I'm very passionate about music and art and can't imagine living without either! I enjoy listening to music, practicing, writing, performing and playing guitar in my band, Dead Air Radio . I'm always striving to take my music and art to the next level while still goofing off and having fun with it. Woo-hoo!
On my arty side: drawing, painting, etching, silkscreening, graphic design, web design, illustration, and appreciating art through books, museums or travel.
Aside from music and art, I like reading, hiking, camping, biking, cooking, travel, and making friends laugh.
Friendly folks with a good personality and sense of humor. Intelligence, honesty, passion, and a distaste for the mundane a plus. Also, industry professionals & people with a mulletude factor of zero. Oh...yeah, nice women, and ultimately a muse to stoke the fires of creativity. (Last statement Cheese Rating: 9.3 on the Velveeta Scale...sweet!)
Rush, Tool, Dream Theater, Yes, Tomahawk/FNM, Vai, Satriani, John Petrucci, Jordan Rudess, SRV, Nickel Creek, Enigma, The Reverend Horton Heat, Al Di Meola, Christopher Parkening, Paco De Lucia, Morphine, Sting/Police, Louis Armstrong, Jeff Buckley, James Brown, Rick James, Hall and Oates, Seal, Sade, Hendrix, Kings X, Queensryche, Radiohead, Journey, Mudvayne, Pantera, Killswitch Engage, Maiden, Priest, Slayer, Sevendust, Spinal Tap, Mark O'Connor, Itzak Perlman, Paganini, lots o'classical, Danny Elfman, Type O Negative, Galactic Cowboys, Pink Floyd...just to get started!
Monty Python (all), Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Indiana Jones, Dracula (Bram Stoker's), A Nightmare Before Christmas, Brazil, Pan's Labyrinth, Spiderman, Labyrinth, Dark Crystal, Blade Runner, MirrorMask, City of Lost Children, The Princess Bride, Caddyshack (classic!), Spinal Tap, Best In Show, Waiting for Guffman, most Tim Burton, older James Bond flicks, The Shining, The Graduate, Clerks, Vacation, Goonies, The Breakfast Club
The Simpsons, Law & Order, Heroes, Seinfeld, Discovery Channel, SNL (first 30 minutes or so), sometimes 24 or Smallville. Actually, I don't really watch much TV anymore, especially since crappy reality shows have taken over!
Stephen King, Harlan Ellison, Poe, Hawthorne, Neil Gaiman, early Anne Rice, mostly fiction...stuff that stirs my imagination, anything with great artwork
Dad, Vai, Satch, Petrucci, Dave McKean, John Nichols, Bill Givens, Kellie M., and anyone else who inspires me to be a better person, artist, or musician.