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MusicianBlues, Soul, Rock, Jazz, Latin, CountryPiano, Organ, Synthesizer, Bass GuitarPerformed with Stevie Wonder

I have university degrees in Mathematics and Computer Programming, with minors in Physics, Astronomy, and Chemistry.

I tend to view people, the world, and the Universe in a Spiritual perspective.

I love to tell (and often invent) puns (the "dad joke" kind, often called "groaners"), and especially love to make kids laugh.

I love reading epic Fantasy novels or series, as well as Sci-Fi and other types of good fiction. Here are some examples:
* Stephen R. Donaldson - The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
* Ursula Le Guin - The Earthsea Trilogy
* Anne McCaffrey - Dragonriders of Pern Series, especially The White Dragon
* Frank Herbert - Dune
* J.R.R. Tolkien - The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
* Diana Gabaldon - Outlander Series
* J.K. Rowling - The Harry Potter Series
* Brandon Sanderson - The Mistborn Series
* Edgar Rice Burroughs - Tarzan Series
* Robert A. Heinlein - Stranger in a Strange Land

After my music career, I was a computer database programmer for 26 years.

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A friend asked me to post more details on my music career ...

Along the way I've rubbed elbows with Dave Brubeck, Lou Rawls, Dwight Yoakam, Edwin Starr.

I earned a living as a musician from the age of 15 through 30. The band I was in during the first 5 years was The Soul System, covering artists like James Brown and The Temptations. Our singer was Freddie Cunningham whose current blues band is Root Doctor
* * LINKS * * https://www.rootdoctorband.com * * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_Doctor

For the next 10 years, I played in many kinds of bands on keyboards. My onstage keyboards:
* Hammond B-3 Organ connected to a Leslie rotating speaker cabinet
* Wurlitzer Electric Piano
* Moog Synthesizer
* Hohner International String Vox
* Electrovox Synthesizer

Here are some music genres I've played:

Big Band (MSU Dance Band)
Blues (The Soul System, and other)
Boogie-woogie (for a movie Soundtrack)
* * IMDb * * https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8531561/
Classical (Lansing Symphony Orchestra)
Country (The Collection, and other bands)
Cuban (Ritmo)
* * LINK * * https://www.orquestaritmo.com/
Disco (various bands)
Folk (on an album)
Funk (various bands)
Fusion (Frankenstein by Edgar Winter, on the Synthesizers)
Jazz (I played bass guitar in a Jazz trio with Henry Butler)
* * LINKS * * https://youtu.be/yOKeuQowRVY * * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Butler
Latin (Ritmo)
Motown (The Soul System)
New Age (original compositions)
Polka (various bands)
Pop (various bands)
Rock (The U.S. Male, and other)
R&B (The Soul System, and other)
Soul (The Soul System)
Swing (various bands)
Synth-electronic (various bands)

EDIT: Last year I composed a song with a friend of mine. He has a weekly live music video blog on YouTube, so if you'd like to see him sing the song here is a link (cued up at his introduction of the song):
* * LINK * * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9eOAuveRZ8&t=928s
If you're curious about the evolution of song making, here is a link that includes a brief text description I put together called "Anatomy of a song", followed by 3 evolving audio versions of the composition in chronological order.
* * LINK * * https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_JTZaOHSsaOq91PBNHrtb-V22M-6z9Nn?fbclid=IwAR070yapGOEMrNE2VcTh9EE5pf3SFfLHXoaABk8Qz74HHA0-h0DNqPX_zvs




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