SoundClick artist: The Stoic Guitar Player - Blues/Rock, Southern Rock, Funk, Fusion 'n Funk...dig it! :-)

BEST SOUND QUALITY: HEADPHONES OR MONITORS!

A man's about as happy as he makes up his mind to be. " -Abe Lincoln...

Thanks for reading this and stopping by to listen!

Best wishes for your luck, prosperity and longevity, Marc

Why this name?

Why ANY name?! Why not a #? Ha ha.

OK- Here's mine:

K [N] + pi (X) Cubed. Oooooh memorize it. ;-)

Do you play live?

I still sit-in now and again at Martini Blues and Tumbleweeds in Huntington Beach, CA. The playing's, cool, except no one ever gets enough time up. With every passing year, the studio has gotten more attractive. The scene musicians have to pander to has never been
...the best.

How, do you think, does the internet (or mp3) change the music industry?

This question is now mouldy. CDs have gone the way of vinyl, casettes and silent movies.

Would you sign a record contract with a major label?

Starting your own label and contract yourself is the Tao! The "Music Industry" as we knew it, evaporated. Effective promotion which leads to successful distribution of excellent product
remains THE challenge. My guess is that winners will beget winners...success will have a thousand fathers and failure will remain an orphan -until it succeeds...Same as it always was! :-)

Band History:

"...make money your God and it'll plague you like the devil..."

-Mark Twain (attributed).

Your influences?

Rory Gallagher (RIP)
Aimee Mann
Deborah Coleman
Drive By Truckers
Jean Luc Ponty
John Gorka
James Brown's guitarist's: Jimmy Nolan, Catfish Collins
P-Funk
Joe Bonnamassa
Popa Chubby
Philly Funk (of all kinds)
Stax Records / Steve Cropper
Motown's musicians behind the scene
Chicago & Texas Blues
'70's Prog Rock / YES and Steely Dan

Favorite spot?

"Favorite spot or city?" All run free in my memory. Truisms; There is no "there" there, you can never go home or step twice into the same river. I make all I can of now, or take the ancient advice of cats, bathe and nap. :-)

Equipment used:

Lefty Guitars:

'85 Fender MIJ Strat: w/ Med. Jumbo Frets & Lindy Fralin SP43's pups (set)
'91 Gibson LP Custom: Modded w/ SH-5 Bridge, Air Norton Neck pickups
and treble bleed network.
'86 Gibson ES335 w/ PAF's (Stock!)
'78 Ovation A/E

Gear:

Mogami 12' Platinum Guitar Cables
George L's (patch cords)
Xotic Effects RC Booster
Boss Equalizer GE-7
PreSonus Blue Max Compressor
Alesis Quadraverb (transparent EQ'd floor tone / level control)
Zoom GFX-8 / All personally designed patches: "Tones"

Distortion: Either Fulltone GT-500, Full Drive 2 or Radial Tonebone Classic
EFX Looped to the Zoom GFX-8 multi-effects board
Radial Stereo D.I. Box (D2Pro)
Carvin SM 162 16 channel mixing Board EFX looped to:

Alesis Nanoverb (for reverb / stereo chorus etc.)
Boss BR-1180 digital recording station w/ CD

Amps:

'99 Fender '59 Tweed Bassman R.I. (5F6-A)
(N.O.S. Mullard GZ34 Rectifier & Tubed)

'80 MusicMan HD-210 One*Fifty (Matched quad / Winged C 6L6GC's)

Anything else...?

Seek wisdom, be, or love, a sage...a truth seeker. Smile honestly.

Goodness and decency DO exist, and widely...but when people allow their souls to become hammers, -EVERYTHING looks like a nail.

***SO***

When you can! --> -Google the 1909 poem, "IF" by Rudyard Kipling. :-)

Hew to your own inner goodness!

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