Music: Playing a real piano instead of my synth piano (got to make the most of it) and if I could get away with it, playing it to the wee hours of the morning. Singing when I can. Laaaaa..... laaa... la. Ah-hem...
Photography: Landscapes, close-ups, night, abstracts, some people, architecture.
Illustration/Graphic/Computer Art (Compact Disc Design)
Astronomy, stargazing, watching the Space Station and Shuttle fly over, thunderstorms, rainbows, huge snowstorms, Silk Vanilla and Chocolate soymilk, 2 or 3 glasses of O.J. a day, tennis, hiking, occasional bird watching, AM talk radio, psychology, swimming, the beach which includes beach combing, staying up late and waking up early.
Some of my music, photography, and artwork can be found here.
BUCKO PRODUCTIONS
MYSPACE/ BUCKOPRODUCTIONS
I'd like to meet:
Film Composers, Film Directors, Musicians, Photographers
Music:
Soundtracks, Jazz, Big Band, Pop, Gospel, Classical, Country, Folk, Rock, Blues, Bluegrass, New Age, Soul, R+B, Funk
Movies:
Adventure, Sci-Fi, Drama (films that deal with human emotions) some Comedies, suspense, some Horror, Documentaries, Animation.
"Star Wars (IV, V, VI, III), "Superman",(I, II) "Close Encounters", "Jaws", "Raiders of the Lost Ark", "Poseiden Adventure"(orig.), "Braveheart", "Late for Dinner", "Testament", "Affliction", "Glory", "Planet of the Apes", (orig.) "The Black Stallion", "Cold Mountain", "Little Women", (90's vers.) "Titanic", "Chinatown", "Cocoon", "Apollo 13", "Dances with Wolves", "Contact", "Logan's Run", "Shawshank Redemption", "Silence of the Lambs", "Rosemary's Baby", "Spaceballs", "Galaxy Quest", "The Red Violin", "Schindler's List", "Forrest Gump", "Alien(s)", "LOTR Trilogy", "L.A. Confidential", "What's Eating Gilbert Grape", "The Deer Hunter", "Monsters, Inc.", Woody Allen ("Take the Money and Run", "Sleeper", "Bananas", "Annie Hall"), "From Earth to the Moon", "Band of Brothers."
Television:
Don't Watch Much
but... if I do...
news, documentaries, suspense, history, TiVo, movies, 70's shows (Six Million Dollar Man, Little House on the Prairie, 3's Company, My 3 Sons, Laugh In) sometimes a channel HoPpEr.
Books:
Music, Astronomy, Photo Magazines, and newspapers.
Heroes:
Jerry Goldsmith, John Williams, The Newman's of Hollywood, Basil Poledouris, Hans Zimmer, Elmer Bernstein, Randy Edelman, Cliff Eidelman, David Shire, John Barry, John Debney, John Scott, James Horner, Howard Shore, Alan Silvestri, Bruce Broughton, Trevor Jones, Henry Mancini, Michael Kamen, James Newton Howard, Joel McNeely, Lalo Schifrin, Marc Shaiman, Mark Isham, John Carpenter, Mark McKenzie, Marvin Hamlisch, Miklos Rozsa, Alex North, Lee Holdridge, Vangelis, Christopher Young, Richard Robbins, Stephen Endelman, Roy Budd, Robert Folk, Richard Rodney Bennett, Joeseph DoLuca, Steve Jablonsky, Harry Gregson-Williams, Zbigniew Preisner, Ennio Morricone, Patrick Doyle, Nick Glennie-Smith, Michael Giacchino, Michel Legrand, Rachel Portman, Klaus Badelt, John Powell, Trevor Rabin and other film composers.
John Powhida from The Rudds.
THE RUDDS
Elton John, Billy Joel, Steely Dan, Chicago, Pat Benatar, Joe Jackson, ABBA, Eva Cassidy, Carole King, Nellie McKay(SUPER DUPER GENIUS), Chaka Khan, Ricki Lee Jones, Blondie, Captain and Tennille, The Carpenters, Bruce Hornsby, Chicago, Earth, Wind, and Fire, Alicia Keys, Tori Amos, Carly Simon, Burt Bacharach, Shirley Bassey, Shirley Horne, Sarah Vaughan, John Coltrane, Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson, Phil Wilson, Miles Davis, Bill Evans, Doc Severson, Tower of Power, Berklee Rainbow Band, Keith Jarrett, Manhatten Transfer, Chick Corea, Pat Methany, Lucia Popp, Sarah Brightman, Dawn Upshaw, Beethoven, Chopin, Ravel, Respighi, Debussy, Mahler, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, Beriloz, Copland, Samuel Barber, Mozart, Gustav Holst, Ralph Vaughn Williams, Honegger, Shostachovich, Bulgarian Women Singers, Celtic/Irish/Scottish music, Bluegrass music,(a million other singers/composers. I'll think of more later) Winston Churchill, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Albert Bierstadt.
