About Me

  • About Me: I am a freelance musician who plays acoustic piano. I live near London and work with various musicians, groups and in solo projects which involve contemporary improvisation and composition. Other interests are usually related to this work.

More About Me

  • Nicknames: none
  • Nationality: The World
  • Religion: none
  • Heroes: my friends
  • Interests: work
  • Expertise: the piano
  • Occupation: musician

Contact Info

Music

  • Favorite Artists: so many
  • Favorite Albums: again....so many
  • Favorite Genre: can't be limited by genre
  • Favorite Songs: impossible to chose
  • Favorite Lyrics: Paul Haines, Lou Glandfield +...
  • Songs for Roadtrips: this varies
  • Songs I hate: .....not sure
  • Guilty Pleasure: talking to myself
  • Songs I repeat the most: this varies from year-to-year, but at the moment, because of current read, humming Old Buttermilk Sky a fair bit.
  • Band I wish I was in: ....I'm already in them....sorry

Books

  • Favorite Books: difficult......Finnegans wake, Catcher in the Rye, Woman in the Dunes etc
  • Favorite Authors: Varies according to mood
  • Favorite Genres: modern fiction and contemporary issues
  • Favorite Characters: none
  • Favorite Quotes: a recent one is quite good (wording is perhaps not exact, but near) - Radio is the theatre for the mind and imagination, television is for the mindless. (Bob Dylan)
  • Recent Reads: Sometimes I Wonder - ghostwritten autobiography by Stephen Longstreet on Hoagy Carmichael

Food

  • Favorite Cuisine: vegan
  • Favorite Dishes: all vegan cooking
  • Favorite Desserts: fresh fruit salad with a yofu mix with maple syrup and vanilla
  • Favorite Drinks: red wine
  • Favorite Junk Foods: none
  • Best meal ever: at home
  • My Original Recipes: a special mushroom with tamari, black pepper and lemon on toast for breakfast
  • Favorite Restaurants: our kitchen
  • Foods I hate: junk food

Television

  • Favorite Shows: none
  • Favorite Channels: Channel 4 if any
  • Favorite Reruns: none
  • Most Addictive Show: none
  • Favorite Late Night Talk Show: none
  • Favorite Episode: none
  • Characters you relate to: none
  • Favorite Theme Song: none
  • Show I Secretly Watch: Harry Hill's TV burp
  • Show I wished wasn't cancelled: none

Movies

  • Favorite Movies: varies
  • Favorite Actors: Jim Broadbent, Billy Whitelaw, Rod Steiger (sometimes), Steve Buscami (sometimes)
  • Favorite Directors: Robert Altman, early Kurusawa, Ken Loach
  • Favorite Genre: none
  • Favorite Soundtracks: Taking of Pelham 123
  • Movie Quotes I say all the time: none
  • Movies I can watch over and over: none
  • Actor that would play me in a movie: not sure

Travel

  • Places I love: countryside
  • Places I've been: Australia, India, New Zealand, USA, Canada, countries in Europe, Russia
  • Places to see before I die: none
  • Dream Vacation: walking in the countryside with my wife

Video Games

  • Games I Play: none
  • Consoles: none
  • Favorite Characters: none
  • Gaming Alias: none
  • Servers I Play On: none
  • Favorite Classic Arcade Games: none
  • Most Addictive: none
  • Proudest Achievements: none
  • Favorite Soundtrack: none
  • Clans: none

Style

  • Where I shop: second hand shops
  • Brands I love: none
  • I like to wear: clothes when it's cold
  • Can't live without: warm clothes when it's cold
  • Prized Possessions: shoes
  • Guilty Pleasure: none

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    • Name: Veryan Weston
    • Birthday: 9/3/1950
    • Gender: Male
    • Member Since: 2/4/2007