Member Since: 6/30/2005
Band Members: zach emmerson anthony logan... john ferguson and clayton also play with me in our band called The Medium. (www.myspace.com/themedium)
Influences: influences? for my music? i don't know about that. i suppose that everything i listen to including other peoples' music is a sort of influence on the things i make, but i wouldn't say there were any one in mind at the conception of any of my art. but here are a bunch that i would say i like:the medium. bjork. tool. tom waits. medeski martin and wood. a perfect circle. incubus. radiohead. modest mouse. red hot chilli peppers. sing that yell that spell. tether. squarepusher. aphex twin. the fugees. the mars volta. miles davis. john coltrane. thelonius monk. herbie hancock. deltron 3030. k-os. chemical brithers. autechre. tabla beat science. zuul's evil disco. frank zappa. santana. michael jackson. hidden in buildings. from fiction. bonobo. funki porcini. amon tobin. cecil fuckin taylor yeah! dr.john. parliament. clutch. snot. john scofield. time lapse consortium. portishead. finger eleven. janes addiction. flaming lips. massive attack. the medium. nirvana. foo fighters. REM. led zeppelin. sigur ros. mogwai. boy sets fire. prince. michael jackson. u2. tom waits. NIN. maceo parker. morcheeba. and you will know us by the trail of dead. refused. the roots. tripping daisy. i mother earth. ween. chronic d. hendrix. juno reactor. ani difranco. boy sets fire. richie hawtin. mindless self indulgence. weezer. smashing pumpkins. rage against the machine. moby. beck. traci chapman. erykah badu. st.germaine. phish. primus. the ed toast band. dr.payne & the disease. god speed you black emperor! photek. george clinton &; affiliates. fiona apple. arrested development. cake. bob marley. the dave mathews band. dj shadow. jefferson airplane. the presidents of the united states of america. queens of the stone age. system of a down. kid koala. blind melon. sam roberts. delerium. future sound of london. air. us 3. ekova. anti balas. crystal method. the medium. wayne brown. danny carey. thomas lange. terry bozzio. carter beauford. jojo mayer. dave weckl. jeremy taggert. fyodor dostoevsky. something like god. chad smith. lenny haggerty. jose pasilas. jake from ed toast. geoff dyer. hunter thompson. tim leary. jack kerouac & david amram... and maybe that dean fellow too. kandinsky. ken kesey. albert einstein. klimt. david mcready. jay bosco. leo tolstoy. carl jung. john ralston saul. naomi klein. noam chomsky. stephen hawking. alex grey. james joyce. clive barker. stan lee. charlie darwin. tolkien. bukowski. john irving. aldous huxley. george orwell. mah & pop.
Sounds Like: shakers. bass drum. snare drum. conga drum. talking drum. native frame drums. tambourines. whole cymbals. broken cymbals. blasticks/brushes/sticks. rainsticks. pieces of re-bar of various lengths. fruityloops. bass guitar. guitar. coffee tins. washing machine. dryer. voice. marraccas. clappers. fire extinguishers. fire bell. clapping hands. heating ducts. and maybe a slide whistle.... for now.
Type of Label: Indie