Listening to music. Reading. Hiking/camping. Walking on the beach. Bicycle. Write music.
...other musicians to write/record with. I've been a session player for years. Besides drumset I play all types of percussion including Djembe, Sabor, Timbales, Tympany, Conga, etc. I also sample/program/produce and I've been involved with remixes of Spearhead, TLC, etc. I'm interested in all types of music. I've recorded tracks/toured with Dubtribe Sound System, DJ Scott Hardkiss's God Within, DJ Michael Anthony's Late Night Sneaky, DJ Jay-J's Moulton Street Players, DJ Gavin Hardkiss's Hawke, DJ Kepi and Raoul, DJ Smiley, Eyes of Fire, Frequency 3, The Sick, Black Furies, etc. etc. etc a
My taste range from Janes Addiction, Skinny Puppy, Christian Death, Converge, Massive Attack, New Order, Ministry, Hendrix, Helmet, Coltrane, Bad Brains, Nine Inch Nails, The Album Leaf, The Mars Volta, Outkast, Bauhaus, The Cure, Bad Plus, DJ Shadow, Slayer, Roni Size, Cult of Luna, GodFlesh, Zeppelin, Art Blakey, Wire, Dillenger Escape Plan, Refused, Tortoise, Sepultura, The Clash, Radiohead, Joy Division, Swans, Kahil El'Zabar, Japan, Neurosis, Albert Ayler, Elvin Jones, Syd Barrett, Jeff Buckley. I could on forever!Here's my band's video from 2006
Eyes Of Fire - It All Dies Today
..Here's my old band The Sick
video from 2002Shoshin
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The Godfather, The Idol Maker, Grease, Interview with a Vampire, Fame, old movies like All about Eve, Breakfast Club, Amelie, Resevoir Dogs, Beat Street
I read tons of books on the history of electronic music. Also I've been getting into the physics of sound and acoustics. I also read books/magazines about anthroplogy. (cultural studies)
Jack Dejohnette, Jimi Hendrix, John Coltrane, Keith Moon, Elvin Jones, Miles Davis, David Gilmore