Elton. Shyam. Shmelton.

WELCOME, EARTHLINGS!
This is the MySpace home of Everett ELTON Bradman Shree SHYAM Das, future sound shaman, aspiring music-thanatologist, student of grammar and syntax, and deep-listening enthusiast. Thanks for stopping by!
A little more about what I do:
*Rhythm is my middle name*
I was born to play drums. My specialties? Sweaty dancefloors and sensitive situations. And I'm always on the same page as the bass player.
*Low-frequency manipulation is my game*
I love bass, and bass loves me back. I make sure to spend quality time with all nine of my bass guitars. I'm a sucker for smart chord progressions and funky drummers with dynamics.
*I make noise—you do the same?*
Analog synthesis. Reason. Ableton. Synth bass. I *LOVES* me some arpeggiators. This is what it sounds like when it's just me and my toys:
*I'm an editor...*
I've been an associate editor at Bass Player magazine; a copy editor for the Miami Herald, the San Francisco Bay Guardian, Vibe, Rolling Stone, Dunlop/MXR, and the City of New York; copy chief at Computer Shopper; and editor-in-chief of Guitar World's Bass Guitar. These days, I'm freelancing and serving as editor-at-large of thegrixer.com .
*...I write about music...*
I've been lucky enough to interview some of the baddest bass badasses ever . A short list would have to include Larry Graham, Victor Wooten, John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin), Duff McKagan (Guns N' Roses), John Entwistle (The Who), Geddy Lee (Rush), Justin Chancellor (Tool), gospel icons Andrew Gouche and Joel Smith, Les Claypool (Primus), Flea (the Red Hot Chili Peppers), Bill Laswell, Doug Wimbish (Living Colour), and Squarepusher.
*...and I'm working on my first book*
I grew up learning Sanskrit at a commune in Tennessee, attending four years of boarding school in India, and enjoying a (brief) stint as a Hindu brahmana and ultra-religious cook in Miami Beach, so I'm very pleased to be collaborating with L.A.-based photographer Laksmi Greenberg on a coffee-table book, "After the Ashram," about other adults who were raised as Hare Krishnas .
*Yep, I'm an optimist*
I believe that despite evidence to the contrary, human beings are essentially good—slow, fragile, and easily influenced, yes—but good. Peace and plenty are possible realities. I'm a workaholic afflicted with nostalgia who knows deep down that time is not the enemy. And love is the only thing that really matters.