Multi-instrumentalist

Up For Anything.
Any style ... any situation ... any language ... any tempo ...

 

Location

Santa Barbara, California

 

Preferences
sometimes contradictory

recording over gigging

refinement over roots

reduction over construction

hooks over lyrics

harmony over melody

texture over volume

arrangements over free-for-alls

 

Arsenal
competence varies

acoustic, electoacoustic and electronic keyboards
guitars and basses
pedal steel
ukulele
theremin
trombone, trumpet, mellophone, bass clarinet, viola, flute
harmony vocals
vibraphones
drums, gongs and bells
analogue and digital recorders
processors

 

Tastes
incomplete list

Arcane Device
Hafler Trio
Oval
Glenn Branca
Carl Stone
Paul Schutze
Robert Ashley
Alvin Lucier
Henry Brant
Meredith Monk
Morton Feldman
Northeasten Thai folk music
Philip Glass
Steve Reich
Wim Meterns
Michael Nyman
Brian Eno
Robert Fripp
Brahms
Beethoven

Tangerine Dream (1980s)
early Genesis
Mike Oldfield
Tortoise
Woo
Low
Calexico
Jane Siberry
The Magnetic Fields
The Divine Comedy
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
Lambchop
High Llamas
Brian Wilson
Tony Hatch
The Corporation
Esquivel
Andre Popp
Ennio Morricone
Raymond Scott
Frank Zappa

Soda Stereo
Free Night
David Tao
Steeleye Span
Grapes of Wrath
Elliott Smith
Jason Falkner
Jellyfish
Beatles
Unicorn
Eraserheads
Tamio Okuda
Puffy
Shoko Suzuki
Mr. Children
Spitz
Yano
Lä-Ppisch
Fishbone
Hanson
Abba


Fantasy Projects

Wasted With
the Tom Lehrer instrumental cover band

Gut Vibasskins
Elegies and laments for drumset, electric bass, vibes, and cello.

Exclamation Point Instrument Performance Practice
Classical scores (Dufay masses, Bach fugues, Beethoven quartets, Mozart arias, Brahms symphonies) faithfully transcribed for multiple electronic keyboards and other amplified instruments.

Foreign-Pop-Group Cover Band
Sings in eight different languages and understands none of the lyrics except whatever the word for "love" is.

Eternal Halftime
Ambulent Ambient Music For Sousaphones

Isla Vista Guitar Circle

 

Contact

dave@limitedsector.com

 

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Last updated on 22 February 2003