berkleebassist

Biography

Upright/electric bassist gigging & living in Boston; Berklee College of Music '07, more up-to-date info at my blog, www.jeffbyrnes.net

Interests

music, bass, Macs, the web, reading

Music

311, Alain Caron, Art Pepper, Avishai Cohen, Bach, The Bad Plus, The Beatles, Beethoven, Béla Fleck, Ben Folds, Bill Withers, Billy Preston, Brad Mehldau, Cannonball Adderley, The Cat Empire, Chet, Chick Corea, Chris Potter, Chris Thile, Christian McBride, Curtis Mayfield, D'Angelo, Dave Douglas, Dave Holland, Dave Matthews Band, Earth Wind & Fire, Edgar Meyer, Eldar, Elizabeth and The Catapult, Esbjörn Svensson Trio, Freddie Hubbard, Galactic, Gary Smulyan, George Benson, Grant Green, Greyboy Allstars, Herbie Hancock, Hiromi, Incubus, The Isley Brothers, Jack DeJohnette, Jaco Pastorius, James Brown, Jamiroquai, Jane Monheit, Jill Scott, Jimi Hendrix, John Coltrane, John Legend, John McLaughlin, John Scofield, Joshua Redman, Jurassic 5, Kai Eckhardt, Karl Denson, Kenny Burrell, Kenny Dorham, Kenny Wheeler, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Led Zeppelin, Lettuce, Los Hombres Calientes, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Maktub, Marcus Miller, Mark O'Conner, Mark Whitfield, Martial Solal, Marvin Gaye, McCoy Tyner, Medeski Martin & Wood, Michel Camilo, Miles Davis, Moonraker, Mulgrew Miller, Muse, The New Mastersounds, Nicholas Payton, The O'Jays, Oscar Peterson, Paco de Lucia, Pat Martino, Pat Metheny, The Police, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Regina Spektor, Terence Blanchard, Return to Forever, Richard Bona, Robert Walter, The Roots, The Rosenburg Trio, Roy Hargrove, Roy Haynes, Sam Kininger, Shuggie Otis, Sonny Rollins, Soulive, Stanton Moore, Stephen Scott, Stevie Wonder, The Temptations, Thelonious Monk, Tierney Sutton, Tommy Flanagan, Tower of Power, The Urge, Wayne Krantz, Weather Report, Wes Montgomery

Movies

Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Army of Darkness, Office Space, Blade Runner, Cowboy Bebop, AKIRA, Dogma, Donnie Darko, Fight Club, Final Fantasy, Fist of Legend, Legend of Drunken Master, Ghost in the Shell, The Goonies, Kill Bill, Mad Max, The Road Warrior, The Matrix, Monty Python's Quest for the Holy Grail, Monty Python's Life of Brian, Snatch, Spirited Away

TV Shows

Family Guy, Alias, X-Files, Futurama, Supernatural, Rome, Farscape, Firefly, Heroes, Lost, Stargate Atlantis, Stargate SG-1, Battlestar Galactica, The Dresden Files

Books & Authors

sci-fi, fantasy, thrillers, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, anything by Neal Stephenson, anything by Dan Simmons, Brian Jacques' Redwall series, Relic, Reliquary, Brimstone, Diane Duane's Young Wizards series

Video games

Fallout, Marathon, Quake, Warcraft, Starcraft, Knights of the Old Republic, Command & Conquer, Halo, Myth, Half-Life