Member Since: 6/5/2006
Band Members: Jin J. X A.K.A Wizard Nighthawk Ishmael the Daywalker A.K.A Knowledge Shabazz-guitars, bass, percussion. NOTE: If you use my page as a toilet for your advertisements, not only will they be erased, you will have given up your "my space friendship" in my book. I believe in self promoting, though I don't fuck your site up, don't fuck mine up. Anyway, peace.
Influences: Musical Influences:
Wes Montgomery, Steve Vai, Jimi Hendrix (and various band mates including Billy Cox, Mitch Mitchell, Buddy Miles, and Noel Redding), Frank Zappa, Herbie Hancock, Joe Pass, Chic Corea and the members of Return to Forever (including but not limited to Al Di Meola, Stanley Clarke, and Flora Purim), Weather Report (including but not limited to Wayne Shorter, Joseph Zawinul, Jaco Pastorius, Peter Erkstine), Miles Davis, Cream (Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce, and Eric Clapton), Billy Sheehan, U2, George Duke, Joe Satriani, Phillip Lynott and all of the guitar players of Thin Lizzy (including but not limited too Gary Moore, Brian Robertson, Snowy White, and Scott Gorham, and drummer Brian Downey), Mylon Lefevre and Broken Heart, Prince, Rush (including Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Neil Peart), Petra, Marcus Miller, Andrea Crouche , The Police (including Andy Summers, Sting, and Stewart Copeland) , Randy Rhoads, Fred Miller (guitar teacher), Doug Pinnick and King's X, Van Morrison, Zakk Wylde, Tony MacAlpine, Yngwie Malmsteen, Eric Johnson, KRS-One, Ozzy Osbourne, Dave Grohl, Nasir Jones, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones (including, but not limited to Victor Wooten, Howard Levy, Jeff Coffin, Roy "Future Man" Wooten), Joni Mitchell, D'Angelo, Raphael Saadiq, Pat Metheny, Mike Stern, Stevie Ray Vaughn, George Benson, Ben Belanger (childhood music mentor and spanish teacher), Mrs Sikes (high school music theory teacher), The Isley Brothers (mainly Ronald Isley and Ernie Isley), Prince, Robert Cray, George Benson, R. Kelly, Ben Folds, Phil Keaggy, Carlos Santana, Mark Knopfler, Led Zeppelin, The Red Hot Chilli Peppers (including, but not limited to Flea, Anthony Keidis, John Frucanti, and Chad Smith), George Clinton, Bootsie Collins, Steve Rowe of Mortification, Neil Young, Kirk Hammett, Edward Van Halen, Bonnie Raitt, Earth, Wind, and Fire, Scott Thunes, Bruce Hornsby, Jeremy Larson (childhood schoolmate), Douglas Miller, Willie Nelson, The Winans, Bebe and CeCe Winans, Stevie Wonder, Jason Cisco (childhood schoolmate), and many many more that for whatever reason are not listed (most likely, lack of space) I also would be amiss if I didn't mention the invaluable influence of my mother Purity and her family The Williams Singers
Symbolic Influences: Batman, Superman, and ofcourse, Nightwing (partial inspiration for my musical name)
Philosophical, Theoretical, Political, and Spiritual Influences:
Malcolm X (whose book "The Autobiography of Malcolm X as told to Alex Haley" not only changed my life, but also opened my eyes and started me on "the path", Kathleen Cleaver, Angela Davis, Frank Zappa, Steve Vai, Penn & Teller, Bruce Lee, and the only person on this earth that I truely respect beyond words, my brother Frederick.
Sounds Like: What a dumb thing to ask. "Who do you sound like?" Okay, fine. I sound like myself... and ofcourse, your mother.
Type of Label: None