Nick Kepics - Guitar;
Bass - Chris Brydge (if available);
Trumpet - Blake Wallace (if available);
Drums - Russell Scarborough - (if available);
Keyboards - Tim McDonald (if available);
Saxophone - Brent Swaney (if available)
Influences
The Beach Boys, Jimi Hendrix, John Mayall, Eric Clapton, Cream, Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Beatles, Led Zeppelin, EVH, The Kinks, Jeff Beck, Janis Joplin, Iron Butterfly, Kenny Burrell, Chuck Berry, The Zombies, The Animals, Wes Montgomery, Howard Roberts, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Eric Dolphy, Thelonious Monk, Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Grand Funk Railroad, Van Morrison, Them, Boz Scaggs, Jefferson Airplane, The Who, Charlie Parker, Al Jarreau, Chick Corea, Doobie Brothers, Eagles, The Platters, Duke Ellington, Hubert Laws, The Allman Brothers, The Kingsmen, Eric Johnson, Pat Metheny, Tommy Emmanuel, Tim Bascom, Sam Camren, Cal Tjader, and on and on ...
Sounds Like
Miles Davis, Spyro Gyra, Yellow Jackets, Wes Montgomery, Pat Metheny, Jobim. It's sunny. You're happy. You're in love. Everything is perfect. Top down. Windows open. Warm breeze. Go swimming. Listen to sunny day music...That's what Nick's music makes you feel like.
I was born April 22 (Earth Day), 1949 in Tarentum, Pennsylvania. I am the grandson of Hungarian and Slovenian immigrants. I spent the first 10 years of my life growing up on or around farms in Western Pennsylvania.
My father, a career Navy man, gave me my first guitar when I was 14 (1963, the year Kennedy got shot). I learned how to tune it listening to Surfin' USA by the Beach Boys. I played by ear until about 1980 when I decided to teach myself how to read music.
The very first band I was in was called "Quagmire" (I was still in high school). It was Bill Gaunce on Bass and vocals, Russell Scarborough on drums, Fred Gray on rhythm guitar, Steve Wilson on lead vocals and harmonica and me on lead guitar. We played Stones, Yardbirds, Kinks, Hendrix, Iron Butterfly, Van Morrison, Them, The Animals, etc.
We played lots of gigs at the Portsmouth Light House and a place called The Happening in Five Points in Norview (Norfolk, Virginia). The most memorable place we played was a place called the "Jamaican Room" in downtown Norfolk but it's not there anymore.
Growing up I listened to absolutely everything, which is not necessarily the best way to learn guitar. I listened to everybody from Kenny Burrell to Jimi Hendrix. I also listened to a lot of Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Hubert Laws, Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock and Oscar Peterson.
So far I have music in a travel video about Costa Rica, a movie called "Mini's First Time", another movie called "The Last Christmas Party" a TV show called "Beautiful People" and a PBS series called "Spain, on the road again". I publish under my own label called "Patiwak Publishing".
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I've learned that one of the things I'm good at is bringing talented people together. Whenever I work as a leader I always hire the best sidemen I can find. Any band is only as good as its worst player. I'd love to do some more writing and recording. There's still a lot of great music that hasn't been composed yet.
What’s up Nick? Thanks for adding ScoolTunes. We welcome your friendship and think your music is great. You could be selling lots of CDs and DVDs at your gigs. Let me know if you need professional CD/DVD manufacturing. –ST
Hi Nick, I love your music too! Great sound! I love jazz, though I'm sure much of my rock audience would be shocked by that revelation! It's sexy, stimulating and sophisticated all at once. Triple S, lol! I too, would love to do more tv and film soundtracks. The difference between you and I is that you have already done it:) I can't figure out how to get started with that! Any tips? Anyway, I'm glad you found me. Have a blessed day! Ciao for now, Sierra
A poem for your day:
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Rest In All Love Is
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I love you like this...
dark, i can barely see your eyes...
so dark my eyes are useless. My
heart opens wide its light on you
and your face brightens like the
static on a TV screen, or like the moment
we die and things begin to go all white
and
then
you're an angel laying before me...
the same one that has been there all along,
the one my eyes turned into something else and I
am ashamed I was deceived.
Then,
I see you, I see you like the energy that flows through my limbs,
now, like the breath that takes the universe and
gently creates another, now, like my feet walking
on glass, now, like I was never there.
I love you like I was never there. So gently, never there. In the dark
where I can barely see, and, rest in all that love is.
Just wanted to come by and show your page some love. Also really trying to keep in touch... Hope you are getting ready for the summer coming up real soon.. And keep checking up with me for show dates cause if you haven't partied with us yet at one of our shows you should. If you can't make it cause you're to far LOL.. then dont worry I should be coming to a town near you in the near future..
The next show is in ALHAMBRA, CA. At a club called AZUL....
Stay positive and positive things will come your way.
I love your music! Oh, I can so hear and feel the sun shining down on the beach with the waves, people dancing, playing having a great time...in Uma... Louca.
A good guy and a fine musician! I could say so much about the text you wrote and your philosophy. Thanks so much for inviting me.
