Music:
Member Since: 4/3/2008
Band Website: jdemmanuel.com
Band Members: Me 'n my synths and guitars plus some cool effects! Space travelin' in your mind!!!
Influences:
Music:
Minimalist Musicians: Terry Riley's solo electronic music work up to 1985, especially Rainbow in Curved Air and The Persian Surgery Dervishes. Early Steve Reich, like Violin Phase, Music for 18 Musicians, Electric Counterpoint and Four Organs. Early Philip Glass, Music such as Music In Fifths, Music In Similar Motion and Music in 12 Parts.
Electronic/Trance: Achim Reichel - Autovisions and Erolung, Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream 1979-84, Jon Hassell, Brian Eno, Harold Budd, Jan Michel Jarre, Klaus Schultz Picture Music, Mike Oldfield's Ommadawn, Michael Hoenig, Third Ear Band and Timothy Motzer and Barry Meehan's Fractured Reverb Underground.
Jazz: Les McCann, Chick Corea, Eddie Harris, Dave Brubeck, Miles Davis, John Mayall's Turning Point, Brian Auger, Pharoh Sanders Hum-Allah-Hum-Allah-Hum Allah, and Shakti with John McLaughlin.
Rock and Reggae Jam Music from these artist/bands: Dwayne Allman/Allman Bros, Lucky Dube Live, Poco - Poco side 2, Cream, Blind Faith, Canned Heat Fried and Refried Boogie jams, Dire Straits, CSN&Y, Neil Young, Goose Creek Symphony, Quicksilver Messenger Service's Happy Trails, Jefferson Airplane Bathing at Baxter's and Bless Its Pointed Head, Joe Walsh, Jimi Hendrix Electric Ladyland.
Acoustic Guitar Stephen Stills and Neil Young.
Classical Music: Bach Organ by E Power Biggs, Bach Cello Suites by Yoyo Ma, Swingle Singers interpretations of Bach and Mozart plus others and Switched on Bach.
Spiritual:
Life is simple. Live in the Now. Abide by Universal Laws in how you treat yourself and others, handle life situations as they happen because what you sow is what you always reap. Remember fear is the opposite of Love, live in Love in all you do.
Ram Dass , first known as Richard Alpert, and his book, Be Here Now!. My first introduction to the world of spiritual growth and meditation.
Paul Solomon is my first and last spiritual mentor. An exceptional trance psychic who is an equal to the quality of work of Edgar Cayce.
Richard Bach's book, Illusions, I read it once a year whether I need to or not!
Being with my beautiful wife and cowgirl, Cindy .
Authors:
Philip K Dick rulez! What a mind trippin' dude!
Early Dean Koontz, especially his space and metaphysical stuff! The Frankenstein books were cool, but he never published the final book.
William Deilh, great read!
Michael Crichton, his work does not get any realer than if it was real!
Movies/TV:
Star Wars 1-6, esp 4, watched over 100 times
Any movies based on Philip K Dick - Blade Runner, Minority Report, Paycheck, etc,
AJ Abrams work - Alias, Lost, MI 3, Fringe, etc.
Spielberg Sci-Fi, esp Taken and Close Encounters
George Lucas stuff.
Twilight Zones - old ad new.
Good sci-fi and comedy.
Much more to come . . .
Our Beautiful Planet Earth:
This is our beautiful home, yet many of us treat it like a ghetto by trashing and destroying it. It is simple, when you love something, you treat it with the utmost care and respect. It has to be a conscious decision made daily in everything you do.
Sunrises and Sunsets.
Being 8 Miles high looking down on the Earth.
Awesome cloud formations.
The delicate beauty of flowers, especially in macro photography.
Mountain top views.
Here is a great picture of Galveston Bay, where I grew up in La Porte, Texas:
Sounds Like:
My electronic music: An electronic synth/organ mix of Terry Riley, Philip Glass and Steve Reich designed to take the listener into deep, beautiful, trance-like, altered states.
My Jazz: Totally unrestricted compositions using improvisation with unique rhythm patterns and instrumentation.
Wanna buy some music? Check it out here!
Record Label: North Star Productions
Type of Label: Indie
