- Sex:
- Male
- Location:
- Houston, Tx
- Current Setup:
- german factory flat back 3/4, 6 & 7 string ergo basses, 4 string acoustic BG
- Influences and Teachers:
- Cy Twombly, Thomas Bernhard, Joseph Beuys, Dannie Richmond, Peter Kowald, Richard Serra, Robert Ryman, Brice Marden, Peter Brotzmann, Gunter Christmann, Bill Dixon, Cecil Taylor, Charles Mingus, Motoharu Yoshizawa, Red Mitchell, Morton Feldman, Fred Hopkins, Ingeborg Bachmann, Roman Haubenstock-Ramati, minutemen, Joe Morris, Sigmar Polke, Thomas Lehn, Barry Guy, J.S. Bach, Steve Lacy, John Lindberg, Fred Van Hove, Anselm Kiefer, Octavio Paz, Wilbert de Joode, Knut Hamsun, Gabriel Orozco, Joelle Leandre, Voice Crack, Rebbeca Horn, Paul Celan, Barre Phillips, Antoni Tapies, Jim Garrison, Mark Lombardi, Sacchrinne Trust, Hermann Nitsch, Bruce Conner, Agnes Martin, Richard Tuttle, Harry Miller, Johnny Dyani, Raymond Pettibone, Ed Ruscha, Marilyn Crispell, Lucio Fontana, Mark Dresser, Janis Kounellis, Richard Meier (collage more than architechture), Fernado Grillo, fIREHOSE, Le Roi Jones, Julio Estrada, Kurt Schwitters, Anders Jormin, Eva Hesse, Ludwig Streicher, Franz Simandl, Iancu Dumetrescu, Stefano Scodanibbio, Reggie Workman, Sirone, Bertram Turetzky, Gnther Forg, George Herms, Giancinto Scelsi, Bjorn Ianke, Polwechsel, Gunter Brs, Arild Andersen, Ghada Amer, Sun Ra, Hermann Hemholz, David Holland, Gary Peacock, Alan Sliva, Hans Schnieder, Eva Hesse, Kent Carter, Jmmy Lyons, Schnberg, Barnett Newman, Richard Long, Wolfgang Fuchs, Rauschenberg, Radu Malfatti, Franco Petrrachi, Arnulf Rainer, Georg Grawe, William Parker.
- Other Hobbies & Interests:
- contemporary art
- Available for instruction:
- Texas
- Areas of Instruction::
- Double Bass (Classical), Double Bass (Jazz), Bass Guitar
- Teaching Credentials:
- Damon studied music theory/20th century harmony with his mother (a classically trained pianist/composer). He had initial double bass lessons with Bill Douglass, next with Lisle Ellis for one year, then classical studies with Kristin Zerneg and jazz with Michael Jones. He also had single lessons/attended workshops with; Barre Phillips, Stefano Scodanibbio, John Lindberg, Mark Dresser, Peter Kowald, William Parker, Ken Filiano, Mike Watt, David Holland, Joëlle Léandre, Bertram Turetzky & Others.
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