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warren

It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.

About Me

I wake daily thanking God that I get to do what I love for a living. I have a beautiful wife, wonderful family and amazing friends . I have a studio called Swing House, it's here in Hollywood, California. I have a business partner Phil Jaurigui who I respect and trust. My idea of relaxing is to play music. I believe in raw talent over technique. I consider myself the luckiest man alive to have the amount of love I do in my life. My father was a huge classical music and Jazz enthusiast, I grew up knowing Russian, German, Austrian and Italian music. The first rock I heard was Bob Dylan. He bought me Queen 'A Night At The Opera' for Christmas when I was 9 years old, he approved of them. I am thankful that my father knew music. By the time I was 15 I discovered Crass and A Flux Of pink Indians.http://www.swinghouse.com/about/index.php?id=0000003

My Interests

Drinking Pellegrino.

I'd like to meet:

Anyone with at least some of their own teeth, who hasn't procreated with anyone in their immediate family. And to sound extremely pretentious, anyone who values music so much that it can move them to tears. If Elgar's Nimrod doesn't make you cry then check for a pulse. I will step down from my soap box now..thankyou!
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Music:

Beatles, Joy Division, Lennon, Elgar, Paul McCartney and Wings, Bowie, Queen, Stevie Wonder, Jeff Beck, Marvin Gaye, Howie Day, Arthur Lee and Love, The Who, Holst, Eno, Muddy Waters, The Clash, Bob Marley, Del Amitri, The Pretenders, Mozart, King Crimson, Johnny Cash, XTC, James Brown, Willie Nelson, The Specials, Jeff Buckley, The Beat, Prokofiev, Willie Dixon, Captain Beefheart, John Coltrane, Beethoven, John Martyn, Elvis Costello, Fugazi, Roxy Music, Charley Patton, Big Star, Blue Cheer, Supergrass, Hot Hot Heat, Charlie Christian, The Meters, Tim Buckley, The Fray, Al Green, Television, The Smiths, Tamar, Bad Brains, Albert King, The Sundays, Augustana, Ashbury, Cocteau Twins, Teenage Fanclub, Joni Mitchell, Artic Monkeys, Stones, Hawkwind, Pink Fairies, Khachaturian, Zeppelin, The Damned, Zappa, Love, Monochrome Set, Bowie, Bowie, Bowie, Bowie, Howie, The Police, 999, This Mortal Coil, Aretha Franklin, Pink Floyd, Iggy, E.L.O, Lou Reed, The Cure, VU, Jesus and Mary Chain, Mussorgsky, The Deep Season, Free, Love Spit Love, The Psychedelic Furs, Bauhaus, Crass, Tenderbox, Buzzcocks, The Jam, The Sex Pistols, Echo and the Bunnymen, Freddie King,The Yardbirds, New Order, Miles Davis, Hendrix, Massive Attack, Aztec Camera, Orange Juice, Flux Of Pink Indians, The Thrills, The Ramones, New Order, Gang of Four, Minor Canon, Stone Roses, Talking Heads, Herbie Hancock, Black Sabbath, The Small Faces, The Kinks, The Faces, T.Rex, James Hall,

Olly Alcock Band - All Dressed Up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dJ0vQ4hLMc

Movies:

Blow Up, Spinal Tap, Don't Look Back....all D.A.Pennebaker, Barton Fink, Meaning Of Life, Bladerunner, Alien, Life is Beautiful, Annie Hall, True Romance, Harold and Maude, all Tim Burton and Kubrick movies, The Third Man, Brazil......all Terry Gilliam, Badlands, Man Who Fell to Earth, Don't Look Now, Time Bandits, History Of Violence, ...and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Television:

Monty Python, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Fawlty Towers, The Office, Blackadder and Father TedArtist Site More Videos

Books:

The Road to Wigan Pier, Under Milkwood, The Castle, Metamorphosis...all Kafka, Brave New World, Animal Farm, the Bible, The Hitchikers Guide to The Galaxy, all Wordsworth, Yeats and Robert Louis Stevenson

Heroes:

My Grandparents Charles and Rosa Huart, my beautiful wife Kasia, Lennon, Dylan, Jeff Beck, Neil Young and Caravaggio

My Blog

Augustana and Jay Clifford

Today Augustana's new album 'Can't love, Can't hurt' comes out or 'drops' as I now have been informed is the common term! I am very proud of this album, I was extremely fortunate to have been given th...
Posted by warren on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:11:00 PST

Gratitude

It has come to my attention that when I'm busy waiting to be thanked and appreciated I don't directly thank and appreciate those around me enough!I have many things to be grateful for. I have a wonder...
Posted by warren on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:15:00 PST

Thomas Jonak

Thomas Jonak’s record is finished and available to buy. It sounds beautiful, songs are wonderful and the musicianship incredible. It features the talents of Dan Rothchild, my Co Producer and ama...
Posted by warren on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 11:57:00 PST

Sausalito

So it's late on a Sunday night. I'm at the Hotel checking email and thought I'd write about my week, this always gives me perspective and of course is cathartic. I left last Sunday morning from Los An...
Posted by warren on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 11:54:00 PST

Mandi, Augustana, Vedera, Thomas, Amanda, Jay, Kevin Griffin and more...

It's been a while since I've written one of these, that probably demonstrates how busy I've been. I'm a first time Dad and a very busy Producer, Songwriter etc..It's been fantastic! This last month we...
Posted by warren on Sat, 02 Feb 2008 03:01:00 PST

June 15th 2007

Wow! Time is just flying by! My friend Jerry Weeks was a wise man (he died a couple of years ago of cancer, taken very young). Jerry told me that your life really seems to go by fast once you have chi...
Posted by warren on Sat, 16 Jun 2007 11:25:00 PST

Jay Clifford, Mandi Perkins and the Tenderbox

What an amazing week! I've been working with my friend, the extremely talented Jay Clifford singer songwriter extraodinaire. Jay was the singer and songwriter for the band Jump Little Children, he's c...
Posted by warren on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 12:57:00 PST

Friday 9th March

We are making wonderful progress on Jay's record, it sounds beautiful! I'm extremely happy with everyones performances and the record has a wonderful open feel which really compliments Jay's unique vo...
Posted by warren on Sat, 10 Mar 2007 09:14:00 PST

Hello Marvelous People!

I haven't written one of these for a while, but now I have cause to. I just completed an Album with Mandi Perkins. I love it! Please go to her site and check it out, leave feedback, post her songs on ...
Posted by warren on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:24:00 PST

The birth of my Son

Nothing could prepare me for the birth of my Son. He arrived this Sunday morning the 21st of January 2007 at 9.52am, all 9lbs 4 ozs of him! 21 and a quarter inchs long! My wife had a c section after s...
Posted by warren on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 03:58:00 PST