From 50b82f466c06520823aaa8f77503594d261bd984 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Joshua M. Boniface" Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2024 22:42:24 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Add influences & style section to music page --- content/en/pages/music.md | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+) diff --git a/content/en/pages/music.md b/content/en/pages/music.md index f9f19f6..07d0f58 100644 --- a/content/en/pages/music.md +++ b/content/en/pages/music.md @@ -31,3 +31,26 @@ Below is a playlist containing preview audio of all 9 songs, as produced by Muse {{< /aplayer >}} Full and individual part scores for all these songs can be found [in my MuseScore.com score set for Into Æther here](https://musescore.com/user/25324421/sets/12460489). + +## Influences & Style + +I primarily write modern progressive rock, though with my own twist. I make heavy use of a clean piano, and occasionally strings, but not much synthesizer, and a very metal-influenced druming style despite the songs themselves not really feeling like "metal", as well as a relatively clean and high guitar style. + +Some of my major influences include, in rough order: + +* Rush +* Dream Theater +* Yes +* Nightwish +* Porcupine Tree +* JT Bruce +* Pink Floyd +* Genesis +* Opeth +* Rhapsody of Fire +* Big Big Train +* System of a Down + +Plus countless other musicians, groups, and bands. + +In terms of instruments, I'm primarily a drummer, bassist, and vocalist; my guitar and keyboard skills leave a lot to be desired, but I'm passable on both. I began primarily as a jazz drummer and self-taught guitarist playing Rush and Pink Floyd songs, before branching out into other instruments, including a year of piano lessons in my early teenage years. Since finishing school I've mostly been a hobby musician, with occasional spurts of writing and playing interspersed with periods of silence.