Otherwise known as "scarred2112" around cyberspace, I'm a semi-professional bassist, hack writer, (lapsed) political science student, and part-time cynical bastard. Those four examples will likely give you a good understanding of my viewpoints on music, life, the universe and everything, but here’s a smattering of other words should you desire more knowledge – atheist, disabled, friendly, humorous, a more-than-decent cook, muso, open, sarcastic, and someone's significant other and proud of it. My ego has been increased by 15% simply by typing the above.
As for some background, I'm a former New Yorker who has went through the whole "cover band/original band/goofy band/professional live and studio sideman" circle before finding himself doing time "down south" (some don't consider Kentucky part of the south - from my POV, anything lower than Jersey counts) when he discovered true love true love found his ass and hit him over the head with a BASEketball and he transfered schools so we could be together. The 18 months spent in Lexington wasn't bad at all, being the College Town it is with the prototypical Head shops and better-than-average clubs to prove it, but once the SO graduated (I had an experience where several of the higher-ups of the University lied to my face regarding an ADA issue I'd raised about a professor that turned out to be best friends with my "advisor" and thus had his ass fully well-covered gave me absolutely no desire to attend classes there) moved to Mount Sterling, KY of which I can say only this about the area and inhabitants: it was a place where being called a "Redneck" was a matter of high honor. Three years later, a Master's Degree, and significant loss of my grey matter later our sentence in Mount Sterling was commuted with a move to Akron, OH to continue with the SO's now-Doctoral Studies that suited everyone and their needs incredibly well.
I'm interested in jamming/creating music with anything interesting musically to say - I've got plenty of time to kill... or at least wound. If you're in a band that actually makes money and needs a bassist, you can even forget about the "interesting" part above. A boy's gotta eat.
Copying some info from your standard MySpace page that isn't included in a "band" profile:
Movies: A.I., Army of Darkness, The Bill & Ted movies, Blade Runner, The Bourne Trilogy, Clerks and Kevin Smith's "View Askewniverse", the vast majority of James Cameron's work, The Crow, Dark City, Die Hard, Fight Club, Fear Of A Black Hat, Heat, The Incredibles, Lemony Snicket's "A Series of Unfortunate Events", The Matrix trilogy, Monsters, Inc., Netflix, Office Space, Reservior Dogs, Science Fiction, Seven, Shaun of the Dead, Spinal Tap, Standing In The Shodows Of Motown, Star Trek, Star Wars before Lucus became mad with power, Strange Days, Tank Girl, Titanic, Toy Story and Toy Story II, and generally anything with Kate Winslet.
Television: Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Battlestar Galactica, Black Adder, The Boondocks, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Conan O'Brien, The Daily Show, Doctor Who, the good (early) years of ER, Forever Knight, Heroes, I Love The "Insert Decade here", The Kids In The Hall, MST3K, Mad About You, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Mythbusters, PBS, Prison Break, Red Dwarf, Scrubs, Seinfeld, Sports Night, South Park, Twin Peaks, The West Wing.
Books: Anthony Bourdain, Poppy Z. Brite, Stephen King, Chuck Klosterman,Michael Ruhlman, and far too many others to list.
- Status: In a Long-Term Relationship
Here For: Friends, Networking, Sarcasm
Orientation: Sometimes Vertical, Sometimes Horizontal
Body type: 5'5"/ Muscular / Disabled
Hometown/Places Lived In: Staten Island NYC, Queens NYC, Syosset NY, Lexington KY/Cincinnati OH, Mount Sterling KY, and currently Akron OH
Religion: Atheist
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn
Smoke/Drink: No / Occasionally
Children: I Don't Want Kids. Never. Ever. EVER. I don't even baby-sit
Pets: Two Cats, Petrucci and Rael
Education: College Graduate (Associate of Arts in Criminal Justice, three-quarters of a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with a strong minor in Sociology)
Occupation: Musician / Housefraü
Income: None of your damn business. Not enough, however