kazual

im a self taught funk musician.i specialize in funk,jazz,r&b,house,techno rock and some hip hop.i play with a band I founded called FreeFlow Band www.freeflowband.info where I play keys and the talkbox and sing as well!

drums, bass, keys a lil guitar (rhthym mostly)and percussion

im very old school and haven't been able to afford the kind of computer I want to do my music on so I currently use a Tascam 2488 a fostex fs160 which I hot rodded with a bigger hard drive

Tascam 2488 fostex fs 160 tannoy reveals passive monitors art mic pre mxl mic and a behringer effects unit a Yamaha mo 6 an EMU mo phat keys alesis micron ( for vocoding and talkboxing) a rocktron banshee talkbox roland xp 30 MPC 1000 and a 500 and a korg electribe mkII sampler and for sequencing get this I still use an old alesis mmt8

just about everything old school ( not liking this modern stuff too much)

I have so many and im always making mixed cds of various artist but I would have to say that I MANDRE ( all 4) are definitely at the front of my stack

im heavily influenced by my friend and mentor mr Andre Lewis (RIP)(aka)MANDRE!im also influenced by George Duke Herbie Hancock ,Prince and the Minneapolis sound is a really big influence! Parliament Funkadelic also another big one! Kraftwerk Trevor Horn's work various rock and heavy metal bands!my list goes on and one especially since I own over 4000 records!

a mixture of funk( on the one with the p-funk) with jazzy touches with some house techno and hip hop thrown in and can be heavy on the Minneapolis sound (ie) prince andre cymone and the time jesse johnson and when I wanna rock out its basically a funk metal hybrid

human services like working with kids and adults with addictions, elderly, mentoring etc.