Art, food & nature.
Bliss for me is staying up late working on music and then sleeping in.
Music
Joseph Arthur, Wilco, Justin Clayton, Kent, Miles Davis, Death, Jellyfish, Schoenberg, Stravinsky, Faith No More, Led Zeppelin, The Thrills, Eels, Missing Persons, The Sugarcubes, Coltrane, Pat Metheny, Lush, Fluke, Slayer, Sigur Ros, Return To Forever, Ours, Paul McCartney, NIN, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Ravel, Debusy, The Flaming Lips, Remy Zero, Janes Addiction, Eric Dolphy, Sparklehorse, Styx, West Indian Girl, Steve Vai, The Sundays, Beethoven, Splashdown, Thelonius Monk, Air, Jon Brion, Van Halen, Telepopmusik, The Cardigans, Supertramp, Bread, Sinatra, Level 42, Allan Holdsworth, Marjorie Fair, Glen Campbell, Merle Haggard, Radiohead, Tony Williams, Travis, Bach, John Legend, Queens Of The Stone Age, Jamiroquai, The Mars Volta, Queen, Bjork, Elliot Smith, Damien Rice, Irving, Frank Zappa, Allman Brothers, Violent Femmes, Chet Baker, Bela Fleck, Conway Twitty, The Cars, George Jones, Rush, Wes Montgomery, Tribal Tech, The Who, Primus, Paquito D' Rivera, Michel Camilo, Chronos Quartet, Brahms, Black Sabbath, Joni Mitchel, Wayne Shorter, The Dixie Dregs, Ludichrist, Garbage, Angela McKluskey, Death Cab For Cutie, Wolfmother, The Secret Machines, The Fleet Foxes, Beth Orton, Steve Topping, Moe Foster, Grandaddy, Descendents, Jerry Goldsmith, Ennio Morricone, Mutemath, Regina Spektor, M83, My Bloody Valentine, Imogen Heap, Juana Monia, Ljungblut, Ani DiFranco, The Bird and The Bee, Band Of Horses, (Kotikoski/Kleutgens/Colaiuta/Tavaglione) AKA Cave Men.
Movies
Psycho, High Fidelity, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Beetlejuice, Snatch, Lockstock and Two Smoking Barrels, Powder, Sexy Beast, The Sixth Sense, The Right Stuff, The Machinist, American Psycho, Alive, Farenheit 911, Bowling For Columbine, Scary Movie 3, Interview With The Vampire, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, The Birds, Mo' Better Blues, The Abyss, Meet The Parents, Sideways, Casino, Scarface, So I Married An Axe Murderer, Gattaca, Basquiat, Dog Fight, Resevior Dogs, Garden State, House of Sand And Foam, Monster, 21 Grams, Crash, Seven, Million Dollar Baby, The Shawshank Redemption, Jacob's Ladder, Angels In America, Edward Scissorhands, Reality Bites, Fallen, Silence Of The Lambs, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Peter's Friends, Before Night Falls, Spinal Tap, Spun, I (Heart) Huckabees, Sunset Boulevard, Swingers, Pink Flamingos, The Anniversary Party, True Romance, Supersize Me, Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, The Grifters, Grandmas Boy, Rivers and Tides, Sarah Silverman: "Jesus is Magic", A Clockwork Orange, 2001 A Space Oddyssey, Domino, Transamerica, Pulp Fiction, Underworld:Evolution, Vanilla Sky, Best In Show, The 40 Year Old Virgin, Norbitt, Crank, The Grudge 2 (much better than the 1st one) Little Miss Sushine, Hostel.
Television
Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Sopranos, Scrubs, The Daily Show, South Park, The Simpsons, Intervention, Cops, Good Eats, Iron Chef America, Inked, Miami Ink, Huff(why was this show cancelled?), Kitchen Confidential (cancelled...that sucks, sorry Dan!!!), Insomniac, Weeds, Top Chef, Extras, the Catherine Tate show.
Books
The Giving Tree, 1984, The Bridge of San Luis Rey, The Road Less Traveled, The Little Book Of Bleeps, Where The Wild Things Are, The Old Man And The Sea, The Drummers Path, Necessary Losses, The Study Of Orchestration, Anthem, Adam: The Missing Link, Dharma Punx, On The Road, All You Need To Know About The Music Business, The Drama of the Gifted Child, The Celestine Prophecy, my Logic Pro/Protools/Final Cut Pro manuals.
About me: I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)..
I am a multi-instrumentalist (piano/drums/legit percussion/guitar/lap steel/pedal steel/bass/vocals/programming/engineering) who currently plays drums and keyboards in the two bands CYNIC and ÆON SPOKE. {www.myspace.com/cynicreunion and www.aeonspoke.com }
The clip above is the film "The Yellow Umbrella". It won the Student Academy Award in 2001 for best animated short. I scored the music for the film using a combination of live musicians and playing orchestral samples off of my QS8 synth and Roland sampler. The voice over is a bit hard to hear on this stream so if you are interested in a better sounding version (where you can hear the story) go to ifilm.com and search for "The Yellow Umbrella".
Who I'd like to meet: Frank Zappa, Igor Stravinsky, Jon Stewart, Maurice Ravel, Albert Einstein, Salvador Dali, God, Satan, an extraterrestrial and The Simpsons.
Kudos for the new Cynic album, it's a masterpiece and it's gonna be big! Awesome, moving, eternal music, can't wait to see you live! And don't let us wait 15 more years for more!
Just wanted to say that I gain so much inspiration and creativity every time I listen to the Cynic and Death albums! It really helps me becoming a better musician.
Yeah Sean, that was the perfect news: A new Cynic album, even with Sean M.:-)... Been waiting for that for a long time... The snippet sounds great, I think I am gonna be at the show in Essen...
yesterday's show in Weert was GREAT! The band was smoking, and the songs had lots of energy and fresness to them. Also, it was nice talking to you again! I'll keep you updated on the new At War With Self CD (Glenn's project). Enjoy the rest of the tour!
Wow Sean!!! I just saw Cynic live show in Milan!!! It was powerful, exciting...simply Cynic!I'm 33 years old...you make me feel 15 yrs younger ;-) Thanks also for the new great songs! I can't wait to see you again in December!!! Steve
