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amarok
Self taught musician (50 years and still learning), instrumentalist (I can't/don't/won't sing while playing). Favorite music is usually stuff most people have never heard of, or find difficult to play or sometimes listen to. I love a good melody, but avant-garde & experimental works for me also.
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- Messages
- 1
- Reaction score
- 1
- Birthday
- Sep 21, 1960 (Age: 65)
- Location
- Wayne, NJ
- Gender
- Male
- Current Setup
- NS CR5M EUB, Crate 600W amp, various keyboards & rack synths, Moog Etherwave Theremin, Octave & Standard acoustic mandolins, JBovier EM4 electric mandolin, recorders (Blockenflüt) of various sizes, xylophone, sundry percussion, guitars I can't play, other strange but useful instruments too numerous to mention
- Occupation
- Musician, Graphic Artist
- Favorite Genres
- Progressive rock, Trad. British Isles dance tunes, 1920's-30's popular tunes
- Gigs and Ensembles
- Occasional local pub gigs playing 70's-90's pop & folk/rock. Not my favorite music, but good fun to play out with friends. Currently developing an old-time jazz ensemble.
- G.A.S. List
- Chapman Stick Grand (Rosewood), Harpejii
- Influences and Teachers
- Non-Bass: Mike Oldfield, Glenn Phillips, Bill Nelson, Martin Carthy, Richard Thompson, Robert Fripp
Bass: Tony Levin, Bill Laswell, Gerald Carboy, Bill Rea
- Hobbies and Interests
- 3D modeling & animation. FM radio programmer & host. Graphic Artist, working for a sign company by day in order to play music the rest of the time. I love the ocean/sailing, & travel (but never on cruise ships), and concertizing.