Gabriel

I'd like to meet:

I want to meet musicians and anybody who loves music.

Simple enough?

Anyone who fits either or both of those requirements is more than welcome to drop me a line.

I am currently working on my new music project. Eventually, I will have some sound clips up... ;)

One more thing... Also, I might be up for playing with other musicians this year and possibly joining or forming a band. It would be nice to create music with other people and play shows again.
Who I don't want to meet:
I have no time for people who:

thrive off drama,
start shit,
use others,
lie & steal,
steal & then lie about stealing,
don't do what they say they're going to (procrastinate),
more to come

MY GUITARS:

These are my 3 guitars. I had several more, but I got rid of the others when I came to New York. I won the left one in the 2005 Emergenza international band competition. It is a low-end stock Earnie Ball Musicman Sub-1 guitar with a custom paint job exclusively for the competition. Supposedly, only 10 of them were produced world-wide. The middle one is a Gibson SG with a Seymour Duncan Dimebag Darrell Signature Pickup in the bridge and a '59 in the neck. I accidently broke off the headstock while practicing (Oops... hehe) and re-attached it with some parts I found at Home Depot. Best of all, the sustain is even more killer than before! The one on right is a Floyd Rose Redmond Series Model 5 with a maple neck. It has a DiMarzio X2 in the bridge and an Evo in the neck.

MY DREAM GUITARS:

Music:

MY TOP 20 BANDS AND ARTISTS:

1 · X Japan ·
2 · Dir en grey ·
(I was there. It rocked)
3 · hide ·
4 · Gackt ·
5 · Cibo Matto ·
6 · MUCC ·
7 · Melt Banana ·
8 · Cornelius ·
9 · Finntroll ·
10 · Apocalyptica ·
11 · Moi dix Mois ·
12 · Nobuo Uematsu ·
13 · Yasunori Mitsuda ·
14 · Anorexia Nervosa ·
15 · In Flames ·
16 · Children of Bodom ·
17 · Core of Soul ·
18 Led Zeppelin ·
19 · Opeth ·
20 · Guns 'n Roses ·

OTHER BANDS, ARTISTS, AND MUSIC I REALLY LIKE:

· AC/DC
· Alice Nine
· Arch Enemy
· At the Gates
· B'z
· Bach
· Bathory
· Beethoven
· Bemani
· Black Heaven
· Black Label Society
· The Black Mages
· Blood
· Buckethead
· Stanley Clarke
· Coil
· The Corrs
· The Cruxshadows
· Daft Punk
· D'espairs Ray
· Death
· Dimension Zero
· Dimmu Borgir
· DopeHEADz
· Dragonforce
· Emperor
· Epoch of Unlight
· Marty Friedman
· The GazettE
· Paul Gilbert
· Gitaroo Man
· Guitar Wolf
· Hate Eternal
· Miho Hatori
· Hellsing
· Jimi Hendrix
· Yuka Honda
· Hyde
· Jet Set Radio Future
· John 5
· Kozi
· L'arc~en~ciel
· Lacuna Coil
· Lamb of God
· Living Sacrifice
· Naoki Maeda
· Malice Mizer
· Yngwie Malmsteen
· Mana
· Tak Matsumoto
· Mauxfaux
· Megadeth
· Megaman
· Meshuggah
· Metallica
· Miyavi
· Naglfar
· Neon Genesis Evangelion
· Nightwish
· Nirvana
· Nuno
· OhGr
· Ozzy Osbourne
· Pantera
· Pata
· Penicillin
· The Pillows
· Primus
· Prince
· Rage Against the Machine
· Red Hot Chili Peppers
· Rocket From the Crypt
· Ruins
· Joe Satriani
· Michael Schenker
· Sex Machineguns
· Shadows Fall
· Slayer
· Sonic the Hedgehog
· Stromkern
· Suffocation
· Theatre of Tragedy
· Thee Michelle Gun Elephant
· Tristania
· Steve Vai
· Van Halen
· SRV
· The Who
· Wintersun
· Hitomi Yaida
· Yoshiki
· Stevie Wonder
· Zakk Wylde
· Zao
· Zilch

Movies:

MY TOP 10 FAVORITE VIDEO GAMES (...even though I don't play video games anymore) :

1. Final Fantasy VI (SNES)
2. Elemental Gearbolt (PSX)
3. Gitaroo Man (PS2)
4. Mega Man 2 (NES)
5. Super Metroid (SNES)
6. Resident Evil 4 (GC/PS2)
7. Chrono Trigger (SNES)
8. Castlevania: SotN (PSX)
9. Shadow of the Colossus (PS2)
10. Bangai-O (DC)

MY FAVORITE FILMS:
Army of Darkness ·
Audition ·
Battle Royale ·
Braveheart ·
Clockwork Orange ·
Dead or Alive Trilogy ·
End of Evangelion ·
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind ·
Evil Dead ·
Evil Dead 2 ·
Fight Club ·
Lord of the Rings Trilogy·
Perfect Blue ·
Pi ·
Requiem for a Dream ·
Revolutionary Girl Utena ·
Snatch ·
Suicide Club ·
Versus ·
Voices of a Distant Star ·
What Dreams May Come ·

Television:

TELEVISION:

Just kidding... I do not watch syndicated television. I'm usually doing something more important with my time.

Books:

A FEW BOOKS I BOTHERED TO READ & ENJOYED ONCE UPON A TIME:

· The Chonicles of Amber
· The Elric Saga
· The Ender Saga
· The Lord of the Rings
· The Silmarillian
· The Sleeping Beauty Trilogy
(My wonderful girlfriend got me into the last one)

Heroes:

If you bothered reading this far, here are some other things about me to know... or too much information... whatever.

Things I Dislike:

Untuned Guitars, Dead Strings, Bootleg CD's and DVD's, Bruised Fruit & Veggies, Tears in my Leather, Getting Blood All In My Pickups, Lame Guitar Tones, MTA (New Yorkers know what I'm talking about), Cheap Gifts, No More X, My ipod Nano's cracked screen, My Microsoft Zune (worse than my ipod), Mis-matched Colors, etc. ...more to come if I get bored...