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I remember hearing Bobby McFerrin singing "Spain", with Chick Corea on DX7 "Rhodes". That was really nice. Brian Eno did some great stuff with DX7´s, too. Sorry I can´t be more specific, maybe somebody else can... /J nas

Well, not as well as I´d like to! Luckily, I´ve been able to patch it all together so far. All the bands do not work all the time, but I do work a 7-day week. Right now, I´m on my way to a slick cocktail gig at www.grythyttan.com... see you after the weekend! /J

Alright, here goes... I´m a 25-year-old guy from Stockholm, Sweden. I try to keep myself busy, and I´m a big fan of most kinds of music. Realising I WILL forget somebody important, I´ll try to list some of my current musical favorites: Donny Hathaway, Joni Mitchell, Joe Zawinul, Elis Regina, Jimi Hendrix, Emmylou Harris, Elton John, Lyle Mays, Foo Fighters, Al Green, John Coltrane, Brian Eno, Ivan Lins, Janet Jackson, D´angelo, Prince, Stevie Wonder, Wayne Shorter, Neil Young, Tom Waits, Faces, Stones, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Bruce Hornsby, Jon Hassell, Larry Young, Bill Frisell... ah, the list just goes on... I could do this all day. My musical career started the way it does for many kids in Sweden; with the occarina in third grade. The occarinas are loaners, so you´re actually supposed to return them. I was not allowed to, since "my" occarina had bite marks... As a kid, I was really into Prince and Stevie Wonder, but it was after hearing Elton John´s "Tiny Dancer" that I started playing the piano by ear. This was at age fifteen, in eight grade. I did not take any formal lessons until I was 21, so I guess i´m kind of self-taught. In ninth grade I was asked whether I wanted to join the school band, since I claimed I could play the piano. This became my first band, with a setup of piano, bass, guitar, drums and a vocalist. At this point, I also started learning music harmony by borrowing the guitar player´s home assignment. At this time, I was introduced to four albums that would change my life; the Pat Metheny Group´s white album, Chick Corea´s "Return to forever", Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays´"As Falls Whichita, So Falls, Whichita Falls" and Keith Jarret´s "Köln Concert". I learned to whistle almost everything on those albums, and doing that was a real workout for my ears. After high school and the compulsory military stint I studied music full time for two years, and got increasingly obsessed with music. I was getting a lot of connections, and suddenly I was making money from playing music. Unfortunately I damaged my ears in the military, leading to constant ringing in both ears (luckily, the frequencies shift so that there is no constant pitch!), and lately I´ve been rearranging my career plans. Now I´m studying full time at the university, currently writing an essay on film music. I´ve also been returning to my soul roots; when I heard D´angelo´s "Voodoo", I realised I have to do it right. You can´t fake the funk, or your nose will grow! Musically, I play with two gospel choirs, a house band, a rock band, a heavy Texas blues band, a free-form electronic duo project, a Moroccan Raï band and lots more I can´t come to think of right now. Except for the freelance work I am steady in thirteen or fourteen bands. I´ve also worked with cabarets, written film music and done a couple of other things. As you may have understood, I´m not the greatest student of all times... As for the paraphernelia department, my rig consists of the following; (Please bear in mind that I´m not associated with any company. I buy and use whatever I want.) Rhodes mark II 1980, which I run through a 1978 Small Stone Phaser and a Hughes & Kettner tubesphere. I also have a Moogerfooger lowpass filter, a Vox wah-wah and an old Ibanez flanger. Weinbach upright acoustic piano from the late 70´s Oberheim OB-Xa Roland A-50 midi master keyboard Nord Electro 61 Nord Electro Rack Nord Lead 3 (bought it 2 days ago!!!) Korg Triton rack Mac G4 w. DIGI 001 interface and Pro Tools LE I plan on expanding my rig with an old school organ (think Neil Young!), a Line6 delay modeller pro, and an Alesis Andromeda. I wish I also could afford a SidStation, a Kaoss pad, a Motion Sound leslie setup, a couple of good mics and a Wurlitzer... I´m looking forward to many good threads; I´ve learned a lot and saved huge amounts of time by using this forum. If you need anything in Stockholm, be sure to let me know! /J nas