Me, myself and I usually, though other musicians have included many friends over the years, who are listed on www.sonic-cinema.com.
Some of the equipment I've used over the years:Yamaha PSR540 Keyboard; Korg microKORG Synthesizer/Vocoder; Cakewalk Sonar Producer 4; Alesis Multi-Mix 8USB; Bach Omega Trombone; Shure SM-58 Microphone; Finale 2006; Cakewalk Score Writer; Sound Forge 4.5; Csound; Korg T-1; Yamaha TG-55 & TX-81Z; E-Mu Ultra-Proteus Plus; Cakewalk Home Studio 9; Opcode Vision Sequencer. (Italics=In Brian's Home Setup, which is where he records his music now.)
Influences
You Are a Visionary Soul
You are a curious person, always in a state of awareness.
Connected to all things spiritual, you are very connected to your soul.
You are wise and bright: able to reason and be reasonable.
Occasionally, you get quite depressed and have dark feelings.
You have great vision and can be very insightful.
In fact, you are often profound in a way that surprises yourself.
Visionary souls like you can be the best type of friend.
You are intuitive, understanding, sympathetic, and a good healer.
Souls you are most compatible with: Old Soul and Peacemaker Soul
As a composer: Hans Zimmer, Ennio Morricone, Gyorgy Ligeti, Wendy Carlos, Bruce Springsteen (for the personal touch in his music), Graeme Revell, Trevor Jones, John Powell, Cliff Martinez, Angelo Badalamenti, Nine Inch Nails, Moby, John Williams, Howard Shore, Danny Elfman, Carter Burwell, Bernard Herrmann, James Horner.
As a hopeful filmmaker: Steven Spielberg, Joss Whedon, Alex Proyas, John Woo, Charlie Kaufman, Martin Scorsese, Alfred Hitchcock, Pixar, Stanley Kubrick, Kevin Smith, Quentin Tarantino, Richard Linklater, Akira Kurosawa, Steven Soderbergh.
As an artist: Andrei Tarkovsky (his films resonate with me personally, and his worldview- that I've noticed in interviews I've seen with him- speaks to me), Buster Keaton (for the fearless joy in his movies), Alfred Watkins (my high school band director), Dr. Robert Scott Thompson (my college recording professor), and Dr. Nick Demos (my college composition/orchestration professor).
Watch the first movement of my short film "Unwinnable Hand: A Thriller in Two Movements". For more on that and other film projects, visit Cinema Nouveau Productions at MySpace.
I'd like to think I sound a little like Hans Zimmer and Ennio Morricone, maybe Gyorgy Ligeti as well, but I like to change things up where possible. In all actuality, though, I'm just trying to create my own distinct sound.
Brian (b. 1977) began to play trombone in 1989; though he enjoyed performing, it wasn’t until later that he would consider music as a career option. In 1995, Brian- already an admirer of film music- heard James Horner’s score for “Braveheart”; this was the score that inspired him to want to compose for film. The other key score he heard during this time was Hans Zimmer’s music for 1996’s “Broken Arrow,” which inspired Brian to consider the possibilities of electronic music for the first time. Brian graduated from Lassiter High School- and a rewarding four years in their acclaimed band program- later in ’96, headed to Georgia State University to major in Sound Recording Technology in their Music Industry program. From the Fall of 1996 until he graduated in the Spring of 2001 with a B.M. in Music Industry, Brian- who studied recording, MIDI applications, and Csound synthesis under Dr. Robert Scott Thompson from Fall 1998-Spring 2000, and composition and orchestration under Dr. Nick Demos from Fall 2000-Spring 2001- composed about 20 pieces employing both electronics and acoustic instruments played by friends/fellow musicians. He also belonged to the University’s student chapters of the Music Industry Association and the Society of Composers, Inc. While he wouldn’t compose his first film score until 2005 (written for a series of hand-made short films by a friend of his), this valuable experience at GSU served him well in creating an aesthetic quality to his music that is capable of standing alone as concert works, but also retaining the same sense of mood and emotion he found in the best film music he listened to during this time. In 1999, Listen.com said of Brian’s music, “At times these compositions can get downright spooky, first lulling you and then raising the hairs on your neck with eerie, minimalist rhythms and synthesized reverberations.” Since 1999, Brian’s music has been available online at sites such as MP3.com, BeSonic.com, IUMA.com, and MySpace. Currently, Brian’s compositions can be found on three CDs he’s released via CDBaby.com- "Creative Beginnings", "Dark Experiments", and “Sonic Visions of a New Old West”- and online @ www.sonic-cinema.com, Brian’s personal website that also includes many movie reviews, essays, and fan commentaries he’s done over the years. In May 2006, Brian became a member of the Society of Composers, Inc.. In addition to his musical projects, Brian is currently working on a short film of his own (check out the MySpace page for Cinema Nouveau Productions, as well as the trailer to our first short film to the left), with the intention of creating a soundtrack for it that is layered and ambitious while serving the underlying purpose of film music.
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I also have a strong interest in films and filmmaking in general (I've made some short films with others, and have begun making my own). Head over to Sonic Cinema for an extensive look at that. Here's a brief glimpse, though:
Favorite Film: "Sherlock Jr."
Best Film: "Vertigo"
Favorite Director: Steven Spielberg ("A.I. Artificial Intelligence")
Favorite Actor: John Cusack ("High Fidelity")
Favorite Actress: Amber Benson ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer")
Favorite Movie Character(s): Charlie Kaufman (Nicolas Cage, "Adaptation"), Michelle Flaherty (Alyson Hannigan, "American Pie" films) & Celine (Julie Delpy, "Before Sunrise" & "Before Sunset")
Favorite Film Composer: (tie) Hans Zimmer, Ennio Morricone
Favorite Film Soundtrack: "The Crow" (Various Artists, Graeme Revell)
Best Film Score: "Vertigo" (Bernard Herrmann)
Favorite Genre: Science-Fiction
Worst Film: "An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn"
Worst Film, MST3K variety: "Manos: The Hands of Fate"
MUT Records, our record label, is promoting our album "A Drink Of Your Water" by Stroud & Marshall. For a very limited time MUT RECORDS is giving away the album I recorded with Trip Marshall and you can download it from their webiste at: www.mutrecords.com. Use this code in MUT Records store to download our album for free: RICKY-MYSPACE
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Thank you for adding Tyrants Of Steel. Hello from Shreveport, dig your site. Please check out the songs on our site and tell us what you think. Help us come to your town. U are helping in Keeping the METAL Alive!!
what's good just stop to show your page, some love, so stop by my page and show me some play the music ,I got this sweet promotion site I use you need to try it out. Ps this is not spam I just want to put up on this sites I use.
Check it out! I wrote a free book on music production! It's for total beginners, but if you aren't new to music production, maybe you'll still learn something... at least you can send it to your friends who always want to ask you a billion questions about music production! It's totally free too; my goal with this is to accumulate as many BFF's as possible.
Whats good? Im stopping by to show love and to let you know I got some new updates on my page you should check out and they go as followed; (I realize this is a bit too big of a comment so feel free to delete it after reading it)
1st. Latley, I've been getting a great responce from listeners on myspace. Good looks to all those showin love via messages and comments. Your feedback is always appreciated! If you've yet to hear the greatness, your late homeboy.
2nd. I got a new song up called "SAY AHH" from a project I've been working on closely with my homie Clockwise, and I want YOU to hear it and download it (if possible...thanks tom! asshole!..the old music players were fine). Please, dont be shy to show love if ya'll feelin it, ill return it.
3rd. Another Update is a new picture folder called "vice buddies" accessible only to my friends list. Here you can see the affects various vices have on people for a laugh. If ya got any hilarious pics like these, send em to williedefoe@gmail.com, and ill post em up.
so check out the page people, More coming soon ya'll!
Also dont forget to check the rest of the artists and producers on my top list, i only fucks with ill niggas! (I.E. Clockwise, Craze, MAINEVENT,RIII, ATM, & MORE)
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