My Influneces are
Depeche Mode.....Morrissey......SEAL......Madonna....Frank Sinatra and the entire Rat Pack, Dean Martin, Sammy and even Joey Bishop. James Brown, The Smiths, Level 42, The Cure, Harry Connnick Jr, Antonio Carlos Jobim, All Bosa Nova!!!!!!!!! The Police, U2, Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, Lena Horne, Shirley Bassey, Bobby Darin, The B-52's, MIdnight Oil, Sade, Roxy Music, Massive Attack, Henry Grimes.
Claude Monet's Path At Vetheuil...is my fav monet painting. The French Impressionst Masters in genreal are my favorites.
I also love french cinema. I can treally say I have a favorite director or anything that specific. I just really like french films. Old movies and new ones..I love them all. Maybe you have noticed by now my family is from France. LOL.....shocker!
I went to Forest Hills High School and Queens college!
Sounds Like
slowdive, My Bloody Valentine, Catherine Wheel , Depeche Mode
I have been playing drums for a very very long time now. Right now I am in the band SOUNDPOOL. We have a shoegazery electronica pop slowdive My Bloody Valentine kinda feel to us...it's cool.
I have been in a bunch of bands, too many to list and I have done a couple of off broadway shows. I have been lucky.
My body has taken a beating over the years but I love it.
I guess you can call my playing style is staight to the point with some creativity. I have a very small kit. I believe in three rules of drumming.
1. Keep good time....the most important rule!
2. Make the beat grove..its gotta keep people dancing. I like a nice Phat beat.
3. No fancy fills, just tight creative syncapated fills that fit into the song to accent.... not draw attention to.
These three simple rule have keep me drumming for a long time!
I have 10,700+ visits to my page YET no one wants to be my friend? Will you be my friend?? ANYONE......ANYONE.....BUELLER?.......ANYONE?.....BEULLER?----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NOW FORSOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT!___________________________________________
J'avais joué des tambours pendant un temps très très long maintenant. En ce moment je suis dans la bande SOUNDPOOL. Nous avons un bruit d'electronica de shoegazery slowdive mon sentir sanglant de Valentine un peu à nous... qu'il fait frais. J'ai été dans un groupe de bandes, un trop grand nombre à énumérer et j'ai fait un couple de outre des expositions broadway. J'ai été chanceux. Mon corps a pris un battement au cours des années mais je l'aime. Je devine que vous pouvez appeler mon modèle de jeu est staight au point avec de la créativité. J'ai un kit très petit. Je crois en trois règles du tambourinage. 1. Gardez le bon temps....the la plupart de règle importante ! 2. Faites le battement grove..its a obtenu de garder danser de personnes. J'aime un battement gentil de Phat. 3. Aucune fantaisie ne remplit, juste créateur serré syncapated les suffisances aux lesquelles adaptez dans la chanson pour accentuer.... pas l'attention d'aspiration. La règle ces trois simple ont la subsistance je battre du tambour pendant longtemps ! J'ai les visites 10,700+ à ma page est-ce que POURTANT personne ne veut être mon ami ? Serez-vous mon ami ? ? N'IMPORTE QUI...... n'importe qui.....bueller?.......anyone?.....beuller ?
james.... you rule!!! we think that you have the coolest page on myspace! it doesn't matter how many myspace friends you have... what matters is we love you!
Hey James! yeah I just recently shaved again after a year of letting it grow. I'm sure I'll be growing it back though. I liked it as well. Just time for a change.
Hey James!
Good to hear from you! What's new? We still have to get together to catch up over that cocktail. Stop by and say and hi,lets keep the communication going until it happens in person.
Peace
Oh yeah. If you want to hear some of the stuff I've done this year add monstahblackmusic that's in my top 8. See you soon!
Let me know when you guys are playing!
