"The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side."
—Hunter S. Thompson
just point me toward the stage please...
Better yet, some famous people that I have met, worked with and/or are friends with...
Tony Williams ( The Platters )
Little Anthony ( Little Anthony & The Imperials )
Bondad Dave Kell Blanchard (The Blackstones)
Rudy Sarzo (Quiet Riot/Whitesnake) Rudy Sarzo
Ron Tennison [Solo Artist] Branson/Vegas Elvis!
Diana Wolf [GirlGirl!] Diana Wolf Solo Artist-[SONY MUSIC]
J.Jaye Steele [Hippie!] ( Head East )Quiet Riot -Winterkat
Bobby Ingram ( Molly Hatchet )
Jimi Jamison (Survivor) Jimi Jamison
Jimmy Sohns ( The Shadows of Knight )
Scott Bush [Scoob!] The Nixons/ DOLT
Cowboy Mach Bell [beep!](The Joe Perry Project)(Thundertrain) Mach 5
Nelson Ayeres (Metal Inc)
Tom Larson [DECADE][Homade Water]( Scott Holt Band )
Russ Maxwell ( Molly Hatchet )( Russ Maxwell Band )
And I want to give props to all my former bandmates from DECADE, BROKUN TOYZ & POUND OF LIFE!
DECADE!
Bruce Wisemiller-Guitar
Tim Webb-Guitar {deceased}
Blackie Stewart-Vox
Vicky Ryan-Vox
Dave Pfhifer-Drums
Tom Larson -Drums
Dave Chambers-Drums
Brian Zahn-Drums
Dale West-Drums
Kelly Ireland-Drums
Mike Samuals-Drums
Doogie ?-Drums
Greg Hatch-Drums
Randy Wiltshire-Drums
Marcus Jansen-Drums
Yep! We went through drummers like Spinal Tap!
BROKUN TOYZ!
Roger Holland-Drums/Vox
Micheal Montrose-GuitarPOUND OF LIFE!
Jimmy Cron-Guitar/Vox
Joe Valentine -Drums
"It's not the notes that make the music but the silence in between"
"There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself." -Johann Sebastian Bach
"...Surrender your whole being into a note, and gravity disappears ... with one chord, John Lee Hooker could tell you a story as deep as the ocean..." - Carlos Santana
My Gear
My Amp sounded perfect...right before it blew up!!!
MY STAGE GEAR
BASS
Custom Made "Dragonfire"
2 Peavey Patriot Basses
Vantage Fretless Bass
2005 Palatino Standing Electric String Bass
1972 Fender Musicmaster Bass
2005 Johnson Acoustic/Electric Fretless Bass
Galveston Pro Bass
Cruise Bass
2 ART SGX Nightbass SE
2 ART X15 optical/midi controllers
Aphex Aural Exiter w/Big Bottom
Peavey SessionBass Head
Morley Pro Series II Bass Wah
Hartke 4x10
Crate BX200 Bass Head
Crate 2x15 cab
Sampson Airline Wireless
GUITAR
Custom Made LP "The Bird"
1989 Heritage Triple HB's H140CM (LP)
1987 Carvin DC200 w/Kahler Pro Tremolo
Schector C-1 Diamond
1961 Epiphone LP Junior (Gibson/Kalamazoo)
1996 Harmony Tele
Hamer Slammer w/Floyd Rose
Peavey Patriot (STRAT)
Takamine acoustic
2005 Johnson acoustic/electric
2005 AXL Clutch w/Tremolo
Line 6 PODXT
BBE 422A Sonic Maximizer
Furman Sound (green face)Class A 3 band parametric EQ
ART SGE
Fender Ultimate Chorus DSP 2x12
Marshall Mosfet Lead 100
Peavey stereo 4x12 cab
The video below is me pretending I'm Gene Krupa!
The Mean Lean Syncopatin' Machine!
DRUMS 1963 Slingerland Radio King Kit-Krupa Snare
Zildjian & Sabian Cymbles
Roland VPRO Flagship Drum Kit-The ultimate V-Pro!
AT drum mics
Shure B52 Kick mic
Roto Toms
Many Hand Percussion Instruments
Conga, Tumba & 2 Djembe
Other
Yamaha PSR 530 Keys
Conn Trumpet
Pan American Coronet
Conn Trombone
Bundy Clarinet
Bundy Flute
Shure SM57, SM58, SM58b
MY PA GEAR
24 ch. Peavey MKIII Concert Mixer (Flight case)
ART 2408 mixer
PWR-Peavey-Audio Centron-QSC
2 Cerwin Vega 18" subs
2 Cerwin Vega 15" cabs
2 Shure 15" w/22Tdriver cabs
2 Peavy 12" wedges
EQ's-Compressor/Gates-DDelay-Verbs-etc.
16x4 snake
(2) 10' Lighting trusses
pinspots-par38 cans-strobe array-lasers
Special FX Lighting
stage controller
Fog and a 20" mirror ball!
MY STUDIO GEAR
PreSonus FireStudio
Behringer UB2442 FX Pro mixer
Behringer BCF2000 Control Surface
Tranzport Wireless Controller
Alesis ADAT II
Sony A6 DAT
ART Tube 4 band EQ
Aphex 204 Aural Exiter
Line 6 TonePort UX2
Digitech TSR12 Studio Reverb M/FX
ART SGX SE
Audio Logic 4 channel Keyed Gate
2 Alesis 3630 stereo compressor/gates
Symetrix SG200 Dual Gate
Rocktron HUSH IIc
Furman 6 channel headphone dist. amp
Sennheiser & RCA Headsets
Alesis RA-100 reference amp
Alesis Monitor One reference monitors
Phillips CDR 775 Redbook Burner
MXL 990 & 991 condenser mics
OPCODE MIDI Controller
Stienberg ADAT Interface
Glyph Hard Drive
Adobe Audition 2.0
CuBase
Sony Vegas 5.0
Sound Forge 6.0
TRacKs 24 Mastering Suite
WAVES VST Bundles
Steinberg VST Plug-ins
NI Guitar Rig 2.0
AmpliTube
P4 3.0ghz 160GB+200GB (main)
PIII 2.1ghz-200GB+200GB (backup)
TRANSPORTATION:
1997 35' Private Coach
2005 6x12 Equipment Trailer
My 1966 Eldorado!
My Movie Credits
"Andreadeus"Tackhammer Films - Co-Star
"Andreadeus of the Night"Tackhammer Films - Prod. Manager
"Andreadeus Now"Tackhammer Films - Director
"A World within a World"FrewMill/CottageC Prod. - Director
My Television & Radio Credits
Writer, Director and Acting/Voice-over of various spots for local business.
KREZ-TV Channel 6 Durango,Co
KISZ 97.9 FM Cortez,Co
KIQX 101.3 FM Durango,Co
If you only ever read one book, make it this one. "Animal Farm" by George Orwell.
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