Douglas Duhon - Bass, Guitar, Drums, Saxophone, Trumpet, Keyboards, Various Percussion, Violin, Vocals, Fine Cigars. Various appearances by voices that are trapped inside of my head.
Influences
John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Eric Dolphy, Frank Zappa, Tony Williams, Von Freeman, Vinnie Colaiuta, Terry Bozzio, Mick Karn, Elvin Jones, Dave Douglas, John Zorn, Meshuggah, Allan Holdsworth, Cynic, Gary Husband, Matthew Garrison, McCoy Tyner, Wayne Shorter, Ornette Coleman, Shawn Lane, Percy Jones, Adrian Belew, Jeff Beck, Richard Bona, Jonas Hellborg, Lost Tribe, Mike Keneally, Brand X, James Brown, Cheap Trick, Buckethead, Charlie Hunter, Jeff Buckley, Steve Coleman, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Steve Smith, Dead Can Dance, Al DiMeola, Tom Waits, David Fiuczynski, Robben Ford, Garsed & Helmerich, Doug Robinson (Jazooo), Dennis Chambers, Marvin Gaye, Gonzilla, Spastic Ink, Michael Hedges, Michael Manring, Mark Isham, Gene Lake, King Crimson, Chris Potter, Bireli Lagrene, Buckethead, Zakir Hussain, Kiss, Charles Lloyd, Jean Luc Ponty, Bon Lozaga, Derek Bailey, Fantomas, Masada, John McLaughlin, Brad Mehldau, Pat Metheny, Joni Mitchell, Brian Blade, Jaco Pastorius, Pharoah Sanders, Albert Ayler, Bill Laswell, Tool, Joshua Redman, Black Flag, Rollins, The Cure, Sonny Rollins, Rush, Mike Stern, John Scofield, Andy Sheppard, Screaming Headless Torsos, Sting, Bird, Gonzola Rubalcabo, Michel Camilo, Brian Blade Fellowship, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Porcupine Tree, Pink Floyd, Yusef Lateef, Aziza Mustafa Zadeh, Archie Shepp, Randy Newman, UZEB, U.K., Tom Waits, Bob Schneider, Nevermore, Tribal Tech, The Mars Volta, Anthony Braxton, White Stripes, Richard Thompson, ZTNB, Steve Tavaglione, Squarepusher, Rabih Abou-Khalil, John Frusciante, Troy, Davis, Robbie, Robert, Neil, Ian, David H., Ed.
Sounds Like
Improv Jazz. Coltrane, Miles, Henry Threadgill, Albert Ayler, Archie Shepp, Ornette Coleman, Frank Zappa xenochronous recording. Free Jazz. Commercial Free Jazz.
Music runs through my veins, sometimes I do get clots and the music builds up without an outlet. I started doing Jazz Improv several years ago in the hopes of paying homage to some of my jazz heroes. My love of Coltrane, Miles, Ornette, Dolphy, etc.. have kept me going. At any given moment I'm Improv'ing on drums, sax, bass, guitar, keys. Here are some of the pieces that I've tried to find a moment of spiritual awakening in.
I'm always looking for people to jam with and always working on my abilities as an artist, musician, human being.
Fudge, that stuff sucks. You don't need that. Alcohol, you're not much of a drinker anyway, so no biggy there. Seafood, that's never better than a nice steak or burger, you don't need that. Ice cream, never better than stuffing yourself silly on red meat, so eat a big steak or big burger and you won't want ice cream. Crazy people make the world more interesting and make you feel better about yourself, so you can walk around sayign to yourself, "I'm not as f'ed up as that guy". The cigar thing though. That sucks. I smoked one yesterday after I said I'd take a month off. It was staring at me, begging me to smoke it.
I had a great time. Thanks for everything. That Jenny Lewis is awesome. I am currently working on doing my songs as completed as I can get them the way I want them to help me figure out what all I'll need to do. I'll be talking to you quite a bit over the next month so we can hit the ground running when smoking season starts back up.
Cool, I was just thinking about emailing you to see if you got it. Yeah, I've almost convinced myself that that the end product justifies the insanity of --and the gray hairs acquired during-- the mixing process...
