Sonic Deviant is a composer, a guitarist for more than 23 years, an artist, a writer, an experimentalist, a deviator, and an all-around aberration. He composes, records, and publishes sundry forms of experimental, rock, and jazz music under his real name, the pseudonym Sonic Deviant, and under various band monikers, including the band concept known as MeLtNoW. SD promotes his recordings via this web site and various other places around the Internet.
What is a Sonic Deviant?
Useless Factoids:
Shane is influenced by many musicians, composers, artists, and writers to include: Steve Vai, Frank Zappa, Prince, Salvador Dalí, Marion Bauer, Igor Stravinsky, Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Ives, Tool, Puscifer, A Perfect Circle, Truman Capote, Pablo Picasso, Harry Partch, Neil Haverstick, Mark Whitfield, Dave Slack (BMR3000), Winston Churchill, J. Krishnamurti, John Scofield, Dan Stearns, Ken Rubenstein, Tal Farlow, Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, my influences and friends of PSYCHOPOMPOS, and many others.
Notes on Gear and Equipment:
Shane uses many different guitars but loves his custom fretless Fernandez Retrorocket X (the "Fernando-Carvin"), Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster, Carvin Bolt-T Strat, Epiphone Performer SE acoustic, and Ibanez AWD82LTD semi-hollow electric. He uses an SX200D Carvin guitar amp and whatever strings are cheapest at the time (9s and 10s). Effects choices include Focusrite, Alesis, Behringer, and many software plugins for recording. Shane records music using a Mac Pro running Apple's Logic Studio and various other software tools and outboard gear.
