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Oddrocker

Improvising is playing with(in) any situation

About Me

I'm a musician and performance artist that has been invovled with music for over 20years . Also mostly known for my bass playing and the bands ive played with ( peep my resume)Ive also bhave been featured in "Bass player magazine" (feb2006). Im involved in hosting interactive music programs .I have hosted these programs in parks, schools and other facilities and am willing to go wherever im invited to host these programs .If you are interested in what i do message me and i can give you more detail . Creativity is the gift that God challenges us with to use in any situation. With Creativity God calls us out our comfort zone and that can be challenging sometimes but we shouldnt be intimidated by such, we must EMBRACE IT. We are all Creative wheather we think or not .Creativity is our birth right its in our make up. Everyone has their own finger print within their creative makeup . Rock on !!! ROCKING MADDNESS IS A WAY OF LIFE!! SO ROCK THE HELL OUT - james 4:7 i did music for this Short film by my friend Nat the Kat .. width="425" height="350" .. THANK YOU NAT "THE CAT" FOR SHOOTING THIS VIDEO OF ME.sbass

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My Interests

God, Creativity,truth,music, dance, poetry, teaching learning and living music ,women, excitment, ancient Christianity. ROKINMADDNESS! Godliness( i need to be it cuz at times im not )repenting,subcultures, gang culture ( im not a gangster) rebellion, angst. Wanting to be a whole person ,manhood ( my own) soundness, Godhood and progress, monster/ fantasy makeup, performing loving the woman of my dreams who ever that is,in being content - who isnt .

I'd like to meet:

people that would be open to meet me.Friends,old friends, new friends, aquaintences, people that have the same interest, People that dont have the same interest but want to talk anyway.If I think of something else I'll let you know

Music:

Its going to be such a long list. Rock n Roll: 60s & 70s,psycadelia, progressive rock.. heavy metal ( not power ballads- I HATE THAT STUFF!! ), punk post punk-"new wave", no wave, doom metal grindcore-powerviolence-d-beaT death metal, Rock In Opposition/Zuehl ( prog bands like Henry Cow, Magma, Debile Menthol - just really weird-edge Prog stuff hip hop, hipstep, drum n bass, digital hardcore,noizecore, crunk, reggea, rocksteady, screw music, dance hall, dub, ska, funk, some disco, electrofunk,old christian rock music like ( old Rez Band, DeGarmo and Key, and Petra,) digital hardcore, some New Wave of British Metal (now called called Classic Metal, soul, R&B (mostly old) , some glam (not those candy rottened hair bands like Poision or Cinderella - more into stuff like Old Bowie, T-rex,Alice Cooper *glitter rock*and some early Crue, Stryper and Twisted Sister) ethiopian ( folk and church music as well as classic 60s and 70s music turkish folk, any mid east folk music thats not ruined by sythesizers lol Coptic Church Music, (oriental) eastern christian chant music, Gypsie music, soul,rare groove, raw arabian music ( not sythsized unless some was dose real well ) African,some Indian, free jazz, fusion(early stuff) , 3rd stream, 20th century classical, Romantic,New Romantic, some baroque some of the old Spirituals as well in most cases i lean more twords lots of avant garde sounding stuff THE LIST GOES ON TOO MUCH

Movies:

The WARRIORS,Style Wars, Bruce Almighty, the Passion, Dogtown & Z boyz, the Freshest kids, American WereWolf in London, Evil Dead 2,Afro Punk My Body Guard, the Outsiders, Mannys Orphans, Lord of the Rings Trilogy,Wild Style, the Lost Boys, Shreck 2, Friday, Rush Hour ,Spider Man 2, Urggh! the Music War,New Wave( I wish I can find that again if anyone knows leme know -Spizz energi is on it), Life is Beautiful, the Lost boys Carwash, Over th Edge , Rock n Rule, Clash of the Titans,Jason and the Argonaughts, Crooklyn,Bruce Almighty

Television:

Sandford and Son, Whats Happening, Fat Albert, Desmonds, Behind the Music, Uranium Video Show, Night Flight, Pink Panther, Ant and the Ardvark, Video One (rip), You Cant Do that on TV, Flipside Video ( it was on cable access years ago) Request Video (rip- Gia was madd hot),most old cartoons

Books:

Where the sidewalk ends, Light in the Attic, Youth of the Apocalypse, Scary stories to tell in the dark, From Babelyon to Timbuktuu.Wade in the River,Churches in the Rock, Unbroken Circle,Some of J.A. Rogers books,Sayings of the Desert Fathers, American Hardcore: A Tribal History, Its not about a Salary,Spirituality of the Christian East,Choosing Death;the improbable history of Death Metal and Grindcore (BIG UP AL!!), Bill Martins boox on progressive rock are always good. anything to do with most of the genres of music i mentioned .

Heroes:

Jesus Christ, Grandma for prayin for me as well as the rest of the fam and for being strong, my Parents MOMMA AND DADDY ARE MY GREATEST HEROS EVER AND WILL ALWAYS BE!, my sisters and brother,as well as all my other family members-my uncle Chris (rip) got me into wanting to draw -all my uncles reminded me of super heros when was a kid. Saint Anthony of Egypt, Perpetua and Felicity,the early church, My ancestry- who fought through all the maddness to get us to where we are now ( we must continue in their footsteps),Juan Gomez ( my big homie)Robert Gardiner ( another big homie- I made m my surrogate big brother) as well as other close friends and other saints that i dont know thanx for your prayers) James Spooner -creator of the movie Afro Punk -its not just a great film it's the expirience of the film it self. I'm glad someone finally spoke up. If you ever read this thank you man- it is much needed, Tim Steeger a servant for the Lord with no where to rest his head( modernday punk rock desert father, Sandra (captivedaughters.org), Dixie Swift, for having a heart for the community we work in and taking interest in having programs most people in her position probly wouldnt,Tommy the Clown, Lynn Bennidix,Matt Debenedictus ( Porn Free Youth),Homies Unidos Sy Rogers,st. Yared ( great musician), Abuna Yesaque U ( IF U CHOOSE TO BE) :D- too many others to name.. i'll probly think of m later.

My Blog

Bo Diddly and connection to heavy metal , punk and garage rock !!!

Many of you chugga chugga guitar players out there - YEAH YOU METAL METAL HEADS AND PUNKERS - I DONT CARE IF ITS CLASSIC METAL , NWOBM, OR JUST THRASH !!! YOU GUYS OWE IT TO BO DIDELY HES THE ONE THAT...
Posted by Oddrocker on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:27:00 PST

Orlando Greenhill solo music

As of saturday June 7 2008 . ive started on my solo stuff . With help from guitarist Chris Schlarb recording me - i layed down drums and some bass parts i feel really relieved ive wanted to record my ...
Posted by Oddrocker on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:42:00 PST

My music /entertainment resume 2008

Ive involved with music most of my life.Played bass for 20 years, drums for 18. I also do voice stuff as well. I cant really lable what style of music i play. One thing i can say about my pl...
Posted by Oddrocker on Mon, 23 Jan 2006 02:26:00 PST

20 years and still in the making ; BASS PLAYING BDAY

As of this month its been 20 years since i started playing the bass. I could remember it like it was yesterday. It was January of 88 . I was in orchestra and i played the violiin at the time . I reall...
Posted by Oddrocker on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 06:44:00 PST

Create (!) interview

Create (!) gets every opportunity once, says guitarist/device wrangler Chris SchlarbProject Blowed, a Bixby Knolls Christmas party, a five-hour Long Beach Marathon set cut when it began to rain and e...
Posted by Oddrocker on Sun, 27 Jan 2008 08:03:00 PST

dont laugh

Some years ago i met the most interesting lady . I met her when i was practicing with some band i havent seen since. She was a short lady with big hair . I had gotten out of band practice and was fly...
Posted by Oddrocker on Tue, 25 Dec 2007 04:49:00 PST

What ive been up to musically ?hmm

I havent really been on here as often as i want in the last few months Its been a trip after a while of not playing so often ive been playing quite a bit . Many know me from from the bands Havalina a...
Posted by Oddrocker on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 01:03:00 PST

O.G. Hip Hop blog

I remember back in the days in Long Beach in the late 70s early 80s seein Artist Keith Williams murals everytime i went to the wesscide ( yes i ment to spell it like that) and that bassline by Chic us...
Posted by Oddrocker on Thu, 23 Mar 2006 04:05:00 PST

black music and black artist of today

Today what we know as black music in the mainstreem seems so limited. When most people think of "black music" most people think of "mainstream " rapp and r&b music  . And not just t...
Posted by Oddrocker on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 12:53:00 PST

my dear friend Zac Schertz 1979-2006 (rip)

I found out some really sad news yesterday about a friend of mine who just recently passed from the earth yesterday. His name is Zac Schertz. I met him and his loving family at an annual festival call...
Posted by Oddrocker on Sun, 12 Nov 2006 02:37:00 PST