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to join the band. He agreed but he also played in another band at the time. Fish taught himself how to play the drums by locking himself in his room and trying to copy the sound of bands such as Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin. When he moved to college, he started to move toward jazz and hardcore. Now, all they needed was a bass player. The three placed flyers all over campus and the first replay was Mike Gordon which joined the band soon after. Unlike Fish, Mike received formal training from a bass instructor. On the other hand, he did lock himself in his room just as Fish. Mike had a huge black box hung from the ceiling that he would enter when he practiced. That would enable him to concentrate on music without any visual stimulation to interfere with his experience. There is also a good friend a Trey’s named Tom Marshall that became the source and inspiration for some of Trey’s music. In turn, Tom became Trey’s writing partner, a relationship that continues to this day. ...

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also, to keep the band together.
One of the integral parts of the Goddard College curriculum is the Senior Study. This is an exhaustive independent study that is completed during a student’s final semester in school. Page, Trey and Fish all completed Senior Studies, and each of these works is intimately connected to the band members’ roles in . Page’s Senior Study is called “The Art of Improvisation.” His study lists his musical influences, including Bill Evans, Duke Ellington, and Art Tatum. It also states Page’s ultimate performance goal of becoming egoless. Trey’s study, is called “The Man Who Stepped into Yesterday.” This project is a thematically linked song cycle. It ...

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