Member Since: 23/12/2006
Band Members: JUST ME!
I would like to use this web-site STRICTLY as a way of communicating with other like minded people in the music business who are writing/playing/producing music or have business associations with people who write/play/produce music.
Influences: My influences like any musician who has what I call the music "illness" would be too long to list. Here are a few....
As a drummer: Tony Williams,Richie Hayward,Peter Criss,Carlos Vega,Rick Gratton,David Garibaldi,Eddie Bayers,the Motown guys,Jimmy Cobb,Brian Blade,Jim Keltner,Jeff Porcaro,Vito Rezza,Philly Jo Jones, Max Roach,John Bonham,John Panozzo, Danny Lockwood,Dave King,Vinnie Colaiuta,Paul Delong,Dave James,Omar Hakim,Steve Gadd.
My favourite artists include: Little Feat,Tower Of Power, John Hiatt,Mary Chapin Carpenter,KISS,Van Halen,Miles Davis,John Coltrane,Thelonious Monk,Stevie Ray Vaughn,Chick Corea,The Foo Fighters,Lyle Lovett,James Taylor,Steely Dan,The Meters,Albert Collins,Bonnie Raitt,Delbert MacClinton,Earth Wind & Fire,Jamie Oakes,Jimmy Smith,Merle Haggard,Styx,The Yellowjackets,Weather Report,Bob Marley,Hank Williams,Dire Straits.Bad Company,Steve Earle,Lynard Skynard,Ella Fitzgerald,Karyn Allison and Steps Ahead
Sounds Like: Jim Keltner meets Jerry Marotta meets Richie Hayward meets Jimmy Cobb meets any of those Motown guys like Bennie Benjamin or Uriel Jones.....if I may be so bold.
Type of Label: Major