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I was born in New York City in the 1950s. As a child and teenager growing up in the 1960s, I took music lessons. My parents promoted music in my life : however, as a child I was not thrilled with the instrument they selected for me. I soon became bored!
Also at that time, I was lucky enough to have seen some of the greatest classical musicians and composers of the 60s era; including Jean Pierre Rampal and the great composer Igor Stravinsky conducting the American Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall. Also as a child I was lucky enough to play with a youth orchestra at Carnegie Hall.
As the counter cultural 1960s errupted around me, I found myself hanging out with many like teenagers at the Fillmore East in NYC. There, I saw many of the great progressive groups and experimental groups of that era. Their names include Santana, The Allman Brothers, Emerson Lake and Palmer, , Ten Years After, Spirit, Mountain, etc.,
These performances in conjunction with listening to two of NYCs greatest FM Radio Stations, that being the classical music station WNCN FM and the Progessive Rock Station WNEW FM continued to light the fire of music within me. Both of these stations had very sophisicated, DJs, if I could use that word! They spun magic with their voices and the images they created with the music they played. Combine this with the great music and interesting poetry and you were off on a journey. I think this is why my music can be described as an abstract fusional soundworld.

       

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MY HOME WALL OF SOUND- MCINTOSH LABS MC 1.2KWs, CERWIN VEGA D9s, HEADROOM BALANCED MAX HEADPHONE AMP, STAX SRMOO7T & SRMOO7TA HEADPHONE AMPS, STAX OMEGA TWOS, STAX 4970A, STAX SIGMA PROS, STAX LAMBDA PROS, TEAC 3340 REEL TO REEL, SANSUI QR6500, WADIA 170i, SONY 70 INCH BLUE RAY TV, HP COMPUTER, TECHNICS SL1200MK5,

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With My Michael McBroom Ten String Guitar.

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MY James DeCava Electric Ten String Guitar.