WYTCH DOCTOR

I came from the frozen northeast, Buffalo, New York, to the desert southwest, Las Vegas! Now I reside in Los Angeles and I'm searching out like minded musicians to do some 'SERIOUSLY/SLAMMIN' MUSIC!! Started playing the guitar at the age of 10, when I asked my dad if I could have a drumkit, first! He said, "YOU AIN'T BRINGIN' THAT NOISE INTO MY HOUSE!" Had my first newspaper worthy writeup in highschool with the band Power Of Soul. After gettin' out of the service, I formed the band Monometamorphoside, sort of a spin on ParliamentFunkadelic, but nowhere near as successful. Got my BMI publishing and songwriting licenses after fighting to get a single played on local, Buffalo, NY, radio. Only lasted a week, but that's all I needed. Formed a succession of Heavy Metal cover bands, Voodoo Child, Panther, Lex Millenia. Then with the help of a few friends, I started the all original band Sky Church, which became an instant hit in Western New York! With the release of our ONLY cassette, (we did cassettes cause we were "low budgeting EVERYTING"), "LIVE", I won THE BUFFALO MUSIC AWARDS for BEST ORIGINAL and BEST METAL GUITARIST in 1992 & 1993. After Sky Church, I helped form the original Progressive Metal band, 101 Straitjacket. For the next several years, and some personnel changes, we were set to hit the road opening for some International Heavy acts, but as was USUAL with the B-lo scene, someone pulled the plug within the band. (hint- it WASN'T me!) I went on to join and play in several different local bands after that. My personal favorite was with Papa Emile Latimer,(percussionist with the legendary Ritchie Havens), and his band Abundance, which comprised of some of the greatest Senegalese drummers I've ever had the pleasure to hear and play with! Strictly Riddim, totally reggae covers. Funk Inc., rock/funk/r&b covers. Red Clay,original WorldBeat. Classical guitar recitals with the Buffalo Guitar Society, formed by my teacher, the GREAT Mir Ali... and the band One World Tribe, from Erie, Pennsylvania,worldbeat, funk, reggae, and jazz mixed in the same jammin' bowl!!! ALL the WYTCH DOCTOR music will concentrated on the more Experimental/Free-Form musical styles that I love. The tune above, BOP STAR, was recorded, LIVE, in my old rehearsal space in Buffalo, with an amazing bassist and drummer that I was jammin' with for a few months. Jumped on board, with one of my best friends, Lanise Hughes, the original drummer with The Stone City Band, in a Classic Top 40 band in 2004, and moved out here to Vegas. Got to play a gig at the restaurant/club, Ghengis Cohen, in Hollywood with the great songwriter, Billy Kent, (who wrote, and had credits on albums by Tower of Power, Vinx, and Leigh Jones), and we opened the show for the World-reknowned singer/percussionist, Vinx! Was drafted into The Stone City Band, with original members, Lanise Hughes-drums, Nate Hughes-percussion, Levy Ruffin-leader, keys, and vocals, and Billy Nunn-keys, and vocals, AND Dennis Andrews(Shorty), lead vocals! Only got to do ONE gig with this band in L.A. in October 2007. Nothing came of it, so far! During the Holiday season, December 2007, I also had the honor of playing 2 shows with the band, Year of the Dragon, featuring Dirty Walt Kibby, ex-Fishbone. I feel VERY Blessed and honored to have played with the talent that I have shared the stage with over the years! I'm keeping ALL my musical options open, and hopefully I can get involved in doing some session work, movie scores, (LISTEN TO 'OUT OF THE DARKNESS', above, which was done LIVE in my rehearsal studio with just me, my drum machine, and ONE condenser microphone), clinics, tours, wherever my guitar can take me. I figure as long as I'm recording by myself, I'll keep the name of SKY CHURCH going, that way I can release the HEAVY/HARDCORE MONSTER in me. If there's anything that I've learned, it's no matter how much you know as a musician, there's ALWAYS something else to learn, in MUSIC, as well as in LIFE!!! 'Cause no matter HOW good you are, as an artist, the ONLY thing is to be able to express YOUR INDIVIDUAL SELF!!! It's ART! NOT competition! And humility is vital in knowing that you are ONLY another human being who just happens to be in the Blessed position of having a talent to share with the world! I would love to get involved with a Progressive/Experimental/Fusion band, or a VERY UNIQUE HEAVY METAL band. The objective? Write music that touches, and awakens the soul and sensibilities by stretching the sonic boundaries to where there are NO BOUNDARIES, NO CATAGORIES, NO FORMULAS, NO EGO-TRIPPIN', AND UNBOUND VIRTUOSITY!!! To help heal the soul through positive music and song! You know!! Make a relevant artistic statement!!!! It's about time we ALL do our part to start the "CREATIVE MUSIC REVOLUTION", AGAIN!!! There are NO LIMITS to the CREATIVE SPIRIT, AND the individual THINKING mind in ALL arts, and in SOCIETY!!! LONG LIVE JIMI HENDRIX!!! Music IS 'THE GREATEST ART!!!'-Thank you, MESHUGGAH!!! SCREW THE FORMULA!!!! DE-PROGRAM THE PEOPLE!!! "FREE YOUR MIND, AND YOUR ASS WILL FOLLOW!!!"-Thank you, GEORGE CLINTON!!! Hope I do a good job!!! Hope to see you ALL, out there!!! PEACE AND LOVE!!!

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