| Member Since | 12/3/2005 | | Band Website | tommizender.com | | Band Members | Tommi Zender- guitars, vocals, loops, pothole & landslide detection Greg Schultz- pedal stealth, extra guitar, the guy with the most cool toys Dave Budrys- bass, backing vocals, big dreams & better tomorrows Jeff Lien- drums, bionic ear, and justification.
There's a mysterious 5th member who keeps testing me to see if I'm really & truly willing to work even harder for harmony. I've already turned the control & maintenance of this Myspace page over to them--so if you have a beef, it's really out of my hands at this point.
:-) | | Influences | All the people, events & things I remember, and all I hope to someday forget, including that one week we had together--yes, that one.................Also...The Band, Yes, Brian Eno, Meshell N'degeOcello, Kevin Gilbert, Jon Brion, Roxy Music, Horace Silver, Steely Dan, Prince, Daniel Lanois, Todd Rundgren, Joni Mitchell, Thomas Dolby, Los Lobos/Latin Playboys, Bowie, Beatles, Stones, Dylan, Caetano Veloso, Led Zeppelin, mid-70's Aerosmith, Curtis Mayfield, Wendy & Lisa, Joe Henry, Tortoise, Sly Stone, Scritti Polliti, Stanton Moore, Steve Reich, Stevie Wonder, David Sylvian, ssssssseriously..............Ohio Players, Hank Williams, James P. Johnson, Richard Thompson, Lucky Thompson, Beck, Jeff Beck, Peter Gabriel, Earth Wind & Fire, Wes Montgomery, Harold Budd, Bill Nelson, Calexico, Mitchell Froom, Glen Kotche, Band on a Can All Stars, Nels Cline, Brian Blade, The Who, Placemats, your mom, Coltrane, Miles, Afghan Whigs, Adrian Belew, Zappa, Aimee Mann, Michael Penn, Iron & Wine, drinking wine, Jellyfish, Talking Heads, Marvin Gaye, too many to mention-but I'll keep trying.................... Sakyong Mipham, Bill Hicks, Tom Robbins, PT Anderson, Chuck Klosterman, MOJO, candles, fans & air cleaners, curry powder, yoga, Ricolas, 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. Why waste it playing Guitar Hero, when you can learn to play a real instrument?............................................................................Currently digging a bunch of drum & percussion related reading, and The Band "A Musical History" (Levon Helm's drumming rules) and Greg Kot's Wilco book. | | Sounds Like | A compassionate friend? A feather tickling a pinky toe? A freight train running through your living room? You decide. You score extra "friend" points if you say "he sounds like Tommi Zender." | | Record Label | Smaller Than Life Records | | Type of Label | Major |
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