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minstrel

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About Me

Welcome to MySpace. Redefining the unexpected, one unexpected error at a time.
Back Up Jackson is cheaper than ever!
AOL IM: Somecallmejunior
Upcoming performances:
With Heroes for Hire:
Nov 03 2007 6:00pm / Venice Bistro / Venice CA
Nov 12 2007 7:30pm / BB Kings / Los Angeles CA
Nov 13 2007 9:00pm / Tangier / Los Feliz CA

Why are the somedays becoming maybe somedays and the maybe somedays becoming probably nots?
I believe you can have nothing and still have everything you need. There are some people I miss, probably more than they would deserve to be missed. I believe you can never be blamed for accepting a person's words at face value. I believe in personal integrity. I'm uncomfortable showing off, and don't like when someone's self-confidence exceeds their ability. I'm a musician, but not a rockstar. I think everyone lives under different rocks. I've figured out that information is not knowledge, knowledge is not intelligence, and intelligence is definitely not wisdom. Sometimes, I smell like freshly dried laundry. I love bringing people I care about together for unforgettable experiences. I love my family more than anything in this world. I still have faith in what God has planned for my existence on this planet. Sometimes I feel permanently heartbroken, but still manage to be a complete romantic. I've figured out the key to putting bad things behind you is by pushing them further back with good things. I think having a short attention span is a lifestyle choice. If I was a country, my chief export would be facial hair. I'm more interested in the things God made for men to freely enjoy, than the things men make for other men to buy. I will, in fact, work for food. I can honestly say that I'm an award-winning composer. Emotionally, I take things harder than most, but endure it better than most. Someday, I will learn how to breathe fire. I'd be more of a dreamer if I wasn't so driven to making dreams happen. My refrigerator looks like the produce section at a supermarket. I'm extremely loyal, even to people that have hurt me. And above all, I realize that I never be nearly as cool as that drummer kid from Jughead's. Watch him play along! Who are you? :o)
Soon The Light - Yes
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This made my day:
"hey guys i saw you guys a few weeks ago at the hamilton st cafe, and i have to say i love your music. im a bass player and ive been sitting around wondering how someone could be so good, can you please send me tabs for "do it all over again" i tried to tab it out as much as i could, but its just so fast i cant really pick anything up"
Brian says:
"In a previous life, I was actually the one who invented the sun dial, lying on my back outside and imagining thousands of years into the future to the exact moment you took this picture. That's the power of imagination for ya. Or maybe it's the power of YOU!"
Disorder Rating
Paranoid Disorder : Low
Schizoid Disorder : Low
Schizotypal Disorder : High
Antisocial Disorder : Low
Borderline Disorder : Low
Histrionic Disorder : High
Narcissistic Disorder : Low
Avoidant Disorder : Moderate
Dependent Disorder : Very High
Obsessive-Compulsive : High
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Personality Disorders
Personality Test Results
Extraversion |||||||||||||||||| 73%
Stability |||||||||| 40%
Orderliness |||||||||||||||| 66%
Accommodation |||||||||||||||||||| 90%
Interdependence |||||||||||||||| 70%
Intellectual |||||||||||||||| 63%
Mystical |||||||||||||| 56%
Artistic |||||||||||||||||||| 90%
Religious |||||||||||||||||||| 83%
Hedonism |||||||||||| 50%
Materialism |||||||||||| 50%
Narcissism |||||||||||| 50%
Adventurousness |||||||||||||||| 63%
Work ethic |||||||||||||| 56%
Self absorbed |||||||||||| 43%
Conflict seeking || 10%
Need dominate |||||| 30%
Romantic |||||||||||||||||||| 90%
Avoidant |||| 16%
Anti-authority |||||| 23%
Wealth |||||| 23%
Dependency |||||||||||||||||| 76%
Change averse |||||||||||| 50%
Cautiousness |||||||||||||||||| 76%
Individuality |||||||||||||||| 63%
Sexuality |||||||||||||| 56%
Peter Pan |||||||||||||| 56%
Phys. Security |||||||||||||||||| 76%
Physical Fitness |||||||||||| 50%
Histrionic |||||||||||||||| 63%
Paranoia |||||||||||||||| 63%
Vanity |||||| 30%
Hypersensitivity |||||||||||||||| 70%
Female cliche |||| 16% Take Free Advanced Global Personality Test
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My Interests

back up jackson
dayv's compositions
yay for webshots
the journal lives
made another quiz
my freakin' resume

playing all kinds of music, music theory, recording, songwriting, acoustics, theatre, composition, arranging, programming, going to shows, friends, bible fellowship, weekend adventures, the bible, bass guitar, the other kinda guitar, keyboards & synths, accordion, trombone, euphonium, tuba, trumpet, being a lunatic, love, love lost, love found, anime sometimes, dressing up like pocky, evading otaku jailbait

I'd like to meet:

New friends in California!

Music:



I am 79% Ska.
.. Pick it up, you skank! I am a full-fledged crazy Rudie, going to celebrate my victory by skankin'! Take the Ska Test
FualiDotCom
Blues Traveler
Toots & the Maytals
The Miasmics
Rush
The Aquabats
Ben Folds
Planet Smashers
The Smiths
Jack Johnson
Yes
The Ernies
They Might Be Giants
The Toasters
Home Grown
Marlon Spike
Less than Jake

folk, country, swing, chamber, fusion, jazz, of course ska & reggae... anime soundtracks from my sister's collection. My tastes kinda vary, I don't like manufactured sounds unless I'm doing the manufacturing! I'm into advanced music theory, but above all, I love music that feels right, that draws you in, and artists who have something to say. I've played with Back Up Jackson, The Miasmics, Alfonzo Velez, Central NJ Brass Ensemble, the Tim Gillis Band, Waterfront Junkies, Sayreville Main St. Theatre Co., and various other projects. Music defines me, I only come alive when playing, composing, laying down tracks. Hearing the music that develops from your own ideas is such an awesome trip.

Back Up Jackson
Conquers the World!
Available via our website!

Movies:

Even when a movie is worth criticizing, just let it carry you off somewhere... be naive, enjoy yourself! Otherwise why sit there being irradiated for 2 hours? I don't go to the movies much, but recent favorites are Constantine, Spiderman 2, I 3 Huckabees, and Napoleon Dynamite for being so... unique. Favorite of all is still "Twice Upon A Time," the greatest movie nobody's seen. Come over and watch it and you'll understand!

Television:

I limit my television watching to ... Adult Swim.

Books:

Just finished reading "The Five People You Meet In Heaven," and cried... warned my aunt about the ending... she cried too. Read it if you haven't cried in a while. Of course I grew up on Lloyd Alexander, Nintendo Power magazine and whoever wrote the Phantom Tollbooth, that was awesome.

Heroes:

My father, miracle worker and musical mastermind! Jesus because people are always wondering what he would do... I bet ya people never wonder what you or I would do. Also my favorite songwriter John Popper! listen to songs like "Whoops," or "Sweet Pain," or "Fledgling," or "Love of my Life," or "Go Outside and Drive." I hope to someday be able to communicate myself lyrically and musically like he does.