shaft9000
Hello, my name is David and I've been composing with sound for about as long as I can remember.
Some also call me shaft9000, Dave Shaft or sometimes just Shaft
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
played in several bands since 1991: Dilemma, Sauce Faucet, Theresa's Bush, PullMyFinger and Pop Villains
recording projects since 1992, currently own Peachtree Studio in Fountain Hills, AZ USA
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
yes, in and around Los Angeles and the southwestern USA
Your musical influences
House(100's of creators), Live Electronic, Blues, old Jazz, Hip-Hop(dozens I respect), space music (TD, Floyd, JMJ, etc), Zappa, Hendrix, Rush, Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel, Bjork, Annie Lennox, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Vangelis, Tomita, Popol Vuh, 23(alien nesby), Ian Pooley, Joey Beltram, Juan Atkins/Cybotron/Model500, Kevin Saunderson/InnerCity, David Alvarado, John Carpenter, Miles Davis, P-Funk, Peter Thomas, Mike Patton, Faith No More, Mr. Bungle, Fantomas, The Residents, Primus/Les Claypool, The Who, Bob Dylan, The Band, Neil Young, Sebadoh, Herbie Hancock, Larry Fast/Synergy, ELO, ELP, Missy Elliot, Timbaland, Dr Dre, Common, Shuggie Otis, The Meters, New Order, Black Sabbath, Scorpions(70's thru '82), Judas Priest, Blue Oyster Cult, Santana, KLF, Orb, Eno, Banco deGaia, DJ Jeno, Simon Pearson, Derrick May, John Aquaviva, Oliver Leib, Astral Matrix, Steve Hillage/Tim Blake/System7/Gong, Orbital, Squarepusher, Aphex Twin, Rob Playford, Neu!, Kraftwerk, and Oingo Boingo
Respect to Musical Instrument Designers: Leo Fender, Bob Moog, Les Paul, Dave Smith, Jered Flickinger, Tom Oberheim, Wolfgang Palm, Cyril Lance, Tadao Kikumoto, Tsutomu Katoh, Ikutaro Kakehashi...and many more
What equipment do you use?
custom Carvin & Martin 6/12-string acoustic and electric guitars
Mesa/Boogie & Peavy amplification
Moog, Novation, Oberheim, Sherman, BleepLabs, Korg, Waldorf, Nord, FutureRetro & Roland synthesizers and hardware sequencers
Dual DAW workstations w/ E-mu & Echo audio interfaces, Yamaha & Mackie mixers w/ Event monitors
dozens of software apps
Shure & StudioProjects microphones
various outboard EQ, compression, filtering and processing
Anything else?
my other sites:
http://myspace.com/shaft9k
http://www.awrongturn.com
