When I make music, i like to do both electronica with my computer and live music with a guitar or percussion.
In my day gig, which I love, I empower musicians with technology.
I'm very excited about martial arts and have recently started studying Kickboxing and Brazillian Jiu Jitsu. I also enjoy yoga, kayaking, cycling, camping, hiking, meditation, reading, and intellectual discussion
I love to dance.
Music
I like all forms of music as long as it is played with soul and conviction.
I actually just got a Zune, and have been going crazy with its all you can eat access to music, so it's hard to answer this.
Here are a few of my current favorites: Glen Hansard, Angelique Kidjo, Carmen Rizzo, Telefon Tel Aviv, Sharkey & C-Rayz Walz are Monster Maker, Saul Williams/Trent Reznor - The Inevitible Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust, Radiohead - In Rainbows, What It Is!, Soundtrack to the Fountain, Federico Aubele, Gaudi/Nusrat Fateh Ali Kahn, Ceu, Mark Ronson, Meshuggah, Imogen Heap, Beck, Michael Franti, and my own music.
Movies
Movies that I recently have enjoyed: Once, Stranger Than Fiction, The Fountain, Pan's Labyrinth, Annie Hall, I know I'm Not Alone, Red, No Maps for These Territories, Network, Howl's Moving Castle, American History X, Frida, Good Night and Good Luck, Thank You for Smoking, Angels in America, I Heart Huckabees, MindWalk
Anything by Charlie Kaufman: Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, Eternal Sunshine...
Anything by Hayao Miyazaki
The Matrix Trillogy & V for Vendetta
Almost Anything by the Coen Brothers: The Big Lebowski, Hudsucker Proxy, O Brother Where Art Thou, Barton Fink...
One Giant Leap; Koyaanisqatsi
For international selections I dig Kurosawa, Felini, and Ingmar Bergman
Television
"If television is not allowed to do investigation as well as entertainment, then television will distract, delude and entertain, insulating us from the realities of the world we live in."
--Edward R. Murrow
Television rots your brain, try Integral Naked instead.
When I do watch TV, it's usually on DVD after the fact. My favorite series are Lost, 24, Heroes, Deadly Arts, and Six Feet Under.
I'm also a fan of Extreme Makeovers Home Edition. It makes me feel good to see people helping people.
Books
My favorite authors in no particluar order are: Ayn Rand, Robert Pirsig, Douglas Hoffstader, Hermann Hesse, Viktor Frankl, Umberto Eco, Ken Wilber, David Foster Wallace, Shakespeare, I also enjoy reading philosophic and spiritual works.
Currently reading: Renzo & Royler Gracie Brazillian Jiu Jitsu - Theory & Technique, and Sogyal Rinpoche The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
Just read: Thomas P. M. Barnett Blueprint for Action: A Future Worth Creating. Charles Stross Accelerando & Mark Danielewski House of Leaves both of which are two of the most amazing works of fiction that I've ever encountered, Daniel Yergen The Prize, Ken Wilber Integral Spirituality, Saul Williams The Dead Emcee Scrolls, Ken Wilber Grace & Grit Suzuki Roshi's Zen Mind, Beginners Mind, and Paul Coehlo The Alchemist
Heroes
My Wife Cheryl
Siddartha Gautama
John Coltrane
Martin Luther King
Mahatma Ghandi
That guy who stood in front of the tanks in Tiananmen square.
Marketing Director, Music Producer, Digital Artist
Carl's Schools
University Of Massachusetts-Lowell
Lowell,Massachusetts
Graduated: 1994
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Music Performance
Minor: Emphasis on Music Industry
Clubs: Chief Dancers
1990 to 1994
Hudson High
Hudson,Massachusetts
Graduated: 1990
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
Please visit my music page and check out some of my tracks.
I was the featured artist for the month of July at Integral Naked. You can check out my gallery here, but it requires membership to the site.
In the flash movie below, you'll find some lo-res examples of my art. Please let me know what you think.
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Who I'd like to meet:
Good natured, creative, fun people, and integral thinkers. Spiritual beings having a human experience.
Anyone who knows how to get down in the dance of life.
If this is supposed to be a list of names, I would like to get to know Ken Wilber, Bill Laswell, Stevie Wonder, Ray Kurzweil, Alex Grey, David Lynch, Hayao Miyazaki, Russell Simmons, William Gibson, Rick Rubin, Fred Kofman, and Peter Gabriel.
Hey Carl. I just stopped by your page to say hi, and wanted to tell you two things.. your music is amazing.. I have it playing in the background while I work in my office, and my next birthday or xmas.. I would absolutely love a print of your Fibonacci Sunset. Your artwork is inspiring. Safe travels around the world ....
Wow, intense statement on your status! You can never be anything other than what you already are, which is everything. Stop worrying so much baby, you are an amazing person. I love you and have fun in Vegas....but not too much fun ;)
