Bruce Hunter and The Gand Barage Orchestra
I write the songs that no one sings. When i got together with me, I had to face two problems, one, I don't play the piano and two, I'm not a musician. I am an improv guy. I have been performing and teaching improvisation for over twenty years. So one day I decided to use the same training to make up music. At Christmas of 2006 I sat down in front of garage band and began playing the guitar and learning the piano while I recorded. In 20 days I wrote 15 songs. Now I have well over 40 and decided that I would put them on a C.D called "Dark and Wanky" It is rough and raw but I think some really nice stuff came out.
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
I love playing the guitar and singing but I have never performed as a band.
Your musical influences
Bob Dylan, Talking Heads, Green Day, Radiohead, Beatles, Michael Franti, Chet baker,Sheryl Crow, Rage Against the Machine, The Clash, Johnny Cash, Ella Fitzgerald, Elvis Costello, Joe Jackson, I'm influenced everytime I hear something.
What equipment do you use?
An acoustic six string that a man in Edmonton made for me in the eighties.
Anything else?
Just a short keyboard for my computer.
