Likes: Forests, open sky, cloud shapes, landscapes, creativity, originality, honesty, diversity, film and music collecting, reading, cooking, photography, multicultural city life, open and curious minds, bike rides, people watching, irony, humor, heritage architecture, antiques, being left-handed, musical instruments, writing and recording original music, good beer, salt and vinegar potato chips, UFO research, star gazing, creative writing, my Canadian homeland, liking too many things to properly list. 

Dislikes: Politics. Liars, racism, discrimination, willfully ignorant people, kidding myself, cookie-cutter condos, money as a life focus, unoriginality, delusion, blind ambition, posers, the lack of left-handed guitars in music stores, texting, billboard charts, award shows, peas and lima Beans, egotism, panic buyers, turtle neck sweaters, pickles without crunch, what professional athletes are paid, the capacity for humanity to wipe itself out.

I get turned on by music from others that sparks something within me and makes me want to contribute my two proverbial cents. When the world goes mad, or someone does something awful, or any other negative action or energy moves me in such as way that I have to purge the resulting feelings through music’s outlet. I love to pass time creatively when possible. Even if inspiration or catharsis isn’t the impetus, it just feels good to play an instrument, sing, write something of my own that didn’t exist until I began to channel the ideas from the Great Unknowable.

Musical influences include The Beatles, Deep Purple, Jeff Beck, Max Webster (guitarist Kim Mitchell is a definite influence), Frank Zappa, Mike Patton (especially Mr. Bungle), Killing Joke, Bad Brains, Pat Travers, Bill Bruford, Brand X, Jean Luc Ponty, early Judas Priest, Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, The Police, XTC, Grizzly Bear, Meshell Ndegeocello, Josh Pyke, Gojira, and anyone else who seems to exhibit artistic freedom and originality. I’m a headbanger at heart but love so much of everything else.