FreeRadical

Description:

Screen Name:

FreeRadical

Sex:

M

Age:

47

Studio Musician:

Yes

Level Of Commitment:

Very Committed

Years Playing Music:

30

Gigs Played:

Over 100

Tend to Practice:

2-3 times per week

Available to Gig:

6-7 time(s) per week

Most available:

Nights

Likes to play music well-prepared and -cooked.
Alphabetized: Afro-beat (esp. Mbalax), Classical (from Bach to Wagner), "Symphonic Rock" (a.k.a. Prog), Franco-Caribbean (Kompa/Zouk), Funk, R & B and Soul.
Keyboards: Piano, Organ, Synthesizer
Vocals: Background unisons and harmonies, mainly.
Lived in New York for 9-years, currently residing near Hartford, Connecticut (sometimes commutes to the City for professional activities)
Favorite Musical Subjects: Music Theory, Counterpoint & History; his favorite "classical" composers are Richard Strauss and Gabriel Fauré
Member ASCAP
Recording Debut: Ramsey Lewis, "Les Fleurs" (1983)
Favorite Touring Bands: Magnum Band; Mizik Mizik
First Piece: "Perpetual Space" (for his high school jazz big band)
Recent Works: "Parasites Lost" (chamber orchestra); "Interchanges" (solo harp); "Tension, Detention" (Viola/Cello duo); "Global Eyes" (bossa); "Cool People" (fusion); "The Sky Ain't the Limit" (kompa)
Has over thirty years of music-related experience ("mostly at night")
Excellent sight-reader of both charts and notated scores.
Competent with Sibelius (music notation software)
Languages: English, French (fluent), Kreyol (fluent), Spanish (a little), German (very little), Dinka (even less).
Favorite Non-Musical Subjects: Objectivism; railroads; 19th century fiction; Star Trek ("fascinating")

Influences:

J. S. Bach, G. Faure, W. Mozart, S. Rachmaninoff, R. Wagner; EW&F, ELP, Magnum Band, Mizik Mizik, Moody Blues, Stevie Wonder, Youssou N'Dour, Seal, Tower of Power, Xalam, Yes; Aristotle, Ayn Rand.

"ROCK 'N SOUL, FUNK 'N ROLL"

Equipment List:

Yamaha Digital Piano; Hammond XK-2; Alesis Micron; vocal cords work for background harmony; baritone (+ some "head-voice," or falsetto, alto/tenor that) -- good ears.

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