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Cardinal Dextrous

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 18/07/2006
Band Website: This one... - I might get a site some time soon
Band Members:Robert Waters - Piano, Guitar, Bass, Vocals, Programming
Robert Vasey - Drums on 'Nailed and Rusted'
Chris Collins - Drums on 'Forget About The Girl,' Congas on 'Nailed and Rusted'
Sarah Birch - Violin on 'Ecstasy'

Influences: Pink Floyd, Supertramp, Led Zeppelin, TOOL, Muse, Radiohead, Incubus, RHCP, Oasis, REM, Queen, Counting Crows, Del Amitri, Genesis, System Of A Down, Crowded House, Tom Petty, Nick Drake, Jeff Buckley, Thom Yorke, Oasis, Goo Goo Dolls, Aqualung, Hawkwind, Damien Rice, The Doors, Elton John, Ryan Edwards, James Taylor, Lindsey Buckingham, Rick Wakeman, John Miles, Joe Bonamassa, Erik Mongrain, Raul Midon, John Butler Trio, Dave Matthews, Jools Holland, Bonzo Dog Doodah Band, Tony Banks, Ben Folds, Scott Joplin, Aerosmith, Supergrass, Simma, Verity Burton, Casual Kai, Nine Inch Nails, Bill Bailey, Robert Johnson, Bonnie Raitt, Eric Clapton, Jeff Lynne, Michael Kamen, Neil Innes, Phoebe Buffay, Electric Light Orchestra, The Who, Skunk Anansie, Yes, Mozart, Ravel, Beethoven, Wagner, all the Bachs, Vivaldi, Pachelbel, Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev, Moussorgski, Khatchatchurian, Tchaikovski, Debussy, Stravinsky, Satie, Sakamoto,... ah there's just too many!
Sounds Like: Ooh... I've had a few different ones... Tom Waits, Radiohead, Ben Folds, Jack Johnson, Jamie Cullum, Nick Drake, Brandon Boyd (Incubus), Del Amitri and Crowded House... they're the ones I'm proud of anyways.
TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: Robert Waters
Birthday: 3rd February 1983
Birthplace: Trowbridge, Wilts
Current Location: St. Peter's Basin, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Eye Color: Dark brown
Hair Color: Dark brown
Height: 5'11''
Right Handed or Left Handed: Right
Your Heritage: 1/2 Welsh, 1/2 Geordie
The Shoes You Wore Today: Brown zip-up Chelsea boots
Your Weakness: Being passive
Your Fears: Scorpions
Your Perfect Pizza: Spinach & ricotta with olives
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: Find a new regular piano job
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: heheh
Thoughts First Waking Up: What day is it? Can I go back to sleep again?
Your Best Physical Feature: Eyes
Your Bedtime: Around midnight - 1am
Your Most Missed Memory: Skiing
Pepsi or Coke: DIET coke
MacDonalds or Burger King: KFC or Subway, but I guess McD's if I had to pick one.
Single or Group Dates: Either, as long as you're enjoying yourself
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Lipton
Chocolate or Vanilla: Chocolate
Cappuccino or Coffee: Neither
Do you Smoke: Yup
Do you Swear: Fuck yeah
Do you Sing: Yeah
Do you Shower Daily: No, baths for me. (please note comma in that sentence)
Have you Been in Love: Yes
Do you want to go to College: I'm already there
Do you want to get Married: Eventually
Do you belive in yourself: Well, I know I exist...
Do you get Motion Sickness: Not often
Do you think you are Attractive: I suppose so
Are you a Health Freak: no
Do you get along with your Parents: better than most
Do you like Thunderstorms: As long as I'm indoors, I love 'em
Do you play an Instrument: 8 instruments actually :p
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: Can't remember ;)
In the past month have you Smoked: yeh
In the past month have you been on Drugs: if lemsip counts
In the past month have you gone on a Date: yes
&..39;In the past month have you gone to a Mall:' yes
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: no, although I think Bourbon creams is the british equivalent and I've done that
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: yes
In the past month have you been on Stage: yes
In the past month have you been Dumped: no
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: no
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: no
Ever been Drunk: yes!
Ever been called a Tease: um... don't think so
Ever been Beaten up: yes
Ever Shoplifted: yes
How do you want to Die: in my sleep, aged 106
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: I don't want to grow up
What country would you most like to Visit: Japan
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: Brown
Favourite Hair Color: Brown
Short or Long Hair: Long
Height: my height give or take an inch
Weight: slim-medium
Best Clothing Style: casual - jeans and a t-shirt all the way
Number of Drugs I have taken: no comment, but I have dabbled
Number of CDs I own: hundreds
Number of Piercings: 9
Number of Tattoos: 1
Number of things in my Past I Regret: countless

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Record Label: Dextrous Records, I guess.

My Blog

... and a consonant please...

I WAS ON COUNTDOWN.RecordP   W   L   PTS   TEAPOTS2    1   1   184         &nb sp...
Posted by on Sat, 14 Apr 2007 17:29:00 GMT

Vowel please Carol

So, today I got a letter from Yorkshire Television telling me I'd been accepted to go on COUNTDOWN!It'd be so cool if it wasn't so geeky.Either way I get to meet Suzie Dent (she's lush) and you don't!...
Posted by on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 17:51:00 GMT

IT'S A BOY mkII

Hey allJude Ari David Grant, born at 7:06 am Saturday 30th December, weighing  8lbs 9oz (sorry Lucy, I was a big baby too so it's probably my fault)Absolutely gorgeous, and has his dad's hair :)P...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Jan 2007 15:30:00 GMT

Insomnia

I have bumped this one up from an old blog as it is now a complete song. It will be recorded next time I get studio time, along with "Song For Rachel" and hopefully one or two I haven't written yet! T...
Posted by on Fri, 22 Dec 2006 05:40:00 GMT

Song for Rachel

Song For Rachel If I didn't listen hard enough first time around, I've regretted it since thenAnd it's making it harder to realise just what I could've beenDoes it make a difference to me? Did the sit...
Posted by on Fri, 22 Dec 2006 05:26:00 GMT

Account change

In case anyone didn't notice, or needs to know for any reason, my myspace has changed URLs from 'dextrousmusic' to 'cardinaldextrous.'That is all.
Posted by on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 03:42:00 GMT

I guess it's about time I blogged again

Hola.It's 4 minutes past midnight on 9/11 (well, 11/9 where I come from) but I thought as I'm online I may as well pay my respects on the 5 year anniversary of the World Trade Centre attack. I know it...
Posted by on Sun, 10 Sep 2006 17:04:00 GMT

IT'S A BOY!

IT'S A BOY!Well, for those of you who don't already know, Lucy had her scan and we found out (they didn't say 100% but there's not a lot of doubt) that it's a boy, which I think is what everybody thou...
Posted by on Sat, 05 Aug 2006 04:25:00 GMT

New Myspace - READ THIS BLOG FIRST!

Hey y'allI've changed my myspace to a musical one! It took ages but wasn't as much effort as I thought... been putting it off for ages. Anyways, the music will be updated whenever I record new stuff, ...
Posted by on Thu, 20 Jul 2006 07:52:00 GMT

A Time Short Lived (lyrics)

A TIME SHORT LIVEDThere are things I say to youAbout how I want things to beAnd there are times I think you don'tWant to look at the things I want you to seeAnd you don't want to neglectThe things tha...
Posted by on Wed, 01 Jan 2003 14:11:00 GMT