Since getting Pro Tools I've become a total homebody but I do like to go to shows, bars, vegan restaurants, vintage guitar stores, used record stores, boutique clothing stores, etc etc.
I like to read.
I adore the Beatles...
... and I want to make a movie that includes a scene like this:
(...a pot-smokey room in 60s swinging london, the 4 beatles are listening to paul's "wild honey pie"...)
john: oh - my - god, paul, what the hell is this? it sounds like shi...
paul: shh, shh, listen, this is the part, it's so good, wait....."HO-NEY PIE!!!"
george: aww, fuck this, i quit, that's it, i'm not a beatle anymore
ringo: why am i not on some of these songs?
paul and john (rapidly shaking heads, singing): WOOOO!!!!!!
(...enter george martin...)
george martin: boys, you've got your first number one, ha!
I teach guitar and piano.
My band is called Nakatomi Plaza . I sing, play guitar and keyboards, push buttons and twist knobs, write songs, book shows, and drive the van while trying to air drum to The Who's Live at Leeds. My other recording/touring/performing credits include...
Ludlow Lions (bass/vocals)
Fires Of Rome (guitar/keys/vocals)
The Clawed Frog (guitar/keys/vocals)
De La Hoya
(guitar/vocals)
New Electric (distorted lead bass)
Paul Schneider (guitar/vocals)
Eric Hill Band (guitar/piano/vocals)
Kelly St. Patrick (guitar/keyboards/bass)
Hightower Smith (bass/vocals)
Cooper (guitar/vocals)
The Pierces (guitar)
Shimmerplanet (guitar/bass)
MCC NY Choir (bass)
Cheryl B. Engelhardt (guitar/vocals)
L.P. (guitar/vocals)
Jody Shelton (guitar/vocals)
Ari Hest (guitar/vocals)
As Good As Dead (guitar/keys)
... and many, many more.
And I have absolutely no problem telling anyone that I'm in two wedding bands:
Dexter Lake Club Band (guitar/vocals/keyboards)
Glasgow Kiss (guitar/vocals)
Oh yeah, and Al and I are getting a band together called Robots!! or Robots Exclamation Point Exclamation Point. I think I like the latter...
Check me out on iTunes:
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