Member Since: 1/31/2008
Band Website: Goto Jay Scott's my space page for more music!
Band Members: I have the pleasure of currently working with Jimmy Salvemini, Jay Scott, Haile Unlikley, and Prentiss McNeil(The Drifters)&Sahara. And I've also had the Great experience of working with Shanice"I Love Your Smile", The Mike Clark Experience, Bill Pascali, Bobby Rondinelli(as a tech), Carmine Appice(as a tech), Joey Demaio(ASHANTI), Frank Scavone, Drea(Andrea Baxter&Tracy Limus, Daddy(Matthew&Laurel Katz-Bohen) Jimmy Caputo(of Bloody Social), Keanan "ENGLANDS DREAMING" Duffty(of Slinky Vagabond @ The Bowie Ball in the village @ Don Hill's),MISS Guy From theToilet Boys, Simple Citizen(Jay Scott&Jay Tebaldi), Alphabet City(Christopher Calomino and Mike Crum,two of the greatest guitarist I've ever had the opportunity to play with!)-Skin-Joyride,and Billy-G(One of the greatest original songwriters I've worked with,of INTO Green),Virginia Creeper,Dean Parrish,and Cooky Reparatta.(Please forgive me if I mis-spelled any of your names,Thank You!
Influences: [MUSIC]:Christopher Calomino,Mike Crum,Prince,TOOL,Bjork,Steely Dan,Donald Fagen,A Perfect Circle,The Police,STING,Jamiroquai, Joni Mitchell,Mudvayne,System of a Down,Bob Marley,Steel Pulse,A Tribe Called Quest,Busta Rhymes,Common,De La Soul,Grand Puba,Marvin Gaye,Pink Floyd,Led Zeppelin,Sade,Luther R.Vandross,Paul Simon,Steve Gadd,Vinnie Colaiuta,Marcus Miller,VAN HALEN,David Bowie,NIN,JacoPastorius,Miles Davis,Stevie Wonder,"Do you know who is... Pat Metheny?",Level 42,GO West,Jimmy Salvemini,JayScott,[ACTORS&DIRECTORS]: Martin Scorsece,Quentin Tarentino,Brian DePalma,Robert DeNiro,Al Pacino,Christopher("I got a fever!") Walken,Jack Nicholson,Samuel L,Jackson,Steve Carell,Jim Carrey,Johnny Depp,Joel&Ethan.Coen,George Clooney,Steven Spielberg,George Lucas,Stephen King,Stanley Kubrik,Sacha Baron Cohen,Tim Burton,ALL John Hughes films,Katt Williams(THIS SHIT RIGHT HERE!!!)American Hustler...Everyday I'm Hustlin'. [CINEMA]:The Godfather,Scarface,2 Days in the Valley,40 Year old Virgin,Knocked up,Dances with Wolves,Reservoir Dogs,True Romance,Pulp Fiction,SE7EN,No Country For Old Men,The Departed,Gangs 'O' NY,The Matrix,O' brother where art thou?,Braveheart,A Time to Kill,Dead man Walking,ID4,MIB,STAR WARS,JAWS,Any and all Pixar,Blue Sky,DreamworksSKG,Disney Classic Animation,Grindhouse"Death Proof",Four Rooms,Natural Born Killers,Shooter,Slingblade,Borat,Rounders,Swingers"your so money!",Showtime,HOSTEL,Donnie Darko,Nurse Betty,50 first dates,Something about Mary,Saving Private Ryan,The Shining,Full Metal Jacket(R Lee ERMEY rocks" NOW DROP AND GIVE MY 50 MAGGOT!"),Mars Attacks,Galaxy Quest,A Clockwork Orange,Almost Famous,Platoon,Heat,Murder in the First,Clerks,Dogma-"George Carlin rules",Wall Street,The Rainmaker,Bruce Almighty,Millers Crossing,Fargo,Brazil(DeNiro at his best),The Score,War of the Worlds,Close Encounters,Malcolm X,JFK,American History X,12 Monkeys, Inherit the Wind(Way ahead of its time!),Little Miss Sunshine,A Fish CalledWanda,MontyPython's The Meaning Of Life,Life of Brian, and last but not least,Spinal Tap(You cant really dust for vomit!)[T.V SHOWS]The Family Guy,South Park,Da Ali G. Show,Da...sorry i mean The Simpsons,House M.D.,And any Yankee, Giants,or Ranger game!(yeah...like im not from New York!)[ARTISTS]Gil Elvgren(The best American"cheese cake"pin-up artist),Ansel Adams, Frank Lloyd Wright,Richard Nuetra,John Lautner,Bruce Goff,The Eames,A Quincey Jones,Richard Meier,Rudolph Schindler,I love "Mid-Century","Modern",Case Study,ATOMIC RANCHES,"Contemporary" Architecture.[PEOPLE WHO INSPIRE ME!]Ava Ashely&Christie Jordan DeFeo(my children),New Yorkers,Stevie Wonder,Frank Lloyd Wright,DR.Suess,Ansel Adams,George Carlin,Quentin Tarentino,Gianni Versace,Norah Jones,BJORK,Prince,Steven Spielberg&George Lucas,John Williams(composer),Princess Diana,[AND I HATE...] George W[ussy].Bush and his cabinet,The Moral Majority,The Religous Right Wing Nuts,Any and all MAN-MADE religions!,New Yorkers,Haliburton corp.,Osama bin(hiding) Laden, We should have killed him first!, Omarossa, She should have never been on T.V.! [The Gear I Use!]The main kit I play is a birch Pacific Drum Kit FS series Ebony Matte finish in; 8",10",14" toms 22"x18" Bass drum, I also own A Yamaha Recording custom Kit; 8",10",13",14",16"toms, 22"x16" Bass drum. [For snares], my main snare is a Tama pic. 14"x2" w.. a 42 strand snare. My 2nd snare, is a Ludwig supra phonic 400 steel 14"x5" w.. a 42 strand snares.On the side I have a 805 10"x5" popcorn snare drum, and a 10" steel timbale both by Pacific.I also have some "one-off's,A Ludwig 20
"x18"kick(modified myself from a floor tom),Yamaha Stage Custom(mid-80's,My first real kit)12",13",16",22"x16",14"Slingerland vintage Timbale, [Heads] EVANS G1 coated on top clear G1 on bottoms, GENERA's on snares and floor toms, Hazy 300 on all snr bottom's,and on kick EQ3 on batter EQ4 on front. [STICKS] Vater 1A(Bobby Rondinelli Model), Pro Mark 747&707's. [For CYMBALS], I'm in the middle of changing over to Sabian, from Zildjian. I had been using A Zildjians all my life, finance permitting. And never really liked or understood the sound of the post 80's K. But the Sabian Factory (being the original Old School pre 80's Zildjian K cymbal factory) still has "that" sound, It blends not bites. For Hi-hats im using Zildjian 13" mastersound customs,and Sabian14" HH regular hats.I also have 10" oriental trash hats,14"quick and new beat hi hats from Zildjian.My crashes are Sabian 14"HHx studio crash,16" HH,and 20"HH med,18"EL Sabor(crash w/clave' bell) and an A Zildjian Custom 16" med.For splashes I use a 10"HHx Evolution,and an 8"&10" A Zildjian Custom.My ride is a 21" Sabian HH raw bell dry ride(Im in love!),I also own a Zildjian 20"Ping Ride.And finally for my chinas i use a Zildjian 14" trash china,14"ZBT china,12" Wu-Han china,a Sabian 18" devestation china,and a Zildjian 20" China boy low. I cant wait to get Sabians Ex-celerator 13" hats,16" X-treme crash,assorted splashes & Kangs. [HARDWARE]Pacific,DW,Gibralter,&Tama assorted standa&add-ons,Yamaha pedals ONLY!! Mapex & Yamaha Hi-Hat stds.Rythm tech perc rack W/Bells & Blocks. [I love electronics]. From mics to samplers and mixers.I have a Yamaha 01V, Mackie1202vlz-xdr mixing boards.Roland SPD-S,SPD-11 drum pad's,R-70 drum machine,and D-50 synthesizer.[I own around 20 mics].Some for the studio, but most are for the drums.AKG,D-112,one C3000A and two B's,C1000,Two Rode NT3s,and one Rode NT1,Two Shure SM57's,BG4.0,BeyerDynamic 422,401,Three Sennhieser 504's,GT AM-11,AudioTechnica Dynamic Headset mic.[And Now A Little About Me.] I was born in the Bronx. Grew up in Yonkers, And from 79' 'till now I have lived on Long Island. I've been playing drums for 25 years, 15 of those semi-pro,(i gig on weekends...big deal) I'm the greatest stay at home Dad!
Sounds Like: What ever I need it to,so you can shake yer arse!
Record Label: www.paradiddlerecords.com(Jay Scott Live in the..)
Type of Label: Indie