I'd like to meet:
Those I could share mutual empathy with
| |------------How I see the sun rise------------Addendum: I have been told by a rare flower, met here on myspace, that the following original text does not quite encapsulate me. That leaves me questioning my own perception of self and hers as well. Now I don’t believe that the ideas proposed by her observation concluded that I’m painting a picture of an “enhanced†or entirely dissimilar version of myself, but that the picture may not be as clear as it is in the "real" life...but the subject does raise some great questions about the awareness of ones own perception of self, others perception, and how the online arena plays a part in all of this ... ... ... ... ... ... (original text)... First off, I must say that being a musician vastly influences a great majority of the decisions I make in this life...for better of for worse. Now...., starting off sentences with the word "I" is something I've never been too comfortable with, but how does one go about avoiding it? It seems to come so easy..."I this" and "I that" and how else does one go about describing themselves? Well..., "I" guess I could say my friends might consider me an enigma, for they have seen the many colors of my personality. Fire and coolness and everything in-between…. angered at the ways of the world, skeptical at what most are trying to sell me, cynical because I've been burned, sarcastic because its fun, a lover to those I'm willing to work for, a giver to those I think deserve it, and a finder of the beauty in my surroundings….My heart is on my sleeve. My environment, whether it be people places or ideas (and I think even the weather) seem to affect the way I handle any given moment. You might say that the things around me determine my perceptions. I have no concept of time or at least a meager one anyway. It seems I am always fashionably late. I feel shy around people I don't know very well and, I think, I am perceived as stand-offish, especially now that I am in the south. The feeling of freedom that comes along with friendship liberates me ...it brings about the outgoing and excited nature of my personality. This version of myself likes to dance and some might say this guy is a little too honest at times, not for the sake of any kind of malice; I hate to see people hurt, but not to lie just for the sake of social etiquette, I forget most people don't want to hear the truth. Some have told me I am an old soul and that I think way too much, too deep even ... an over analyzer if you will ... opinions I'll leave up to you.... Even as I write this, I question each lines motive. Anyway, I'm on this thing every now and again, and from what I've heard there’s a whole host of characters on here. I love to talk and listen -(an act some seem to forget is a little bit more important than the talking part of any great conversation... I've already heard all of my own ideas)- about anything I find meaning in...Could I find meaning in you?
Music:
60’s: The Beatles, The Beach Boys, The Doors, The Stones, Jimi Hendrix, James Brown, Crème, Elvis, the Temptations and anything James Jamerson played on.70’s: Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Genesis (the Peter Gabriel variety), The Carpenters, Burt Bacharach, early Sabbath, Yes, Heart, Rush, Earth Wind and Fire, Stevie Wonder, Queen, Bob Marley, Paul Simon, David Bowie, Aerosmith, The Who, Elton John, Wings, Steve Miller, Johnny Cash, Marvin Gaye, The Jackson 5, Kool and the Gang, K.C. and the Sunshine Band, George Clinton and Parliament, Maceo Parker, Tower of Power, The Bee Gees, Isaac Hayes, Rick James, The Average White Band and a whole host of funk and disco tunes.80’s: The Police, Van Halen , SRV, Sting, Clapton, Michael Jackson, Prince, Peter Gabriel, Paul Simon, Hall and Oats, The Stray Cats, Joe Jackson, Phil Collins, Guns n’ Roses, early Metallica, Megadeth, Pantera, Skid Row, Bon Jovi, Motley Crew, Judas Priest, Ozzy.90’s: Jeff Buckley…poor Jeff, Stone Temple Pilots, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, the first three Pearl jam records, Black Crows, Big Wreck, Living color, Jameraqui, NIN, Incubus, The Cardigans, Varuca Salt, Faith No More, Mr. Bungle, Tomahawk, Ween, INXS, Cold Play, Radiohead, Tool, RES, Beck, Keb Mo, The Roots, Arrested Development, Busta Rhymes, Missy, Public Enemy, Outkast, 2pac, Biggie, Janes Addiction, Weezer, Dinosaur Jr., Morcheeba, Built to Spill, GBV, Dave Mathews, Bjork,Smashing Pumpkins, Fiona Apple, Foo Fighters, Primus, Tortoise,Toadies, Temple of the Dog, The Chili Peppers, Rage Against the Machine, Live, G-love.Jazz: Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays, Coltrane, Miles, Bill Evans, Stan Getz, Jobim, Ray Brown, Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis, Barney Kessle, Joe Pass, Duke, Count Basie, Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, The Modern Jazz Quartet, Diz, Bird, Monk, Mingus, Jackie Mclean, Jaco Pastorius, Chick Corea, Wayn Shorter, Medeski, John Scofield, Phil Woods, Quincy Jones, Freddie Hubbard, Nat King Cole, Harry Connick, Sinatra, Jamey Aebersold, Horace Silver, Sachmo, Ella, Billie, Phil Woods, Eric Alexander, Wes Montgomery, Mcoy Tyner, Charlie Hayden, John Patitucci, Herbie Hancock, Pat Martino, Ron Carter, Sonny Rollins, Chet Baker, Gerry Mulligan, Dave Brubeck, ect… Symphonic: Bach, Corelli, Vivaldi, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Wagner, Mahler, Dvorak, Schubert, Chopin, Mendelssohn, Bruckner, Rimsky-Korsakov, Berlioz, Smetana, Liszt, Borodin, Sibelius, Grieg, Debussy, Strauss, Ravel, Holst, Copland, Rachmaninoff, Elgar, Vaughn-Williams, Gershwin, Bartok, Cage, Barber.Film: Bernard Hermann, Danny Elfman, James Horner, Alan Silvestri, Angelo Badalamenti, Elmer Bernstein, Howard Shore, John Corigliano, Alf Clausen, Carter Burwell, John Barry, John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, Mark Snow, Michael Wyman, Phillip Glass, Ennio Morricone, Nino Rota Local: Mile 8, Grand Revue, Fleming and John, De Novo Dahl, The Loft, Chef Dave, Van Hunt (from Atlanta), and my new friends at Stylee Caviar Productions, D Brown and Folk MedicineLocal Jazz: Lori Meacham and Roger Spencer (Founders or the Nashville Jazz Workshop), Beggie Adair, Shane Roberts, Stan Lassitor, Béla and his crew Vic, Coffin, future man, Liz Johnson, Anne Sellick, Don Aliquo, Jamey Simmons, Jim Ferguson, Tommy G, Jim white...
Movies:
Gattica, the Godfather, Instinct, Scarface
Television:
Conan, 24, House, Commercial Jingles, educational
Books:
Not big on fiction anymore ...not since I was a kid, not unless the work has some kind of philosophical truth to it like Ishmael by Daniel Quinn, Anything by Carl Sagan, (Billions and Billions, the Pale Blue Dot), Fiction: Anything by John Beliers (The House With the Clock in its Walls), Fahrenheit 451 and the Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury, short Stories by Poe,/ Jazz is...by Nat Hentoff, Poetry: E.E. Cummings, Hughes, Frost, Witman, Plath, Eliot, Poe, Symbolist poets ect.. any Number of Music Theory texts... Currently; The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene and Napalm and Silly Putty by George Carlin
Heroes:
a href="http://imageshack.us"Some people I knowMy Grandfather