***what I consider my best original piece is on my brother, Graig Duce's fandalism page - I call it Wah Wah Ginger- He calls it Curt Exotic - it's the one with the dolphin ... ***
40 years ago - guitar ensemble, Mr. Rebagliatti, Hamilton Jr High - I was 12 or 13. I should mention "Reb", as he is fondly called, instructed me to pursue any other interest than music, that I had no musicianship in me & I needn't waste my time. Contrary to his intention, I chose to take his remarks as reverse psychological encouragement to work harder than everyone else so that I could one day show him he was wrong. I have attempted to practice every day since, & not be discouraged by lack of ability or slow progress. In it for the music, my brother & I have been jammin & writing songs since we first started having babies. Family & friends hormonically converging - doesn't get much better than that! ... I just started playing keyboards about year ago & the bass I picked up a month ago ...

to improve my skills through exposure to others @ the same level as myself or better, and through their critique of my work, as well as to connect with others for musical collaboration (if I were to meet the future love of my life here - cool - she'll be into music) ... just making friends here is pretty cool ...

Beach Boys Vancouver Colliseum, circa 1972-73 ... nosebleed seats

I have a Fender Concorde Acoustic - blonde, and an American Strat, just bought -Aug. 12 2012- an excellent axe, played thru a Fender G-DEC, and a Hamer Slammer bass, Dunlop CryBaby Wah, and an Ion electric drum kit (belonging to my twelve-year-old,but I like to play em too) ... I also have an awesome Yamaha PSR-520 keyboard I am learning to play - can't tell ya where I got that ... I have Nuendo3 & tons of software for recording purposes, but I am like a kid with a ferrari who only knows how to ride a bike. My lack of technological ability is not unlike my musicianship, which has been a long hard road comin, but the benefits are paying off in (so far non-monetary) droves, so I am certain I will one day be capable of laying down reasonable tracks with the equipment I have @ my fingertips ...

Led Zeppelin - the energy, the riffs, the virtuosity & the quality, the repertoire & the revelrie ...
Later in life I have had the pleasure of meeting several musicians privately & had private impromptu concerts by such luminaries as Liona Boyd (whom I had long admired musically, but also have always found to a beautiful woman), Itzhak Perlman, with whom I spent some time discussing violin methods & Randy Bachman, with whom I sat in the green room while he warmed up before a performance. I have also met Punk legend, Joey 'Shithead' Kiethley of DOA, blues musicians (Bobby Rush - bought him lunch: Bo Diddley, with whom I almost got into a fight for insisting he did not appear 'elderly'), as well as Stevie Nicks (whose one-of-a-kind voice captivated me before I knew how lovely she was), excercising my authority as an airline supervisor by not only holding a flight for her, but also offering the person in the front row a free round trip for their seat, then (finding no problem) convincing the captain to make room in the cockpit for the bodybag-size satchel she carried containing 'all her writings' ... although I have met other musicians (Judas Priest's Rob Halford, among others), these were perhaps the most influential ...

I have always written, played and recorded with my brother, Graig (Igor), drummer extraordinaire (Check out his site here on fandalism for more of his stuff & our jams). But have played alot with Eric Ragan of Torsion, not to mention Kyle & the DuceMorrison Project & Todd (Newfie) Pilgrim - Now I can't wait to jam with Sam Singh & Scott Yano, Les & Jonah & the girls (Ayla & KarLi) ...

I am seeing people here with whom I am itching to collaborate - I'd be right into that ...

My fist performance was for several thousand at a school district music event in North Vancouver, approx 1971 or 72, but I usually play at small gatherings of family & friends - you know the old singalong thing ... I have played a few venues, like the Raymond Stampede, & I don't know how many people were at that show in Oporto, probably close to 500 or more - Castro had the audience clap me up on stage to do Blue Suede Shoes - Oh and I don't know how many Deadheads were dancing to my rhythms at the concerts campgrounds in Eugene back in 94, hundreds, I guess - cool memory ...

perhaps zep 1 or 2 ...