| Influences | 1970s am/fm radio, abba, burt bacharach, badfinger, beach boys, beatles, bee gees, brendan benson, big star, blind melon, bread, glen campbell, counting crows, nick drake, electric light orchestra, fleetwood mac, foo fighters, grant lee buffalo, george harrison, elton john, the kinks, the lemonheads, john lennon, nada surf, oasis, the posies, radiohead, gerry rafferty, smashing pumpkins, elliott smith, cat stevens, sufjan stevens, jimmy webb, ween, weezer, paul williams, dennis wilson, neil young----------and here are the artists that haven't influenced my music but have influenced me to get up in the morning: abba, ac/dc, air, alice in chains, asia, bad brains, bad religion, burt bacharach, the band, beastie boys, the bee gees, chris bell, brendan benson, big daddy kane, black sabbath, blind melon, boards of canada, boston, david bowie, bread, jeff buckley, glen campbell, carole king, the carpenters, the cars, catherine wheel, cheap trick, the chemical brothers, chicago, the commodores, counting crows, sheryl crow, the cure, cypress hill, the d.o.c., daft punk, def leppard, dj shadow, dj andy smith, dj tony touch, dokken, the dream academy, duran duran, epmd, faith no more, fatboy slim, firefall, ben folds, foo fighters, peter frampton, gang starr, art garfunkel, genesis, george jones, the geto boys, green day, hall & oates, david holmes, hot hot heat, ice cube, iron & wine, iron maiden (only 1st 2 records), jackson 5, michael jackson (only up til age 13), joe jackson, the james gang, jane's addiction, journey, kid rock, king crimson, kiss, kool & the gang (70s version), kruder & dorfmeister, ben kweller, sean lennon, the little river band, ll cool j, loverboy, the main ingredient, aimee mann, curtis mayfield, men at work, mercyful fate, metallica (pre-black album), the meters, ministry, the misfits, mr. bungle, mother love bone, motorhead, nada surf, olivia newton-john, night ranger, nirvana, n.w.a., pantera, pearl jam, phantom planet, pink floyd, the police, portishead, the posies, prefuse 73, the pretenders, public enemy, quicksand, gerry rafferty, rage against the machine, the ramones, ratt, redd kross, r.e.m., minnie riperton, rjd2, the rolling stones, run-d.m.c., the scorpions, seals and crofts, slayer, the smiths, soundgarden, dusty springfield, rick springfield, billy squier, steely dan, sufjan stevens, the stone roses, stone temple pilots, the strokes, suede, donna summer, matthew sweet, the sweet, swervedriver, the sylvers, syreeta, t. rex, tears for fears, teenage fanclub, television, .38 special, toto, tripping daisy, u2, urge overkill, the verve, jimmy webb, ween, the who, paul williams, stevie wonder, yes, zebra and 60s motown/northern soul, 70s soul/funk/disco/country one hit wonders, 80s one hit wonders... *huff puff* |
born in brooklyn, weaned in long island, escaped to nyc then back to the womb in brooklyn. after playing a few sparsely attended shows four years ago i decided to learn how to record my songs...now i get to do it for a living (um, and haven't played a show since). here's a link to explain in detail what i do/offer: www.littlepioneer.com. below are some of my artists. hope to hear from you... yes YOU!
