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Mike Pearce

mrpearce

About Me



Currently, I guess I'm attempting to be the consumate late-night list maker ;). So for the moment, just watch the damn video below ;)

My Interests

Music, Pianos, Keyboards in general (and the way they work!), Cooking, divergent musical styles, the sciences (esp. Biology), Computers, the Human Condition in all its forms and Quality Bass Lines...

I'd like to meet:

RiddleR/RemembeR collaboration video

New Shuuz, New Life

Music:

Just some alphabetical thoughts late at night...

Music influences include:

J.S. Bach
Banco de Gaia
Beck
Earthling
Ben Folds
Moloko
Portishead
Propellerheads
Radiohead (Who isn't?)
Rachmaninov
Jason Rebello
Shostakovich
Jimmy Smith
Stravinsky
Sqaurepusher
Sublime
Amon Tobin

Playing influences include:

Chick Corea
Ruben Gonzalez
Herbie Hancock
Vladimir Horowitz (it's not just a little finger thing!)
Jason Rebello
Jimmy Smith

And just music I like... but probably influences...

Aphex Twin
Bjork
Blind Melon
Blur
Cream
Gorillaz
Morcheeba
Pink Floyd
Jamiroquai
Jack Pearson
Queen
Ween

You can see what I'm listening to at the moment here !

Television:

Radio and Television!

BBC Nature Programs (T)
Ed Reardon's Week (R)
Family Guy (T)
Futurama (T)
I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (R)
Jools Holland (T)
Little Britain (R&T)
Messiah (T)
Old Harry's Game (R)
People Like Us (T&R)
Spaced (T)
Rigor Mortis (R)
The Consultants (R)
The League of Gentlemen (T&R)
The Mark Steel Lectures/Revolutions (R)
The Simpsons (T)
Think The Unthinkable (R)

Books:

Douglas Adams -
The HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

Louis De Bernieres -
The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman

Arthur Conan Doyle -
Sherlock Homes

Umberto Eco -
The Name of the Rose

Herodotus -
The Histories

Steve Jones -
Almost Like A Whale

Arturo Perez-Reverte -
The Dumas Club
The Flanders Panel
The Seville Communion

Willans & Searle
The Compleet Molesworth