Member Since: 3/6/2007
Band Website: myspace.com/thefractalstunes
Band Members: The Fractals are: Kevin Hanson, Jim Stager and Erik Johnson.
The tunes posted on my page are my original compositions.
Kevin writes the tunes for The Fractals.
Influences: Steely Dan, The Beatles, Leonard Murphy, Carl Mottola, Kevin Hanson, Jim Stager, Craig Elkins, John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, Igor Stravinsky, Paul Hindemith, Dimitri Shostakovich, Glenn Gould, Tim Russert, Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy, Gustav Holst, Dexter Gordon, Keith Jarrett, Tony Williams, Miles Davis, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Brad Mehldau, Glen Campbell, Led Zeppelin, Bonnie Raitt, Eminem, Snoop Dogg, James Brown, Rush, Jeff Buckley, Herbie Hancock, Anthony Jackson, James Jamerson, Willie Weeks, Donny Hathaway, Willie Nelson, XTC, John Swana, Ben Schachter, Iron Maiden, Meshuggah, Prince, Elvin Jones, Billy Higgins, Emily Dickinson, Sid Simmons, Byron Landham, Ari Hoenig, Wallace Stevens, Pablo Picasso, Wassily Kandinsky, Gargano and Martorano, Mark Eckel, John Madden, William Safire's "New Political Dictionary" (brilliant etymology from a pretty conservative bloke--I like him anyway), Bob Costas, Adam Arkin (especially as Adam on Northern Exposure), Jerry Seinfeld, Larry David, Alan Watts, Joe Bastardi, Theodore Fujita, Don DeLillo, fractals, Steven Johnson's book "Emergence," Malcolm Gladwell's "The Tipping Point," Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens, Bertrand Russell, The Philadelphia Eagles, Brett Favre, Tom Brady, Andre Waters (RIP), Steven Hawking, Sarah Silverman, Bill Hicks, Steve Martin, Snoop Dogg, Jay-Z, Zen Buddhism, A Yaqui Way of Knowledge, Rhode Island, many others...
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Record Label: Formerly Interscope...now just my own "label"
Type of Label: None