Having strayed away from the typical styles and genre's of the area i live in i found that the name Failure to Comply was the choice for me. It was also an attempt to stop dealing with the full band stuff and just have some fun with sounds in general.

Failure to Comply currently does not perform live. It is an expression of thought and experimenting with sound. However other projects i am involved with do so in the chattanooga, tn area. Such as Moscow Theatre Siege in which i play bass http://www.myspace.com/moscowtheatresiege, Madcow Steakhouse(formerly known as Double Dick Slick)in which i also play bass http://www.myspace.com/madcowsteakhouse , Nethinem in which i play guitar and vocals, Calm in which i play guitar and backing vocals, The Butcher's Daughter in which i play bass and backing vocals, Sotto Vox in which i play guitar and vocals, Soothsayer in which i play guitar. I have also sat in with other acts as a sampler in which my friends in the band Pistol Whip performed with Gwar in chattanooga, tn. I have enjoyed playing music throughout over 18 years of my life. Performing, practicing and most of all writing original music. I would say the first show i promoted for DDS with relapse records recording artist Mastodon was one of the highlights of my musical career. They are now seen on MTV's Headbanger's Ball on a regular basis. Since then i have also delt with the booking of many other fine bands such as Withered (Life Force) and Buried Inside (Relapse). I have always wanted to bring bigger acts to our area so we can grow with the music and not have to drive for hours to enjoy a performance by our favorite bands. I was also listed on The Phantom Limbs web page as one of two Outstanding Young Americans from Their 2003 Tour! Thanks guys. thephantomlimbs.com
http://www.thephantomlimbs.com/shows/tour-US-2003.shtml

I think that the internet mp3's have changed a lot of things in the music industry. I think it is a good thing to sample an mp3 from a band before spending a lot of cash on them and not enjoying it. However, i disagree with someone finding an artist they like and downloading an entire album instead of purchasing it. It only hurts the bands that deserve the purchase of their material. They have spent a lot of time and money recording their material only to be robbed by the fans they wanted to present it to. If you like it buy it. If you don't, look elsewhere. By avoiding the purchase of an artists release you only hurt their career and they may not be able to release a second album or follow up of some kind.

depending on the contract, yes i would. I would have to have 100% musical freedom and a low priced distribution of such recordings. I do not like the thought of pricing a release at a price i couldn't afford myself if i wanted it. Music is a huge part of my life so why would i avoid the chance to make it my career.

Failure to Comply has released eight full length independent releases so far and two split cd's with other local acts, Double Dick Slick and Mumra. All projects were Recorded, Mixed and packaged by Failure to Comply at Inherent Productions.

My musical influences are so various that it is hard to express. I enjoy playing and listening to all styles from jazz to extreme metal and a little bit of all instruments. Guitar, bass, drums, voice, banjo, dobro, keyboards, sampling, ect...

Tennessee

Epiphone les paul, Robin, Washburn, Fender and Gibson electric guitars, Ibanez ex series 5-string and alverez 6-string basses, Alverez 4-string acoustic/electric bass, Epiphone EB-3 5-String bass, Marshall, Peavy, Crate and Ampeg heads and cabinets, Dean dobro, Saga banjo, Fostex reel-to-reel 8 track recorder, peavy, yamaha and electro-voice pa boards along with various different effects and distortion pedals. My favorite is a big muff distortion and a toneworks delay pedal.

for more info contact: failure_to_comply@hotmail.com