My Music
Flamenco and Flamenco Fusion
My Flamenco, and Flamenco Fusion
My Flamenco, and Flamenco Fusion
No Se Baila (Esta Rumba)
Zephyr
Nuray
"Journey to Santa Fe: An American Odyssey"
-My next ouvre . It is a Music Drama based on my adventures on the way, and in, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
"La Mora" was the theme song I was composing along my cross-country motorcycle trip- Atlanta, New Orleans, Los Angeles, Santa Fe. At the time I was listening to Industrial and starting to learn Flamenco.
Moi, on the way out of Atlanta with Oliver- the beginning of "Journey to Santa Fe; An American Odyssey".
LONG AGO AND FAR AWAY
PsychoActive8- a Rap/Metal band ahead of its time (circa 1988-1991)
Oliver and Andy, the front men of PsychoActive8. Oliver was the main rapper, and Andy rapped and beat-boxed.
Yours truly, wrote most of the music.
(story coming soon)
Cem Özkan, from Istanbul, Turkey, was a fellow marauder. He helped arrange, record, and came up with several of the themes....he was , and is still, a great friend!
In Istanbul he is a well-known singer, composer, and producer
His Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cem.ozkan.509
Dies Irae, The Rakes, and Poison (not that other band) spanned from late 70's to mid 80's.
Drummers came and went, but the core remained:
Moi, Gerard- lead vocals and guitar
Paul- Keyboards and vocals
John Mark- bass
The three of us met at the University of Georgia music school. A lot of stories, for another time.
The Early Atlanta Years
(1977-1980)
Being in a Rock Band is like being part of a Viking raiding party- always in search of inspiration, plunder and booty. It never get's old. Unfortunately, we do.
The photo above is a recent John Mark, still playing the bass in the Atlanta area under the name of "Cousin Chickens" (He has a Face Book page). In the Poison Photo above, he's the second from the left- with the smirk on his face
Special note: The female backup voice you hear on Headhunter, Rich Kid's Reggae, and Don't Call Me was my then-girlfriend/partner-in-crime, then wife, then x, Carrie Springer.
My Classical Guitar Senior Recital
BFA
Classical Guitar Performance
University of Georgia, Athens, 1976
You cannot help but notice the poor quality of the recording...hard to believe that that reel-to-reel aged far worse than the cheap cassettes the band music was transferred to.
Furthermore, the Zambra Granadina, by Albéniz, was almost entirely deleted because the recording "engineer" was evidently asleep at the controls and didn't notice the tape had run out ...
My Bubble Gum
(a ludicrous episode)
Sometimes I look back and I just have to ask myself.....what was I thinking?
For "The End of the World" I had envisioned a video featuring a huge old white bearded GOD in diapers with a potbelly hurling lighting bolts and rocks down at a terrified multitude while a chorus line of Nuns dance a Can-Can singing : "it's almost, it's almost time...For the End of the World", and a procession of Satyrs wail on their kazoos...
The beginning of the mischief ...
