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About Me

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I AM:
- easy to get along with but it takes a long time to get to know me because there is a lot to find out, plus I'm shy.
- contradictory: a bleeding-heart misanthropist, a lazy rebel, an imaginary artist. Consider me bitter but sweet. I am The Angry Buddhist, The Pacifist Viking, The Pessimistic Dreamer.
I MAY OR MAY NOT BE:
- a superhero
- a ninja
- a vampire
- an android
- from the future
- able to hear your thoughts
BIO
Teaching
I've been teaching guitar, piano, and bass for 5 years and am one of the most highly sought in west Winnipeg. I feel I'm successful because I am able to explain things in many different ways, adapt myself to teach what the student wants instead of only having "my way of doing things", and don't see students as students but as friends deserving respect, put forth as non-intimidating an atmosphere as I can because I see students not as students but as friends all deserving respect no matter what age or skill level.
Performing & Recording
I am a member of Pretty Train Crash which you may have heard on Freq 107 or Power 97 in Winnipeg. I am a recent addition to the band Seventeen69 . I am developing a project called Mode 7 which is a concert of live video game music performed by myself and other Winnipeg musicians. I'm currently in the arranging/recording phases and beginning rehearsals. Also I am recording for a small side project I was involved in known as Euphorium . I played on upcoming CDs by Wazookaa and J Williamez . I am available for session work and I will not let you down.
Composing
I've been a songwriter for 10 years, writing over 100 songs solely on a private level of self-expression. I am working towards doing more recording and scoring for independent film, commercials, and eventually the game, film and television industry.
If you are interested in contacting me, write to [email protected] or call me at 1-204-299-1342

My Interests

.. m o v i e s & f o r e i g n f i l m , b a s s , g u i t a r , p i a n o , s o n g w r i t i n g , i n t e r n e t , p h i l o s o p h y , t h e o l o g y , s o c i o l o g y , p s y c h o l o g y , a s t r o n o m y , t h e o r e t i c a l p h y s i c s , p o l i t i c s , h i s t o r y , p o k e r , p a r k o u r , t r a m p o l i n i n g , s k i i n g , t h u n d e r s t o r m s , f i l m m a k i n g , c o m i c s , o l d s c h o o l v i d e o g a m e s

I'd like to meet:

Music:

CLASSIC METAL ( Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Iommi, Halford, Dio, Scorpions, Motorhead, Alcatrazz, Wasp, Black Label Society, Fozzy)

ROCK / AOR ( Boston, Def Leppard, Van Halen, Collective Soul, Foreigner, Deep Purple, Night Ranger, Mr. Big, Bon Jovi, Bad Company, AC/DC, Guns N Roses, Alice Cooper, Icon, Blue Oyster Cult, Tragically Hip, Kansas, AdrianGale, Biloxi)

80s POP-METAL ( Winger, Ratt, Dokken, Whitesnake, Slaughter, Warrant, Extreme, Lita Ford, Motley Crue, Firehouse, Skid Row, Cinderella, Poison)

THRASH / SPEED-METAL ( Megadeth, Anthrax, Racer X, Metallica, Killswitch Engage, Trivium, Avenged Sevenfold, Arch Enemy, Testament)

SYMPHONIC/POWER/PROG ( Yngwie Malmsteen, Sonata Arctica, Symphony X, Dream Theater, Queensryche, Blind Guardian, Helloween, Gamma Ray, Primal Fear, Savatage, Kamelot, Stratovarius, Rush, Rainbow, Hammerfall, Masterplan, Nightwish, Lacuna Coil, Evergrey, Ayreon, Star One, Yes, Planet X)

HARD ALTERNATIVE / MISC. ( Faith No More, Ugly Kid Joe, Alice in Chains, Green Day, Red Hot Chili Peppers, RATM, Evanescence, Disturbed, Atreyu, Rise Against)

INSTRUMENTALISTS ( Joe Satriani, Vinnie Moore, Stuart Hamm, Marty Friedman, Paul Gilbert, Derek Sherinian )

CLASSICAL ( Bach, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Scarlatti, Haydn, Clementi, Jerry Goldsmith, Alan Silvestri, Nobuo Uematsu, Koji Kondo, John Williams, James Horner, Christopher Young, Danny Elfman )

OTHER INFLUENCES ( video game music, classic rock, j-rock, blues, trance, grunge, punk, folk, 90s alternative, current artists, etc.)

Movies:

Television:

I try my damnedest not to watch any TV on television. Youtube for me please.

Books:

Chuck Palahniuk, Frank Miller, Stephen Hawking, Lewis Lapham, Noam Chomsky, Brian Greene

Heroes:

My Blog

my life in 2007

Every year seemed to get better for at least 6 straight years, till 2006 levelled off towards the end and then not long after christmas began to nosedive.- I don't remember much about Christmas break ...
Posted by Eric on Wed, 23 Jan 2008 01:44:00 PST

Bush administration -- greatest threat to the world

I was asked: Does the US use force in the name of religion? What is this clash of civilizations about?In the middle-east it's about religion. One religion all of them hate might as well be...
Posted by Eric on Fri, 19 Oct 2007 12:57:00 PST

materialism at its peak (today)

Ever watch someone watch tv? They are zombified....it's almost creepy. But the same could be said for radio programs before tv was invented. And reading a book is the same other than the fact that you...
Posted by Eric on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 08:14:00 PST

essay about citylife - do not read

This has been the best week of the year. I just spent 3 fantastic days back home on the farm, feeling nostalgic about times gone by. I hardly had a chance to leave the city in 6 months. I don't think ...
Posted by Eric on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:48:00 PST

the illusion of choice

Face it: you are never going to be complete. Not by trying to attain everything. That's why it's important to stop trying as soon as you can.The more people have the more they want. For example, I go ...
Posted by Eric on Mon, 06 Aug 2007 12:10:00 PST

religion

George Carlin:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue-gDpI_080http://www. youtube.com/watch?v=MeSSwKffj9ohttp://www.youtube.com/watch? v=9CitfTtMIx8Jack Van Impe:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUTfKoYPhfEhttp...
Posted by Eric on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 11:47:00 PST

fascist state of america

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B628CifhR_8http://www.youtube .com/watch?v=lN9Ofcxbm0k http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIHtcEiDCGkhttp://www.youtube .com/watch?v=0jUxSd5iVx4http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...
Posted by Eric on Wed, 02 May 2007 02:01:00 PST

Outfoxed

For equal parts laughter and horror, you should watch "Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism". Here's a couple short clips.Former Fox correspondent on the Fox agenda:http://www.youtube.com/wat...
Posted by Eric on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 10:59:00 PST

Hack the Vote

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ziiqm1BYy5whttp://www.youtube .com/watch?v=t5p7YjWaHNchttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zNg- j4KJg0http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdrtxGNovvoDamn, I predicted this and I was...
Posted by Eric on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 11:02:00 PST

Darth Cheney

CHENEY'S GOT A GUNhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pR7CH9zvD6shttp://www.yout ube.com/watch?v=WBpAjEtbQWEhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qO IANtaQYd0http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZSNUBXJsgIhttp://ww w.you...
Posted by Eric on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 11:41:00 PST