BD Bron's Page

Name

BD Bron - aka Junior Ruff

About Me

Bass Player - Another Musician in a Brave New World who's looking for collaborators that want to take on this afro-punk frontier and make some ridiculously good music?

Love Dub, Sound Scape/ Shoe Gazer shit. Love down tempo, up tempo, mid tempo music & all tempo. Love hip-hop, rock, reggae, anything that's funky or soulful. Love electronic, acoustic, afropop/beat. Just love to create music.

You can be my friend if...

If you're a lady be cute, be interesting, relaxed, like music, art & film. Or is interested in' collabing musically.

If you're a dude, like music, have something to say about music or play. And want to collab and make something happen.

Website :

http://myspace.com/ruffinbass

Occupation:

Corporate whore by day, Rockstar by night.

Favorite bands:

Miles Davis Pre & Post Bitches Brew
Jimi Hedrix
Georgia Anne Muldrow
Van Hunt
Stark Reality
Black Keys
MF Doom
Anything Studio One
The Marley's / The Wailers
Cymande
Most of Jack White's shit
Yesterday's New Quintet
Meters
Radio Head
Public Enemy

Favorite movies:

Art House, Hollywood, Foreign, skin flick, what ever's good or inspires.

Favorite books:

Quickly that be Walter Mosley & Kurt Vonnegut.

Favorite TV shows:

When you find that good TV let me know!

Orientation:

Straight

Zodiac Sign

Earth

Band Question - Genre:

In progress...

Band Question -Band Members:

Me, me, me....me.

Band Question - Sounds like:

If what I'm trying to do is the direction or sound that you're interested in, let me know. Or if you know people that might be. I've had a chance to really boil done some of my my thoughts & influences and I feel like there is an under represented music some where between Afro-Punk & Hip-Hop. I don't know what happened to the more rootsy Black Funk/Rock stuff like Jimi Hendrix Band of Gypsies or early Funkadelic (like their song Super Stupid) but the one thing is when you listen to that stuff there is no confusing it with white rock, that shit just had too much soul, funk & bass. I love Hip-Hop and that's what got me into playing music. After my 3rd roots concert, I was like I want to be Lenny Hubbard. I want my band to be Afro Rock that's influenced by Hip-Hop & be able to blend rock with funk, electronic with roots and represent with a feel like Jimi & Funkadelic did but do it in a modern sense. I use Jimi & Funkadelic as examples because to me they where original, they weren't just James Brown or The Rolling Stones, they kept their sound somewhere in the gray between. I want to stay rooted but still take that shit to other levels & directions. Do the right thing & Holla at a playa.

Band Question - Musical Influences:

I'm influenced by music.

Band Question - Record label:

DIY