Member Since: 18/12/2006
Band Website: fivegoatsbig.com
Band Members: No actual band exits, nor will exist any time soon but, contributing musicians that have been kind enough to participate in my last three CDs are as follows.........
John Ettinger(violins), Scott Amendola(drums and percussion, Jai Young Kim(keyboards, engineering and mastering), Ben Goldberg(clarinets), Frank Grau(drums), Devin Hoff(accousic bass), Jon Moore(tuba), Carla Kihlstedt(violins) and me on the rest of the mess.
Influences: John Coltrane, PJ Harvey, Polvo, Robert Fripp, Kate Bush, Low, Bill Frisell, Henryk Gorecki,
Pink Floyd, Tangerine Dream, Brian Wilson, Deerhoof, Bollywood music specifically from the early 60s to the early 70s...Asha Bhosle and family, The Birthday Party, Nels Cline, John Carter, Curlew, Eric Dolphy, David Bowie, Roy Orbison, Jimi Hendrix, Henry Cow,
Steve Reich, Sonic Youth, Philip Glass, Tim Berne, Echo and the Bunnymen, Stereolab, Pat Metheny, David Torn, Art Bears, Ornette Coleman, Steve Lacy, Neil Young, Henry Threadgill, Cocteau Twins, Blonde Redhead, Thelonious Monk, Nick Drake, My Bloody Valentine, Charles Ives, Muhal Richard Abrams, The Beatles, Debashish Bhattacharya, Captain Beefheart, Roland Kirk, Charles Mingus, Dave Douglas and Joni Mitchell.
Sounds Like: Some of the music I like.
Record Label: five goats big, feast or famine
Type of Label: Indie