What is your role with The Shards?
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To see how long it takes me to piss off one or more of the other 4 guys on any given evening. I think I'm good at it, but you'll need to ask them.
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Where are you from?
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My family walked out of Africa about 140,000 years ago.
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How long have you been playing bass, and what other instruments do you/can you play?
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When I started playing bass… Jimi, Janice and Jim were still alive.
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Who are your musical influences?
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Gabriel, Pink Floyd, Bowie, Zappa, BB, Lennon, Reed & Sinatra
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Who is your favorite guitarist
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Gilmore, Zappa & Kurt Cobain...All 3
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...bassist?
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Flea
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...synth?
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Emerson
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...keyboard?
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Vladimir Horowitz
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...drummer?
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Neil Pert & Billie Cobham
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...cellist?
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Yoyo Ma
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...violin?
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Isaac Stern & Jean Luc Ponte...I can't pick one over the other
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...singer?
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Gabriel, Bowie & Sinatra...I can't pick one over the others.
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What’s currently in your CD player?
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Ryan Adams, The Strokes, Radiohead's OK Computer, Dark Side of the Moon
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If you were stuck on a desert island and could bring 6 CD’s what would they be?
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1. Dark Side of the Moon - Floyd
2. Ziggy Stardust – Bowie
3. The Lamb Lies down on Broadway - (the real) Genesis
4. Quadraphinia - The Who
5. In Utero – Nirvana
6. 10 - Pearl Jam
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What type of gear do you use?
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Bass. Fender Jazz, Warwick Corvette Fretless, Schecter Stiletto 5 string
Power: Trace Elliot 250
Effects: Digitech bass signal processor
To push air with: Peavey 4-10's and Peavey Black Widow
Sing With: Shure M58 mics & Digitech vocal processor
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What’s your favorite piece of gear? (or most useful etc).
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Most useful: Fender Jazz Bass
Favorite: Warwick Fretless
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What’s the funniest thing that ever happened to you while playing before a live audience?
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The band had to stop playing so we could watch two beautiful lesbians go at each other at the bar.
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What do you like to do besides play music?
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Designing and creating exciting & delicious pastries.
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What do you love to do most?
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Depending on my mood, write and play music.
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What do you like to do least?
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Depending on my mood, write and play music.
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What’s your favorite color?
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Yellow
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What is your favorite food?
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Anything Mexican.
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Describe the perfect gig.
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Giving the audience what they want.
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What do you like most about playing with The Shards
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Why do you assume I like it?....I may simply be paying a Karmic debt from bands long gone.
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James Lipton Questions...
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What is your favorite word?
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"Fuck", because it's over-used
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What is your least favorite word?
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"Genius", because it's over-used
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What turns you on or what is your favorite thing?
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A kid smiling.
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What turns you off?
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Self righteous jib jab.
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What sound or noise do you love?
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The ringing in my ears after a great gig.
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What sound or noise do you hate?
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Nails on a blackboard or Hillary Clinton's voice...oops same thing
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What is your favorite curse word?
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"Gosh-darn-it"
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What professions (other than music) would you like to attempt?
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Forest Ranger or the guy that drives the Starship Enterprise
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What profession would you not like to do?
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Toll Collector
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If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive?
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"Alright, I'll let you come in anyway..."
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