Name

Davis Raborn

Web site

 www.davisraborn.com

Born

 Jan 27, 1960

Lives in

 Pittsburgh, PA - USA

Plays

 Yamaha Maple Custom acoustics drums , Zildjian cymbals, Yamaha electric drums

Bands

 Daymoon, Mispel Bellyfull, The Improv Project

Daytime job

 Linux software developer, systems and network admin

Current listening to

 Anything with Dave Weckl, Vinnie Colaiuta, Danny Carey, Sting, Jonatha Brooke
Interests & ramblings My family - The beginnings of pure happiness is derived from my wife Kathy, my sons Tyler and Collin and my dog Sage. My family surrounds me and heals me and enables me to get up when I fall down, which is often since their love for me makes me unafraid to try new and difficult things

Opensource studio tools - The Linux and Opensource community enables quality tools to be available for experimentation and exploration at no cost though donations are always welcomed by those writing wares. I use Redhat Fedora as my Operating System. My primary studio tools are JACK, Ecasound, Sox and many critters I have created to manage my recordings. I am constantly trying new tools from the Opensource community that enhance my musical experience, both as artist and listener. I prefer the command line

Becoming ambidextrous - The Mind is connected to the body and vice versa through neural messages, hormones in the blood and many other communication pathways. To enable symmetrical flow of bodily mechanics is to enable mental symmetry and vice versa

Improvisation and its physiology - Improvisation is love making between musicians who listen and react in harmony with each other. Mental and physical symmetry enable reactions so quick that many believe it to be a 6th sense in action

Free inquiry - I do not believe in the supernatural and believe everything has, or will have, a physical or biological explanation that can be reproduced via the scientific method

Mathematical abstractions in music - Mathematics is black and white and we can all take comfort in that. All complexity can be abstracted to simplicity. The real question is do we have the tools to see it? I believe it is possible to model music on an individual level and randomly generate beautiful sounds.
Daymoon:

 

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