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CrowfeatheR's influences are; Guitar:Juliana Hatfield, Jeff Martin(TEA PARTY), Dave Navarro(Panic Channell, Janes Adiction),Zakk Wylde (Ozzy), Sony Mayo (Seven Dust),Les Paul, ALAN HOLDSWORTH, Steve Howe (Yes)
Bass: John Taylor (Duran Duran), DUG Pinnick (King's-X),Chris Squire (Yes),Bootsy Collins, James Jamerson.
Vocal: Jeff Buckley, Billy Idol, Chris Cornell (Audioslave, Sound Garden), Jim Morrison (The Doors), Jeff Martin (Tea Party),Scooter Ward(November Falls, Cold), Ian Astbury (The Cult), Scott Stapp (Creed) Keyboards: Rick Wakeman (Yes), Laurence Tolhurst (The Cure)
Drums/ percussion: Lars Ulrich (Metalica), Sam McCandless (Cold)
Programming: Trent Reznor (NIN)
I cut my musical teeth in my early years being influenced by the great progressive bands of he 1970's and 1980's like Yes and Rush. Lately my musical tastes have been heavier and I think for my tasteToolis the best band actively together.
Sounds Like
Halo Guitars
Pigtronix Effects Pedals
Mangan FusionMatched guitar strings

Vocally;
Peter Murphy(Bauhaus)
Jeff Martin (The Tea Party)
Jeff Buckley(R.I.P)
Chris Cornell (Audio Slave, Sound Garden)
Chris Daughtry (Daughtry)
Lajon Witherspoon (Seven Dust)
Billy Idol
Ian Astbury (the Cult, The Doors)
Jim Morrison (The Doors)
Robert Smith(The Cure)
Sean Morgan (Seether)


Guitar;
Juliana Hatfield
Dave Navaro (The Panic Channell, Jane's Addiction, Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Steve Howe (YES, GTR, ASIA)
ALAN HOLDSWORTH
John Petrucci (Dream Theater)
Joe Satriani
John 5 (Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson)
Zakk Wylde (ozzy, Black Label Society)
Les Paul

Musically;
Audio Slave
The Cult
The Tea Party
ZZ Top
Incubus
Billy Idol
The Cure
Sevendust
Nickel Back
Daughtry
Muse
Seether
Disturbed

Imagine smooth, subtle, seamless transitions from jazz influenced chord structures to riff rock set to a familiar contemporary rock feel with catchy sing song, powerpop, vocal hooks and melodies. Guitar: this is heavily Jazz influenced, with melodic and shred metal tidbits here and there when called for. To get me out of Jazz mode I have to use alternate tunings. "CrowfeatheR" on the guitar is a nuclear-jazz guitarist with a sonic chameleon and multiple personality disorder complex. Every section of every song must have its own sonic principal and style that suits the feel of the music. My favorite guitar sound is from a HALO guitar and an EMG pickup. My primary instrument in the past has been the electric Bass. My greatest influences growing up were John Taylor (Duran Duran), James Jamerson, Bootzilla (that's Bootsy Collins to you), Muzz Skillins (living Color), Doug Pinnick (Kings-X, Pound hound), Chris Squire (YES) and of course Geddy Lee (Rush). Although I have the technical ability for endless masturbatory riffing and blazing runs faster than any guitar player could ever do using a pick, using my "cross finger picking" technique, I chose not to include too much of that in my popular music. I have put most of that behind me and I am trying to loose my musical ego. I am more worried about how things sound other than playing stuff no one else can. My favorite Bass tone is my custom made Bass through a bright, tube preamp with new sparkling Curt Mangan light stainless strings, mmmm, warm, punchy and crunchy. My percussion tracks are a Combination of live drums and percussion and digitally sampled or electronic, drum programming. My favorite drummers are too many to list , but include Morgan Rose (Seven Dust), Danny Carey (TOOL), Sam Mcandless (COLD), Jerry Gaskill (Kings-X) and the creator of the modern drumming style, Neil Peart (Rush). I prefer the sound of Mahogany drum shells, ported bass drum heads, a hard beater and a beater patch.



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Did I mention Alice in Chains totally ripped him off? Soundgarden too!

I WAS THE BEST

fuck all other lists

If my life was a movie, what soundtrack would it have?


Opening Credits
Grace-Jeff Buckley

Waking Up
Such Great Heights- Iron And Wine

First Day At College
Renegades of Funk- Rage Against the Machine

Falling In Love
Free me -Foo Fighters

Losing Virginity
Here We Go Again- Paramore

Fighting
Come Clarity- In Flames

Breaking Up
Slowly, through a vector- Say Anything

Prom
The End- In Fear and Faith

Life
Walking After You- Foo Fighters

Depression
This Mess- Hundred Reasons
(Very Fitting!)

Driving
To all new arrivals- Faithless

Partying
Never Wake Up- Sum 4

Happy Dance
Inaction-We Are Scientists

You & Friends
Desperate Times- Killswitch Engage

Betrayal
Shape of My Heart- Sting

Regretting
Driftwood- Travis

Long Night Alone
Dashboard- Modest Mouse

Flashback
Its your lIfe- Goldfinger

Getting Back Together
Almost Here- The Academy Is

Wedding
Wake Up- Arcade Fire

Honeymoon
Angels With Dirty Faces- Sum 41
(Very Depressing)

Birth of Child
Chase this Light- Jimmy Eat World

Losing Someone Dear
Militance Prom- Idiot Pilot

Final Battle
My Resurection- Il Nino

Death
The Best Deceptions- Dashboard Confessional

Funeral
The Undertakers Thirst For Revenge- Chiodos

Final Credits
A Minor Detail- Hidden in Plain View

Originally published in Epigram.



With each year that passes, it becomes harder and harder to distinguish between Bob Dylan's rasp and that of say, Tom Waits or Louis Armstrong. And so it seems only natural that he lend this to an album full of Christmas classics such as 'Winter Wonderland' and 'Little Drummer Boy'. In fact, knowing Dylan and his chameleon-like personality, it would have been a downright waste not to record this album at this point, as he'll probably be singing with the buttery smooth stylings of Jeff Buckley come next year.

Unlike other periods in Dylan's history, such as the moment he went electric on 'Bringing It All Back Home' or his born-again Christian years with 'Saved' and 'Shot of Love', this is not an album which needs context in order to be appreciated. This album would sit more happily on the Christmas music shelf at Sainsbury's than amongst the majority of Dylan's discography. That's not to say it belongs in a place where the most artistic creation on show is the latest chronicle of Katie Price's biography, just that this is most certainly a Christmas album, and does not necessarily bring anything new to the immense palette Dylan has presented us with over the years.

With the American tradition rooted so heavily in religion, it's no surprise that so many folk musicians have taken on some of the season's classic songs. Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst, an atheist who references Christianity a lot in his music, released 'A Christmas Album' back in 2002. "I went to a Catholic school, that kind of thing, so that was my childhood for sure. And not that I’m an expert on all these religions, but all the other major religions just fall a little flat in their narrowmindedness. I feel like there’s something much more basic than what all these people are worried about. And dogma and all that stuff, to me it’s anti- whatever I would consider god-like. Which is, I think, a connectedness and an all-encompassing sort of love for things." Oberst's beliefs are evident on the album which - whilst remaining reasonably true to the originals - exists for those who wish to participate in the Christmas traditions our modern culture insists are necessary, without having to listen to any Wham! songs. "You'll be doing alright with your Christmas of white, but I'll have a blue, blue, blue, blue Christmas."

And then there's Sufjan Stevens, a deeply religious anti-consumerist, who admits, "Sometimes, I don't even celebrate Christmas." Stevens began experimenting with Christmas songs in 2001 and has released eight EPs to date. "It's a sacred form and yet it's also incredibly annoying and profane because it's the soundtrack in shopping malls across the country." Amongst 'O Holy Night', and 'Jingle Bells', Stevens has original songs like 'Did I Make You Cry on Christmas Day? (Well, You Deserved It!)' ("Did I make you cry, like every other day?") and 'That Was the Worst Christmas Ever!', which put a refreshing spin on a subject which is so often assumed to be synonymous with goodwill and compassion, "Our Father yells, throwing the gifts in the wood stove, wood stove."

Whilst Dylan's intentions might not be as true as Oberst or Stevens' - the subject of this album being a tenuous link to its main purpose of raising money for Feeding America - if you buy into the shopping mall/Hollywood soundtrack version of this "celebration of mankind" we like to call Christmas, this album will easily receive some heavy rotation come Christmas day.

Opening Credits
Ennio Morricone - The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
HELL YEAH!!! This is EPIC!


Waking Up
Pink Floyd - High Hopes
Great song for waking up and then, when David Gilmour's guitar solo kicks in... THIS must be a great day! =)


First Day At College
Bob Dylan - 4th Time Around
Yeah the other three times I was visiting the young and attractive female professor, if you know what I mean, harrharr.


Falling In Love
Joshua Radin - What If You
Really beautiful song. It's a break-up song though. Maybe she's falling in love with me but I'm not with her.
Like he sings:

"So, for tonight
I'll stay here with you
Yes, for tonight
I'll lay here with you

But when the sun
Hits your eyes
Through your window
There'll be nothing you can do"

I'm such a bad guy! :D


Losing Virginity
Jack Johnson - Cocoon
She is losing virginity and I'm the one who breaks her cocoon. Oh what a metaphor! ;)


Fighting
Eddie Vedder - Long Nights
I'll not use "fight" as the common term of "combat", more like "struggle". Maybe I'm struggling with not knowing who I am, where I belong, etc.


Breaking Up
Blackfield - Open Mind
Is it that I'm too open minded that she breaks up with me?!


Prom
Robbie Williams - Feel
Wow, this is a beautiful song! I could imagine dancing with a gorgeous girl to this song.


Life
The xx - Fantasy
Erm, my life is just a fantasy?


Depression
Bright Eyes - The Movement Of A Hand
Maybe I'm depressed 'cause I couldn't understand the movement of a hand.


Driving
Death Cab for Cutie - Bixby Canyon Bridge
I'm listening to this song while driving on an early winter's day.


Partying
The Doors - Soul Kitchen
Not the party song that I had expected, but yeah, nice though.


Happy Dance
Pink Floyd - Bike
Yeah, I'd love to dance to this song! It'd be ridiculous and funny.


You & Friends
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Red House
Me & friends making a jam session and listening to this song to get inspired by.


Betrayal
Tenacious D - Fuck Her Gently
I'm so sorry honey! It was just that girl I've seen on the streets, you know, she was so drop-dead gorgeous and I, I just couldn't resist.


Regretting
Jack Johnson - Times Like These
I miss times like these, where everything was so perfect and these times were only with you. So please, don't leave me!


Long Night Alone
Jack Johnson - Enemy
You might think I'm your enemy, but that don't make you mine.


Flashback
Bright Eyes - Arc of Time (Time Code)
Would fit nicely as a flashback song.


Getting Back Together
Coldplay - Swallowed By The Sea
Cute and tearful reunion. Very moving.


Wedding
Bon Iver - Flume
GREAT! I love it. Memo to myself: This song should be played on my wedding.


Honeymoon
Yann Tiersen - Comptine d'un Autre Été L'Après Midi
Beautiful!


Birth of Child
Iron & Wine - Carousel
Nice song for one of the best moments that life offers: The birth of a child.


Losing Someone Dear
Weezer - The Damage In Your Heart
Man, it fits so perfectly.


Final Battle
E.S. Posthumus - Ebla
An epic battle this will be.


Death
Ólafur Arnalds - Fok
I didn't expect that Ólafur Arnalds would be the last thing I'd hear.
I'm sure I'll die peacefully and with a happy smile after listening to Fok.


Funeral
Mono - Pure As Snow (Trails Of The Winter Storm)
Really beautiful. The funeral will be very moving.


Final Credits
Ludovico Einaudi - Yerevan II
Sad ending credits. Could imagine half of the people are crying while leaving the theatres.


I'm a bit disappointed that there was no Muse, Radiohead or Jeff Buckley.


So here's how you do it:
- Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc.)
- Put it on shuffle
- Press play
- For every question, type the song that's playing
- When you go to a new question, press the next button
- No cheating!

RachyRach's top albums (overall)
1. Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan: The Collection (62) 2. The Clash - Sandinista! (54) 3. Lou Reed - Transformer (49) 4. The Smiths - Louder Than Bombs (45) 5. Chet Baker - The Best Of Chet Baker Sings (44) 6. The Clash - London Calling (44) 7. The Kinks - Something Else By The Kinks (42) 8. The Beatles - White Album (42) 9. Joy Division - Substance (42) 10. Feist - Let It Die (41) 11. Jeff Buckley - Grace (41) 12. The Velvet Underground - Loaded (39) 13. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead (38) 14. The Sonics - Psycho-Sonic (37) 15. The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle (37) 16. Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk (37) 17. Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire - Oh! The Grandeur (36) 18. Pixies - Doolittle (35) 19. The Jam - All Mod Cons (34) 20. Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime (33)