Artist description I shudder at the thought of locking myself into playing only one genre of music. I have assimilated a myriad of influences over the years and I like to think that all of it shows up one way or another in what I do. Some of my music is acoustic guitar & vocals, kind of a modern folk. Other songs fall more into a "rockish" category. Still others are purely electronic pieces, ranging from arranged pieces to droning, atmospheirc stuff. In short, I simply explore whatever sonic territories interest me at a particular moment. Care to join me?

Music Style Various

Musical Influences Beatles, Fripp/Eno, Albert Hoffman, Sun Ra, Carlos Castaneda, Hieronymous Bosch, Fred Frith, Salvador Dali, Flannery O'Connor, Residents, Idries Shah, Christian Vander, Robyn Hitchcock, Harry Partch, Sonic Youth, Macha, Tuvan throat singers, Max Ernst, Tori Amos, Balinese gamelan, Guided By Voices, Bartok, Liz Phair, Johnny Cash, They Might Be Giants,Wire, Amy Denio, Bill Nelson, Amy Denio, many more...

Similar Artists "Comparison to others is the mark of a fool." Robert Fripp

Artist History I began playing guitar in 1967. From the very start I was writing my own songs. In the 1970s I began working with synthesizers (my first was a Moog Sonic 5--love those knobs and switches!). While most of my performance background has been in the field of rock (many shades) I have also, at one time or another, performed jazz, folk, classical, improvised/experimental, even a bit of country. In recent years I have been performing live around Eugene, Oregon, both as a solo (acoustic) act and with the acid pop band, Oyster Lucy and the avant-improv noise band, The Bachs Of Dirt.

Group Members Nobody but me...

Instruments G&L electric guitar, Yamaha acoustic/electric, Kurzweil K2000 synth, Roland GI-10 Guitar-to-MIDI converter w/ G-2KA Hex Pickup, Sequential Circuits Pro-1 synth, Line 6 POD Guitar Processor, Boss Loop Station Pedal, Boss BR-8 digital recorder, iMac DV computer

Location Portland, Oregon - USA

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