"Art, whether it’s good or bad, has a way of changing how we see the world" -Oscar Wilde Another favorite: “The purpose of art is to sober and quiet the mind” from the composer John Cage. These have always struck a chord with me. Inspiration and expression drive me to write and record music that changes the way we see the world. Music and writing are therapeutic. I strive for absolute honesty in my songs. The lyrics paint a visual world that everyone can relate to. They are full of truth and pain; bitter reality and joy. Inspirations are the Stones, the Beatles, the Beach Boys, Tom Waits, Johnny Cash, Radiohead, Beck, Al Green, the Verve/Richard Ashcroft, Richard Buckner, Marvin Gaye, Miles Davis, and John Coltrane. I've been working with my own creative process. The goal is to achieve the freedom that allows a musician to purely create whatever it is, that is in them. To get out of the way and just let it flow. It can be a tough place to get to consistently, but I am tireless.
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Influences
INFLUENCES:
Rolling Stones, the Beatles, the Beach Boys, Radiohead, the Verve, Dwight Yoakam, Johnny Cash, Travis, Concrete Blonde, Hank Williams I II III, Ryan Adams, Wilco, Richard Buckner, Lucinda Williams, the Clash, the Velvet Underground, Stone Roses, Oasis, Graham Parsons, the Eagles, the Who, Bob Dylan, Sex Pistols, the Specials, David Bowie, Echo and the Bunnymen, the English Beat, the Jayhawks, David Gray, Led Zeppelin, the Lemonheads, Kings of Leon, Otis Redding, Al Green, T Rex, Starsailor, Miles Davis, Stan Getz...this could go on forever.
Better start practicing those stick twirls!, back on the bus, this is gonna be fun man, cant wait to fire it up again, hope all is good and will see ya soon, D
Hey Tommy! How you doing! Thanks for the add. Check out my new tracks. Let me konw when you guys are playing again in P-town. I'll buy you a beer or 2! Just bitch slap me if I go for the Jonny Walker again! That was a bad night.
THE RETURN OF THE BAT
Specimen will bring their special brand of glam mayhem, The Batcave to London again.
After last year’s wildly-successful 25th anniversary Batcave event, The Batcave returns to its original spawning ground of London’s West End on Sunday July 19 for another night of blasphemy, lechery and blood.
Specimen (Fresh from a fantastic show at Leipzig’s Waves Gotik festival), the original Batcave instigators will headline the lurid frolics at the Embassy Club, (29 Old Burlington St, London W1S3AP) Also on the bill are original Batcavers Sexbeat, with DJs Hamish and Cavey Nick, cavorting from decks to decadence with the usual brutal, trouser-dropping surprises & suitably confronting & barbaric entertainment.
The 2009 Batcave will feature installations from exciting new artists of the ‘Dark London Underground’ and visuals from the upcoming ‘Welcome To The Batcave’ book, along with this year’s bitcrushed message from the creature in t
hi cus! miss ya are you going to my mom and dads for christmas? i hope to see ya!love you so much merry christmas! o i made tons of candy and mom says it taste just like grandmas. any request for a bring home candy page on christmas... love you
