Ben P.'s Contacts
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Xande Almeida
- Instruments:
- drums, percussion
- Genres:
- brazilian jazz, brazilian, rock, funk (all), free, industrial rock, forro, fusion, samba-reggae, reggae, batucada, experimental, punk, blues, samba de pagode, samba de enredo, surf rock, jazz, jam band, roots reggae, rock and roll, soul rock, rhythm and blues (r&b), grunge, ambient groove, alternative rock, acid groove, art pop, art rock, Alternative, acid funk, acoustic rock, alternative pop, ambient, samba de breque, soul, samba
- Influences:
- Egberto Gismonti, Hermeto Pascoal, Fela Kuti, Gilberto Gil, Jorge Ben Jor, Caetano Veloso, Led Zeppelin, The Cure, Deep Purple, Herbie Hancock, James Brown, Flora Purim, Art Blakey, Dave Weckl, Airto Moreira, Miles Davis, Milton Nascimento, B.B. King, Bill Evans, Bjork, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, Billie Holiday, Bonnie Raitt, Buddy Guy, Chuck Berry, Cream, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Zappa, George Benson, Tina Turner, Michael Jackson, Jimmy Hendrix, John Lee Hooker, Joe Zawinul, The Beatles, Os Mutantes, Queen, Nirvana, Paco De Lucia, Pink Floyd, Phil Collins, Yes, Ray Charles, Lionel Richie, Salif Keita, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Stevie Wonder, Seu Jorge, Tribal Tech, Tower of Power, Gene Krupa, John Coltrane, Lenine, Incognito, Nuno Bettencourt, Joao Gilberto, Antonio Carlos Jobim
Featured Artist
Mikey Bassie
United States
- Crafts:
- songwriter, producer
- Instruments:
- electric bass, keyboard, software
Russell Bayne
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Crafts:
- musician, producer, band director
- Instruments:
- electric guitar, electric bass, banjo, acoustic guitar
- Genres:
- adult contemporary, alternative rock, acoustic jazz, alternative country, old time country, swing, dixieland jazz, avant-garde jazz, australian rock, blues-rock, classic rock, funk (all), english funk, crossover, jazz fusion, acoustic, latin, new age, modern classical, latin jazz
- Influences:
- Barney Kessel, Lee Ritenour, Larry Carlton, Brent Mason, Steve Vai, Danny Gatton, Django Rienhardt, Edvard Grieg, Phil duGrey, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Weather Report, Mike Stern, Oscar Peterson, The Beatles, Frank Zappa, Antonio Carlos Jobim, The Fifth Dimension, Celine Dion, Chet Atkins, Doris Day, Frank Sinatra, Tommy Emmanuel
Mark Brabson
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
- Crafts:
- recording engineer, radio dj, musician
- Instruments:
- electric bass, keyboard, voice
- Genres:
- soul, funk (all), motown, jazz fusion, classic rock, smooth jazz, rhythm and blues (r&b)
- Influences:
- Steely Dan, Al Jarreau, Luther Vandross, The Earth, Geddy Lee, Stanley Clarke, Billy Cobham, Kim Stone, The Isley Brothers, James Jamerson, Sting, Little Feat, Pink Floyd, Elvis Costello, Larry Graham, Sly & The Family Stone, Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, Marvin Gaye, Al Green, Dazz Band, Brick, Lakeside, B.B. King, Cannonball Adderley, Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus, Nat King Cole, George Gershwin, Glenn Miller, Herb Alpert, Alan Parsons, Prince, Quincy Jones, Michael Jackson, Billy Joel, George Duke, Frank Zappa, Billy Ocean, Rick James, Cat Stevens, Chris Tomlin, Supertramp, Queen, Toto, Led Zeppelin, Tina Turner, Ron Carter, Dave Grusin, Flim And The Bbs
Rick C.
Andover, United Kingdom
- Crafts:
- musician, producer, songwriter
- Instruments:
- Bass (All), Guitar (All), Keyboard (All), Voice (All)
- Influences:
- King Tubby, Hepcat, Motown, Otis Redding, The Skatalites, The Specials, Sublime
Featured Artist
Ben Christa
Canada, Canada
- Crafts:
- musician, recording engineer
- Instruments:
- drums, percussion
- Genres:
- fusion, jazz (all), funk (all), blues, rock
Contest Honorable Mentions
Featured Artist
Jackie Clark
Memphis, United States
- Crafts:
- session musician
- Instruments:
- loop programmer, Bass, keyboard
- Genres:
- memphis soul, jazz, neo soul, gospel, rhythm and blues (r&b)
Darren Davis
Homewood, IL, United States
- Crafts:
- musician
- Instruments:
- acoustic bass, electric bass
- Genres:
- jazz (all), hip hop, rock, funk (all), neo soul
- Influences:
- Wayne Shorter, Joe Zawinul, Mark King, Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock, Roland Guerin, Art Blakey
Mark D.
Asheboro, NC, United States
- Crafts:
- musician
- Instruments:
- electric guitar, electric bass, mandolin, accordion, banjo
- Genres:
- folk, jazz (all)
- Influences:
- Ry Cooder, Martin Simpson, Mark Knopfler, James Taylor, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Charlie Christian, Chet Atkins, Ravi Shankar, U2, Rem, Luka Bloom, Richard Shindell, Richard Thompson, Woody Guthrie, Alejandro Escovedo, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Blind Willie Johnson, Cry Cry Cry, Charlie Poole, Daniel Lanois, Django Rienhardt, Los Tigres del Norte, Geoffrey Oryema, Gillian Welch, Yothu Yindi, Mark Dillon, Hank Williams Jr., James, John Denver, Keb' Mo', Mary Chapin Carpenter, Michelle Shocked, Son House, Nick Drake, Neko Case, The Carter Family, Patty Larkin, Paul Simon, Phil Ochs, Robin Holcomb, Steve Gillette, Sting, Peter Gabriel, Tom Rush, Willie Nelson
Ninja
Community Moderator
Mantis Evar
NYC
- Crafts:
- recording engineer, producer
- Instruments:
- electric bass
- Genres:
- jazz (all), classical, rock, jazz (all), Pop, blues, dance
- Influences:
- You
Paul Feia
Martinez, California, United States
- Instruments:
- Bass, 12 string guitar, nylon guitar (classical), electric guitar, voice
Robert G.
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
- Instruments:
- electric bass, electric guitar, drums, keyboard
- Genres:
- rock, electronic, country, soul, hip hop
- Influences:
- James Jamerson
Gabriel The Gun Gonzalez
City Of Angels / Miami, United States
- Instruments:
- percussion, trumpet
- Genres:
- ska, afrobeat, latin jazz
- Influences:
- Maynard Ferguson, Miles Davis, Godzilla, Clark Terry, Fania All-Stars, Randy Brecker, Studio One, Lew Soloff, Jon Faddis, Freddie Hubbard, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Chet Baker, Bruce Lee, James Brown, Tower of Power, War, Fela Kuti, Sonny Chiba, All Alphabet Agencies
Josh Haden
Los Angeles, CA, United States
- Crafts:
- songwriter
- Instruments:
- electric bass, voice
- Genres:
- downtempo, Alternative, alternative country, blues, country, country blues, country rock, indie folk, Indie, indie rock, indie pop, rock
- Influences:
- Mazzy Star, Cowboy Junkies, Johhny Cash, John Lee Hooker, The Velvet Underground
Brandy Hartman
Plano, Texas, United States
- Crafts:
- musician
- Instruments:
- Drums (All)
- Genres:
- Alternative, experimental, progressive rock, electronic, classic rock, rock, industrial, country, blues
- Influences:
- A Perfect Circle, Alanis Morissette, Tori Amos, Lenny Kravitz, Ben Harper, Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals, Heart, Tool, Rage Against The Machine, The Beatles, 10,000 Maniacs, Jim Croce, Jimi Hendrix, Cream, Black Sabbath, Andrew Bird, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Blue October, Evanescence, Carol King
Featured Artist
Simon Houghton
Berlin, Germany
- Instruments:
- double bass, electric bass, keyboard, cello, percussion
- Genres:
- hip hop, jazz (all), soundtrack, electroacoustic
- Influences:
- Richard Evans, Ray Bryant, Prefuse 73, Daedelus, Ennio Morricone, Galt MacDermot, RJD2, Ron Carter, DJ Shadow, The Meters, The Rotary Connection, Sun Ra And His Arkestra, Stevie Wonder, Donny Hathaway, Cachao, Cal Tjader, Love Unlimited Orchestra, Cymande, Johnny Harris, Led Zeppelin, Pixies, The Roots, Mongo Santamaria, Ray Barretto, Madlib, JBS, Ahmad Jamal, Kool Keith, Roland Kirk, The Soulful Strings, Ellen McIlwaine, Violent Femmes, Dorothy Ashby, Nina Siimone, Gil Scott-Heron, Bootsy Collins, Eberhard Weber, Sly & The Family Stone, MF Doom, Bill Withers, Terry Callier, Charles Mingus, Graham Collier, Sonic Youth, Freddie Hubbard, Quincy Jones, Miles Davis, Pharoah Sanders, Jimmy Smith, Thelonious Monk, Young-Holt Unlimited, Ramsey Lewis, The Pharcyde, Elliott Smith, A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Scott LaFaro, Primus, Wes Montgomery, Ray Brown, Stan Getz, Shelly Mann, Eumir Deodato, The Headhunters, Keith Jarrett, Breakout, Roy Ayers, Lalo Schifrin, Francois Rabbath, Mudhoney, Frank Zappa, Tackhead, The Smiths, The Stone Roses, Jack Bruce, Nick Drake, The Beatles, Jeff Buckley, Jimi Hendrix, Black Sabbath, Mark Moulin, Eddie Harris, The Fatback Band, Les Baxter, Baden Powell, Lords Of The Underground, Roy Budd, ESG, Pink Floyd, The Cure, Dizzy Gillespie, John Paul Jones
Featured Artist
Bill H.
Saratoga, California, United States
- Instruments:
- drum machine, electric guitar, Bass, loop programmer, keyboard
- Genres:
- rock and roll, electronica, industrial dance, dance pop, hip hop
- Influences:
- Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails, Ace Of Base, David Bowie, Bryan Ferry, Crowded House, Elvis Costello, Erasure, Eminem, Nirvana, Talking Heads, Love and Rockets, Modest Mouse, Oingo Boingo, Peter Gabriel, The Replacements, Robert Palmer, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Santana, Sex Pistols, The Smiths, Social Distortion, The Stranglers, Sublime, U2, Violent Femmes, The Velvet Underground, Warren Zevon, The Waterboys, Yazoo, A-Ha, Scissor Sisters, Public Enemy, Public Image Limited
IRA J.
new york, NEW YORK, United States
- Crafts:
- retail manager
- Instruments:
- voice, electric guitar, computer (pc)
- Genres:
- gospel, country, blues, a cappella
- Influences:
- Take 6, Donald Fagen, Bobby McFerrin, James Brown, Prince, Anyone That Makes Music
Dejan Javorina
Beograd SRBIJA, Srbija
- Crafts:
- musician
- Instruments:
- Guitar (All)
- Genres:
- rock
- Influences:
- Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Eric Clapton
Jerry Jones
Dallas, Texas, United States
- Instruments:
- Piano (All), Drums (All)
- Genres:
- classical, new age, film score
- Influences:
- Suzanne Ciani, Ennio Morricone, David Lanz, Yanni, Richard Wagner
Tony M.
Rome, Italy
- Crafts:
- musician
- Instruments:
- electric bass
- Genres:
- rock, blues, funk (all), hard rock, jazz (all), fusion
Contest Honorable Mentions
Featured Artist
"David Marion"
Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Crafts:
- session musician
- Instruments:
- electric bass
- Genres:
- soul jazz, funk rock, folk rock, pop rock, country rock, indie rock, reggae highlife
Garrett Miller
Visalia, California, United States
- Crafts:
- producer, musician, programmer, recording engineer, songwriter
- Instruments:
- Synthesizer (All), acoustic guitar, electric guitar, Drums (All), Bass, computer (pc)
- Genres:
- electronic, Alternative, acoustic
- Influences:
- Cocteau Twins, New Order, OMD, Sarah Brightman, Thomas Dolby, David Bowie, bel canto, Astrud Gilberto, Ultravox, The House of Love, Electric Light Orchestra, Kraftwerk, The Sundays, Tears For Fears, The B-52's, The Police, everything but the girl, Poe, Missing Persons, A Flock of Seagulls, Berlin, Thompson Twins, Talk Talk, The fixx, Depeche Mode, Sixpence None The Richer
Ricieri Nascimento
São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
- Crafts:
- session musician, producer
- Instruments:
- electric bass, mixer
- Genres:
- Pop, funk (all), soul, Musica Popular Brasileira (MPB), latin, gospel
- Influences:
- Tower of Power, Abraham Laboriel, Toto, Take 6, Tom Jobim, Ivan Lins, Quincy Jones, Kirk Franklin
Chris Nealis
Anderson, IN, United States
- Crafts:
- recording engineer, mastering engineer, mixing engineer, remastering engineer, live sound engineer
- Instruments:
- electric guitar, Bass, piano, drums
- Genres:
- rock and roll, pop rock, hip hop, acoustic rock, alternative rock, indie rock
Greg Osby
New York, NY
- Crafts:
- educator/teacher, composer, musician
- Instruments:
- soprano saxophone, alto saxophone
- Genres:
- folk, psychedelic, avant-garde
Neil Porter
Pambula Beach, NSW, Australia
- Crafts:
- songwriter, singer, producer
- Instruments:
- Guitar (All), Bass, Drums (All), voice
- Genres:
- acoustic rock, country rock, rock, indie rock
- Influences:
- The Band, Richard Thompson, Bruce Cockburn, David Bowie, Jack Bruce, Sting
Featured Artist
John Reece
Saginaw, Michigan, United States
- Crafts:
- musician, recording engineer
- Instruments:
- alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, harmonica
- Genres:
- smooth jazz, blues, funk (all), jazz-funk, fusion jazz, jazz fusion, soul blues, popular, alternative rock
- Influences:
- Boney James, Dave Koz, Spyro Gyra, Larry Carlton, Keiko Matsui
Dutchgong reggae productions
Eindhoven, Noord Brabant, Netherlands
- Genres:
- roots reggae, dub, ambient dub, dancehall
Vernon Reid
Saten Island, New York, United States
- Crafts:
- musician, producer, multimedia artist
- Instruments:
- electric guitar, guitar-synth, 6-string banjo, computer (mac)
- Genres:
- rock, blues, jazz (all), ambient, trip-hop
- Influences:
- Santana, Jimi Hendrix, Arthur Rhames, Robert Fripp, Freddie Hubbard, B.B. King, Albert King, Bill Connors, Tsiji Munoz, Sonny Sharrock, The Mahavishnu Orchestra, Ronnie Drayton, James Ulmer, Pete Cosey, Omar Mesa, Allan Holdsworth, Jan Akkerman, Jimmy Nolan, Catfish Collins, Hubert Sumlin, Adrian Belew
Ryan Roberts
Brooklyn, New York, United States
- Crafts:
- musician
- Instruments:
- Bass, voice (male), electric guitar, acoustic guitar
- Genres:
- juke joint blues, stoner rock, soul blues, indie folk, classic rock
- Influences:
- Spiritualized, Saves The Day, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, J Dilla, Fatlip, Townes Van Zandt, David Bowie, Yeasayer, Ryan Adams, Nas, The Strokes, Iron & Wine, The Notorious B.I.G., The Zombies, Wu-Tang Clan, Weezer, Van Morrison, Queen, Elliott Smith, Black Sabbath, The Mars Volta, Billy Joel, Wolf Parade, Sufjan Stevens, Stone Temple Pilots, Mott the Hoople, Gram Parsons, Radiohead, TV on the Radio, Nine Inch Nails, Beat Awfuls, Spoon, Notwist, Minus the Bear, Harry Nilsson, The Roots, Rage Against The Machine, MGMT, Magnolia Electric Co., The Black Heart Procession, Iggy Pop, The Pharcyde, Tom Petty, Black Mountain, Every Time I Die, Fiona Apple, Thelonious Monk, Nancy Sinatra, Neil Young, Mew, Dead Meadow, Four Tet, Pixies, Billie Holiday, Cursive, Refused, Run-DMC, The Good the Bad and the Queen, Devendra Banhart, Modest Mouse, Bob Dylan, Prefuse 73, Talib Kweli, Say Anything, Dinosaur Jr., Feathers, Blonde Redhead, Pink Floyd, Sonic Youth, Menomena, T. Rex, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Nirvana, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, KRS-One, Gang of Four, The Stooges, Stereolab, At The Drive-In, The Beatles, Syd Barrett, The Smashing Pumpkins, The Raconteurs, Outkast, Cave In, Timbaland, Sigur Ros, The Knife, Cass McCombs, Animal Collective, Devin the Dude, Tom Waits, Them, Gorillaz, Leonard Cohen, Cartel, Derek Trucks, Grizzly Bear
Dustin Rohrer
Nashville, TN
- Crafts:
- musician
- Instruments:
- percussion, drums
- Genres:
- jazz (all), rock, jazz (all)
Boris Rziankin
The Hague, Netherlands
- Instruments:
- acoustic guitar, electric guitar, acoustic bass, electric bass, oud
- Genres:
- jazz, rock, fusion, electronic
- Influences:
- Miles Davis, Jaco Pastorius, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Jimmy Hendrix, The Doors
Featured Artist
Ryan Vaughn
New York, NY, United States
- Crafts:
- musician
- Instruments:
- drums, percussion, cajon
- Genres:
- folk rock, rock and roll, jazz (all), acoustic, alternative rock, pop rock
- Influences:
- Jimi Hendrix, The Josh Dion Band, Fred Forney, Dom Moio, Maria Schneider, Brian Blade, Keith Carlock, Jeff Ballard, Steve Gadd, Jeff Porcaro, Dave Weckl, Ari Hoenig, Matt Wilson, Steve Jordan, Stewart Copeland, The Police, Sting, Toto, Journey, James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, Joshua Redman, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Elvin Jones, Tony Williams, Roy Haynes, Jack DeJohnette, Philly Joe Jones, Buddy Rich, Papa Jo Jones, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Peter Erskine, Terence Blanchard, John Scofield, John Mayer, Herbie Hancock, Tower of Power, James Jamerson, Bill Mays, Kelly Clarkson, The Band, Stevie Wonder, Prince, Steely Dan, Wayne Krantz, Harry Connick, Diana Krall, Jeff Hamilton, Motown
Michael Veloso
New York, NY, United States
- Crafts:
- musician
- Instruments:
- electric guitar, mandolin, banjo
- Genres:
- classical, classical, bluegrass, indie rock
