Artist description bassist, pianist, composer, live/studio, singer/songwriter, .

Music Style Metal, Rock, Pop, Blues, Reggae, Jazz, Classical.

Musical Influences Beatles, Stones, Beach Boys, Sinatra, Mozart, Alice Cooper, Led Zeppelin, Radiohead.

Artist History b.1974 in Niagara Falls, NY. 1977 Started playing piano. 1982-1992 Performed on piano at various public functions. Participated in local theatre and school bands playing trombone. 1987 Just Jazz (with Jason Moynihan, currently on sax with Buddy Guy), 1988 Started playing guitar, bass and singing, recording original material. Performed, recorded and co-wrote with many bands. 1987-89 Axis (blues-based rock), 1990 Madd Dog (southern rock/blues), 1991 Big Trouble (pop metal), 1992 Crash Paradise (progressive/pop metal) 1993 Electric Earth (psychedelic rock/blues). Moved to L.A. in 1994. Performed and/or recorded and/or co-wrote with several bands. 1994 Rook (funk/rock), 1994 Morganne (pop,blues,jazz,rock www.morganne.com). 1995 *Brain Stem Babies (pop metal with Jason Hook www.jasonhook.net on guitar and J-Bo Dynamite www.jbodynamite.com on drums.), 1996 *Falling Up (power pop with Cary Butler on drums and Marcel Whittfeld on guitar), 1997-2000 *Lolligag (power pop trio with Troy Patrick Farrell on drums. And later with Tommy Amato on drums and Karen Kruetzer on guitar) [*featuring Mick Sweda www.monstersmakingmusic.com formerly of Bullet Boys - WB and King Kobra - Capitol]. 1999 Performed at the House Of Blues Foundation Room on piano. 2000 Composed music for private website (www.tmmg.net), 2000 Toured with Victor Essiet and the Mandators playing bass (Nigerian Reggae), 2001 Recorded and co-produced solo ep's and oversaw filming and editing of accompanying videos with Brian Donovan (www.briandonovan.com), 2001 Composed loop for private website (www.paulhersey.com/spectruminterface.html), 2001 Composed music for the film "Hugh's Ladder" (www.se18films.com), 2001 Performed on piano at Miceli's Restaurant in Hollywood, 2001 Performed on piano at Hotel Cafe coffee shop in Hollywood, 2002 Bad Dog No Biscuit (blues/rock www.baddognobiscuit.com), 2002 Smart Bomb (with Mick Sweda and Troy Patrick Farrell, (www.drummertroy.com) 2002 Watson (punk/pop featuring Christian Lane, formerly of Loud Lucy - Geffen). 2002 Thomas Vecera (folk/rock www.vecera.net). 11/2002-present (Pre)Thing - V2 (southern city rock www.prething.com) (Pre)Thing

Instruments bass, piano, acoustic guitar, percussion, keyboards, vocals

Albums Sputter - maxi single, From Under A Rock - ep, Jon Winquist - ep, Jon Winquist - vhs

Additional Info www.prething.com

Location Hollywood, CA - USA

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