tyler - ProfilesArchive

About Me

i own and run a recording studio in downtown toronto and spend most of my time recording/producing local independant rock bands. play many musical instruments and perform sometimes with bands i've recorded. i'm a wannabe songwriter. been an insulin diabetic for 2 years. like playing online speed chess. studied electrical engineering at u of waterloo for two years and dropped out to run a software business.visit the studio www.skylightstudio.ca , and if you're in toronto come record here

My Interests

music, piano, guitar, drums, songwriting, chess, audio engineering, computer programming, business, philosophy, poker, weight training, sketching, stop frame animation, physics

I'd like to meet:

artists/bands/creative people looking to network and help each other out in real ways

Music:

anything with some of the following: good songwriting, talented performers/vocalists, interesting arrangements or instrumentation, raw passion, honest expression, nice melodies, dancibility. also like guitar based and compositional stuff cause i'm a nerd. wilco, frank zappa, big star, tom waits, replacements, paul westerberg, dylan, the band, beatles, pixies, stravinsky, varese, steve vai, the who, frank zappa, jeff buckley, pearl jam, james brown, hendrix, neil young, elliot smith

Movies:

haven't seen many lately.. recent favorite: donny dharko

Television:

dont watch much tv

Books:

novels i've read recently and enjoyed: east of eden, life of pi, on the road, confessions of a dangerous mind, the real frank zappa book

Heroes:

my father of course