I really should use MySpace more often. Everyone seems to have gone to FaceBook, though... Mood: pirate
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SOLO ARTISTS AND COMPOSERS: Tosin Abasi, Bill Bailey, Wes Borland, Jake Bowen, Dino Cazares, Doug Doppler, John Frusciante, Rory Gallagher, Joe Hisaishi, Zakir Hussein, Gustav Holst, Ihsahn, Yngwie Malmsteen, Misha Mansoor (aka BULB), John Petrucci, Preston Reed, Carlos Santana, Eric Sardinas, Joe Satriani, Ali Farka Touré, Devin Townsend, Rokia Traore, Steve Vai.
NOTE: My musical tastes are beyond this list. I listen to music from all over the world and from (nearly)every genre. Especially Indian and Arabic music.
Began playing in September 2004. Primarily plays 7-String guitars. Lead and rhythm player.
Plays 5-String bass.
Currently studying how to become a Music Engineer/Producer.
Also I really want to learn how to play the oud, sitar and tabla. Some day... Some day...
I'm a really, really laid back guy. I like the quiet, talky bits of the party and I hate stress and angsty people.
As a musician I have got sick and tired of trying to play Prog and Metal music with Classic Rock and Blues musicians. Don't try it at home kids! It's not big and it's not clever!
Updates and Music on:
http://www.myspace.com/ruarcstokesmusic
And:

MY GEAR:
ELECTRIC GUITARS: Ibanez RG8427F FE (B-Standard w/DiMarzios), Ibanez RG1527 RB (B-Standard w/DiMarzios), Ibanez AX7221 GP (A-Standard).
ACOUSTIC GUITARS: Ibanez AEL20, Yamaha F-335.
BASS GUITARS: Ibanez BTB405QM TK.
AMPS: Peavey Classic 60/60, Marshall MG100DFX [FOR SALE!].
MISC: Line 6 PODxt Live, Digitech EX-7, Boss NS-2, Plus E-Bow, Dunlop CryBaby [FOR SALE!], Casio CT-680 keyboard.
STRINGS: Elixir NanoWeb Electric Guitar Strings (.009-.042+.052), Elixir NanoWeb Extra Light Acoustic Phosphor Bronze Guitar Strings (.010-.047), Elixir Medium Bass Strings (.045-.105+.130).
Comments
Feb 20 2009 7:37 PM
Feb 3 2009 4:50 PM
One does not simply tankcat into Arktanistan-Groffistan.
Oct 13 2008 5:19 PM
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Oct 5 2008 2:09 AM
I know you all too well, Ruarc.
Oct 4 2008 1:12 AM
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Sep 22 2008 6:04 PM
fear factory... very deep stuff! and yes sort of depressing!
yeah i had a gerbil when i was young too i love them! i don't pigeons as long as they don't poo on me... but seagulls... i can't stand they just frighten me! they're like dangerous big things ugh.. i hate them one flew into my room one day and it was the scariest moment of my life so far
yeah i'm not really massively into the mighty boosh either! i watch it on the tv if i get the chance but it doesn't crack me up! but it was a good show i was more impressed by the props and sets then the comedy! :P look it up on youtube they have amazing props!
oh i have a cold now and it's a bad one you know i think the cold virus is mutating! i've never had one this bad and i get one every year! i was bedridden on sunday and today!
ah love life and the universe the usual things that have the youths of today moping through the streets with serious faces and alternative music blasting through their i-pod headphones... i'm proud (or maybe not so proud ha) to say i'm one of them! i like time to myself but it usually just lets my mind wander and think about how shitty everything is... ha! oh i shouldn't be laughing... i think everyone gets stuck in a rut and some stage! it's shit when it happens because you feel so strangled by your own life! it's crazy though i know for me.. if everything's going shit and i'm aware of it, but getting on with it, it usually takes a broken
heart to demolish my life as i know it.. maybe you're different but when it comes to matters of the heart i always get so wrapped up in it when it's going good i'm completely oblivious to anything going wrong!
oh the caricature is way cool!
Sep 21 2008 1:26 PM
what has you lonely and crushed young man?
Sep 21 2008 9:01 AM
team sleep their quite good!
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=t7IPcgksDQM
yeah rats don't really scare me. they're just like big hamsters! and kind of cute sometimes despite the diseasey-ness and buck teeth! :P
and my god! i would not swim in the canal if my life depended on do you ever see the gooey shit that floats on the top of it and i've seen junkies use it as a toilet! so bleugh noooooo! ha ha and the liffey too! yuck!
the weekends grand i went to see the mighty boosh yesterday it was good! not brilliant or amazing but good it made me laugh! but i've seen funnier!
my friend new the words to every song i was just kind of standing there ha! untiol the bits i knew came along (well the one word...)
but it was good! As for today it's sunday and i plan on watching movies on the internet and relaxing usual sunday ritual!
how is your weekend?
Sep 20 2008 12:43 PM
hmm... punch ms.Fenton on the last day...? sounds like a plan! she'd be the type of person to call the gardi..... she's such a fun spoiler!
yeah music and art it's nice to have something to fall into! i'd love to play an instrument but it's just not my thing i'm so bad at it!
but i sing along and listen! i quite like to listen to classical music if i'm drawing or just in the house on my own put Chopin nocturnes on.. sit back and enjoy!
very rarely in bray but if i'm there i will definitely give you a call! my new spot for reading is at the side of the canal in portabello it's lovely... although i saw a huge rat there yesterday take a swim right under my feet! in the murky waters... it eh kind of ruined the scenery for a while!
oh and the band! wow i quite like it! alot! real... walking through town kind of music... well for me anyway! :P
Sep 19 2008 12:41 AM
yeah art is pretty much the main focus i find it hard to feel such a passion for any other subject! i'm not great at art but i enjoy it it's the only thing i can concentrate on for more than half an hour with out getting uncomfortably bored!
college sounds great! i'd say the people you meet you meet are wonderful! and i'm sure it has a painful effect on the wallet! everything's money! free education my arse! thank you fianna fail!
wow bray... i love it there.. i don't know theres something about places like bray and dun laoghaire and sandymount that make me feel so at home! although i'd probably find it completely uninspiring as well! i'd be too tempted to sit on a beach or in a park some where on a blanket with a cup of hot coffee and an addictive novel inhaling the intoxicating faint sea breeze that lingers in the air no matter where you go in any surrounding area! maybe that's just me! i instantly fall in love with somewhere if i see more than ten possible places to go sit and read! lol!
i saw nadia today it was a big day for her! the debutante! oh my she was absolutely stunning in a blue dress! i'm sure you'll see photos! she looked lovely they all did! maryam and shannon were there too they were all positively glowing!
i have to stop writing such long comments! ha!
it's half one in the morning and i have fentonator first class!
talk to you soon m'dear!
Sep 16 2008 11:56 PM
watch it it's gas!
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=qRuNxHqwazs
Sep 16 2008 11:38 PM
Oh god thanks for cheering me up!
The education malarkey is what has me down Ruarc! bloody ms.fenton and the wonderful array of stuck up, snobby, narrow minded, prejudice asshole teachers our school employs!
Just sick of them all!! I try my best with them, I never give cheek, but they have their favorites and I'm not one of them! So they don't listen to anything i have to say because of that! argh... it's irritating! but what can you do!
but enough about them!
What have you been getting up to then? Hows the music been going?
Sep 15 2008 6:42 AM
so how have you been?
Aug 25 2008 10:46 PM
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Aug 21 2008 1:04 AM
As for my style of evil, I liken myself to William Marshall as Blacula.
You, on the other hand, are much like Gilles de Rais. :squint:
Aug 20 2008 11:30 PM
Aug 20 2008 10:01 PM
:hug:
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