My name is Catfish J. Rivers. I welcome you to try out my music on your ears. My style is a unique one, a hodgepodge of psychedelic mind expansive world inclusive sounds and ideas. My songs can range from an acoustic guitar song to a programmed electronic mayhem, and even further still to a full sounding future rock ambient jazz rock ensemble. I invite you to open your heart, mind and earz to my music.
Be Well All.
I didn't listen to any music until I was 13 or so. My mother bought me 3 tapes, Thriller, Born in the USA, and the Footloose Soundtrack, and told me it was abnormal to not listen to music. Slowly since then I have matured into an open minded, self taught guitarist, bassist, drummer, keyboard player, and any other instrument I can manage to make some sound. I think and breath music all day and night, often singing my responses in a conversation or a joke to the occasional annoyance of my friends. I tap on anything within reaching distance. There are always new songs in my head...
I play out live as often as I can...it is what I live for, the rush of opening up my self for an audience of new ears, hopefully waking a few up along the way.
Tortoise, Radiohead, Peter Gabriel ere Genesis, Square Pusher, Aphex Twin, Yes, Pavement, The Kinks, Boards of Canada, Home, the Who...so so many too many to list.
reason 3.0, soundforge 7.0, m-audio keystation pro midi controller, laptop, guitars, basses, drums, hand drums, etc. (sometimes my dog barking too)
Be Well.