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Thomas Byrne

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About Me

Progressive keyboardist with 25+ years of professional live/session experience. Strong compositional, arranging, and production skills/expertise. Studio work with scores of artists, original works featured on television and in film. ("That commercial where the little dog chases the covered wagon under the counter... that was mine.") Private instruction with Harvey Diamond (Lenny Tristano), T Lavitz (Dixie Dregs), Berklee College of music, and The Real School.

My Interests

Mountain biking, peak bagging, sitting in the lobby waiting for the limo.

I'd like to meet:

Meriwether Lewis

Music:

Dixie Dregs, Aquarium Rescue Unit (pre- and post- the Col), Miles, 'Trane, Jimmy Herring, Bill Evans, Breckers, Jaco/Weather Report, Herbie, David Sancious, Randy Waldman, Rare Earth, Derek Trucks, Zeppelin, Sly Stone, Tito Puente, Jeff Buckley, etc., etc...

Movies:

Cool Hand Luke, The Life Aquatic

Books:

This Week: "Democracy in America" Alexis DeTocqueville

Heroes:

Ernest Shackleton, Bradford Washburn, John Adams, and the guy who invented the cheeseburger.

My Blog

"RIDE" MP3

"Ride" is a 3-minute tune Rob Ketch wrote back in 1997 for Guitar Magazine. We threw down these tracks in just a couple of hours over at Mixed Emotions. Pretty raw production, but reflective...
Posted by Thomas Byrne on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 06:09:00 PST