EQUIPMENT:
Nord Stage 88, Hammond XK3, Motion Sound leslie, Steinway S grand with midi recording abilities, Yamaha Motif Rack, giggable PowerMac with Native Instruments B4, Scarbee Electric Pianos, Ivory, Moog, Strings, and loads of other instruments and sounds, Motion Sound KS-200 stereo amp, Kurzweil rack, Roland JV rack, Yamaha KX-88, M-Audio Axiom, Fender telecaster, Yamaha acoustic guitars, Fender P-bass, Electronic drums, even a Melodica. I record on Digital Performer and Pro Tools and have tons of other gear in my studio.
Influences
Porcupine Tree, Yes, Bud Powell, Brad Mehldau, Bach, Spock's Beard, Oscar Peterson, Muse, Rick Wakeman, Keith Emerson, Tool, Led Zeppelin, Mars Volta, Elvis Costello, Eric Satie, Rare Earth, Gentle Giant, Handel, John Coltrane, Vince Guaraldi, Radiohead, Steely Dan, Dregs, Triumverate, Spirit, Focus, Diana Krall, Crack the Sky, Counting Crows, Medeski Martin and Woods, John Novello, Thelonius Monk, Albinoni, Pink Floyd, Beatles, Johnny Cash, Linkin Park, Norah Jones, Mozart, Duke Ellington, Marian McPartland, Lennie Tristano.
Sounds Like
Whatever the producer asks for (with my own special secret sauce added).
If you're here, we've probably talked about a project, and you just want to make sure I know the difference between middle C and a donut. So these selections are not about entertainment -- they're chosen to give a very quick, bite-sized, credentialing overview of keyboards snippets I’ve played for clients, spanning a range of commercial rockish styles. I'm focusing on what those clients seem to want most; Hammond organ, Rhodes/Wurli piano, and just a bit of synth. I have lots more musical examples ranging from hard bop jazz to progressive rock to reggae to classical to film scores, so if you don't hear what you're looking for style-wise let me know. Now for the background part:
I'm a Southern California-based keyboards player, well-versed in session playing, composition, arranging, recording, and producing, with experience covering a wide variety of studio, concert, and movie/video/ad scoring projects. I can and have played pretty much all styles, including progressive rock, jazz, rock, reggae, blues, classical, country rock, latin, fusion and more, in both cover and original projects. Along with playing acoustic piano, Hammond B3, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer, clavinet, synths, classical pipe organ, melodica, (but NO keytar), and covering anything from strings to oboes to UFO sounds via midi and virtual instruments, I also sing, and play passable rhythm guitar, bass, percussion, and drums (but not at the same time) if coerced.
My background includes Grove School of Music, university music schools, private study with John Novello, Charlie Banacos, Charles Lewis (Oscar Peterson protégé), and lots of others. I know my theory, read and write music, and improvise and play by ear fluidly.
Please contact me with requests regarding hearing WAY more depth in any of these or other styles, or for a list of artists with whom I've played and recorded, and the venues in which I've played. Or if, for some reason, you want to hear my original and/or jazz stuff. But that's another site....
