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Aaron

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

..I play guitar here and there. Just a normal guy, who just wants to rock the F%$# out. I love music and art. I'm slowly working on my own music here . Hopefully you will see me playing music around Portland and other parts of Oregon very soon.
Check out my photos of Japan and Korea.
Hokkaido (NEW)
Mt. Fugi/Tokyu (NEW)
Tokyo
Umeda Sky Building
Seoul, Korea
Kyoto
Giant Buddha in Nara
New Years
The Ocean
Music
My Neighborhood
Kareoke
Tennoji Osaka Tower
USJ
Xmas (NEW)
Osaka
Osaka Castle
Hiroshima
Kobe
Islands
Kitano Shrine in Kobe
Firewalking
Yayoi Age Huts BC 100
Random Stuff
My Apartment
New House
Miyajima
Halloween

My Interests

Music, playing my guitar, Guitars, Art, Basketball, Coffee, Beer, Movies, Traveling, Friends, Laughing, Being as loud as possible.

This says "I..m West Coast"

I'd like to meet:

Other people in the music world and good friends I haven't kept in touch with enough...
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Music:

Everthing just about. Soundgarden, Nirvana, Janes Addiction, Pearl Jam, Neil Young, Elliott Smith, The Jesus Lizard, Slint, Stone Temple Pilots, Beck, Dinosaur Jr., Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, Eric Clapton, Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, The Ramones, Smashing Pumpkins, R.E.M. Queens of the Stone Age, Foo Fighters, Sonic Youth, Porno for Pyros, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, St. Germain, Green Day, Herbie Hancock, Jonh Frushantie, Banyan, the Beatles, A Perfect Circle, Don Caballero, Probot, Bjork, Kool Keith, Blackalicious, Nine Inch Nails, Velvet Underground, Tool, AC/DC, Beastie Boys, Atmostsphere, Radiohead, Dave Navarro, Flaming Lips, Pink Floyd, The Doors, Mingus, God Lives Under Water, Built to Spill, Charlie Parker, Coltrian, MIles Davis, U2, Sunny Day Real Estate, Bob Dylan, Heatmiser, Guns & Roses (early stuff), Modest Mouse, Velvet Revolver, Massive Attack, G.Love, American Hit List, Perfume, Ben Harper, A Tribe Called Quest, J5, Deconstruction, G. Love, The Mars Volta, Sparta, At the Drive in, B.B. King, Cream, The Police, Marvin Gaye, John Lennon. So many more.....

Heroes:

John Lennon, Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, Gandhi, Muhammad Ali

My Blog

Saturday was an awakening

I had an awakening of sorts after a long summer of disappointing show turnouts and gigs that went over less successfully then planed.  What am I doing?  Why do I play for people who don't wa...
Posted by Aaron on Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:19:00 PST

CD is finished, TV and more shows

The CD release party for the band I'm in, (Lost History), is this Saturday at Ash Street Saloon.  We probably won't hit the stage till 11pm, but if you want to come out and hang out or pick up a ...
Posted by Aaron on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 05:18:00 PST

Japan again, Music and the Next Year

Well, I'm back from Japan!  It really felt like I had never left.  I had a great time.  It was great to see a lot of friends and of course my girlfriend.  Hopefully the US governme...
Posted by Aaron on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 02:17:00 PST

The State of Music Today

I suppose the people that are actually reading this now or even come to this site are not really the people I'm addressing with all of this.  But, by all means, continue to read.  I guess I'...
Posted by Aaron on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 05:19:00 PST

Saturday's Show

I played a show Saturday night with a little group we put together for fun.  It's kind of an outlet to try new stuff, covers, originals, and for fun.  It was a long day of setting up and get...
Posted by Aaron on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 07:37:00 PST

Readapting

I've now been back in the US for almost a month.  At first it was a very strange feeling being back.  Like being dropped in a strange world again, yet I remember this world.  Strange he...
Posted by Aaron on Sun, 04 Feb 2007 02:36:00 PST

Saiyanara Japan

I leave tomorrow at 5:55pm  Its been a crazy year in my life.  Its been good and bad, but I don't regret coming here for one second.  I'm very thankful to all the good people I meet her...
Posted by Aaron on Sun, 07 Jan 2007 08:24:00 PST

Top Ten Most Unusual Things Eaten in Japan

Top Ten most unusual things I have eaten while in Japan. (raw fish doesn't count, that's a given) 10.A Whole Fish, Head and All 9.Raw Sea Urchin 8.Fermented Beans 7.Whole Baby Octopus 6.Wasabi Ice Cre...
Posted by Aaron on Sun, 24 Dec 2006 09:17:00 PST

Xmas in Japan/Hokkaido/Fuji

  About 17 days left in Japan.  Crazy, I will have been here for over a year and one month.  I'm very ready to come home and see everyone I miss and do things again I once took for gra...
Posted by Aaron on Sun, 24 Dec 2006 09:04:00 PST

Halloween

I think the other night was one of the best nights I've had since I've been in Japan.  Our house party was fun, lots of good food, music, and friends.  The music we played went ok.&nbs...
Posted by Aaron on Mon, 30 Oct 2006 04:47:00 PST