Greetings! I'm Randel Shapiro... a multi-instrumentalist composer/singer/songwriter.
I play keyboards, guitar, bass, mandolin, viol, zither and sing.
I play and write in many different styles. I studied
classical music as a kid and then discovered folk, blues,
rock, jazz, indian classical, flamenco, reggae and bluegrass.
Just a few of my influences:
Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis,
Paco De Lucia, La Nina De Los Peines,
Ali Akbar Khan, Ravi Shankar,
Bob Marley,
Ralph & Carter Stanley, Bill Monroe,
J.S. Bach, Dominico Scarlatti,
Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell,
Ray Charles, Robert Johnson,
Jerry Garcia, John Lennon.
If you're using a dialup connection, it takes a few minutes
to load MP3s at 128kbps... Real Audio at 20kbps is
much faster but the quality is lower. Cheers from Randy in Seattle!
