The name Killing Ariella is based on a novel that I was writing about a young man who goes off to war. He meets a girl in the village he is protecting and they fall in love. The village is attacked and he saves the girl, only to be killed right in front of her. This girls name is Ariella. After seeing her love die in front of her she new she could never love again. She died that day, in a more figurative way than literal.

I have played live a few times. I love it, as stressful as it can be sometimes. The high school talent show with a different band. We killed it. Our performance won the show, even though the juniors won overall. More or less just really fun. Other than that, high school sucked a f***in nut.

The internet and mp3 make the music industry more accessible, and the labels are flooded with bands trying to get "big." I believe it takes away from the good music. With so many shitty bands to sort though, it's harder for real talent to get noticed.

Yes, eventually. I want to play shows and play with a solid band before I even think about signing to a record label (like I have a choice right?).

No much yet. Let me get some more band members first haha.

Ravi Shankar
Darkest Hour
Beethovan
Bach
Mozart
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Buddy Guy
DJ Crush
Pete Samples
Boy Robot
Nine Inch Nails
Lamb of God
Chimaira
All Shall Perish
Terry Hall
Mushtaq
Philip Glass
Utaku
Dr. Owen Lee
Frank Zappa
Bulb
Periphery
Tool
As I Lay Dying
St. Petersburg Chamber Choir
St. Petersburg Balalaika Ensemble
Andreyev Balalaika Esemble
Meshuggah
Heaven Shall Burn
Joey Fehrenbach
Nitta Masahiro
Urbs
Sergei Rachmaninov
Mount Cyanide
Cyrus Melchor
Sergei Prokofiev
Peter Tchaikovsky
Gustav Mahler
B.B. King
Metallica
Haunted Shores
Galactic
System of a Down
Rachid Taha
Hans Zimmer
John Williams
Danny Elfman

There are so many more it's ridiculous...

San Francisco. I love it there. Second to that would be Portland, OR.

-Line 6 Spider III 175 Watt Half Stack
-Schecter C1 Exotic
-Boss Wah
-Franciscan 12 string acoustic
-Ovation Electroacoustic
-The Dumpster Guitar
-Ibanez RG120 something
-Behringer Eurorack UB802
-Digidesign MBox
-Pro Tools 6.9 (yes I know it's outdated)
-My sh*** computer
-Anything that makes a cool noise
-Reason 3.0 & 4.0
-Cubase (Most recent)

I am Pro Tools Certified for Pro Tools 7. I have also taken classes on Reason and Cubase.