Frownland

Ideally, most musicians want to have a trademark style, but there are very few musicians who don't have the footprint of their influences in their playing style. So, who's rubbed off on your playing? And do you think that's a good or a bad thing?

For my guitar playing, Keiji Haino and Marc Ribot are two players who you can hear in my playing. My noisier side screams Haino (I'm not just complimenting myself since I'm a massive Haino fan, other people have told me this as well) while my jazzier side is very Ribot, with the hard hits on the strings and bent towards Eastern scales. Derek Bailey also influenced my style, but that's somewhat faded over the years as I move towards more precise playing.

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