What kind of music do I play ?

I grew up in classical-light (Boston Pops, Lloyd Weber), turned onto hiphop in HS (Tribe, Black Sheep), learned drums along with classic rock (Zeppelin), woodshedded to Chili Peppers, sat in with blues bands (Mississippi Heat), and have followed Weird Al and Phish with great interest for the last 15 years.. Lately Ive sat in with on drums and played along with bluegrass bands (Tangleweed) and learned to play the banjo.

I’m definitely an amalgam – but anything in this webpage below, chronicling American music folk-thru-ragtime-thru-jazz-to present – is stuff up my particular Amalgam Alley:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_appropriation_in_Western_music

I’d say artsy-artists, indie rock bands, one-man MC shows, these are not up my alley. Music is important as a tradition for me, and part of my identity is my choice to carry on that tradition and leave my marks within it, not in some vanity-driven attempt to be seen as an innovator above all else. My approach is original, but my raw material is steeped in tradition, and I’m not threatened to be seen to be in a continuum with the greats of the past – it would be my pleasure to be seen as such !