Member Since: 2/8/2007
Band Website: http://www.robpaterson.com
Influences: Composers: John Adams, Kalevi Aho, J.S. Bach, Bartók, Beethoven, Berlioz, Cage, Copland, George Crumb, Miles Davis, Debussy, Jacob Druckman, Dufay, John Eaton, Frederick Fox, John Harbison, Lou Harrison, Hartmann, Ives, Aaron Kernis, György Ligeti, Magnus Lindberg, Steven Mackey, Mahler, Arvo Pärt, Messiaen, Pettersson, Steve Reich, Christopher Rouse, Schuman, Shostakovich, Joseph Schwantner, Satie, Bent Sørensen, Strauss, Stravinsky, Roberto Sierra, Steven Stucky, Takemitsu, Xenakis
Film Composers: Angelo Badalamenti, Don Davis, Thomas Newman, Howard Shore, Carl Stalling, Toru Takemitsu, John Williams
Misc. Musicians: Leonard Bernstein (primarily as a conductor), Glen Gould (as a pianist and conceptualist), Harry Partch (as an inventor)
Bands and Pop Musicians: Beatles, Beck, Björk, The Doors, Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Enya, Peter Gabriel, Genesis, Grateful Dead, King Crimson, Kiss, Led Zeppelin, Massive Attack, Pink Floyd, Police, Public Enemy, Rush, Stereo Lab, Sting, U2, Roger Waters
Percussionists: John Beck, Bill Bruford, Gary Burton, Stewart Copeland, Lynn Harbold, Neil Peart, Leigh Howard Stevens, Gordon Stout, Jan Williams
Visual Artists: Francis Bacon, Bosch, Breugel (elder), Calder, Dali, Max Ernst, Escher, Monet, Miro, Tony Paterson, Picasso, Rodin, Harold Tovish, Turner
Architects: Frank Geary, Philip Johnson, Frank Lloyd Wright
Writers: J.G. Ballard, Don DeLillo, Emerson, Frost, Stephen King, Sinclair Lewis, Cormac McCarthy, Poe, Ayn Rand, Shakespeare, Thoreau, David Foster Wallace (to be continued... definitely not complete)
Other Influences: Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Al Gore, Steve Jobs, John Robbins, Dean Kamen, Ray Kurzweil, Nikola Tesla, my wife Victoria and son Dylan
Directors & Actors: Cohen Brothers, Robert DiNiro, Jim Henson, Anthony Hopkins, Samuel L. Jackson, Andy Kaufman, Stanley Kubrick, George Lucas, David Lynch, Robert Redford, Tim Robbins, Steven Speilberg (sometimes), Quintin Tarantino, Wachowski Brothers, Christopher Walken
Other Interests: vegan cuisine, animal rights, the environment, hiking, tennis, technology, gadgets
Sounds Like: an eclectic mix of modern styles infused with energy and color, inspired by Rock, Jazz, World Music, and all the composers mentioned above...
Record Label: Various Labels