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Oliver

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About Me


Truth. Integrity. Strength.
I am Oliver, I do my thing at my point and place in time.
I fail to describe myself as anything other than myself.
Some stuff:
I'm first and foremost a musician, thats pretty much my thing in all respects and governs the majority of my lifestyle. I am mainly a guitarist, somewhat of a drummer, singer and bassist, also recently a flute player it seems. I'll play just about anything I can get my hands on, and compose for just about anything as well.
As of 2009 I will be studying Music/Jazz at Auckland University, should be interesting. I figure after almost a decade of playing I should get my shit in order. I also teach privately, mainly to beginners however i'm more than happy to help anyone with any aspect to music I can.
A bit more personally, i'm a tad of an erm...spiritualist. In an odd sense. I don't believe in anything, rather have my understandings with various concepts and energies through personal experiences of various kinds. In this respect I am very much so the student. I suppose I am a bit of a philosopher of my own reality. I have a highly analytical and complex mind that loves as much stimulation as it can get in a cultural context.
Other things? Well i'm a firedancer, staff mainly. I love cats and cat-like people, nice earthy characters.
On the exterior i'm generally very calm, on the interior i'm everything all of the time. As to what I mean by that, you'll understand if you know me well enough. I probably come across as being quite serious for the most part, I suppose I am however there are contrasts to that. On the contrary i'm pretty unserious really, while at the same time being quite serious. Dont ask me to explain because clearly I can't. I have a pretty complex and odd sense of humour, I am a fun-loving and lively person really, its just a matter of triggering it.

My Interests

Life, sound (immersion and creation and all aspects of it, im a fucking audiophile), hi-fi, firedancing (staff), events, the mind, psychonautics, immense social gatherings, cats and generally cute furry animals, alcohol (in the way of fine ales, whiskies, etc, not binging on cheap shite), intimacy, cuddles, intense deep conversation (gotta get to know people properly), tea, hot chocolate under a blanket staring out the window into the rain, astrology, numerology, philosophy and general hippie stuff, clay shooting and disciplined use of firearms, walking, biking, epic landscapes and exporing them (long walks on the beach haha), being a misplaced hippie in the middle of a city, nature and spending lots of time in it. I'm not particularly partial to todays society, I do like to somewhat keep my distance and privacy so I suppose one of those reserved people. All this is pretty vague, so i'd recommend getting to know me rather than this page, theres a massive difference between the two phenomena, the breathing one isnt as crazy as it appears.

I'd like to meet:

Interesting human beings, my musical gods. Likeminded and similar people with their own indenities would be wonderful i'm sure. How about meeting you? Whoever you may be.

Music:

Whatever sounds good. I suppose my main interests are in progressive metal (Devin Townsend, Cynic, Meshuggah, etc), other prog (Porcupine Tree, Pink Floyd), jazz in varying forms (mainly fusion - Mahavishnu!), psytrance and other psychedelic electronic music (think Infected Mushroom, Boards Of Canada, Shpongle, etc), bit of dub and stuff. Generally just...lots of stuff. Bluegrass, country, folk being more obscure stuff. Tribal drumming is pretty awesome. Talk to me if youre after more details I suppose, keeping in mind i'll probably have a rediculous amount to say about such things.
The Hang Drum..

Movies:

I'm not really too specific with movies but whacky/unique stuff interests (as per usual). ..
Waking Life, A Scanner Darkly, David Lynch films when my mind can comprehend it, Monty Python stuff, Bad Taste, Meet The Feebles, Braindead, Shaun Of The Dead, etc etc...I guess...

Television:

Not a big fan of The Idiot Box, but there are things I like, I just never bother watching things. Discovery/History/CI/National Geographic channels, Monty Python, Red Dwarf, The Young Ones, Blackadder, British comedy in general, Weeds, The X-Files, Family Guy, The Simpsons (though the movie shits all over the series with its brilliance), amongst whatever else. ..

Books:

Dont read as much as I should do. Recommend me something...
DMT: The Spirit Molecule by Dr. Rick Strassman, Eckhart Tolle, philosophical randomness, silly books and cheesy reading material.

Heroes:

.. Many musicians, many people, my closest friends, etc.

My Blog

Thought Processes And Expressionist Meandering.

Seeming I prefer not to use this site for blogging, or in fact most things, I set up a LiveJournal account for my ranting/rambling/thoughts and insights. Its available at: http://skew-aard.livejournal...
Posted by Oliver on Mon, 22 Sep 2008 03:20:00 PST