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Daniel Salomon

soon, now will be over. this too will pass. enjoy while it lasts.

About Me

It's all about the music. Sound. I work as an audio/visual technician, and repair computers as well. I play several musical instruments and compose my own songs, although I've not learned to read music fluently yet. (Click on my 'other' profile, first in my friend list, if you'd like to hear some of my work.) I recently became an ASCAP member, and am hoping to publish and release some of my music independently. I don't own a car (a statement which has confused every Angeleno I've met since the day I donated my car,) and advocate carpooling and taking public transportation.

My Interests

"It's music, sex, and cookies / Cookies, music, and sex / And it doesn't really matter what order you try 'em / 'cause I like 'em all the best / now I've tried therapy and LSD / I've been lost but now I'm found / And it's music, sex, and cookies / That make my world go 'round" (Georg Uetz)

I'd like to meet:

Whoever you are, send a message introducing yourself before you try and add me as a friend. (MySpace is a spammer's playground these days.) Bonus points if you're familiar with multiple genres of music, understand MIDI, can help me find work, and/or are a music supervisor for independent films. If you know (or are) a promoter who is 'well connected' in the world of downtempo/ambient electronic music, I should be contacting YOU.

Music:

Yes, please! And keep it comin'! Currently listening to a lot of techno, for want of a better word. I play several instruments and record electronic music, some of it gets called techno, some trip hop, some drum and bass, some ambient. Whatever you want to call it, as long as you're enjoying it, cool. My criteria of 'good' music isn't based on the way an artist looks but SOUNDS. PoweredBySOUND, dig? I used to be keen on 'alternative'/'indie rock' back in the 90s, but bands broke up, singers blew their heads off with shotguns, and the way the scene became marketed made me lose interest in it for a few years. Where in the world IS Kevin Shields, by the way? Feel free to message me if you know of an artist or band you think I'd enjoy. (MySpace musicians, PLEASE send a message before asking to be added. Take the time to contact me if you'd like me to take the time to check out your work. Thanks.)

Movies:

I'm a big fan of documentaries, biographies, and films that leave you thinking for longer than their own running time.Recently-viewed and recommendable: Zeitgeist; Power Of Community - How Cuba Survived Peak Oil; Surplus - Terrorized Into Being Consumers; Lucky People Center InternationalFaves include: Wild At Heart; Naked; Pootie Tang... I could go on, or you could ask if I've seen it. Recommend something to me!

Television:

There are TV shows, and then there's 'watching TV'. I'm not one to sit down to see what's on. I enjoy having a PLAY button. Favorite TV shows: Trailer Park Boys; Weeds; Dexter; Chappelle's Show; The A-Team.

Books:

Currently reading: Villa Incognito by Tom Robbins, The Power Of Now by Eckhart Tolle, and have been taking my time finishing a book of interviews with Karlheinz Stockhausen.

Heroes:

My folks, who were brave enough to keep believing that they could handle raising three sons, and who stuck together for long enough to actually get the job done. I also think I should give big "Thank you" to anybody and everybody who has ever taught me anything I've needed to know. This means You. Thank you ladies and gentlemen. Go on, back to being heroic.