Norm G
HI!
I'm Norm, a singer/guitarist from Etobicoke, Ontario. What you'll find here is just some stuff I've been fooling around with: working those musical bugs out of my system, if you know what I'm saying.
Click on that link that says MUSIC up there, to listen to some of my stuff.
Enjoy!Band/artist history
I've been a member of several bands in the Toronto area, but that was quite a while ago. None of the bands lasted very long, or got very popular, but I had fun with them nevertheless.Have you performed in front of an audience?No I don't play live, that would require more band members.
Your musical influences
My musical tastes and influences are wide and varied. a mix-tape of mine would be the strangest thing you'd ever hear. There is not one genre of music that I can say I hate, since I always seem to find something within the style that I enjoy.
Heavy rock and metal encompasses the largest part of my listening, where I enjoy pioneers like Black Sabbath, Zeppelin, and Van Halen, to staple bands like Metallica, and Pantera. I must also mention Soundgarden as my all-round favourite "rock band", though I am somewhat less-interested in (but not a stranger to) other so-called "grunge" bands.
As a child of the 80s and early 90s I was also lucky to see the rise of hiphop/rap to mainstream fame. I enjoy many artists in these genres including dirtier "G-rap" like Snoop, Tupac, and Ice Cube, Oldschool rappers like Curtis Blow, or Run DMC, as well as more modern artists like Cypress Hill, Wutang Clan, and "underground" artists like Blackalicious, Jurassic 5, and Heiroglyphics.
I have a love for both classical music, and classic artists in every genre. Rock and roll, funk, reggae, blues, punk/ska, soul, and jazz, and everything in between. I have even been known to listen to some country, some house/dance/electronica/rave, and (don't laugh) even pop.What equipment do you use?
I use whatever software I can get for free on my PC.Anything else?
Remember that music is for playing and sharing and enjoying, not selling and restricting, and sanctioning.