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Sam

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About Me

Recently, I've lost interest in myspace, so don't try to get a hold of me here. If you'd like to reach me, my email is [email protected] only consistent thing in my life is that I'm constantly in transition.
I work very hard every day and often don't gain much on the surface. In the face of adversity, I continue to be a relentless dreamer. I don’t have faith that I’m going to get anywhere. I have patience and a tremendous work ethic.
Music is my life. I create music because I have to. I sing, play piano, and write songs. My writing is a fusion of rock, jazz, and classical influences...a unique blend of all of the music I've come to love. My lyrics are real, introspective, and artistic. Unlike most of the pop-culture b.s. you hear on the radio. I'm in a band called Jubala. This is our website:
www.jubala.com
Since I was a very young kid, I’ve also been an actor. I’ve done several feature and independent films, TV shows, and animated series. I know a ton about both the creative and business aspects of the industry and I teach acting classes for kids: if you're interested, my webpage for acting is:
www.myspace.com/reelkids
Between writing, practicing, performing, and teaching, my life is very busy. Keeping up with messages and friend requests has become challenging, but I love meeting new people, and introducing them to my music...so keep ‘em comin.
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My Interests

everything music, philosophy, tennis, basketball, golf, travel, poker

I'd like to meet:

I like to meet all kinds of people. Bring it.

Music:

VOCAL INFLUENCES: Bradley Nowell, Stevie Wonder, Kurt Elling, Bono

SONGWRITING INFLUENCES: Paul Simon, John Mayer, Muse, Elton John, Paul McCartney

ARTISTS I LOVE: Incubus, The Beatles (Rubber Soul and onward), Gabriel Mann, James Taylor, Bob Marley, Chris Cornell, Lynrd Skynrd, Queen, The Eagles, Van Morrison, Jurassic 5, Paul Simon, Jamiroquai, No Doubt, Seal, U2, The Who, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Satriani, Imogen Heap, Chris Lopez
JAZZ: Antonio Carlos Jobim, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, Shirley Horn, Joni Mitchell, Keith Jarrett, Pat Metheny, Stan Getz, Wayne Shorter, Brian Blade, Duke Ellington
CLASSICAL: Mozart, Beethoven, Palestrina, Whitacre, Lauridsen, Chopin, Mahler

Movies:

Forrest Gump, American History X, The Graduate, Shawshank Redmption, Trading Places, The Life Aquatic, Garden State, Happy Gilmore, Tommy Boy, Aladdin, The Jungle Book, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Drunken Master, X Men 2, Moulin Rouge, The Count of Monte Cristo, Farenheit 9/11, Serendipity, Spinal Tap, Big Fish

Television:

24, Lost, Desperate Housewives (I know), The Simpsons, Seinfeld and Full House Reruns...never MTV or Fox News...

Books:

Atlas Shrugged (Rand), The Artist's Way (Cameron), The Human Comedy (Saroyan), My Name is Aram (Saroyan), Siddhartha (Hesse), The Lord of the Rings series (Tolkien), There's a Wocket in my Pocket and anything else by Dr. Seuss, Bunnicula (James Howe), Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them (Franken)

Heroes:

I'm surrounded by people I admire.

My Blog

Hard Rocktoberfest!!

What's up everybody? Here's some info for Jubala's next show...it's gonna be a big one, lots of people, great music guaranteed as always ;) Inner Vent, formerly known as Function is playing also....
Posted by Sam on Thu, 29 Sep 2005 09:01:00 PST

Storm After the Calm

The Ep is done! In my lifetime, I've never worked so hard on anything...and now it's finished, and we're all very proud of it. It's called "Storm After the Calm" and it features 5 of our best songs......
Posted by Sam on Thu, 22 Sep 2005 12:37:00 PST

Friday Night Show!

Hey, Just wanted to let all my fdriends know that I'm playing a show with my band tomorrow night. For those of you who haven't seen us, we play a sort of jazz-infused alternative rock...Reverse Osmos...
Posted by Sam on Thu, 15 Sep 2005 10:54:00 PST

While in the Shower...

I realized that the letters of the word "neutrogena" can be rearranged into "a negro tune." Fan-tastic!
Posted by Sam on Mon, 29 Aug 2005 02:19:00 PST

Conversation with my sister...

Me and my sis both like to philospophize...whether what we say is relevant or not :) this came off of her blog, and I wanted to post it here as well... Her Post: Irony IRONY OF IRONIES: BL...
Posted by Sam on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Day at the Beach...

What a day... After run-ins with the Santa Cruz PD...the Fire Department...the paramedics...I can say one thing with absolute certainty...I am happy just to be alive... I felt it starting to hap...
Posted by Sam on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Wow...

Just got out of my car and was practicing how to sing expressively by transcribing the lead singer from Muse's style on Track 9 of Absolution, "Blackout"... Seriously, Matthew Bellamy's voice on th...
Posted by Sam on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

mindfuck

So yeah...the question I pose in this blog is the culmination of many months of thinking...a lot of times it's when I'm stoned, but even when I'm completely coherent, I come across the same paradox......
Posted by Sam on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Jam Session Video

More audio from Jubala, including originals, coming this summer... ...
Posted by Sam on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Something tells me I'm into something good...

Wow...the past few days have been unreal! After the first two shows of my life with my own band, I'm feelin' good about this thing... Thursday night was a great start...our first ever performanc...
Posted by Sam on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST