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KOOSTAPO

About Me

From my head to yours ...Enjoy,Koostapo[LOVEMYFLASH]

My Interests

Music:

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

My Blog

Learn Ableton Live!!! (Houston, TX)

Interested in learning how to use the most powerful music production software program on the market? Learn Ableton Live!!!  http://www.ableton.com Study in a cool new MIDI lab with Patrick Cupo:...
Posted by on Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:01:00 GMT

It’s got a good beat and you can dance it ...

Hello all! Just a little note to share with you what I've been listening to, and you if want you can check it out and maybe find something you like. My taste has changed a bit over the years and I'm l...
Posted by on Thu, 01 Jan 2009 22:14:00 GMT

today I got $100 for being punched in the face ...

last january, we went out to a bar in downtown houston to celebrate mine and my roommate's birthdays. after all my friends from work left it was just me, jon (roommate), and de vita (who was in town) ...
Posted by on Sun, 20 Jul 2008 07:32:00 GMT

Carnegie Hall Bio!!!

My bio from the last time I played at Carnegie Hall with my students from Houston. TX: Patrick Cupo, a native New Yorker, is proud to return to Carnegie Hall after sharing the stage with world class ...
Posted by on Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:00:00 GMT

About the songs posted ...

Ok, so ... 1)  Feel Like Making Love for Real, written by Mike Kissel, is a nice R&B groove that was recorded in June 2006 at KMA Studio in Times Square, Manhattan.  ...
Posted by on Tue, 13 Jun 2006 05:55:00 GMT