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groggy

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About Me

i'm originally from chicago though i am now very proud to call the bronx my home. i'm a freelance musician specializing in irish/celtic music on the wooden flute, uilleann pipes, and whistles. i also play a little bit of saxophone, am learning the tenor banjo and fiddle, and i am also a reasonably capable beatboxer. i've dabbled a bit in electronic music production, on a project called Janitor with Cara Frankowicz, and have also produced a few collaborations with friends of mine. I've played most extensively with guitarist James Riley (check out his myspace and new album!), also with the Eileen Ivers band, Jameson's Revenge, Sam Amidon, Dave Barckow and his various bands, and in recording sessions and bar gigs with lots of other folks. Recent recording credits include tracks on albums by trumpeter Mark Tipton, singer Allison Barber, James Riley's solo debut, music for an episode of The Backyardigans on Nick Jr. (woohoo for kids' TV!), and a track for the Wooden Flute Obsession Vol. 3 compilation. Currently I'm working on a project called Moakland, a band that plays original instrumental music. We are slowly but surely working on our first recording. Check us out on myspace or at www.moaklandmusic.com. Also one of these days I'll finish my solo album.below is a clip from a regular gig i hold down most thursday nights during the "academic season" at the malthouse in yonkers. you can't see me cuz the light is so dim, but I'm playing flute, James Riley is on guitar, Sam Amidon (visible) and Keith O'Neill on fiddles... ..

My Interests

music of all kinds from many different parts of the world, the spanish language, cooking and eating incredibly spicy food, good films, the occasional good book, wandering the bronx late at night, and sometimes writing

I'd like to meet:

pod people

Music:

hermeto pascoal, suenalo, the notwist, four tet, cornelius, shakti, chris potter, oliver mtukudzi, aesop rock, mr. lif, al green, the postal service, martin hayes and dennis cahill, blackalicious, rjd2, lali puna, nico, the darkness, broken social scene, the books, sam amidon, paul simon, nina simone, muddy waters, mos def, talib kweli (sometimes), howlin wolf, celso machado, caetano veloso, milton nascimento, hugh masekela, miriam makeba, dick gaughan, spam allstars, andrew bird, lagbaja, african blue note band and now the following ridiculous music from the 80's and late 70's: whitney houston, michael jackson, huey lewis and the news, foreigner, journey, lionel ritchie. and, last but certainly not least, the late and great shooby taylor.

Movies:

the big lebowski, the royal tenenbaums, amelie, fear and loathing in las vegas, coming to america, y tu mama tambien, my left foot, the deerhunter, full metal jacket, bamboozled, lock stock and two smoking barrels

Television:

the office (british version), aqua teen hunger force, chappelle's show, sealab 2021, space ghost coast to coast, cowboy bebop, mystery science theater 3000, old school ren and stimpy, shark week on discovery channel, father ted, the boondocks, the kids in the hall

Books:

still life with woodpecker, love in the time of cholera, the color purple, a heartbreaking work of staggering genius, one fish two fish red fish blue fish, obviously i need to read more

Heroes:

my grandma sylvia