Greetings (from wisconsin)

Hello everyone, y'all seem like a friendly crowd.

Anyway here’s my intro...

Ever since I was a little toddler, I’ve been fascinated with music. When I made it to 5^th grade, I started on the tuba (which is a very fine instrument). In middle school, I developed an interest in rock music (though at that time, I had little knowledge of what "good" (intelligent) music was).

In addition to the tuba, I began to take guitar lessons with an instructor by the name of Chris Walczak, who is also the Vocalist for a local progressive rock band called Outlander. He recommended that I try listening to Tool. After I got that first Tool cd (Enima), all of my other music just seemed boring after that.

I knew Tool couldn’t be the only band on this god-forsaken rock that played with the complexity Mozart or Bach, so I began to search for more. I came across bands like Opeth, and Dream Theater. In a short while, I became fully immersed in the world of progressive rock/metal.

At the same time, I found Tool’s sister band, "A Perfect Circle." What amazes me about Tool and APC is that their singer (Maynard James Keenan) is almost a mirror image of myself in terms of personality and beliefs.

In high school (my sophomore year), I (and my Tuba) also began to explore the bizarre world of Jazz. We started a Jazz Fusion/Bebop band last year (again, my sophomore year). We’ve been performing for a while, but we still have no name.

I eventually hope to start a band that combines both the elements of progressive metal, and jazz.

That’s all, I hope I didn’t bore anyone.

Excellent!

Brass instruments are really under-rated these days - it's always strings that people pay attention to.

Our brass band played a jazz version of Tool's "Schizm" (of course being the Tuba player, I got the hard part). We've played it remarkably well however.

How long have you been playing? I'm on my 7th year currently.

Thanks Ben, I live in Madison.