Its hard not to be too influenced by anyone or anything... All any musician can do is try to put his own stamp & feeling to whatever he creates & hope he stands out from the others in a good original way... Thats what I try to do... However, there are lots of great musicians, movie composers & bands out there who's talent I greatly respect & admire. The list is ever increasing but here are just a few......
DRUMMERS:
Tommy Lee, Hellhammer, Tommy Aldrich, Jon Hiseman, Cozy Powell, Carmine & Vinni Appice, Bobby Rondinelli Buddy Rich, Gene Krupa and not forgetting my sister, Girlschool's Denise Dufort......
FILM COMPOSERS:
Hans Zimmer, Danny Elfman, Phillip Glass, Michael Kamen, Jerry Goldsmith, Enio Moriconi, Vangelis, James Horner, Howard Shore, Basil Poledouris, Nick Phoenix......
ROCK STUFF:
Rammstein, Rhapsody of Fire, Lamb of God, Saliva, Arkona, Motley Crue, Girlschool, Muse, Mad Sin, Therion, Turisas, Cradle of Filth, Manowar, Poison, Kiss, Ozzy Ozbourne, Alice Cooper, Dimmu Borgir, Five Finger Death Punch, Aisling, Meshuggah, Chris Caffery, Gakt, Metallica, Rob Zombie, ACDC, Mandy Lion's WW111, JoanOvArk, Aerosmith, Motorhead, Judas Priest, Deep Purple, All Shall Perish, Rainbow, Chilli Peppers, Christina Aquilara......
CLASSICAL STUFF:
Mussorsky, Smetana, Rimsky Korsakov, Vivaldi, Wagner, Beethoven, Mozart, Ravel, Bach......
MOVIE DIRECTORS:
Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, Sam Raimi, Peter Jackson, Rob Zombie, Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Copola, George Romero, Dario Argento, Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Nakata, The Wachowski Brothers, Steven Spielburg, James Cameron, Steven Chow, Kang Je-Gyu, Zhang Yimou, Stanley Kubrick. Alfred Hitchcock......
MY TOP MOVIE: Lord of the Rings trilogy......
SOME OTHER MOVIES IM INTO: The Matrix trilogy, Hero, House of Flying Daggers, Saving Private Ryan, Band of Brothers, Interview with the Vampire, The 4 Alien movies, Pulp Fiction, Seven Swords, Planes, Trains & Automobiles, The Dearhunter, The Jerk, Hostel, The Devils Rejects, Braveheart, Texas Chainsaw Massacre (all of them, old & new), Glory, The Ring (US), Ringu (JP), The Grudge (US) The Grudge (JP), Pulp Fiction, Silent Hill, Sin City, The Hills have Eyes, From Dusk till Dawn trilogy, Mariachi, Desperado, Once upon a time in Mexico, Reservoir Dogs, Goodfella's, Gladiator, Kill Bill 1 & 2, Pirates of the Caribbean. Blade trilogy, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Underworld, The Evil Dead movies, the Last Samuria, Troy, Shrek 1 & 2, Kingdom of Heaven, Brotherhood (Korean), Most Vampire flicks, Zombie flicks, Ghost stories, Gore flicks, War movies, Westerns, Historical epics, Animation, Comedies, The list goes on & on endlessly.......
In fact, Everything I consider to be cool. Anyone cool. Anything that KICKS ASS.....
So, If you're in my page and you're still reading this, that probably meens "YOU TOO".
HI. JUST A FEW WORDS TO EVERYONE COMING INTO MY PAGE.
Because of busy schedules and manic deadlines I may at times seem distant and become long winded at responding to you via personal messages and stuff. Nonetheless I really do appreciate Who you are, What you are, What you do and the fact you are here as my friends. "MANY THANKS TO YOU ALL". Finally, even though I can't place everyone onto my main page, be assured "YOU ARE ALL MY TOP FRIENDS". You would not be in my list if you weren't, so whatever it is you do, ***KEEP ON DOING IT*** And Oh yeah, ONE FINAL THING.
THAT'S "NOT" MY VOICE ON ANY OF THE TRACKS HERE "as some of you have asked".
MUSIC & SOUND FX: "YES"... VOICES / NARRATION: "NO"......
Originally playing drums as a touring rock musician.
Hermien Jerian-du'Fort has performed world-wide and recorded alongside many name and semi-name rock artists and bands including: Mike Oldfield (Tubular Bells) John Phil-Wayne, ex David Bowie Band, the late Screaming Lord Sutch, (the worlds first true rock & roll politician) and massively popular UK underground Heavy Metal band Angelwitch...... FULL BIOG IN BLOG SECTION.
My style of writing in creating music & sound design is diverse & lends itself to a wide variety of horror, action, thriller, historical & supernatural based productions. To get the right feel, I always research my subject matter through books & images before & during working on a track... Below are some pics of Victorian London given access to me by the Yeoman of The Tower of London… As you can see, these were used in my Jack the Ripper project “STREETS of HELL: A Victorian Odyssey”... As a point of interest, many the soldiers stationed in the barracks at the T.O.L were questioned during the Ripper investigation.
BELOW: QUOTE FROM A LETTER TO POLICE DURING THE TIME OF THE WHITECHAPEL MURDERS. FINDING ITS WAY TO THE PRESS, THIS GAVE BIRTH TO THE NAME "JACK THE RIPPER".
BELOW: A LOOK INTO THE WORLD OF THE TOWER OF LONDON.
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“Poetry has been to me its own exceeding great reward; it has given me the habit of wishing to discover the good and beautiful in all that meets and surrounds me”
DRUMMERS:
Tommy Lee, Hellhammer, Tommy Aldrich, Jon Hiseman, Cozy Powell, Carmine & Vinni Appice, Bobby Rondinelli Buddy Rich, Gene Krupa and not forgetting my sister, Girlschool's Denise Dufort......
SOME OTHER MOVIES IM INTO: The Matrix trilogy, Hero, House of Flying Daggers, Saving Private Ryan, Band of Brothers, Interview with the Vampire, The 4 Alien movies, Pulp Fiction, Seven Swords, Planes, Trains & Automobiles, The Dearhunter, The Jerk, Hostel, The Devils Rejects, Braveheart, Texas Chainsaw Massacre (all of them, old & new), Glory, The Ring (US), Ringu (JP), The Grudge (US) The Grudge (JP), Pulp Fiction, Silent Hill, Sin City, The Hills have Eyes, From Dusk till Dawn trilogy, Mariachi, Desperado, Once upon a time in Mexico, Reservoir Dogs, Goodfella's, Gladiator, Kill Bill 1 & 2, Pirates of the Caribbean. Blade trilogy, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Underworld, The Evil Dead movies, the Last Samuria, Troy, Shrek 1 & 2, Kingdom of Heaven, Brotherhood (Korean), Most Vampire flicks, Zombie flicks, Ghost stories, Gore flicks, War movies, Westerns, Historical epics, Animation, Comedies, The list goes on & on endlessly.......
In fact, Everything I consider to be cool. Anyone cool. Anything that KICKS ASS.....
So, If you're in my page and you're still reading this, that probably meens "YOU TOO".
Because of busy schedules and manic deadlines I may at times seem distant and become long winded at responding to you via personal messages and stuff. Nonetheless I really do appreciate Who you are, What you are, What you do and the fact you are here as my friends. "MANY THANKS TO YOU ALL". Finally, even though I can't place everyone onto my main page, be assured "YOU ARE ALL MY TOP FRIENDS". You would not be in my list if you weren't, so whatever it is you do, ***KEEP ON DOING IT*** And Oh yeah, ONE FINAL THING.
BELOW: A LOOK INTO THE WORLD OF THE TOWER OF LONDON.
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