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Music
Liquid Stone; Dethklok; Nine Inch Nails; Red Hot Chili Peppers; Primus; Metallica; Alice In Chains; Mad Season; Incubus; Faith No More; Rage Against the Machine; Soundgarden; Smashing Pumpkins; Sublime; Nirvana; Pantera; White Zombie; Type O Negative; The Apex Theory; Rush; Van Halen; Led Zepplin; Black Sabbath; Ozzy; Pink Floyd; GWAR; Ween; Megadeth; KMFDM; Tool; Slipknot; Korn; Filter; Stabbing Westward; God Lives Underwater; Ministry; The usual assorted: 80's, Goth, Industrial, Punk, Electronic, and other genres you hear around; DJ Shadow; UNKLE; Dr. Dre; Eminem; Cypress Hill; Snoop Dogg; Outkast; Taproot; System of A Down; Disturbed; Linkin Park; Crossfade; Three Days Grace; Audioslave; Portishead; Lacuna Coil; Venus (Levitate); ... SoulSwitch; Powerline...
Movies
Star Wars; Matrix; Lord of the Rings; The Crow; Willow; Predator; Alien, Aliens; Alien vs. Predator; The Abyss; Legend; Willy Wonka; Clash of the Titans; The Black Hole; Killer Clowns From Outer Space; Big Trouble in Little China; The Holy Grail; The Meaning of Life; UHF; The Goonies; Pirates of the Carribbean; Happy Gilmore; Dazed and Confused; Half Baked; Gleaming the Cube; Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas; Naked Lunch; Videodrome; Meet The Feebles; Dogma; Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon; Evil Dead 1, 2, 3(Army of Darkness); Stargate; 5th Element; Dune; Labyrinth; The Dark Crystal; The Nightmare Before Christmas; Tank Girl; Vampire Hunter D; Ninja Scroll; Fist of the North Star; Akira; The Secret of N.I.M.H.; Heavy Metal; Hackers ...
Television
National Geographic Channel; Science Channel; Discovery Channel; History Channel; History Channel Internationl; Cartoon Network -- especially [Adult Swim]; Metalocalypse; Animal Planet; Biography Channel; SciFi Channel; Learning Channel; Comedy Central; Anything that's playing cartoons, anime, old school samurai/kung fu/martial arts flicks...
Books
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Dune, Illuminatus, Incarnations of Immortality, Celestine Prophecy, Gulliver's Travles, American Gods, A Brief History of Time ...
Heroes
The person that originally wrote this...I took it from my myspace group Bass Players
Posted: Jan 6, 2006 12:45 PM by Special K
' Now this was forwarded to me from my guitarist (who has done gigs on bass) but this is from a forum on Fender's site for gigging players. I guess some guitarist was debating whether or not to take a gig as a bassist. While I guess there were opinions all over the map here's what a fellow bassist had to say & I think he did a good job of clearing some things up for them guitarists...
"But if you can separate a little from your guitarist persona and are willing to look at it as a completely different instrument, you'll probably find that many of the skills you've picked up in 20 years of guitar playing lend themselves very nicely to bass playing - albeit in a different, more restrained way. Chord-tone theory, scales, progression recognition, all come into play on bass. I've probably improved the most in my life on bass in the past 6 years or so since I got serious on learning some lead guitar theory regarding scales, modes and chords/progression structures - even though I've played bass in bands for the better part of 25 years. If you're also a drummer at heart (like I am), then locking into a tempo is as natural as breathing.
Unfortunately, many/most guitarists (in the HO of their rhythm section brethren) tend to play too much, too often, and waver all around the beat but rarely on it. You'll have to decide for yourself whether or not you even have the ability to become a human metronome. It also takes a healthy combination of humility and confidence to know your importance to the band and realize you'll virtually never get any recognition of it from laymen. Screw up or drop out on guitar? Not usually a big deal if the rhythm section continues on undaunted. Usually the only thing that will suffer is your ego. Screw up on bass or drop a beat on drums? Everyone in the club knows it. Worse - your ego AND the whole band will suffer.
You basically need balls of steel to know you'll be required to know every song inside/out and forwards and backwards, and that making mistakes is not an option. You'll also need the confidence to live with getting virtually no praise from the audience, even on your best night. The music has to be your fulfillment/gratification - and when it's good and you're solidly locked with a great drummer, it's a feeling no guitarist will ever experience and it IS stellar. Not every guitarist can make the transition and deal with all these variables though. You'll need to decide for yourself if you can. If you have serious doubts, don't do it. You'd probably be miserable." '
Virginia Beach, VA~br>..::&::..~br>Washington D.C.
Body type:
5' 9" / Average
Zodiac Sign:
Sagittarius
Smoke / Drink:
Yes / Yes
Occupation:
Musician~br>Computer/Network Tech SCUBA Tech
Tick's Schools
Montgomery College
Rockville,Maryland
Graduated: N/A
Student status: Alumni
Degree: None
Major: Credits for Transfer ...
Minor: Marine Biology, Fencing, Yoga ...
Clubs: The Back Corner of the Cafeteria by the Radio Station ... Playing Jumanji by the Green Thing ... Jumping Off of Picnic Tables & Falling Out of Trees onto the Sidewalk ...
Playing Electric Guitar & Bass
1994 to 1998
Landmark School
Prides Crossin,Massachusetts
Graduated: 1994
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
Major: Marine Biology ...
Minor: Sanding (Woodworking), Sailing, Ski Team, Snorkeling ...
Clubs: Shortcuts, Bypasses, & Detours; Through, To, On, & Past: The Woods & R/R Tracks ...
Playing Electric Guitar & Bass
1993 to 1994
Barrie School
Silver Spring,Maryland
Graduated: N/A
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
Major: Marine Biology ...
Minor: Playing Drum Kits, Yoga, Shorin-Ryu ...
Clubs: Hanging out in the "Barrie Fringe Woods" ...
Playing Electric Guitar & Bass
1991 to 1993
Thomas S. Wootton High
Rockville,Maryland
Graduated: N/A
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
Major: Marine Biology ...
Minor: Playing Alto Saxophone ...
Clubs: Permanent Groundation Indoor H2O Sports ...
~b>Tick/Tech~/b>~br>"The ~b>~i>UnGeek~/i>~/b> ~b>Squad~/b> of ~b>One~/b>"
Tick's Companies
T.A.G. (The Answer Group) North Lauderdale, Florida US Gateway-OEM PC Technical Support Hughes Network Systems-ISP Advanced Technical Support
(GW) 08/05/2002 (HNS) 11/25/2002-05/22/2006
Diving Technologies International Sunrise, Florida US SCUBA Tech, Assistant SCUBA Tech Instructor
SCUBA Techs: Inspect, Repair, ReBuild, ReTest, Fine Tune, Clean, & Maintain; SCUBA Life Support Equipment {Tanks, Regulators, BCD’s, Valves, Manifolds, etc. [Air, O2(Oxygen), N2O2(Nitrox), etc.]}
On&Off, Here&There 2000-2002
Lauderdale Diver Fort Laudrdale, Florida US SCUBA Tech SCUBA Instructor (Master SCUBA Diver Trainer), Tank Fills/Mixed Gas Blending, Consultations, Sales, Rentals, Stock, Displays, Maintenance
05/23/2001-06/2002
The Scuba School Fort Lauderdale, Florida US Assistant Manager SCUBA Tech, SCUBA Instructor (Master SCUBA Diver Trainer), Tank Fills/Mixed Gas Blending, Consultations, Sales, Rentals, Stock, Displays, Maintenance
04/1999-05/23/2001
Little Caesars Pizza Quince Orchard; Gaithersburg;Germantown;Poolsville, Maryland US Pizza Grunt & Delivery Driver Everything excluding the phones & register
06/1996-07/1998
Valley Mill Camp Germantown, Maryland US Boys Camp Counselor Cobra Commander
Summer 1995
Bethesda Co-Op Cabin John, Maryland US Volunteer Stock
Part of Barrie's Winter Trimester 1993-Summer 1993
Smithsonian Institute National Museum of Natural History Washington, D.C. US O. Orkin Insect Zoo Volunteer Department of Entomology / Department of Education
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