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My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Location | Sydney, Australia, Australia |
| Introduction | I am a very dedicated songwriter/producer/bandleader/composer. I have a very expansive and big vision for what I want to achieve in my music. I want to incorporate all my influences not only in my recorded output but also in a live setting. I really want to build a network of people who I value and can trust in order to bring my vision to life. I believe in the idea of a community helping each other to bring a goal to fruition. I want to grow alongside these people over my career as a musician. Much in the same way Chris Guest works with the same crew and cast on most of his films. |
| Interests | Creating and playing music. I have a deep admiration for anyone who expresses themselves with conviction and without pretense whether it be as a FIlmmaker, Musician, Painter, Skater etc. As a result the things that influence me and get me going in the morning range from the Photography of Glen Friedman to Bergman's films and to the music of Arvo Part. I really value conversations with people who have a desire to express their point of view and also anyone who can make me laugh. Unfortunately I haven't had to many of those in my short life but hopefully the future will create these memories. I really value going out and having a really good dance. Whether it be to soul/funk. hip hp, drum and bass, jungle, electro etc. For me it is just as enjoyable as writing my own or listening to music. In fact it is arguably more enjoyable because I am essentially submitting all my energy and leaving my mind behind so I kind lose myself in the beat or atmosphere of a particular night. I don't do drugs, I don't drink and I don't smoke. And I have absolutely no desire to these things. I barely eat meat as well. All of these decisions are not based on any ethical (except the drugs) but rather I really think they are a waste of time and frankly never got any real enjoyment or pleasure out of them. I think if you need a chemical or a substance to enjoy a piece of music, film or enhance what this rich world can already offer you than I feel you are missing out. If you want to expand your mind read a book, get into a style of music you never heard before, travel, meet someone etc. The list goes on. Whilst I am a novice in this area I do enjoy reading. I have grown up (and still do) read a lot of non fiction material. From lengthy articles/essays, Books on Directors/Authors/Poets/Culture etc. But I am enjoying reading a more and more fiction which is a great thing. |
| Favorite Movies | I love these directors: Antonioni, Mizoguchi, Rossellini, Pasolini, Ettore Scola, Fellini, Almodovar, Guru Dutt, Hitchcock, Victor Erice, Visconti, John Cassavetes, Martin Scorcese, Woody Allen. David Lynch, P.T Anderson, J. Huston, Sam Peckinpah, S. Lumet, Kazan, Fassbinder, Bob Altman, Billy Wilder, Edward Yang, Kubrick, Federico Fellini, Sidney Lumet, Wong Kar Wai, Bergman, Dreyer, Tarkovsky, Bela Tarr, Kurosawa, Ophuls, Sirk, Ken Loach, Robert Bresson, C. Kaufman, Ophuls, Godard, Kieslowski, John Ford, Ozu, Alejandro González Iñárritu, De Sica, Rosselini, Preston Sturges. Favourite TV Shows The Wire, The Shield, Mad Men, Breaking Bad, John Safran Vs God, John Safran's Musical Jamboree, Real Time with Bill Maher, Frasier, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Colbert Report, Bored To Death, Charlie Rose, It's Garry Shandling's Show, Taxi, Summer Heights Heigh, We Can Be Heros, Frisky Dingo, 30 Rock, King of Queens, Generation Kill, Anything by Dennis Potter, The Corner, OZ, Curb your Enthusiasm, The Simpsons, Arrested Development, Sealab, Seinfeld, The Office (uk/us), Extras, South Park, Six Feet Under, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Deadwood, Rescue Me, The Boondocks, Generation Kill, Larry Sanders Show. Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations. |
| Favorite Music | i love everything from great pop, kraut rock, ambient music, folk, punk, jazz, hip hop, soul, funk, classical (including indian, modern, electronically influenced) dubstep, metal. electronica, new wave, world, avant garde (this includes metal, jazz electronica etc). I love music it is such an amazing and beautiful world to sink yourself deeper in. There is always something new and intriguing that you have yet to listen to. Whether it be old or new. |
| Favorite Books | I will divide these up and I have to say this is definitely and ongoing list: Poets: Lyn Hejinian, Lisa Scalipino, Marianne Moore, Langston Hughes, Ezra Pound Novelists: Henry James, Thomas Hardy, Mark Twain, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Dennis Lehane, Frank Ellroy, Virginia Woolf, J. Updike, Albert Camus, Franz Kafka, Zadie Smith, Patricia Grace, Jhumpa Lahiri, Aldous Huxley, Vonnegut, Toni Morrison, Kerouac, Dickens, J. Safron Foer, J. Joyce, Cormac McCarthy Faulkner, Nick Cave, Aldous Huxley, Victor Hugo etc |