I've been playing keyboards for over 35 years. I also threw a few brass instruments into the mix back in my high school days. I was a member of my school's symphonic band and marching band, as well as the jazz ensemble. My earliest claim to fame was making All-County Jazz Ensemble, for the piano, my senior year of high school.
I've had extensive work in Baltimore-area cover bands since 1987. I'm currently working with two Baltimore-based original musicians/songwriters: Bill Dickson (and his Musical Think Tank), since 1997, and The Richard Walton Group, since early in 2007.
Bill's music is hard to categorize, but it is something like adult contemporary, top-40, pop. It's been described as acoustic-driven, light-rock, with very strong songwriting. His new website is currently up and running. Please check it out by clicking *** here ***. You can listen to samples of his songs and purchase our CDs on CDBaby by clicking *** here ***. I hesitate to categorize his music as Christian Rock, as that sometimes has negative connotations, but it's definitely introspective with a spiritual bent, but not "in your face". Definitely worth a listen. If you have problems with the above link to Bill's website, please use this direct URL, "www.billdicksonmusic.com". If you have problems with the above link to Bill's music on CDBaby, please use this direct URL, "www.cdbaby.com/cd/dicksonmtt".
Richard's music is original contemporary jazz. The Richard Walton Group has been around since 1991 and Richard has recorded with some of the Baltimore area's highest profile musicians. I'm fortunate to be working with an incredible collection of very talented musicians in this band. Richard has an extensive website that you can access by clicking *** here ***. Richard also has a MySpace profile that you can view *** here ***.
Previous cover bands have included The Fugitives (1991-1996), The Nightcrawlers (1989-1990), and Diversion (1987-1988).
My current rig consists of:
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Kurzweil PC88MX (88 keys, main controller)
Alesis QS6 Synth
Korg Polysix with MIDI Retrokit
Korg 05R/W Sound Module
Roland XV-2020 Sound Module
Voce Micro-B Sound Module
Behringer Xenyx 1002-FX Mixer
Toa KD-2 4-Channel 100 Watt Amp/Monitor