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Contest Honorable Mentions
The If
Rushden, Northants, United Kingdom
- Crafts:
- music scientist
- Instruments:
- sequencer, synthesizer, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, mixer, electric bass
- Genres:
- organic ambient
blindman jones
Pennsylvania, United States
- Crafts:
- music archivist
- Instruments:
- electric guitar, Bass, fingerboard synthesizer, found objects, drum machine, voice
- Genres:
- organic ambient, experimental noise
leafwyrm .
Ireland
- Instruments:
- electric bass, fretless bass
- Genres:
- organic ambient, minimalist, electroacoustic
Thom Gibson
San Marcos, Texas, United States
- Crafts:
- recording engineer, mixing engineer
- Instruments:
- Guitar (All)
- Genres:
- organic ambient, experimental, acoustic
- Influences:
- Sigur Ros, Radiohead, Woven Hand, Explosions In The Sky
Zach Haffey
Denver, United States
- Crafts:
- composer, arranger, accompanist, musician, transcriber
Contest Honorable Mentions
K e f u s
- Crafts:
- singer, songwriter, multimedia artist, film scorer, session musician
- Instruments:
- Guitar (All), Bass (All), Keyboard (All), Drums (All), Laptop, loop programmer
- Influences:
- People and Things
Daniel Trainor-Mckinnon
Nova Scotia, Canada
- Crafts:
- musician, songwriter, remixer, singer, film composer, film director, filmmaker, writer, cinematographer
- Instruments:
- acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, Keyboard (All), home made instruments, Voice (All)
- Genres:
- Alternative, alternative rock, ambient, organic ambient, metal, art rock, avant-garde
- Influences:
- Radiohead, Brian Eno, System Of A Down, David Bowie, The Beatles, And many more.
Paul Stapleton
Belfast, Ireland
- Instruments:
- found objects, home made instruments, violin, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, electronics, radio, toy piano, Laptop, percussion
- Genres:
- experimental, improvisational, surf rock, muzak, organic ambient, k-hole groove, gothic metal
- Influences:
- Einstuerzende Neubauten, Phil Ochs, Autechre, Derek Bailey, Evan Parker, Eddie Vedder, Minor Threat, Matmos, Immortal Technique, Nick Cave, Tom Waits, John Cale, Depeche Mode, The Sisters of Mercy, The Beach Boys, Peter Maxwell Davies, Squarepusher, Henryk Gorecki, Sublime, Glenn Gould, Ornette Coleman, John Zorn, 2Pac, Woody Guthrie, Jeff Buckley, Elliott Smith, Tori Amos, Boards of Canada, NWA, Johnny Cash, Bogdan Raczynski, Weezer, Cat Stevens, Pixies, James Taylor, Nirvana, Morton Feldman, Skid Row, Throbbing Gristle, David Lynch, Leonard Cohen, Napalm Death, Misfits, Suicidal Tendencies, George Lewis, La Monte Young, Dick Gaughan, David Bowie, Dead Milkmen, Erik Satie, Sigur Ros, Otomo Yoshihide, They Might Be Giants, The Smiths, Simon & Garfunkel, Charles Mingus, Skinny Puppy
Contest Honorable Mentions
David Forlano
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States
- Crafts:
- remixer, video editor, videographer
- Instruments:
- Electronic (All)
- Genres:
- free improvisation, free, beatnoise, ambient, organic ambient, dark ambient, ambient dub, soft ambient
- Influences:
- Brian Eno, Bjork, Ikue Mori, Cocteau Twins, Howie B, Zeena Parkins, Derek Bailey, Aphex Twin, Pink Floyd, Tom Waits, Robert Fripp, Jon Hassell, John Zorn, Djivan Gasparyan, Yes, Fred Frith, David Sylvian, Harold Budd, Syd Barrett, Jan Garbarek, Laraaji, Ralph Towner, John McLaughlin, Daniel Lanois, Korn, Laurie Anderson, Kate Bush, Gavin Bryars, Matmos, Robin Guthrie, David Bowie, Otomo Yoshihide, Ruins, Philip Glass, Pandit Jasraj, Steve Reich
Doug Carr
Asheville, North Carolina, United States
- Crafts:
- musician
- Instruments:
- Percussion (All), Voice (All), djembe, Guitar (All), Bass, Piano (All), Keyboard (All), Mandolin (All)
- Genres:
- acid jazz, funk (all), fusion, electronic, organic ambient, Percussive, afrobeat, hip hop
Kuba Pie
- Instruments:
- Guitar (All), Bass (All), Drums (All), harmonica, Voice (All), Keyboard (All), maraca, Banjo (All), ukulele, rainstick, xylophone, recorder
- Genres:
- minimalist, folk, post punk, psychedelic, gypsy swing, egyptian, gregorian chant, reggae, electroacoustic, organic ambient
- Influences:
- Leonard Cohen, Sibylle Baier, Harry Nilsson, Pixies, Guided by Voices, Pavement, The Beatles, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Neutral Milk Hotel, Elliott Smith, Robyn Hitchcock, Sun Ra, Bobby Dylan, Leadbelly, J. Dilla, Dr. Dog, Nick Drake, Tom Waits, R. Stevie Moore, Mulatu Astatke, Frank Zappa, Frank Black, Captain Beefheart, Brian Eno
Featured Artist
Bob Doyle
Duluth, GA, United States
- Crafts:
- composer
- Instruments:
- keyboard, acoustic guitar, 12 string guitar
- Genres:
- ambient, soundtrack, singer-songwriter, soundscape, electronic, film score, experimental, organic ambient
- Influences:
- Harold Budd, Jean-Michel Jarre, Danny Elfman, Brian Eno, Biosphere, rachel Portman
Featured Artist
Jim Goodin
Brooklyn, NY, United States
- Crafts:
- musician, event producer, composer
- Instruments:
- violin, electric violin, acoustic guitar, oud, mandolin
- Genres:
- classical, world, ambient, celtic, classical, free improvisation, organic ambient, appalachian folk, experimental
- Influences:
- Michael Hedges, Jan Garbarak, Mike Hedges
Leo S.
Tropicalia, FL, United States
- Crafts:
- producer, programmer, ninja, music psychotherapist
- Instruments:
- Laptop, Midi Controller (All), vst, xylophone, shaker, Percussion (All), Drums (All), voice
- Genres:
- Lo-fi, psychedelic, electronica, space, organic ambient, trip-hop, folktronica, dream pop, shoegaze, k-hole groove
- Influences:
- Spacemen 3, Suicide, Grizzly Bear, Mouse on Mars, Dntel, Boards of Canada, Beck, The Album Leaf, The Flaming Lips, Mercury Rev, Yo La Tengo, The Magnetic Fields, Broken Social Scene, Radiohead, jon kennedy, de facto, Fennesz, Mogwai, Scientist, Meat Puppets, My Bloody Valentine, the warlocks, Black moth super rainbow, Prince Far I, The Velvet Underground, the heptones, jah shaka, Deerhunter, The Beatles, Keller Williams, Frank Zappa, Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention, Kutmah, Four Tet, The Books, Augustus Pablo, Lee "Scratch" Perry
Justin Taylor ~Trinitized
Carson City, Nevada, United States
- Crafts:
- producer, music marketer, music distributor (digital), recording engineer, record label project manager
- Instruments:
- piano, Synthesizer (All)
- Genres:
- nu breaks, drum and bass, ambient breakbeat, organic ambient, deep house, electro, meditation, downtempo, chill-out, lounge, ambient, trip-hop, soundscape, soundtrack, ambient trance, jungle, Percussive, progressive electronic, easy listening
- Influences:
- classical, Sade, Paul Saul, Sasha, John Digweed, Love, Enigma, Tim Davidson, Joey Fahrenbach, Tangerine Dream, Inner Self, Shapeshifters, Aphrodite, Klute, Dieselboy, Bach, Opus III
Kim Carroll
Topanga, CA, United States
- Crafts:
- session musician, producer, film composer
- Instruments:
- piano, 6-string banjo, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, nylon guitar (classical), mandolin, baritone guitar, dulcimer, loop programmer, air guitar, computer (mac), found objects
- Genres:
- acoustic rock, alternative hip hop, ambient acoustic, soundtrack, Pop, film score, fingerstyle, Lo-fi, celtic, electronica, folk, rare groove, acoustic techno fusion, minimalist, nature, orchestra, organic ambient, power pop, celtic rock, shoegaze, hardcore techno, avant-garde, World Music, experimental, dirty south
Doug M.
San Francisco, CA, United States
- Crafts:
- producer, a&r artist development, artist relations, mixing engineer, video editor, music distributor (digital), music consultant, business advisor, manager, composer, songwriter, educator/teacher, music collector, audio technician
- Instruments:
- acoustic guitar, baritone guitar, national guitar, nylon guitar (classical), electric guitar, Bass, piano
- Genres:
- rock, rock and roll, funk (all), jazz (all), punk, afro-reggae, reggae, reggaeton, samba-reggae, avant-garde, acoustic, ambient acoustic, acoustic techno fusion, acoustic rock, acoustic jazz, instrumental, ambient, downtempo, dub, ambient dub, folk, blues, blues-rock, alternative metal, electronica, dancehall, dance pop, samba, meditation, field recordings, rai, soul, chicago soul, soundscape, neo soul, memphis soul, soul rock, soundtrack, Hip-Hop, organic ambient, rap, indian, garage rock, bluegrass, aboriginal rock
- Influences:
- The Black Crowes, Grant Green, Wes Montgomery, Johnny Smith, elmore james, Midnight Oil, My Morning Jacket, vieux farka toure, little dragon, melissa kaplan, universal hall pass, Tom Petty, Ojos de Brujo, Ceu, The Black Keys, Dan Auerbach, social studies, tommy guerrero, ray barbee, the mattson 2, helios, nina kinert, The Bird and the Bee, Santogold, dusk and blackdown, Band of Horses, fleet foxes, CSS, Friendly Fires, Peggy Lee, The Killers, Rachid Taha, The Sea And Cake, Q-Tip, Cold War Kids, ziggy marley, Bob Marley, Bob Dylan, Andy Summers, Stewart Copeland, Sting, Mantis Evar, slideshow, big baby ernie, scuba, Kings Of Leon, the whitest boy alive, Dmitri Shostakovich, Flying Lotus, Ani Difranco, groove collective, At The Drive-In, Yoko Kanno, Deerhoof, phoenix, Gustav Mahler, Bartok, Al Di Meola, Fugazi, issa bagayogo, Dzihan & Kamien, Damon Albarn, Gorillaz, Mike Campbell, Fantomas, Peeping Tom, Mike Patton, Michael Hedges, Mark Knopfler, Dire Straits, Lee Morgan, Skream, Art Blakey, Billy Martin, chris wood, John Medeski, Silverchair, gaudi, Cyan, numero group, The Smashing Pumpkins, Dave Grohl, billy higgins, jay rodriguez, Igor Stravinsky, marc ford, Steve Albini, Incubus, Feist, salmonella dub, De La Soul, Alice Russell, Chris Robinson, Rich Robinson, Lester Young, Les Claypool, Steely Dan, Jeff Buckley, Jeff Baxter, T-Bone Walker, Tom Rush, Fleetwood Mac
