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Scott Riley [Music]

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About Me


I don’t really know what to say, most people visiting here will know me already, those who don’t, hopefully my music can speak for itself.
I try to explore my mind when I create music and my only wish when recording and writing is that I can inspire others to do the same. No stunt guitar, no self-centered wailing, just honest music that I hope can help people allow their minds to wander and invoke an image or evoke emotion.
To me, music is life...I know a lot of people say that, but music is the single most important thing in my life, its kept me alive, listening to and creating as much music as possible is the most enriching, educational and evocative exercise in existence and there is no better outlet for emotion in my humble opinion.
For me, music is 100% emotion, if you give it your all, it will show. Emotion gives music life, it allows it to breathe, to speak, to fly. Emotion takes music above and beyond technical ability, the best musicians in the world are lost without emotion, without it, music is one-dimensional and callous. All the technical skill in the world cannot make up for lack of emotion. Emotion defines music, adds the nuances and subtleties that make it unique, without emotion, music is just notes.
’Lots of players in the world...but very few have the ability to communicate with their instrument...to make it sing.Anyone can play notes...Very few can make notes dance, cry, fly, beg for mercy...’ - BMG_SKULK ( Jam Session member)
I write music for the people I love, my friends and family, the people I care deeply about, and I am extremely thankful for the inspiration they provide, they fill me with the emotion that goes into my music, they’re responsible for it all. Hopefully you all know who you are.
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Member Since: 11/25/2006
Band Members: Scott Riley - Guitars, Bass, Keyboards, Synths, Drum Programming, Mixer, Producer...Everything Really
Influences: David Gilmour
Danny Elfman
Supertramp
Tool
Eddie Hazel
Faithless
Syd Barrett
Liszt
Bach
Debussey
Life
Death
Love
Karma
Friends
Altruism
Anything and Everything...
...But Mostly...
...'Setting The Mood'...

Sounds Like: However I feel when I feel the need to communicate it. Sad, Happy, Confused, Depressed, Elated, Alone, Overwhelmed, Insane, Longing, Passionate...it all depends on my mood.

Have been described as Ambient, Melodic, Experimental, Trip-Rock, Progressive, Euphoric, Electronica, Electro-Blues, Synth Shred...the list seems endless. I guess my genre is 'Progressive Ambient Experimental Electromelodica' :p

Different music caters for different moods, limiting ones self to a genre limits your emotional spectrum, the more you attempt to define what you create the narrower you become, thus I don't appertain to a specific genre...Music is what you feel, what you hear, what it means to the creator and the listener...it is not a genre, it is an emotion, a story, a message...a journey
Record Label: Unsigned
Type of Label: None