| Member Since | 12/3/2005 | | Band Website | www.tommizender.com | | Band Members | Chicago group: Features, or has featured any number of times Dave Budrys, Greg Schultz, Jeff Lien, Jonah Kraut, Bob Garrett, Gerald Dowd, your mom, Jeff Vezain, Greg Nergaard, Doug Brush, Kris Karlsson, Chris Greene, & many more...................................Los Angeles group: TZ- guitars, loops, vocals, faces Kris Karlsson- bass/vox...and any other damn instrument we might need Sarah Scarlata- insanely great rock drumming, percussion, trampoline Steven Wilson- extra guitars and the hippest vintage amp collection you'll ever see...period.......The studio recordings/demos on the player feature TZ on all instruments (and also guests Liam Davis on background vocals on "Something to Hide", Jeff Vezain on "Home at Last" & Shelley Miller on "Cinnamon Apple Cider"). Requests? | | Influences | All the people, events & things I remember, and all I hope to someday forget....The Band, Kinks, Brian Eno, Meshell N'degeOcello, Kevin Gilbert, Jon Brion, Roxy Music, Horace Silver, Robyn Hitchcock, Spoon, Les Paul & Mary Ford, Steely Dan, Prince, Daniel Lanois, The Tubes, The Monkees, Rickie Lee Jones----Willie Nelson, Wire, Alice Cooper, Randy Newman-----------Kraftwerk, Dolly Varden, Todd Rundgren, Joni Mitchell, Thomas Dolby, Los Lobos/Latin Playboys, Bowie, Beatles, Stones, Dylan-----Caetano Veloso, Led Zeppelin, mid-70's Aerosmith, Curtis Mayfield, Cheap Trick, Wendy & Lisa, Nick Drake----------Joe Henry, Tortoise, Bon Scott-era AC-DC, Neil Finn, Sex Pistols, Sly Stone, Scritti Polliti, Stanton Moore, Steve Reich, Stevie Wonder, Simon & Garfunkel, David Sylvian, ssssssseriously..............Ohio Players, Jonatha Brooke, Peter Mulvey!!!-----Hank Williams, Happy Chichester & Le Royal Crescent Mob, James P. Johnson, Richard Thompson, Lucky Thompson, Beck, Jeff Beck, Peter Gabriel, Kool & The Gang, Earth Wind & Fire, Wes Montgomery, Harold Budd, Bill Nelson--------Calexico, Mitchell Froom, Queen, Wilco & Co...will, Brian Blade, The Who, re...Placemats, your mom, Coltrane, Calexico, Death Cab for Cutie, Miles, Fiona Apple, King Crimson, Afghan Whigs & Twilight Singers, Adrian Belew, Zappa-------Aimee Mann, Michael Penn, Iron & Wine, drinking wine, Jellyfish, Talking Heads, Marvin Gaye, Yes, Oingo Boingo, Juana Molina, too many to mention-but I'll keep trying.................... Thich Nhat Hanh! Sakyong Mipham, Bill Hicks, Tom Robbins, PT Anderson, Chuck Klosterman, MOJO, candles, fans & air cleaners, curry powder, yoga, Ricolas, sunshine on my shoulders, people who communicate well, cats...not the musical, the creature!.............................................................................................. I love to play music with my friends, and teach music to my students. I'm influenced by them and visa versa. So much to hear & learn...so little time it seems. And yet, all the time in the world. | | Sounds Like | Music, I hope. | | Record Label | Smaller Than Life Records | | Type of Label | Indie |
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