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Danny Hayoun/Professor Parkinson

"PING PONG IS NOT THE MACARENA!!!"

About Me

Parkinson fan PAUL rejoicing upon receipt of his Parkinson CD!!! Join him in auditory bliss:Thanks, Paul!!!OK... On with it... So I have been around for a while. Played, recorded and toured with lots of people (famous, infamous, unknown and douchebag alike)... Locally, I have worked with lots of groups, wether recording/producing, playing with, or both (Against The Girl, Skintrade, Grandma's Kitchen, The BJ Experience, Father Bloopy, Tyrrany of Shaw... yes I produced the infamous 3 inch... and more and more and more...)I have always been the technocratic go-to guy, and decided it was time for some kind of change.I never really thought about making my own music, just enhancing other peoples' music. I guess that is why I was so taken with jazz. Somebody elses' song form, and you can just jam over it all day and make it your own. I have come to realize that COMPOSITIONAL choices of AESTHETICS, PRODUCTION, SLOP vs. PRECISION, TEXTURE, ORCHESTRATION and much more, are what ultimately defines you as an artist. My teachers over the years, whom I thank daily, include: Yuval Hen, Norm Zocher, Abigail Aaronson, Bruce Bartlett, Bruce Saunders, Mashi Hasu, Larry Senibaldi, Steve Rochinski, Adam Iorfida (A great friend and excellent musician), Sam Durham (my soul brother, and sick guitarist), Sam Ramos, Derrick Herring, Chuckii Booker, Joe Knibbs, other countless local heros and of course my record collection (And let's not forget Tuck Andress, Charlie Hunter, Sco, Pat Metheny, Scott Henderson, Buckethead, Mattias Eklundh, Vic Wooten, and the millions of other influneces I shant continue to mention, because as large a website as myspace is, I WILL RUN OUT OF SPACE!!)I am a Berklee College of Music Dork, yes.. I can play lots of genres of music, yes... I have a fair amount of gear, yes... But, on this outing I elected to do something a bit more lofty, even if it may come off pretentious or crappy or perhaps too avant garde... I wanted to "jam" with myself in a context of odd forms and head-on-collisions of genres. Am I very inspired by Mr. Bungle, Zappa, Buckethead, Mattias Eklundh, Secret Chiefs 3, and others of that ilk? Sure!!Does this material sound like any of them?? Probably not...I'd like to at least think that I have something original to say, eventhough I may use the aforementioned artists' VERNACULAR every once in a while.My favorite piece of commentary comes to me from fellow Berklee Dork/Awesome Musician/Soul Brother, Sam Durham. He said:"DANIMAL FANIMAL is the baddest/sickest/perverted guitar player that I know. These songs are a reaffirmation of that fact. He'll make you smell the glove, bitch!"And smell the glove you will. Bitch!!!Anyways, I am gonna shut up now, and let you all check out the tunes.Thanks,Parkinson!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/3/2006
Band Website: LickMyShornScrotum.Com
Band Members: Danny Hayoun - Acoustic, Classical, Slide and Electric Guitars, Dobro, Bass, Drums, Darbouka, Hand Cymbals, Piano, Organ, Synth, Theramin, Cumbus (pronounced Joomboosh, which is the Turkish equivelant of an Oud, perverted sacks), Erhu (Two string Chinese Fiddle), Didgereedoo, Samples, Programming, Kazoo, Slide Whistle, Vocals, Assorted Noises, Blips, Hiss, Production, Engineering (as poor as it may be), Mixing, Mastering, Blah, Blah and of course Blah.... (and of course written by, arranged and concieved by Myself and my two alter-egos, Professor Parkinson and TheMeganutt...)BUY MY NEW CD, "HAIL, SEIZURE!!!", IN STORES NOW!!! AND BY STORES, I MEAN I AM SELLING THEM OUT OF MY BEDROOM!!!!SHOW SOME LOVE!!!! $11.00 all in!! yes, that includes shipping!!!!I will begin shipping ASAP!!!Click the link below, and of course leave your address and contact number in case I have a problem!!! I am new to all of this....
Influences:Bungle, Zappa, Pink FLoyd, Mattias Eklundh, Buckethead, Porcupine Tree, Ozric Tentacles, Secret Chiefs 3, Camel, ELP, King Crimson, P-Funk, Wayne Krantz, Pat Metheny, John Scofield, MMW, Screaming Headless Torsos, Jason Becker, Michael Lee Firkins, Dennis Chambers, Lincoln Goines, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughn, John Hendricks, Jimi Hendrix, SRV, Bumblefoot, Death, King Diamond, Zeppelin, Rush, Gong, Allan Holdsworth, Weapon of Choice, Greg Howe, Marty Friedman, John Zorn, Mike Patton, Portishead, Phish, Primus, Sly and the Family Stone, James Brown, Kurt Vonnegut, Robert Anton Wilson, Bartok, Monty Python, Allman Brothers, Jimmy Herring (A.R.U.), Scott Henderson, Joe Pass, Wes, John Mclaughlin (Mahavishnu and Shakti), Ravi Shankar, Bikram Gish, Zakkir Hussein, Old Chilli Peppers, Peter Gabriel, Dream Theater (minus James LaBries' Gay Ass), Mingus, Monk, Miles, Django, Bird, Satchmo, Duke Ellington (his version of the Nutcracker Suite is RIDICULOUS), Charlie Hunter, Tuck Andress, Martin Taylor and all the rest of the "solo guitar" guys... Honestly, way too many influences to list.. but that is a decent exposition, I suppose...

Sounds Like: A musical diary of a sarcastic madman. I will say my influences are not as easy to pin down from the tracks you hear, but I am getting to the point where things sound stylistically like "me". That is a good thing, I think... Not really too comparable to other things, due to the radical transitions, that really only Mr. Bungle remind me of... That sort of thing anyway. I love Zappa, Mattias Eklundh, Buckethead and all those weird guys for the more distorted, odd time sort of thing (Mahavishnu, too..) and Tuck Andress, Charlie Hunter, Martin Taylor, Joe Pass, Bireli Lagrene and that whole mob for my solo guitar stuff... I guess you could say it's pretty ecclectic, so it's pointless to try to pigeonhole. You tell ME what YOU think it sounds like.

CHECK THIS GUY OUT!!! FELLOW BERKLEE BOY!!! WHO SAID WE'RE FORMULAIC???
Record Label: Ghetto Ass (As good as unsigned...)
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Rebate Checks, as interperted by a Moron...

No... Not ME... I am not the moron in question here... It happens to be, again, our Commander-in-Cheese... George Dubya.... This morning, he made more specific statements about what this money WILL DO...
Posted by Danny Hayoun/Professor Parkinson on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:57:00 PST

John McCain - Douchebag in Waiting...

Gas Tax Holiday?? Are you fucking kidding me???? What crazy planet is this turd nugget from??? John McCain wants to alleviate the taxation on gas prices through Labor Day instead of Memorial Day... so...
Posted by Danny Hayoun/Professor Parkinson on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:06:00 PST

Leave Obama Alone Already....

Fuck, people... Can't you just let a person speak their mind without trying to subvert their words to suit your own twisted purpose?? The Clinton and McCain Campaigns went ape shit over this statement...
Posted by Danny Hayoun/Professor Parkinson on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:20:00 PST

The Al-Qaida Conundrum...

I just don’t get Al-Qaida.... Truth be told, I don’t really get fundamentalist movements, in general. The idea seems incredibly romantic, to be so passionate about whatever ideology you&...
Posted by Danny Hayoun/Professor Parkinson on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:23:00 PST

The Richardson Conundrum.... And Other Such Maddening Issues...

Finally, there is some juicy new word from the political trail for me to sink my teeth into.... Bill Richardson, the only Latin American Governor in the United States and Democratic Presidency hopefu...
Posted by Danny Hayoun/Professor Parkinson on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 01:13:00 PST

So It Goes... Protools Madness, Part Deux.... (I guess...)

So, Protools fucked up my new session too... Glad to see it doesn’t discriminate.... But seriously, at least I figured out the quick fixes and all catastrophies were averted apart from the fact...
Posted by Danny Hayoun/Professor Parkinson on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:47:00 PST

Music.... Progress & Regress...

ok, so, I am so tired at this phase of my existence, due to the 9-5 job, the work beyond work, the hobbies, the laundry, the ball games, etc. etc. etc. ad nauseum... BUT... I am slowly making headway ...
Posted by Danny Hayoun/Professor Parkinson on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:05:00 PST

Jerusalem and other Lighthearted Topics!?!?

I was travelling yesterday to visit some of my company's commercial properties, so I was oblivious to the goings on in the world pretty much all day... I get home, eat some suchi and decide ...
Posted by Danny Hayoun/Professor Parkinson on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 08:46:00 PST

Music Update....

So, after playing the new track which I think is pretty much complete, to my friends Tom, Yvette, Sebastian, Moran, Ida, Heli and a few other select people who's opinions I greatly respect,&...
Posted by Danny Hayoun/Professor Parkinson on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:45:00 PST

Before I forget... (Preemptive Music News)....

I just wanted to say, that unless you know me and can physically come to my house, you will not be hearing the new track until I have at least another one to put up on myspace, to contrast with t...
Posted by Danny Hayoun/Professor Parkinson on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:10:00 PST