With a live and creative incarnation manifested, we will dissolve genre walls by mingling Rock with Dub, Electro, Funk, and dark Ambient and Psychedelic music to simply make music. Pure, quenching music, unwavering in the face of a browbeating industry obsessed with classification.
Or somethin' like that. If you agree with the paragraph above, keep reading:
I'd like to hook up with people that are down to make and record music to eventually perform live once all the pieces are into place. I'm looking for a project that's reasonably free of genre restriction. I've been in bands that are fairly specific in their sounds, but I need to voice something different. The common argument against a band that plays outside of conventional boundaries is that the masses can't get familiar with a sound that constantly changes. I feel that if the right pieces are together, a band can have their "sound" and create hook-laden songs while mixing up genres and/or reinventing themselves whenever they see fit. Too many musicians follow the current trend, ultimately leaving them behind the times by half a step. And they wonder why they're through in a few years?
My creative inspirations include:
Radiohead,
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club,
Kula Shaker,
Barry Adamson,
The Doors,
Head Automatica,
Faith No More (and everything else Mike Patton),
Portishead,
The Clash,
Nine Inch Nails,
Lee “Scratch” Perry,
Mute Math,
Prince,
The Living End,
UNKLE's "War Stories" album,
MF Doom,
Queen,
Dr. Dre,
Beck,
Gov’t Mule,
Parliament Funkadelic (their music and their versatility),
Yeah Yeah Yeahs,
The Funk Brothers/Motown (most classic soul, really),
Wilco,
VHS or Beta's "Night on Fire" album,
Morphine,
and Pink Floyd.
My bass influences are:
John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin),
Drew Roulette (Dredg),
John Entwistle (The Who),
Flea,
Robert DeLeo (STP),
Allen Woody (Gov't Mule),
Rex Brown (Pantera),
Paul Barker (Ministry),
Tye Zamora (Alien Ant Farm),
Les Claypool,
Jeff Ament (Pearl Jam),
Aston "Family Man" Barrett (The Wailers),
Billy Gould (Faith No More),
Duck Dunn,
and James Jamerson.
No shortage of bass equipment or experience, I also have a theremin, and started writing on piano recently, as well. Plus, I can make beats.
I just thought I'd throw everything out there so as to speed up the process. Hope to hear from you soon. Take care.
- Michael Pratt