About Me
The great Randali. An enigma of the highest order; little is truly known about this magical creature. Randali lurks at the corner of your eye in concerts, recording studios, publicity dinners, clubs, coffee houses, conventions and publicity dinners. 'He really likes publicity dinners,' is widely concenced to be the impetus compelling this top flight guitar innovator to write and publish the most fantastic interviews with musical artists of the highest respectability in realms of jazz, rock, hip-hop, electronica, punk and pop. Player to player, Randali has published musical interviews for over 14 years in media as diverse as Mean Street Magazine, Clublife, Wild Rag and High Times. Randali spent his school days in a closet with a big amp. Consequently he received a high school diploma by advanced placement in music college. The next ten years saw music college after music college enfueling Randali's original ideas with harmonic foumulae and rhythmic conception. A sub-conscious desire to "stand on top of music itself and look down" culminated ultimately with five summers at the National Guitar Summer Workshop and the completion of a rigorous two-year harmony program at Citrus College of West Covina, CA. Randali has learned from a pantheon of stylists, instructors and peers. Some of the most memorable include Scott Henderson, Frank Gambole, Adam Levy, John Harrelson, Mimi Fox, Alan Waddington, Kurt Walther, Karen Clark, William Stanford, Bob Slack, Adam Levine, Jody Fisher, Tom Dedobay, Gerd Lionhart, fingertapper Jennifer Batten, fingertsylist Gunner Eisel and even a faxed lesson from the amazing Allan Holdsworth himself. Randali draws influence from sources as eclectic as can be imagined. Interview credits include Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath), Ian Gillan (Deep Purple), Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath), Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple/Black Sabbath), Tony Williams (Miles Davis/Tony Williams Lifetime), Billy Cobham (Mahavishnu Orchestra/ Miles Davis band), Tony Newton (motown legend/progressive superstar), Allan Holdsworth (Iou/UK/Tony Williams Lifetime), John Flansberg (They Might Be Giants), Sir Mix -a- Lot (rap pioneer), Ben Watkins (Juno Reactor/Goa trance artist), Diamonda Galas (operatic pop diva/AIDS activist), Mike Watt (Minute Men/Firehose), Trilock Gurtu (drummer-John Mclaughlin/Mahavishnu), Mike Rosas (Smile), Mike keneally (FZ), Les Claypool (Primus/Holy Mackerel), Casey Chaos (Amen), Doug Martch (Built To Spill/ Treepeople), Man Is the Bastard, Holger Czukay (Can), M.I.R.V, Ozric Tentacles (U.K prog. "crustys"), Propellerheads and many more. Randali opened eyes and ears as co-founder of the amazing progressive instrumental fusion outfit Atavism of Twilight, going on to find a loyal audience of a different sort working with roots/rock reggae sensation artists Strong Will. Most notably in more recent years Randali has added his special magic to Pulsa De Neura, a gothic endeavor of the newest form and keeps a close contributing musical partenership with ex-Deathflower vox Helaine Gawlica to create unheard-of poetic rock gems. Currently working hard in realms and modes of the harmonic major and searching as far and wide as ever for that perfect chord/scale relationship, the Great Randali spins enchanted lines like gold from his finger tips. Randali is known to turn even poop into better sounding poop.*.
