Member Since: 24/01/2007
Band Website: www.TheVibeTribe.com (...it ain't ready yet folks)
Influences: Geez...where do I start ?For Guitar:
well,...let's see...It all started with Ace Frehley's smokin' Les Paul actually.
Once I saw that, that was IT !! ....Guitar playin' became a Life Sentence.After that gimmick faded , ....I slowly got into real playing with Alex Lifeson from Rush...a few years later,as guitar was starting to fade from my adolescent priorities , the notoriously HUGE scratch that Randy Rhoads played at the beginning of Crazy Train blew my mind, & turned me onto it all over again. So I took guitar really seriously after that.from there : Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Steve Morse , Steve Stevens, Neal Schon, Michael Schenker, George Lynch, Adrian Vandenberg, Gary Moore, John Sykes, Vivian Campbell, Eric Johnson, Blues Saraceno, Allan Holdsworth, Eddie Van Halen, Greg Howe, Trevor Rabin, Jeff Beck, Paul Gilbert, Frank Marino, Frank Gambale....& then : Steve Lukather , Robben Ford, Mark Knopfler, Michael Landau, Carl Verheyen, Jimi Tunnell and the incredible Dann Huff , with Jeff Beck and Greg Howe again...Did I mention Dann Huff ? Yes , I'm pretty sure I mentioned Dann Huff............these days? : I've returned to all of the above (lol !!!) But I must say that Dann Huff occupies my car stereo 24-7 !!an honorable mention to Guthrie Govan, and the incredible Wayne Krantz. I've just been getting into Wayne's conceptual playing, and I am DIGGING every note of it !!...hell, I even created a Krantz patch on my pedalboard !! what does tha tell ya ??..................On Bass :Well , I've been Jeff Berlin's fan since the first note. Jaco was great, but Jeff was it for me. period.
Then guys like : Marcus Miller, Alain Caron, Ray Riendeau, Pino Palladino, Oteil Burbridge, Richard Bona, Dominique DiPiazza, Matt Garrison and Jimmy Johnson started to creep into my ipod...and into my playing...(yeah right !...dream on !!)............On Bands/Music ? : ........Jellyfish (my all-time 1) and all its' offshoots like The Grays, The Jason Faulkner Band, Beatnik Beach , Slash's SnakePit , Imperial Drag, and 1/2 Beck ....... plus : Toto, Los Lobotomys, Karizma, The Screaming Headless Torso's , Wayne Krantz The Aquarium Rescue Unit, Fishbone, The Dixie Dregs, Dream Theater, Phish, Frank Zappa, Genesis, Jing Chi, King's X, Self , Cat Empire, Black Light Syndrome, PolyTown, Extraction, Niacin, Rush , Saga and Uzeb....
Sounds Like: Guitar ?.....hmmm....... well, people tell me I sound like Steve Lukather, with a bit of Knopfler thrown into the mix..... but I dunno 'bout that...I'd rather sound like me. There's already a Luke in the world...Bass ?.... well, TONE-WISE , I'd say Marcus Miller all the way. But anything else ? .... I dunno....me again? (not too Jazzy, not too Rocky...)and,.....Voice ?... well,..like a girl !! dammit. . I usually do the high-voice tunes, and most of the high harmonies in any band I'm in......Every moment behind a microphone, I battle this complex of sounding like a girl...so I try to gruff it up, or do something, ANYTHING ..to quell that.
and I WISH I had vibrato...like NICE vibrato.......I'd give my left nut to sound like Mickey Thomas !!!.............( listen to: Jefferson Starship's 'JANE' )
Record Label: Unsigned