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| PushWater |
8 2007 PushWater
| Forget what you have seen on the rest of the PushWater site, this is by far the best page. For those who have made it this far, I offer you the distinct privilege of reading my bio. So sit back, Get groovy, and lets go for a cosmic ride of skreedom . |
I Started my musical journey a humble grade school drum major in my
school band. Yes, you heard right, my middle school band. That would
be the 4th grade. You see, when I was but a lad, when you went to
school you had the option to join the school orchestra and play a whole
range of instruments. From woodwinds to reed instruments, to
xylophones and horns. Even string instruments like the guitar or violin.
We had much more options than just the recorder and shitty high
school marching band. (No offence to any readers currently in a shitty
high school marching band.) Any who, after accomplishing all one can in
the public school systems offerings of musical knowledge, I found I
had a natural understanding for music and rhythm. At the age of 12
my grandpa got me my first guitar, a cheap "as seen on TV" acoustic.
But to me it was the greatest guitar on the planet. Within a few
weeks I had taught myself a few chords by placing my fingers in
different places on the fret board until I had found something that
sounded like a note. I had no clue what the names and all the technical
jargon was, but over the extended period of about 6 months, playing
every day, I had taught myself 99% of the guitar. It wasn't until 13
years later that I learned what the name of the chords I was playing,
and the names of the notes in the scales were. So for most of my life
i was playing completely self taught and by ear. Once the knowledge
was told to me, My full cosmic power was unleashed :) . Now,
throughout all of those years, i found myself wandering aimlessly
from one musical influence to another. I was always fortunate enough
to be around many musicians who where all from different genres of
music. From Ska to blues, to death metal and folk. And every thing in
between. I was able to pickup on what I liked from each genre
without conforming to just one style of musical kung-fu. This is
probably how i formed my unique style of playing. My musical soul has
a much bigger pallet to paint from. I also maintained my drumming and
picked up on many other instruments in my travels, including, but not
limited to; bass, violin, piano, mandolin, dulcimer, bagpipe, and many
percussion instruments. Around 3 and 1/2 years ago, circa 2004, I
got my oil changed by a very strange little man by the name of
Christopher Gill. While he worked on my car, he used the Force and
was able to determine that i was a fellow musician. We set up a
secret meeting to discus the formation of an all powerful band of
which the likes have never been seen. And the domination continues on
to this very moment. Even as you read this, we are creating new
alchemical conjurations of our musical ingredients.
Eat them at your own risk!