Matt Ripley - ProfilesArchive

About Me

.. My art is an expression of experience, and an attempt to honestly communicate my interpretation of what it is to be human. I am currently a BFA-1 World Music / Percussion Major at CalArts in Valencia, CA (30 mins north of LA). All recordings are composed and played by myself by multi-tracking (no sampling, loops, or synth) using garage band and the built-in mic on my laptop. The only mixing involves panning and volume adjustment, all other sounds are natural to the environment they were recorded in. I will play a show anywhere / anytime (booking: [email protected]) "The lesson which life repeats and constantly enforces is "look under foot." You are always nearer the divine and the true sources of your power than you think. The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are. Do not despise your own place and hour. Every place is under the stars, every place is the center of the world."

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/8/2004
Band Members: ~Music by: Matt Ripley~*Get.involved-with* *Culture.AcidRain.+BigBusiness*
Influences: Hella, Need New Body, James Tenney, John Cage, Steve Reich, John Coltrane, Shakti, Pak Djoko Walujo, I. Nyoman Wenten, John Mclaughlin, John Zorn, Phillip Glass, Icy Demons, Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri, Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, Pandit Ravi Shankar, Zakir Hussain, Zach Hill and the Holy Smokes, The Claudia Quintet, Evan Ziporyn, Aashish Kahn, Andrew Grueschow, Randy Gloss, David Johnson, Suzie Allen, Jan Hammer, Billy Cobham, Miles Davis, Chick Corea, Alfred Ladzekpo, Kobla Ladzekpo, Dzizogbe Lawluvi, Yeko Ladzekpo, Adam Rudolph, Kenny Cox, Ralph Jones, Medeski Martin and Wood, Spearhead, Psilocybin, Pharaoh Sanders, Santana, The Mahavishnu Orchestra, Life, Neil Young, David Crosby, Jimi Hendrix, Tetrahydrocannabinol, The Citrus Circus, Rage Against the Machine, Janis Joplin, Al Dimeola, Paco DeLucia, The Mars Volta, Mindless Self Indulgence, Black Tar, Desa, Nuclear Rabbit, Pink Floyd, Led Zep, Phish, Sublime, Mark Aubert, Chris Adams, Cody Grieves, Lukman Munchi, Nick Sklais, Paul Aubert, Kevin Cameron, Zach Partridge.
Sounds Like: being shot out of a kaleidoscope cannon and landing in a sea of electricity
Record Label: *Get.involved-with* *Culture.AcidRain.+BigBusiness
Type of Label: None

My Blog

bali and the new acousitc stuff

ive been in southeast asia all summer, mostly bali studying music and after many random and not so random experiences ive started writing music again (finally!) ive got a piece up that i did in feb. a...
Posted by Matt Ripley on Sat, 18 Aug 2007 03:03:00 PST

Battle Royale Scene Score

Battle Royale Scene Score By Matt Ripley All Sounds Created by Matt Ripley on either: Guitar Drum Set Tabla Organ Voice This project began as a final for drama class that I procrastinat...
Posted by Matt Ripley on Sun, 02 Jul 2006 03:00:00 PST