Hi My name is Andy and I'm a musician....
Actually in short I am 28, I grew up with piano lessons but stopped taking when I was younger. I have played trombone and other brass since i was 10 (mostly Bass Trombone which I play professionally)and Have had short stints playing guitar, Bass and DJing. I babysit computers for a living.
I always watched my brother (5 years my senior) play keyboards and was envious of his gear, from the CZ101, Poly 800 and D-50 to his current setup which is too much to name. I always was laking in "band" skills so I hung around with his producer friend and learned the console.
Fast forward to the past couple of years I have been writing alot of lyrics and have really been bitten by the composing bug. I found alot of demos of VSTs and Fruity loops and tried my hand at remixing and learning the software. I have made a start into building a Cubase SX based project studio and currently own the following:
PC w/ Cubase SX and Reason
Korg M3R
M-Audio Radium 49
I am also budgeting for expansion into some other gear over the next few months:
Yamaha S90 (see other thread i started)
Korg Wavestation
Spectrasonics atmosphere
Roland D550 (sentimental reasons)
My Influences are all over the place with Enya, NIN, Jan Hammer, Maichael W. Smith, Yes, Rush, Genesis, Glass Hammer, Moby, Oakenfold, Mozart, Acoustic Alchemy, Toto and alot of modern Praise and Worship. Basically I lean heavily toward a more modern progressive sound.
THats me in a nutshell....Oh BTW I don;t Talk Politics or Religion
Andy
Magic Man
