Bill R
Omaha, NE, United States of America
(GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
http://christianjazz.blogspot.com/2009/08/interview-with-...

Joined June 30, 2007
Active

About Me

My talents include:

• Banjo
• Bass, Electric
• Bass, Upright
• Drums, Electric
• Editing
• Guitar, Rhythm
• Keyboard, Piano
• Keyboard, Synthesizer
• Mixing
• Percussion

 I like to create moods, experiment with sounds, rhythms, textures...and a big fan of just hitting the record button and hearing what comes up...a lot of it may be throw away but there may be a tidbit of something magical that can spark an idea. 

Lots of influences, here are just a few that come to mind:

Brian Eno, Patrick O'Hearn, Mark Isham, George Duke, Thomas Dolby, Pink Floyd, David Helpling, Jan Hammer/Jeff Beck, Pat Metheny/Lyle Mays, Yes, Kansas, UK, Stanley Clark, Phil Keaggy, Steely Dan, Eric Johnson, Jean-Luc Ponty, Rush, Peter Maunu, Bela Fleck, Zappa.

My Gear:

Acoustic Guitar (Academy)

Banjo (Hondo II 'Entry Level')

Electric Guitar (Squire Strat)

Roland Edirol 09-HR

Korg Pad Kontrol

M-Audio Keyboard

DAW : Reaper

Toshiba laptop with multitudes of VST software (free and otherwise).

 

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Favorite quote:

'People are getting meaner and dumber by the minute'

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I liked this encouraging thought when I read it:

   The smallest light can pierce the darkest room. Hope dispels despair. Confidence builds strength. "You can do it" beats "you'll never amount to anything."

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  Scripture for thought:

  Job 19:24-25 “For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth. And after my skin has been thus destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God.”