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BONZAI Caruso

Create it : Write it, Paint it, Play it, Print it. Publish it.... Daily.

About Me

James "Bonzai" Caruso is a three-time Grammy Award winner, whose most recent award was for his work with reggae icon Stephen Marley. Caruso's mile-long list of credits as an engineer and mixer include work with today's biggest names including Alicia Keys, Gwen Stefani, Madonna, David Bowie, Bono, Mary J. Blige and Missy Elliot. He has also done work with luminaries that include Cher, Notorious B.I.G., Miles Davis, and Diana Ross just to name a few. "Music is my life, as a freelance recording / mix engineer, song writer and producer for over two decades, it's my glorious, daily blessing and occupation. When I'm not in the studio, one can usually find me painting. Painting is my therapy, 'On a spiritual journey... as I.... <a

My Interests

music,film,food,wine,art, concepts and actions that help others, and the people who make it happen. The Universe.

I'd like to meet:

People, (no more extraterrestrials) who are phunn and Honest, True, Real, Open, Creative, Grounded yet Flying. Mentaly Hot.

Music:

"Passion" by Peter Gabriel, (soundtrack to "The Last Temptation of Christ"), Seal, Bob Marley, "M", Citizen Cope, Deep Forest, Madredeus, Diana King, The Vincent Black Shadow, Neil Young, Tracy Chapman, Ottmar Liebert, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, UltraViolet Sound.

Movies:

Amélie, Ciao Professore, Il Postino, Cinima Paradisio, Big Night, Dancer in the Dark, Only You, My Cousin Vinnie, Forest Gump, BIG, The Matrix, Cube, and most anything with Sean Penn.

Television:

National Geographic, Discovery, History, PBS, IFC, ... you get the idea.

Books:

The Road Less Traveled, Way of the Peaceful Warrior, This Business of Music, RTFM.

Heroes:

NYC Fire Department and EMS, Keep a Child Alive {Alicia Keys}, Doctors without Borders, Princess Diana, Bono, Michael Moore, Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix, Seal, Jack Daniels, Peter Gabriel, My Grandparents, My Mother, Native American concepts, Mother Earth, LOVE.