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Ian
Graham-Bass, Keyboards and Vocals "Psalm 23 for Bassists" The Lord is my drummer, I shall not rush. Yeah man, though I read through the trickiest You setteth up a solo for me Surely good feel and swing will follow me Birthday-Feb 4th Claim to Fame-Appearing on the Dream Theater DVD, engineered and produced "Counterbalance" which won the "Jam with Pam" (as in Pamela Anderson) contest for the month of April/2001 Influences-Geddy Lee, Victor Wooten, Alain Caron, John Myung, Keith Emerson, Geoff Tate, James LaBrie, Rubén González (Buena Vista Social Club pianist from Cuba-AWESOME Player!!), Jordan Rudess Equipment List-Freiheit 4 string Jazz Bass, Freiheit 6 string fretless bass, Korg Triton LE, Peavey SP Sampler, GK 700 Bass Amp, Peavey 15 and 2x10 cabinet, D'Addario Strings, Monster Cable, Sennheiser wireless, Bass POD, Mac Powerbook G4 Essential Albums-Dream Theater-Scenes from a Memory/Train of Thought, Queensryche-Operation Mindcrime/Empire, I Mother Earth-Dig, Rush-Moving Pictures/Hemispheres/2112, Porcupine Tree-Deadwing/In Abstentia, Supertramp-Crime of the Century/Breakfast in America, King's X-Greatest Hits, A Perfect Circle, Tool-Lateralus Ian is the founding member of Eye Rhyme. He assembled the original members of the band for the recording of their first album, "Life Control". He single-handedly wrote all the material for that album, and ninety-nine percent of the material on the second album, "Soul". Ian studied music at Wilfred Laurier University. There, he majored in pipe organ and composition. He graduated from Laurier in 1991 with a B.A. degree in music. Ian is extremely creative and dedicated. He has gone above-and-beyond the cause to book and promote the band. One might argue that it was Ian's persistence that brought Eye Rhyme to where it is today. He demonstrates excellent teamwork abilities, as well as strong leadership skills. Of course, Ian is also an outstanding bass player, always creating hard-grooving, yet tasteful lines. His vocals always demonstrate a strong melodic sense with feel and energy. In addition to his accomplishments with Eye Rhyme, Ian is a very experienced musician. He spent several years playing bass for country artist Valerie Sherman, he performed as a sideman for pop artist Johnathan M. alongside Saga guitarist Ian Crichton, and he has also performed and written for bands such as Pigskin and pSIGMA. Ian teaches piano and bass students, plays organ at a church on Sundays, and owns his own recording studio Small Dog Studio. In 1998, he was nominated for the Kitchener Arts Council Award for Music. |
