Video editor, videographer, illustrator, Co-Team lead for the Colorado Springs Paranormal Association, mad man at large. Don't let the picture fool you: the exterior my look metal, but the interior is 100% geek, roll for initiative!
Male
40 years old
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO
United States
Video and audio production, illustration, paranormal investigation, horror movies (Most B cinema,) music, folk lore, Macintosh computers, comic books graphic and production art.
Music
I grew up listening to a lot of Progressive Rock (Rush, Yes, King Crimson and the like) as well as a lot of Fusion type stuff (Allan Holdsworth, The Dixie Dregs, Eric Johnson, etc.) I really like a whole bunch of stuff. I like heavier stuff like Mushroomhead (They really are almost Prog.) Seven Dust, Nine Inch Nails (yea yea, I know that Trent Reznor really isn't in the same vain, but that's the point, I like variety.) Pantera, Nightwish (operatic metal, an idea who's time has come.) and Type O Negative. There are more of course, but that's enough for now.
There is quite a bit of jazz that I dig like John Coltrane, Wes Montgomery Herb Alpert (come on, "A Tast of honey has to be one of the greatest pieces EVER!!!) and Miles Davis. In terms of classical Chopin really dug into me (Prelude in D flat major "Raindrops" really Rocks. People laugh when I say that, but listen to it and I think you'll agree.)
To be honest the only type of music that I can't seem to get my head around is country. Jonny Cash did some cool stuff, so did Buck Owens, but none of that is an excuse for Toby Keith, ARGH!!
Movies
I'm really hard core into movies. as I've said before I collect European Horror movies, and horror is my favorite genre. I think that the Exorcist is currently my favorite because it has stood up so well after all these years. I learn so much about character driven plot-lines and lighting every time I watch it. The Changeling hasn't stood up quite as well, but it is still a favorite of mine. The older European stuff is a blast to watch just because there are no rules, they just went nuts. I also really like the Hammer stuff. Some of it was really cheesy but it is still just beautiful to watch and it was a huge part of my childhood. I'll watch anything with Peter Cushing in it, the man was brilliant. Christopher Lee has got to be ten feet tall! When he's on screen you just can't pay attention to anyone but him. In my opinion the only person who could hold his own and share screen time with Lee was Cushing.
Finally, If you have a giant monster trampling any city, foreign or domestic, you have my hard earned dollar! Godzilla will always be KING!!!
Television
Unless it's animated or a vintage horror film (or Ghost Hunters on the Sci Fi Channel) I really hate TV. Ironic given what I do for a living.
Books
"The Gandhi reader". I highly recommend it. anything by H.P. Lovecraft, horror literature has been mostly down hill since him. "Digital Movie Making" by Scott Billups, anyone trying to get into the world of digital video production specifically for movies should read this. "Make Your Own Damn Movie" by Lloyd Kaufman. This book had me laughing out loud, and it still manages to teach you something. I also read a lot of books on the different technologies that I use in my work Hardware and software. Books on folklore, books about hauntings and the paranormal, these all find a place on my "oh so ready to collapse from the strain" bookshelves.
Heroes
It sounds so cliché, but Gandhi and Einstein are really two big heroes to me. They never let themselves be fooled into thinking that just because things had always been viewed one way it meant that was the best or only way to view them. They completely changed the way many of us see ourselves and the universe as a whole, no small feat.
Ed Wood is another hero. It has often been said that he had no ability as a movie maker, but that is not the point. The point is that to spite everyone telling him that he had no talent he just kept making movies. He always found a way and he always found people to make movies with him.
Ray Harryhausen just blows me away. He would sit in a small corner of the set where the movies that he was working on where being made and he would do all of those stop motion FX by himself. It really makes me sad that people view stop motion as Digital's poor cousin, because the work of Harryhausen is true art.
There are several artist's work that I just can't stop staring at. Edward Gorey's illustrations where at once simple and rich. I am just inthralled with his work. If there is anyone who inspired the way that I draw it's him. Alphonse Mucha's work flows like water. His creations are some of the best examples of the art nouveau style. Let us not forget Frank Frazetta. I love that his works have a primal quality to them that matches their subject matter. I've spent hours just examining the color and texture of his work.
About me: So, you want to know a little bit more about me huh? I am an Illustrator with an interest in the strange and macabre, Here is a couple of my Illustrations
Interested in having me do some illustration work for you? Feel free to contact me about rates. Please keep my style in mind before submitting your request.
I also offer services in Videography, Video Editing and DVD Authoring. I specialize in promotional videos for authors and artists. I am also available for broadcast shoots. I studied Illustration, graphic design and multimedia design in college.
Here is the promotional video that I did for my wife's book, "Sun Signs For Writers" by Bev Walton-Porter (Sninchak)
Here is another promotional video that I created for "Get Known Before the Book Deal" by Christina Katz:
Please feel free to contact me if you are an author or artist who is interested in having a broadcast-quality promotional video created to market your book or creative project.
I LOVE OLD B HORROR MOVIES!!! I pretty much stick to the older classics, I leave newer horror to my amazing and beautiful wife Elemental Muse. I collect European horror movies and I am a Godzilla Fanatic. I love to buy junk out of gum ball machines. I think women's throats are sexy, the outside of them I mean. I don't want to see the inside of a woman's throat because that would mean that she was swallowing my head.
Okay, I'm not the sort of guy who goes through life thinking every woman in the world is going to flirt with me, but it has happened once or twice on here. For the record, I'm very happily married to Elemental Muse, an amazing and beautiful woman who I have the deepest respect for, so I am most definitely not interested in flirting, nor am I in any way looking. Here is a picture of the woman who has captured my heart:
If you like my work and you want to add me as a friend, great and welcome aboard. However, I will ask that you show my wife and my marriage the respect they deserve and keep all comments strictly friendly. I feel like an ass for saying this, and trust me, I am not Mister Vanity, but as I said before, it's come up a time or two.
Also, if you look at my top friends you will notice that they are culturally, ethnically, religiously and sexually diverse. I believe everyone has the right to his or her point of view. I don't really care what your religious and/or philosophical point of views are. If you're a Christian, great; if you're a Satanist, more power to you; if you're a Wiccan, blessed be; if you're a Muslim, fantastic; a Hindu, that's awesome; a Buddhist, excelsior! Etc, etc. There is, however, one glaring exception to this rule: if you openly practice intolerance or hate, I will not friend you. I respect that you have the right to your beliefs, but I also respect that I don't have to agree with them. I have had a few people who where open members of hate groups, or who at least had some hate propaganda on their profiles try to add me. I do not consider hate to be an ideology that is grounded in intelligence or education, and thus, I am not interested. Beyond that, do as you will.
In addition to being a video professional and an illustrator, I am also a Co-Team Lead for the Colorado Springs Paranormal Association. Yup, I investigate claims of the paranormal up and down the front range.www.paranormalcoloradosprings.org
What is this "free time" that you speak of?
Hey folks, want to know what I'm up too? Here's my Twitter widget.
Now you can follow my daring exploits in short, easy-to-digest blurbs!!!
Who I'd like to meet: Artists, illustrators, videographers, video editors, horror fiends, musicians, geeks and fellow mad people at large.
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There's even a website devoted just to the book, with an interactive map of the places and characters at www.the13th-horror.com.
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And Gary A. Braunbeck said, "John Everson's The 13th is the first out-and-out horror novel in a long while to actually scare the **** out of me while reading it. It's stylish, extremely well-written, filled with richly-drawn characterizations, and boasts a labyrinthine plot worthy of Umberto Eco. Trust me -- this one will fry your nerves and break your heart."
We are glad to inform you that the new "Life's Decay - Dysrieuses" album has just been released ! You can listen to 3 mp3 from this release on our myspace page. You can visit www.lifesdecay.com for more info and/or order the album at www.abstraktsens.com
We hope that you will appreciate the new release ! Thank you for reading and for your support ! All the best.
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Hi! Just wanted to make sure all my friends know that my new erotic horror novel 
