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Paul Cassarino a.k.a. CAZ

About Me

My name is Pablo...and I'm looking for all the blue food (blueberries are purple)...hmmm... Anyway, I am an acoustic/electronic drummer and composer born and raised in L.A.. I have been involved with music and art ever since I was a little snot nose kid in elementary school. My natural affinity has been geared toward soul, funk, progressive rock, world, experimental, and electronic music. I have been blessed to play with many great artists throughout the years...most notably are Ike Turner, Gavin DeGraw, John Fogerty, and Madeleine Peyroux. Various bands that I have been involved with have played and/or recorded along side Joe Cocker, Pancho Sanchez, John Doe (X), Chet McCracken (Doobie Brothers), Paul Warren (Tina Turner, Rod Stewart, Joe Cocker), Tower Of Power (horn section), Chad Watson (Waylon Jennnings and Albert Lee) and Collective Soul. Songs that I have written and/or collaborated with have been featured on ESPN, The Travel Channel, and The Discovery Channel. After some disillusionment with the music business, I collected my thoughts, packed my bags, and moved to a mountain community 1 hour north of L.A. which I lived for 7 years. Throughout my meetings and travels while getting more grounded through my Yaqui heritage, I wrote and recorded a couple of Native-American CDs with other Native friends - "In The Spirit" and "Awakenings" by Great Mystery. BOTH of which were nominated for NAMMY Awards!, the Native-American equivalent to the American GRAMMY Awards. Since I have moved back to L.A., I am involved with as much diverse music as possible in various live, touring, and recording projects. I am currently working on my own multi-media DVD/CD involving metaphysical visuals and music. Also keeping busy doing stage production for one of my favorite bands, progressive supergroup CIRCA (members of YES). So there you have it...That's a wrap!!!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 25/01/2008
Band Members: Me, myself, my other self, and all the other multi-dimensional frequencies of myself...so there!
Influences:

Alex Grey on CoSM

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MUSIC INFLUENCES:

Porcupine Tree, Peter Gabriel, BT, Rush, Brian Eno, Yes, Ravi Shankar, CIRCA, King's X, EOTO, Telepath, Zilla, Journey, Maggie's Dream, James Brown, Stevie Wonder, Keane, Black Light Syndrome, Liquid Tension Experiment, Beck, Karsh Kale, Sheila Chandra, Ray Charles, Spock's Beard, Marillion, Fish, Aretha Franklin, Shakti, Trilok Gurtu, Stewart Copeland, anything on Realworld label, Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Lenny Kravitz, Roland Orzabal, Dave Matthews Band, Donny Hathaway, Jeff Buckley, Jamiroquai, Dead Can Dance, Tower Of Power, Dave Weckl, Theivery Corporation, Coldplay, Unkle, Paul Oakenfold, Massive Attack, Jimi Hendrix, Crystal Method, Underworld, John Mayer, Janes Addiction, The Police, Sting, George Clinton, Ali Farka Tourre, drummers of Barundi, Terry Bozzio, The Who, Mr. Bungle, Johnny Cash, NIN, Bjork, Tears For Fears, The Roots, Ayub Ogada, Geoffrey Oryema, King Crimson, Tool, Zakir Hussein, Pink Floyd, Junkie XL, Afro Celt Soundsystem, Buddy Guy, Bob Marley, John Coltrane, Deep Dish, Propellerheads, Miles Davis, Vinnie Colaiuta, Genesis, Tori Amos, Vangelis, Planet X, Dream Theatre, Ozric Tentacles, Santana, Meat Beat Manifesto, Queens Of The Stone Age, Primus, Death In Vegas, Michael Brook, The Meters, The Prodigy, Nusret Fateh Ali Khan, Earth Wind & Fire, Music from "The Little Rascals", TV show theme songs, Carl Stalling (Looney Tunes), ...I could keep going and going, but then I'd be the Energizer Bunny...and we wouldn't want that.

OTHER PERSONS & INFLUENCES:

What The Bleep Do We Know? (Extended Quantum Edition), Terence McKenna, Brian Greene - Physicist, Ray Kurzweil - Author/Inventor, MindWalk, Fritjof Capra, CG Jung, Gregory Colbert-Ashes & Snow Exhibit, Peter Gabriel, Jose Arguelles-The Mayan Factor, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Joseph Campbell (all books), J.R.R. Tolkien, Sacred Geometry, Native American Shamanism, George Lucas, Altered States Of Consciousness (natural or not), Salvador Dali, Stan Tenen-Geometric Metaphors In Life, Carlos Castaneda (all books), Alex Grey - Artist, Enlightened Souls, M.C. Escher, J.J. Hurtak-The Keys Of Enoch, Albert Einstein, Sun Tzu-The Art Of War, Michael Talbot-The Holographic Universe, Stanley Kubrick, Robert Hand, Dan Millman, Out of body experiences, Ram Dass, Kahlil Gibran-The Prophet, George Carlin, James Redfield, Michael Parkes, Neale Donald Walsh, The Oasis Channel, Art Bell, Good Weed, SETI, The Matrix (Box Set Edition), Hunter S. Thompson, Earth Energies, Psychic & UFO Phenomenom, Edgar Cayce, good friends, communing with wildlife, ...Whew! The inspirations that shape our expression through thoughts, emotions, and spirituality are so numerous...this could take a while, but for now you get the idea. Peace.
Sounds Like: Don't like being pigeonholed...but, I guess in my drumming and songwriting I sound like everyone and sound like no one. I believe each artist is unique unto themselves and our goal is to reach and share our highest vibrational expression...the gift we give to ourselves, the world, and to the cosmos, so that it may penetrate, surround, and bind us together...Nada Brahma
Record Label: blabfarbinikshibin...really, no affiliation

My Blog

The Fine Art Of Musical Frankenstein And Cross-Cultural Bastardization

O.K. everybody...for all of you who have requested more music, it is still in the works (I just got on MySpace only a short time ago). So many projects are on the burners right now, ranging from fini...
Posted by on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:25:00 GMT