Sun Ra, Charles Mingus, Miles Davis, Eric Dolphy, Marc Ribot, James Brown, Bootsy Collins, Larry Graham & Graham Central Station, Parliament/Funkadelic, John Coltrane, John Cage, John Zorn, John Hartford, Johnny Cash, etc.
I play the Double Bass, but also the Electric Bass, and I play all styles - Jazz, Classical, Funk, Rock, Avante Garde, Bluegrass, Hip Hop, Electronica.... I was born and raised in Regina, Saskatchewan, and I completed my B.Mus at the University of Regina. Then I studied with Joel Quarrington at the Glenn Gould Professional School in Toronto. Since then I have worked on cruise ships for 3 years (where I met my beautiful and amazing wife Ewa), gigged a lot, travelled around a lot, and lived in Krakow, Poland for a year. While living in Vancouver from 2006 to 2008, I was freelancing, recording, and playing with original bands Stranger In The Alps and Mello Black (www.myspace.com/melloblack). I'm now living in Montreal, doing my MMus in Jazz Performance at McGill University.
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Come out and party with us, DNA6, at the Vancouver Folk Fest July 19th or at the Red Room July 24th with the Ghost Brothers. This is also the show where we release of our new music video for Signs. Check our myspace for details...click the banner to download.
99.3 The Fox, the Georgia Straight and Molson Canadian present our next kick-ass show! Come out and see Plastic Acid (a Rock Orchestra) June 26th, 2008 @ The Plaza Club (881 Granville). Tickets are $20 in advance available at Clubzone. com and Long & McQuade (Terminal Ave). Check our myspace blog for more details and links!
Also, John Bigboote, John Smallberries, John Emdall, John Parker, John O'Connor, John Gomez, John Yaya, and John Gant. Hey, I see there's already another band called Stranger in the Alps. I bet they're not nearly as strange in the Alps as you guys. You should change your name to Strangest in the Alps.
Thats alot of Johns for Influences. Might I add... John Scofield,John Prine, Elton John, Olivia Newton-John, and John Corbett (very hot in Sex in the City, and Northern Exposure)
