Things I Find Interesting:music (listening to it, writing, and recording), art (creating it, as well as studying it and just enjoying it), reading, Paganism, being in nature, partying... and shit like that, coffee and espresso, lattes, chocolate, dark beers and stouts, lagers, porters, whiskey, rum, wine, buffalo sauce, popcorn, photography, medieval history, ancient history, getting tatoos, and piercings, clove cigarettes, hiking, camping, constitutional law, heraldy/ family history, travelling, campfires, animals, concerts, theatrical plays, some operas, horror movies, mystical creatures, leather, weapons (especially older weapons), candles, being in the woods, computers, archery, astral planes, multi-dimensional realities, aliens, astronomy, astrology, quantum physics, string theory, Shamanism (Norse, Celtic, and Native American), vampyres, gargoyles, dragons, wolves, trees, cats, poetry, armour, etc. etc.I like to make things out of leather and studs/ nails/ spikes. And, I also enjoy photo/ graphics design. Of course i get into alot of philosphy and spiritual development as well.I love to play guitar, keyboards/ organ, bass guitar, some drums, panflute, and my ocarina. And basically any other instrument, or random object I can make music with.Some Words of Wisdom:"All things are subject to interpretation, whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth." - F.W. Nietzche"Men occasionally stumble across the truth. But most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened." -Winston Churchill"There's a victory, and defeat; the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst of defeats which each man gains or sustains at the hands not of another, but of himself." -Plato"Victory belongs to the most persevering." -Napoleon Bonaparte"That which does not kill us makes us stronger." -F.W. Nietzche"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people." -Eleanor Roosevelt"Thus it is that in war the victorious strategist only seeks battle after the victory has been won, whereas he who is destined to defeat first fights and afterwards looks for victory." -Sun Tzu"We think too small, like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view. " -Mao Tse-Tung"We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that which we think we cannot." -Eleanor Roosevelt"Your heart is free; have the courage to follow her." -Malcolm MacWallace"... We hold these Truths to be self-evident: That all Men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights; that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness; that, to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed; that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government..."-Thomas Jefferson, the United States Declaration of Independence."Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action."-George Washington, 1790"A popular government without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy, or perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance, and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives."-James Madison, 1822
Music Genres:I like:Black Metal, Extreme Metal, Death Metal, Thrash Metal, Power Metal, Epic Metal, Folk Metal, Viking Metal, and Speed Metal, etc.... Also: Folk music, classical, industrial, gothic, classic rock, opera, atmospheric, ambient, etc....I basically like most anything with real feeling to it, and meaning behind it. Something more than just sound. Even if it's cryptic. And even if it sounds "noisy" to some people.I Dislike: RAP, R&B, Hip hop, etc!!! Yes that does include any rock or metal with rap!!
Some Reading Material:"By Oak, Ash, and Thorn," by D.J. Conway"Where Eagles Fly," by Kenneth Meadows"Northern Mysteries and Magick," by Freya Aswynn"Origins of Modern Witchcraft," by Ann Moura"Lords of Chaos," by Michael Moynihan and Didrik Soderlind"The Hobbit," by J.R.R. Tolkien"L.O.T.R.," by J.R.R. Tolkien"Beyond Good and Evil," by Friedrich Nietzche"Dancing With Dragons," by D.J. Conway"Buckland's Complete Book of Witchcraft," Raymond Buckland"The Satanic Bible," Anton Szandor LaVey"Animal Speak," Ted Andrews"The Origin of Species," Charles DarwinOf course I love to read and have many books I can suggest... these are merely a few of many I find enlightening.
People of Influence:Personally:
My mother, also my father (whom vacated the earth plane 07/13/1994) and shall forever burn within me, my daughter Morrigan, and Michelle.Musically:
my uncle Ken Cratty, my uncle Keith Monske, my uncle Charles Cratty, Ihsahn, Galder, Nocturno Culto, Hetfield (1980's era), Euronymous, Satyr, Mikael Akerfeldt, Abbath, Trey Azagtoth, and Quorthon.....the list could go on, but there are what's probably the top 13 people (in no specific order) that I feel, through their music, have greatly impacted my life (and my music) at various times.