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Rocky the Musician

Since I was four, music has been a huge part of my life. I started out playing classical piano as a seventh generation Beethoven student under Duane Hampton in Redding, California. How exactly do you become a seventh generation Beethoven student?

Like this: Beethoven taught someone, who then taught someone, who then taught someone, who also then taught someone, who taught someone, who taught Duane Hampton, who taught me.

It soon became apparent, however, that despite Beethoven's overwhelming responsibility for teaching me music, I wasn't really into 'the classics.'

At that point, I quit classical piano lessons and started playing piano covers and blues improv. I owe a huge part of this decision to the teachings of my uncle, who now occasionally performs with Steve Miller, Al Jardine, Neil Young, and Flea from the Chili Peppers. You can check out Scott Slaughter's latest, here.

Now, I play drums, keys, guitar, and bass for various rock, jazz, and blues groups. In high school, I sang in the choir program and formed a few barbershop groups. In 2005, I was able to sing with one barbershop group on the streets of Dublin, Paris, Edinburgh, and London. That was easily one of the top experiences of my life.

I also started recording music in high school and now piece together various songs and jingles with a home studio. I will be posting various tracks on this page, so check back for updates.

Instruments	:	Piano, Synthesizers, Electric and Acoustic Guitars, Bass, Kit Drums and Percussion, Vocals
Influences	:	Queen, Weezer, Elliott Smith, Fugazi, Elton John, Tally Hall, Cake, the Beatles, the Beach Boys, etc...
Drums	:	Pearl Export Select 2001 drums with Z Custom Hats, Z Custom Crashes, Avedis Ride, Sabian AAX Splash, and Oriental China
Guitars	:	Fender American Telecaster, Ibanez GSA60, Fender 65W Princeton, Yamaha Acoustic, Takamine Acoustic/Electric
Bass	:	Fender Jazz Bass
Live	:	Mackie SRM-450 v2s with 1202-VLZ3 mixer, Shure SM58 mics.
Recording Rig	:	Presonus FireStudio with Logic Pro, Cubase LE, and Garageband with Audix drum mics.
Performed with	:	Weezer (July 23, 2008), Jamie Alimorad, Tweezer, Northern California Honor Choir, etc.

Music Profile

Rocky performs in Weezer's "L.A. Hootenanny," recorded live by Yahoo! Live Sets. "Island in the Sun" is one of eight songs they performed together.

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Music Samples

Must install QuickTime to hear!

Rocky Slaughter/Frank Simms - The Murphy-Goode Winery Jingle

Frank Simms - The Kool Aid man does RockySlaughter.com

Rocky Slaughter - EnjoyFreeway.com Jingle for Softpress

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