NicknamesRoderick Tolentino Flores
Nicknames
Rodrigo, Rodriguez, RTC,
Todd from Maui,
Rigo, Tigo, Trigo, Reegs,
Thundertube, The Filipino Pornstar,
Crimson Kid, Maui Kid.......
Born: April 17th, 1982
Spring Valley, New York
Knowledge
Oliver Ames High School, Easton, MA, class of 2000
Graduated from The Art Institute (AI New England), Brookline, MA in May 2004
with an:
Associate of Science Degree in Audio Production
(Salim? Salim who? I am your master in ALL of audio production)
Musical History
No More Oatmeal (NMO) 1996-1997
Flatline 1997-1998
Q-20 1998-2000
Giving to Grey Skies (various shows) 2003-2004
The Rapp Diggies Experience 2002-Present
Musical Releases
Flatline 2-song demo 1997-1998
Q-20 Questions (4 song demo) 1999-2000
Giving to Grey Skies 3-song demo (played 3rd guitar on "Summer Ends in a Day" 2003
Studio Work/Recordings
Market Street 2-song demo 2002
"All Indians, No Chiefs" Volume 1 EP featuring Irepress (recorded by me), GTGS, and EC
Beach Metal Jammz "Wading...(full distortion)" instrumental track
Various in studio recordings, jam sessions, beats, samples, etc...
Bands Played With
Giving to Grey Skies, Irepress, The Eclectic Collective, Eastcide, Screams of Erida, etc...
Venues Played At
The Middle East (Upstairs), Saratoga Winners, Exit 23, Cafe Mio, Jarrod's Place,
Bill's Bar, Fat Cats, The Living Room, and more....
Magical Equipment
1st guitar and amp - A Gibson Epiphone strat copy and a Fender Princeton 112 amp
Black 1993 Gibson Les Paul Studio with a zebra stripe Seymour Duncan SH-5 Duncan
Custom bridge pickup and graphtech saddles
Green 1996 PRS Custom 24 with graphtech saddles
Tacoma DM-9 acoustic guitar
Yamaha nylon string classical guitar
Mesa Boogie Triple Rectifier 2 Channel amp head w/ 4/12 straight/slant cab
Marshall JCM 900 head and 4x12 slant cab
Various Boss pedals and effects
Vox wah-wah
DR strings
Dunlop Tortex and Alien picks
Band Influences
Deftones, A Perfect Circle, Tool, Snot, Led Zeppelin, Alice In Chains,
Hopesfall (Satellite Years and No "Nick 'N" Wings to Speak of),
Meshuggah, Dredg, RATM, Poison the Well, VOD, Mudvayne, Pink Floyd,
Everytime I Die, Slayer, Sublime, Codeseven, just to name a few...
Artist Influences
Billy Howerdel, Troy Van Leuween, Adam Jones, Stephen Carpenter, Jimi Hendrix,
Dave Grohl, ALL the cats in Giving to Grey Skies, Irepress, and
The Eclectic Collective (except for Salim cuz he knows nothing about audio),
the insane, pummeling, chaotic guitar playing of James "The Virus" Needre,
the smooth, artistic, drumming style of Jeff "The Rapp Diggies" Rappo,
the multi-talented musician/engineer Chris Phelan,
the 80's hair metal drumming of Jeremy "Snake" Souney,
Ryan "Ry Dog" Rudolph and his heavy, explosive guitar playing,
the melodic piano/keyboard playing and hip hop beats of Brian "B" Pray,
the spoken words of Mike "Big Mike" Curry, and many. many others...
much respect to all these crazy cats for being part of my musical creativity and experience...
Instrumentation Skillage:
Electric Guitar, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, drums, piano, trumpet, keyboards...
Skillage
ProTools, Digital Performer, Q-base, Sonar, N-Track, etc...
(Salim wishes he knew what i know about audio/music)
Future Goals
Making music with some crazy, talented, creative, down to Earth people,
Owning my own recording studio in Maui, Hawaii, and enjoying the
ever-evolving, creative, spiritual, and emotional journey music has on the human soul.
Contact Rodrigo at: mailto:PRS417@aol.com