Music:
Member Since: 11/12/2006
Band Website: liftthebandstand.blogspot.com/
Band Members: Kevin Parkinson - Drums, cymbals, udu/ghatam, tablas played Un-Indianly, djembe, shakers, bells, percussion, toys & voice
Currently in my Player:
The North Well ( Revelator and Hyperballad )
Lane Arndt: Guitars
Thom Golub : Bass
Myself : Drums
Bill Jameison Quartet ( Untitleds)
Bill Jameison : Alto Sax
Bob Tildesley : Trumpet
Thom Golub : Bass
Myself : Drums
Other Projects:
Lara Yule Singh
Alexia Melnychuk
The North Well
The Parker's
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Influences: Most Profound Musical Heroes:
John Coltrane & Keith Jarrett
Musical Inspiration:
Dhrupad musicians: Zia Mohiuddin Dagar, Sayeeduddin Dagar, Ashok Pathak, Zia Fariruddin Dagar, Uday Bhawalkar, Gundecha Brothers
Other Indian Musicians: Sultan Khan, L.Shankar, L. Subramanium, Hariprasad Chaurasia, G.S. Sachdev
European "new music": AALY Trio, Korntad Trio, The Source, Zanussi 5, Edward Vesala's Sound and Fury, Jan Garbarek, etc, etc.
American Jazz Musicians: Ken Vandermark, Eric Dolphy, Alice Coltrane, William Parker, Albert Ayler, Ornette Coleman, Miles Davis, Pharoah Sanders, Charles Mingus, Oliver Nelson, Charles Lloyd, Cecil Taylor, Jimmy Garrison
Persian Music: Dastan Ensemble, The Kamkars, etc.
African Music: Johnny Dyani, Abdullah Ibrahim/Dollar Brand
"Pop" Music: Van Morrison
Inspirational Drummer Musicians:
Jack DeJohnette, Jeff "Tain" Watts, Milford Graves, Joey Baron, Hamid Drake, Brian Blade, Jim Black, Susie Ibarra, Paal Nilssen-Love, Kjell Nordeson, Elvin Jones, ( early ) Tony Williams, Edward Vesala, Roy Haynes, David Abruzzese, Per Oddvar Johanson, Billy Higgins, Rashied Ali
Movies:
The Matrix Trilogy, Powder, Lord of The Rings, The Thin Red Line, The New World, Forrest Gump
Literature:
Rumi, Hafiz, Khalil Gibran, Dostoyevsky, Kazantzakis, Jung
Profound Inspiration:
John deRuiter
Sounds Like: me, hopefully...
I was at a talk once with William Parker who said something about not trying to be like other people, because then, who would be you? I know that very strongly and I try to sound like myself rather than trying to imitate the list of drummers above.
...on the other hand, it seems the music within each of us expressing itself as our individual voice is connected to an even deeper collective kind of music. So then, we can't help sounding like each other 'cause music doesn't "belong" to individuals but is clearly a part of conciousness as a whole.
I listen deeply ( whether as just a listener or performer ) and my goal is to play music rather than just drums; I think there is a big difference.
Record Label: The Woodshed
Type of Label: None
