Member Since: 24/05/2006
Band Website: www.myspace.com/koostaposmusicshop
Band Members: Pat Cupo - 27 - Houston, TX
-Electric/Acoustic Bass
-Electric/Acoustic Guitar
-Computer Beat-Smith
-Professional Educator
-For Hire: Send e-mail for prices
Influences: Classical: Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Schoenberg, Webern, Berg, Copland, Ives, Crumb, Piazzola, Reich, Stravinsky, Shostakovich, Ravel, Debussy, Kronos Quartet, Ermerson String Quartet, Toyko String Quartet, Segovia ...
Jazz: Armstrong, Fitzgerald, Miles, Coltrane, Gordan, Evans, Monk, Mehldau, Frisell, Metheny, MMW, Scofield, Soulive, Maria Schenider, Branford Marsalis ...
Pop/Rock: Beatles, Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Steely Dan, RHCP, RATM, NIN, STP, Radiohead, Bjork, Smashing Punpkins, The Mars Volta, Sublime, Prince, Lily Allen, Joni Mitchell, Gorillaz, Incubus, Coheed and Cambria, Death From Above 1979, Dream Theatre, Tool, A Perfect Circle ...
Hip-Hop/Rap/R&B: Biggie, Jay-Z, Outkast, Mos Def, Common, M.I.A., Wu-Tang Clan, Madlib, Peanut Butter Wolf, Beastie Boys, Talib Kweli, Lupe Fiasco, Jill Scott, Musiq Soulchild, Steve Wonder, Al Green, Marvin Gaye, Motown ...
Producers: Rick Rubin, Jay-Dilla, Just Blaze, Timbaland, Missy Elliot, ?uestlove, Kayne, Neptunes, Dr. Dre, Trent Reznor, Quincy Jones ...
Bass Players: Jaco Pastorius, Charlie Haden, Charles Mingus, Pino Palladino, Flea, Christian McBride, James Jamerson, all of the James Brown bass Players, Paul McCartney, Dave Holland, John Patitucci ...
Film Composers: Jon Brion (My Hero!)
Teachers: John Leddy, Linda McKnight, John Arbo, John Geggie, Patrick Pfeiffer
Anyone I've ever played with ...
Anyone I've ever taught ...
Sounds Like: "When you hear a piece of music for the first time, you shouldn't be able to sing along."
-David Heinick, Composer and Teacher
Type of Label: Major