Your favourite virtue?
Kindness for sure, you should always try to be kind no matter situation you're currently in, it will never backfire.
Your chief characteristic?
I'd like to think it's kindness, I really do try my best not to put anyone down.
Your idea of happiness?
True happiness for me lies in the rush one feels in that perfect moment with music, whether writing, performing, or what have you. Every once and a while something happens sonically that sends shivers up your spine, and it's truly hard to simply create those moments. (Although an open G chord through a cranked Orange Rocker 30 gets pretty close)
Your idea of misery?
Complete isolation, silence, solitude, and boredom. I may keep to myself sometimes, but if I had nothing to keep my attention I'd likely go crazy pretty quick.
Your heroes in fiction?
Courage the Cowardly Dog, he helps anyone and everyone no matter what perilous things are happening to him. And he's always doing something.
Your heroes in real life?
My Dad, Dave Grohl, Ian Mackaye, Phil Collins, Mike Watt.
What you hate the most?
Redundant repetition; if I already know it, I don't need to hear it, and the belief that anyone knows any better than anyone else; we've all had unique experiences on this Earth, you can't possibly know everything about anyone, so why assume you know more about the world and life than they do, and why would belief have anything to do with that?
What fault do you tolerate the most?
Chronic lateness, because I am a sufferer as well.
Your favourite motto or inspirational quote?
What goes around, comes around.
Your favourite food and drink?
Homemade Grilled Chicken Burgers and a very specific mix of Slurpee.
Your favourite qualities in a man?
Your favourite qualities in a woman?
Instead of answering those two questions, I'm just going to tell you my favorite qualities in any person, because gender makes no difference here.
Kindness, a good sense of humour, compassion, empathy, loyalty, intelligence.
If not yourself, who would you like to be?
Dave Grohl, he is essentially a kid who grew up with the rock star dream, and ended up not only living it, but becoming its greatest hero.
Natural talent you'd like to be gifted with?
The ability to draw well, to create truly expressive art using only a canvas and pencil.
Your main fault?
It would either be my consistent lateness, or my inability to commit to doing something I don't think I'll gain anything from doing.
The characteristic in yourself you admire most?
I don't give up easily. Just ask anyone who's played Risk with me.
Where would you like to live?
On the border between a large forested area, and a grand, wide open rural plain. Wide open spaces and natural beauty in perfect compliment.
The first memory you have?
Surprisingly, I believe it is a small clip from a dream, in which I'm lying in my parents bed, looking up through a hole in the ceiling at a Helicopter, or conversely, playing with my Sesame Street train.
The biggest regret you have?
Not going to Avery Hall's funeral. He was a truly great friend of mine, and I didn't ask to leave work because I knew me leaving would put them in a tight spot on one of the busiest days that summer.
The biggest triumph you have?
The continued nods of approval I get from established musicians who see or hear my work. One can truly not be the judge of their own production, so when I people I respect tell me I've produced something noteworthy, it completely validates the countless hours I spend working towards making it in the first place.
What do you appreciate the most in your friends?
The ability to be both hilarious and righteously thoughtful. We can joke all day, but when thing's get heavy, they're thoughtful and considerate.
How would you like to die?
I'm not going to.
What defines love to you?
The truth that your life would be measurably worse by the departure of someone.
If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it
be?
A dog. Dogs live in the moment, never look back, never look too far forward, and have the capacity to be both amazing companions, and capable workers.
On what occasion do you lie?
When I believe that using the truth would cause feelings of hurt, without yielding positive gain anywhere else.
What or who is the greatest love of your life?
Music is likely my greatest love, although my dog Sadie was a very close second.
What is your most treasured possession?
My drumkit, and my Flying V. They are my main tools to leave a mark on this world.
What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
Belief
What is your greatest fear?
Needles, nothing else in my life has actually prompted me to run away and hide.
What do you like most about your appearance?
I look like I stepped out of 1998.
What turns you on?
A key.
A key.
What turns you off?
Hangnails.
Hangnails.
What's your favourite word?
Dysphemism
What's your least favourite word?
Girl. At least in music.
Song of the day: Crazy Eyes - Blinker The Star - August Everywhere (1998)
Crazy good live version.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QqAtIAhttQ
Thanks, Eric!!
ReplyDeleteI can tell you've answered these questions honestly. We know what drives you. Music. You make that very clear. I love how enthusiastic you are about it!