LarryDodd

I'm 17 and I LOVE music. I've been playing guitar for a number of years, as well as bass every now and then. Sorta play piano but I'm not too serious about it, same with the banjo. I hope to obtain some string and/or wind instruments in the near future so I can learn them as well. I'd like to write music and be in a band for a living, but I'm never satisfied with my work :( It's even worse since there are no decent musicians where I live (not that I'm claiming I'm great lol)

Anyway...I've always been attracted towards rock since I was a little kid. KISS' Destroyer was the first album I was ever given and I loved it immediatley. The loudness, intensity, and just rockin' vibe made me pick up the bass. From there I went through the standard: Guns N' Roses, AC/DC, Metallica, basically everything you see on VH1 Classic. But I've grown a LOT since then...
It all started in 2004 when I heard Stream of Consciousness (by Dream Theater) on a web radio. I loved the jam-like feel to the song, and how they would ride on the same riff, but kept it interesting with small permutations. I immediately got a couple of their albums and looked into their peers' (Opeth, Symphony X etc.) work as well. Then came the phase where all I cared about was technicality and speed in music. This got me into the tech. death scene as well as other extreme genres (black, grind).
Eventually I branched off into the slower tempo music such as post-rock/metal, doom, sludge, and stoner. Then came a phase where I was in love with avantgarde/experimental music.
This leads to my current phase: Hip hop and electronica. I'm still just taste testing the genres, but I'm loving everything from the ambiance to the samples.
So I really have to thank Dream Theater for expanding my horizons quite a bit lol.

Aside from music I'm pretty basic: sleep, video games (PS2>>>all Next-Gen consoles (or is it current-Gen? By Next-Gen I mean 360, Ps3 and stuff)).