Member Since: 9/23/2004
Influences:
Metal
Disciples of Mockery, Samael, Evergrey, Morbid Angel, Pantera, Suffocation, Disgorge, Deeds of Flesh, all of the california shit I guess, the east coast shit as well, Internal Bleeding (old), Dehumanized, Insatanity (old), Incantation (Jim Roe, Craig Pillard era), Imprecation, Decrepit, Vital Remains, Alastis, In Flames, Dark Tranquility, At the Gates, Images of Violence, Absu, Blasphemy, Old Dying Fetus, Monstrosity, Vader, Decapitated, Mercenary, Ulver, Dimmu Borgir, Mayhem, Immortal, old In Battle, BLACK METAL!!!, Prog Metal, Cynic, Atheist, Sadist, Death, Entombed, Unleashed, Grave, The Project Hate, and whoever else that has put something else in my head....
Gear Designers
Rupert Neve, George Massenberg, Dave Hill, David Josepshon, David Royer, Mr. Derr from Empirical Labs, Georg Neumann, Bob Katz, the Great River Guy, Tonelux fella Paul something, OSA designers, Shadow Hills designers, Purple Audio, my bros at GC hooking me up with this gear for insane prices, endless.....
Drummers
Ken Schalk (for influencing me in a perpetual way), Dave Weckl, Jim Chapin, Dom Fomularo, Billy Cobham, Terry Bozzio, Mike Portnoy, Dennis Chambers, Steve Gadd (groove baby!!), Steve Ferrone, Nat Townsley (got me working on my grip), Dave Culross, Derrik Roddy, Nick Barker, Sean Reinhart (++++++), Mark Petricelli, Ken Schalk again.................Bernard Purdie, Jeff Porcaro, The endless search for every single groove playable, Every single hip swing inducing, foot tapping, finger snapping, head bobbing, Beat.
Classical
Rachmaninnov (the one who gets to me most), I can absolutely feel every bit of his life through his music. His preludes are my favorites. His Bm prelude is the most exposing heartache written, Beethoven, Mozart, Verdi, Vivaldi, every bit of the romantic and post-romantic era, Shostakovich, Prokofiev, and Liszt, Chopin, Paganinni, Camille Saint-Saens, Scriabin, Scarlatti, sweet minor oboe, violin, viola, cello, basso-continuo, english horn, clarinet, bassoon, contra bassoon, and flute cadenzas, preludes, feature, and anything else to do with true expression. Anne Sophie-Mutter, Nadja Solerno-Sonneburg (spelling?), Artur Rubenstein, Benno Moseiowitsch, Kissin, the newer guys that are trying to inspire us.
Rock and Old Country
Tom Waits, Nick Cave, George Strait, Tom Jones, John Conlee, Earl Thomas Conley, George Jones, Ernie Ford, Randy Travis, Patsy Cline, Audioslave to an extent, Soundgarden, I hate Nirvana, I hate Rage Against the Machine, Ulver, Ween, a few others...
Jazz
Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, Mahavishnu, Billy Cobham (in drummers as well), Diana Krall, Charlie Mingus, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Eva Cassidy, I guess this is more feature artist than bands/artist.
Sounds Like: Shit.
Record Label: OssuaryIndustries,InheritedSuffering,RevengeProduc
Type of Label: Indie