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Guitar Barb

Imperfection is Beauty...Madness is Genius...& it's better to be Absolutely Ridiculous than Abso

About Me

Full time musician...band leader of the GO ASK ALICE BAND......Jacksonville, FL. We play everything from Rock to Reggae...old to new...some Modern Pop & Hippie Stuff Too! We please crowds of all ages. play 5-7 nights a week.For GO ASK ALICE gig dates check out the following myspace site.....myspace.com/goaskaliceband....Also... singer/songwriter...i play most of my originals on my solo act tho...which i do a lot during the week.Commercial Artist... freelance custom artwork and illustration. Have done artwork for Sea World... set designs, TGI Fridays, my band's logo (GO ASK ALICE) amongst many others.

My Interests

i love camping, hiking, waterskiing, snorkeling, anything outdoors! i love my guitars! & buying more guitars! i love the piano...got away from it for a while but it's the only instrument i have formal training on & i am playing regularly again....doing quite well i might add! i collect vintage instruments as well. i love to sit around and jam on the porch with good friends and good beer! (tequila is good too!) i love music stores & used book stores. i love junk stores and vintage clothing stores. i love music festivals & renaissance faires. i love culture & history...i love wine!!! i love to cook...draw, paint, write....love the beach, the mountains, the smell of rain as it approaches, the feel of cool wet grass on my bare feet, flea markets & good pawn shops...not into anything fancy or glamourous. just a down to earth hippy chick here. i'm left handed but play instruments right handed (semi-ambidexterous huh?) oh....one more VERY important thing...i love to be spontaneous & to HAVE FUN! life is too short be serious all the time. stars layout @ HOT FreeLayouts.com love / music / movies / frazy

I'd like to meet:

fellow musicians, artists, cool, happy, free spirited, positive people! someone with something to say and who is not afraid to say it.....mspmb allowScriptAccess="never" allowNetworking="internal" enableJSURL="false" enableHREF="false" saveEmbedTags="true" enableJavaScript="false" allowScriptAccess="never" allowNetworking="internal"

Music:

I LOVE MUSIC!! pretty much all of it.... if it's done well. i play several instruments, including guitar, harmonica, piano & violin. Some of my influences who have shaped my style are...Melissa Etheridge, Sheryl Crow, Stevie Nicks, Sara Maclaughlin, John Lennon, Bob Dylan, The Grateful Dead, Donovan, Emmylou Harris, Joni Mitchell & Janis Joplin. I sing/play for my supper....and write original music as well.

Movies:

Pirates Of The Caribbean.....YEAH!!! Pulp Fiction, Dogma, Beetlegeuse, King Kong, Napolean Dynomite, Kiss Kiss Bang, Raising Arizona, Sideways, Young Frankenstein, several series flicks...Star Wars, Lord Of the Rings, Indiana Jones.

Books:

anything and everything by Anne Rice, National Geographic, books on Herbalism and Natural Medicine, biographies on serial personality disorders & abnormal psychology (fascinated by sociopathic facets of the human mind)

Heroes:

Steve Marriott, Freddie Mercury, Stevie Nicks, John Lennon, Sheryl Crow, Melissa Etheridge, Janis Joplin, Peter Frampton, Loreena McKennitt, Beethoven, Mozart, Otmar Leibert, Etta James, Bob Marley, Ritchie Blackmore, Andy Worhol, Leonardo Da'vinci, Peter Bruegel, Beavis and Butthead, Yoda