Musician, Composer, Reader, Bicyclist, Sleeper, Talker, Walker, Lover, Friend.
Listen to my band, Make Me Young .
Member Since: 2/23/2006
Band Members: ME - composer, songwriter, guitars, keys, bass, drums (programmed mostly), recording, mixing, and more what-not
people that I have been so lucky to work with (no particular order):
Brent Lee, Make Me Young , Steve Ward , Dan Brandes, Greg Samek, Al Belyea, Martin Schiller, Kevin Romain , Caleb Farrugia, Alex Bonenfant , Patrick Greenaway, Max Marshall , Vanessa Harnish, Greg Mailloux, Tim Nantais , Jer Dennis (AKA Oscar's Dreambeard) , Casey Marshall , Marco Difelice , Depravity Brown , Windsor Symphony Orchestra, Brave New Works, Lone Locust , Garler , Emilie Mover , Let's Go To War , Hugh Oliver , Jeff Chan, Clive Desmond, What Seas, What Shores
Influences: well, this could take a while, but I'm that bored.... here are my top influenences...
Air, Albert Ayler, Animal Collective, Aphex Twin, Arcade Fire, Arvo Part, The Bad plus, Balls Falls, David Bowie, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Beck, Beethoven (love that Ludwing), Bill Evans, Bjork, Bibio, Boards of Canada, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, The Books, Bright Eyes, Benjamin Britten, Can, Caribou, Cornelius, Curtis Mayfield, Chet Baker, Daft Unk, Dave Douglas, Dave Holland, Deerhoof, Duke Ellington, Elevator, Elliott Smith, Erik Satie, Feist, Fantomas, Flaming lips, Four tet, Grandaddy, Gruff Rhys, Godspeed you black Emperor, Gorecki, Hayden, Herbie Hancock, Iron and Wine, John Cage, John Coltrane, John Scofield, John Lennon, JOHN ZORN!!, Kid Koala, Loveage, Loose Fur, Madlib, Mahler, Mars Volta, Mice Parade, Michael Jackson, Marc Ribot, Martin, Medeski and Wood, Miles Davis, Mingus, Moondog, Mr. Bungle, MuM, Nick Drake, Nikolai Korndorf (Canadian composer!), Patrick Watson, Philip Glass, Portishead, Qua, Refused, Ravi Shankar, Roy Orbison, RADIOHEAD, The Shins, Sigur Ros, Silver Mt. Zion, Simon and Garfunkel, Schubert, Shostakovich, Squarepusher, Stravinsky, Steve Reich, Sufjan Stevens, Super Furry animals (thanks Timmy T), Tortoise, Thelonious Monk, Tom Waits, Wilco, Wes Montgomery, Wynton Marsalis (kinda)
Type of Label: Major