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About Me

Music is a constant source of inspiration and life to me. The real stuff that is, not the mass produced poisonous stuff that floods pop culture. I play guitar, make music with computer, and listen."Some guy likes music from birth because its in his blood back many generations. He listens to Hip-Hop as a child Pete Rock and CL Smooth were his favorite. He plays trumpet before discovering guitar. He then discovers Jimi Hendrix and his life changes. He really loves jazz especially John Coltrane. He travels to Japan and discovers the Herbaliser from roommate and finds real Hip-Hop again and new Hip-Hop from around the world. He listens to it and likes it alot. He comes home and wants to make beats, but he realizes he wants to make music not just beats. He also learns he wants to be a musician not just a guitarist. He studies and listens music and finds real music. It is hard to find because the media and corporations control the radio and many musical outlets and produce crap. He realizes he wants to be an artist and not an entertainer but music is a lifelong goal so he must always get better. He knows music has power and should be repected (when its the real deal). He doesnt like ignorant music and he doesnt like BET because it's cancerous. He rediscovers real Hip-Hop from when he was a child and sees how bad modern rap is. He realizes Hip-Hop and rap are different. He doesnt really like rap, but he loves Hip-Hop. He continues his search for real music; Hip-Hop, jazz, "ethnic" (even though he doenst like the word ethnic), and any and everything in-between."

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Member Since: 7/12/2006
Band Members: This guy, GUITARS, FL Studio 7XXL, MPD24, Battery 3, X-board 49, virtual instruments, Boss rc-20xl loop station, wah, various pedals, THE CARVIN NOMAD, memories of Japan, and other inspirations.
Influences: Any and everything I've ever liked. JOHN COLTRANE and JIMI HENDRIX most importantly. SMOOTH JAZZ IS STUPID. Real Jazz, BeBop and the like (I HATE smooth jazz Kenny G, etc. shit sucks for real), JAZZ dammit, hip-hop, some rap (the two are different trust me. if its on the radio and posionous then I probably dont listen to it. ), 100% natural organic hip-hop, British hip-hop, French hip-hop, good japanese hip-hop, reggae, AFRICAN music, Bossa Nova, Samba, South American BRAZILIAN,classical, guitar music, neo-soul, old soul, Black gospel, house music, drum & bass,techno not so much at all, old school, new school, after school, whatever school, opera, classical, Dub, Dancehall, soukous,arabic music, a lot of music. Ninja Tune Records, Ropeadope records, Hydeout Productions. Dizzy Gillespie, Elvin Jones, The Pharcyde, Oscar Peterson, Ethiopian Music, Oumou Sangare, McCoy Tyner, Salif Keita, Wes Montgomery, Dave Brubeck, Nujabes, Roots Manuva, Mos Def, The Herbaliser, Saul Williams, Jneiro Jarel, Elvin Jones, Madlib, MF Doom, Five Deez, Fat Jon (no not fat joe, Fat Jon the Ample Soul Physician), Pat Martino, Stevie Wonder, Substantial, Pete Rock & CL Smooth, Common, Pete Miser, DJ Shadow, DJ Krush, Digable Planets, Billie Holliday, Erik Satie, Erykah Badu, Motown, Ray Charles, Charlie Hunter, Charles Mingus, Funky DL, Climber, Jr. Gong, Goapele, Orange Pekoe, ketsumeishi, India.Arie, Steve Vai, Tool, Joe Satriani, Frank Zappa, Lamb. The country of Japan. The continent of Africa. Way too much to name. I hate ignorant music: materialistic, crimial, stupid evil music I HATE IT. Its bringing people down. Its not about money and jewlery and sex and whatever else the eye can see. The most important things cant be seen by the eye. Bring back real Hip-Hop to the masses.
Sounds Like: This guy.
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