I love pianos, organs, synthesizers, electronic sounds and beats, writing music, talking to friends and strangers, pens and paper, monkies dancing under disco light skies, and singing in the car....
Concerning dreams and passion.....music drives my soul and makes me whole!
Music
lalalalaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa:
Muse, Radiohead, Bjork, Phoenix, The Rapture, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Ambulance Ltd., Andrew Bird, The Cure, The Smiths, Morrissey, LCD Soundsystem, The Faint, Hot Chip, JoolsMF, Portishead, Blind Melon, David Bowie, Moving Units, Jane's Addiction, Imogen Heap, The Format, White Stripes, Shiny Toy Guns, The Presets, Massive Attack, Ting Tings, Al Green, Air, Rilo Kiley, The Postal Serivce, Rorksopp, Nico Vega, Unocerouno, Volovan, Death Cab, Fionna Apple, Gnarls Barkley, Lady Tron, Sol Seppy, Simple Shelter, Regina Spektor, TV on the Radio, Beck, Milosh, The Beatles, The Killers, The Raconteurs, Gomez, The Shins, Coldplay, Keane, The Strokes, Hot Hot Heat, Norah Jones, Gypsy Kings, Queen, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Ella Fitzgerald, Buena Vista Social Club, Damien Rice, Beck, Kings of Leon, Diana Ross and The Supremes, CSS, The Temptations, Mozart, Danny Elfman, Chopin, La Farsa, Medicine Circus , Seaflea, The Ringers, Starmy, Aurora Polaris, Subrosa, Mushmen, Form of Rocket, Tolchock Trio, The Von Pip Express gang, DulceSky.......... and on and on and on...........
Movies
Science of Sleep, Three Burials of Marciadas(sp) Estrada, The Proposition, Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Royal Tenenbaums, Oldboy, American Beauty, Fight Club, Breakfast Club, The Host, The Professional, Clerks, Kill Bill, Pulp Fiction, Taxi Driver, Shine, Amadeus, Schindler's List, Boogie Nights, Pixar, Punch-Drunk Love, Silence of the Lambs, Fight Club, Seven, Magnolia, Ameli, Labyrinth, Shaun of the Dead
Television
Dexter, Flight of the Conchords, Chapelle Show, Six Feet Under, Ali G Show, Arrested Development!!!!!!, Demetri Martin, Family Guy, Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm
Books
David Sedaris, She's Come Undone, Chuck Palahniuk, Cormac McCarthy, Shel Silverstein, Roald Dahl (all), Dr. Seuss, Oh, but David Sedaris, you are king!
Heroes
My mom...the strongest, most beautiful woman I will ever know. I love you Momma! And my step-dad, Phillip, one of the most amazing men I've ever known. I love you. You are my father.
Tobijah Tyler's film "Slice to Life: The Alan Payne Story" is in the process of being filmed. Check out the pre-pre trailer at interconnectfilms.com ...........
About me: I PLAY PIANO!.... classical/electronic/pop/scoring for film...and absolutely love it. I am writing and working to put out a new project. The project is called My Dead Ego...You can check out an almost finished piece on myspace (check me top friends) and soon will have much more to show you...You can check a group I worked with at www.cavedoll.com or through myspace at www.myspace.com/cavedollband ...music I wrote and recorded with this group can be found on Bravo/Warner television.....
I will also be working on a film made by Tobijah Tyler. It is called A Slice of Life. You can go to www.interconnectfilm.com and see a pre-trailer!!
KLAUS: a story of a man and his wallpaper store. We won the 48 Hour Film Festival...fun fun fun....(shhh, i helped write the score.)
Who I'd like to meet: Barack Obama, Radiohead, Mother Teresa, Frida Kahlo, Jeff Buckley, The Beatles, Danny Elfman, Mozart, Martin Luther King, Ghandi
The next video is a Cavedoll song matched to the genius of Fellini. check it!! xoxo
I wrote our song "Cut Down" for the troops, because they are unsung heroes. and it has made the X96 finals to open up for Blink 182 and Taking Back Sunday!
It would be a dream come true to play this show...
wish you could have hung out tonight. plan on camping this weekend, i am sure we could all use your positive energy. btw sushi tomorrow at 6:30 if you can make it.
Thank you for the friendship, the comments and the love. We appreciate it very much. We have new music that means a lot to us. Hopefully it can mean something to you too. Let us know how (and if) you like it and anything else you want to say. Thanks for the love and support. We love you all too. The music is on our page, and if you really like it you could add it to your myspace player, and that would help a ton. Thanks, and take care.