Family, friends and the arts. Speaking of the arts, check out Donna's jewelry web site
Music
Too much to list here, but for starters: Helmet, Miles, Billie Holiday, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Weather Report, Al Dimeola, Mike Stern, Tribal Tech, Frank Zappa, Shawn Lane, Buckethead, Chris Whitley, Kazumi Watanabe, Allan Holdsworth, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Johnson, Johnny Winter, and my bass Quad Squad: Paul Chambers, Niels Henning Orsted Pedersen, Gary Willis, and Jaco Pastorius
Movies
Any smaltzy movie featuring a creature taller than Manute Bol
I'm a fretless bass player, writer, graphic designer and web developer. Musically, I’m excited to be working again with long-time collaborators Peter Bertrand (drums) and Thomas Major (guitar) on a new original music trio. We are dusting off some old “Pink Bunnies on a Stick” tunes, and working on some new material. We are calling the band "Lepus-Arcticus" and soon we'll have a myspace site with new songs.
I’m also working with Peter on new tracks for his next Stop Gravity CD release, featuring him on acoustic guitar and vocals.
Ed Piedra and I are continuing to co-produce the latest Second Nature CD. www.secondnaturerockband.com The project is being recorded at Warren Amerman’s state-of-the-art Rotary Records Studio in West Springfield MA www.rotaryrecords.com.
I have been busy with my duties as Director on the Executive Committee of New Music Showcase, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing an outlet for original music artists and bands. Check out our site: www.newmusicshowcase.tv
Who I'd like to meet: Musicians with a passion for originality. Let's jam!
Here is a partial clip of a tune recorded live with me on fretless bass, drummer David Maxwell and sax player Greg Ward. I call it Slabobian Mesh. (media player not visible when using Firefox browser)
Seems that we missed the boat on Les Paul. . .I think he is done performing, at least at his regular monday night at the Blue Note. . . dammit! Now its a mission to see Les play
There really is no other bass player. Well, maybe there are others, but I have been spoiled having had the honor to share stages with you. Thanks Randy for all your inspiring ways.
Great to hear from you. . . .hope all is well in MA despite the sobbing and moaning of Pats fans that is just barely audible here in NY. . .You should remind evveryone that I wanted to get a bunch of people, including you and Donna, down here for a monday night show at the Blue Note where Les Paul still plays every week. . . .
