52 yr old singer/songwriter/musician/audio engineer
Guitar is primary instrument. Bass, sequenced keyboards, program drums
Pro Tools 10, Logic 9 & X, Cubase 7, Studio One, EWQL symphonic choirs, EWQL Platinum Orchestra, Kontak 4, CineOrch, Miroslav Philharmonik Orchestra, Ozone 5, Ez Keys, Ez Drummer, Superior Drummer
i7 2.3 Mac Mini 16 gb ram, Presonus 22vsl interface, Presonus ES-5 monitors, Blackstar guitar studio amp, Blue Spark Condensor Mic, Sm57, MXL 144, Autura midi controller
Tarja's ACT One live DVD, Xandria, Nightwish & all the symphonic rock I can find.
Early Ones: Rush albums 1-7, Pink Floyd The Wall, Dark Side, Animals, Wish You Were Hear. The Who-Quadrophenia
Recent albums: Tarja-What Lies Beneath, Blind Guardian-Nightfall in Middle Earth, Within Temptation-Black Symphony
Early influences: Rush, Sabbath, Foghat, Pink Floyd, Bad Company & on & on
Recent Influences: Blind Guardian, Nightwish, Tarja, Within Temptation, Xandria
Me: Honest, feeling-driven, floydish with orchestral rock. I sound like me as my music is essentially the sum of my influences plus what I hear in my head.
I only do music for a living.