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Lucian

Immune

About Me

I’m a California native, born ‘n raised in Santa Barbara. I’m Asian American (ethnically, half Japanese and Chinese). I’m involved with creative pursuits of all varieties, especially, things that involve music, design, business, and technology. My formal education is in industrial design. I have worked in many different capacities in the music business. I enjoy doing things that result in creative impact for musicians and music. At heart, I'm a guitar player and producer. My favorite musical/creative pursuit is writing and producing original music.

My Interests

Creating original music, Guitar, Recording, Producing, Design, Cooking, Business, Engineering, Art, Technology, Success...

I'd like to meet:

Creative people of all varieties, writers, artists, musicians, recording engineers, producers, business people, professionals, creative types/usual suspects... People who aspire to continually define and refine themselves. People who are humbled by all the knowledge they can't possibly ever understand. Those who share a similar sense of aesthetics. Those who pursue their interests with passion.

Music:

Progressive instrumental, rock, metal. Rush, Led Zeppelin, Coroner, Megadeth, Eric Johnson, Yngwie Malmsteen, Steve Morse, Michael Schenker, AC/DC, John Petrucci, Liquid Tension Experiment, Paul Gilbert, Disturbed, Guns 'n Roses, Marilyn Manson,

Movies:

The Godfather I, II, Scarface, Terminator I, Blade Runner, Edward Scissorhands, Fist of the North Star, May, The 13th Warrior, Matrix, Conan the Barbarian, Alien & Aliens, Crouching Tiger, Hero, Kurosawa/Toshiro Mifune (seven samurai...), John Woo/Chow Yun Fat (The Killer...), Interview with the Vampire, Wyatt Earp...

Television:

Simpsons, South Park,Iron Chef, Star Trek, News, History Channel...

Books:

The art of War by Sun Tzu, The Dictionary, Ayn, Rand, William Gibson, Robert Heinlein, Murakami Haruki, Frank Herbert, Musicology/Design/ Technical/Business books...

Heroes:

Prime Movers

My Blog

Oblique Effect album available at Guitar 9 Records

http://www.guitar9.com/obliqueeffect.html
Posted by Lucian on Wed, 28 Jun 2006 11:41:00 PST

NAMM 2006 January 19th-22nd

Hi everyone, Yes, it's that time again and Damage Control's 2nd Winter NAMM show.  In fact, it's hard to believe that Damage Control is entering into its 3rd year of business in 2006.  This ...
Posted by Lucian on Thu, 19 Jan 2006 06:05:00 PST

SUN-TZU: Weakness and Strength

Again, one can look to Sun Tzu's The Art of War and find strategies that apply to life...Hope you enjoy it!  -Lucian     SUN-TZU: THE PRINCIPLES OF WARFARE"THE ART OF WAR" Chapter Six: ...
Posted by Lucian on Sat, 10 Dec 2005 08:16:00 PST

Just like the pied piper...

You take a mortal man,And put him in controlWatch him become a godWatch peoples heads a'rollA'roll... Just like the Pied PiperLed rats through the streetsWe dance like marionettesSwaying to the sympho...
Posted by Lucian on Thu, 08 Dec 2005 03:29:00 PST

HC customer review...now this guy gets it!

Features: 9The Demonizer is one in which I trusted from day one. Some guy posted its existence on a forum in mid 2005, and I decided to investigate more. Since the device was not exactly common or eas...
Posted by Lucian on Thu, 24 Nov 2005 06:29:00 PST

Here's what some Artists are saying about Damage Contol

The Demonizer gets 5  stars!!!!!! Michael  Wilton, Queensryche   The Womanizer is a more versatile and better version of the Mesa V Twin. It gives me more versatility, a wider range of...
Posted by Lucian on Fri, 04 Nov 2005 12:50:00 PST

Wisdom Teeth

So...I've noticed a small plastic bag on on my driveway for the past week.  It wasn't until today that I took a closer look and discovered a bag of human wisdom teeth.  Yeah, no shit!  ...
Posted by Lucian on Fri, 30 Sep 2005 01:31:00 PST

The reality at hand.

Life has its twists and turns.  It really sucks when it takes a turn for the worst.  Sometimes things can be so bad that one reacts with humor in order to cope with the reality at hand. Im n...
Posted by Lucian on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Buy recommendation of the month

  DAMAGE CONTROL WOMANIZER / DEMONIZER AMAZONA.de FazitSpätestens wenn der erste Ton erklingt - und das magische Auge strahlt - ist man gefangen in einem Ton der süchtig machen kann. Der fantasti...
Posted by Lucian on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

DAMAGE CONTROL USA TODAY

Alright, so I havent posted a blog in quite sometime but that is due to how insanely busy things have been.  And yes, things have been going very well with Damage Control.  Things have been...
Posted by Lucian on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST