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John

Yeah, well now this is happening.

About Me

I'm a producer/mixer/guitarist/bassist/songwriter. I grew up in what used to be a quiet little town called Haymarket, Virginia, where I lived on a horse farm. When I turned 11, I started playing the upright bass, when I turned 14 I found an old acoustic guitar in my attic and started to teach myself to play. I bought my first bass guitar when I was 15, and I slowly became more enamoured with music and how pliable a musical idea could be, and how interesting songwriting was. I started playing in bands when I was 17 or so.
Currently, I play in an Adelaide, South Australian band called City Riots (www.myspace.com/cityriots). I am also doing some tour dates with Adelaide band Cuthero.
I'm always looking for good Rock, Pop, Punk, Indie, and Alternative musicians who are looking for production and songwriting. I also love touring, so if you've got a few dollars, and need a guitarist/bassist, hit me up. I've played with a number of bands. City Riots (production, bass, vocals, percussion/programming, songs), Cuthero (touring guitarist), The Hint (touring guitarist), Niki Barr (touring bassist), Divider (production, mixing, guitar, vocals, songs), One Day Forever (guitar, vocals, songs), Waking State (touring bassist), Third String (studio bassist), Farrago (studio guitarist), Sue Wise (studio guitarist/production/mixing) Evenout (tech), Stars Hide Fire (tech).

My Interests

Travel, Music, Art, Other.

I'd like to meet:

Bands that need production/mixing, or touring musicians.

Music:

Butch Walker, Marvelous 3, Foo Fighters, Queen, The Cars, Weezer, The Rentals, Nerf Herder, Sugarcult, Muse, Idlewild, The Strokes, River City High, Nine Inch Nails, AC/DC, My Chemical Romance, Poison, Motley Crue, Elvis Costello, Cheap Trick, Thin Lizzy, The Superjesus, Powderfinger, Placebo, Coldplay, The Darkness, Jet, Tokyo Story, Stars Hide Fire, Evenout, The Getaway Car, Beck, Beastie Boys, The Pixies, Aerosmith, Outkast, All-American Rejects, Driving East, Jimi Hendrix, Strike Anywhere, Fun Size, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Mars Volta, Sparta, At The Drive-In, Probot, Prince, David Bowie, Bon Jovi, Jason Mraz, and more to be added when I feel like it.

Movies:

Serendipity, High Fidelity, Grosse Pointe Blank (can you tell I like John Cusack?), Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, Jackie Brown, Rushmore, The Castle, Old School, Anchorman, Starsky and Hutch...and on, and on

Television:

Sucks

Books:

Love In the Time of Cholera, The Tao of Pooh, Harry Potter.

Heroes:

Many.

My Blog

City Riots in LA, also on TAI TV.

It's me (who else would it be, really?), Just wanted to let you know that City Riots is playing in Los Angeles on Nov. 2nd @ a place called Zen Sushi located @ 2609 Hyperion Ave. Los Angeles, CA, US...
Posted by John on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 12:52:00 PST

Hey Hey, USA!

Hey there!  Just getting ready to get on the plane tomorrow to head off to the USA for a tour, some family time, and catching up with good friends that I haven't seen in awhile.Got my pedals all ...
Posted by John on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 03:10:00 PST

Cuthero @ Enigma Bar (Adelaide) w/ Liam Finn and Newtonheath

Cuthero will be at Enigma Bar on Thursday the 26th...(that's tomorrow people), w/ Liam Finn, and the excellent Newtonheath.  Come join us.Things you're guaranteed to see:  Me being sick.&nbs...
Posted by John on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 06:48:00 PST

I'll be back in the states in September

So I'll be back in the good ol' USA early in September.  I haven't been back in the country since I moved to Australia in June of '06.  I'll be touring with City Riots on a ton of dates, the...
Posted by John on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 05:14:00 PST

I've been sick, and I've been tired

Observations: It's colder in Adelaide now than I remember it being in the past. I hate moving. I love touring. There is not always justice in the world. Boring is boring. There is only one me, but the...
Posted by John on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 07:28:00 PST

News, at long last

Hey! I've finally posted another blog...believe it or not.  For those of you that didn't know, I'm in Australia, but I've been here for a year.  You can tell it's been awhile since I've post...
Posted by John on Mon, 28 May 2007 08:15:00 PST

Poverty, Manual Labor, and Beer

So it's fall again, and as such, I'm getting that hankering to go visit a particular college town where I spent about 6 months living, and many more drinking (ahem...JMU, I'm looking in your direction...
Posted by John on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Is Chicago...Is Not Chicago.

Just got back from Chicago. First, Chicago appears to rule...lots of good stuff to see, good food, good bars, etc. But man, I have never seen so many homeless people at almost every street corner. ...
Posted by John on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Oh, sweet sweet musical enjoyment...

Yo yo and some more yo to anyone that happens to read this. I spent a long and lovely weekend in Richmond with Evenout, Fighting Gravity, Rich Stine and Some Odd Sense doing anything from guitar-tech...
Posted by John on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST