I took out a hacksaw from the garrage ...
Posted by Brandon on Sat, 03 Feb 2007 01:03:00 PST

Michael Brecker

Today, a friend of the Jazz world has left us. "A groundbreaking legacy of stellar virtuosity" cannot even begin to describe this man's contribution to the music. I am talking about saxophone guru M...
Posted by Brandon on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 04:28:00 PST