{"id":18403,"date":"2014-09-19T11:24:11","date_gmt":"2014-09-19T15:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/?p=18403"},"modified":"2014-09-19T11:24:11","modified_gmt":"2014-09-19T15:24:11","slug":"meet-the-bakers-craig-anderton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/2014\/09\/19\/meet-the-bakers-craig-anderton\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Bakers: Craig Anderton"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you want to know about me, including multiple probably surprising facts, One Louder<\/em> magazine did a pretty comprehensive interview<\/a> just before I joined Gibson. In fact I’m surprised I was asked to participate in “Meet the Bakers,” because I’m really just an honorary baker…but apparently all these software guys need someone with hardware experience to change light bulbs and fix the microwave, and that would be me. So we’ll just cut to the chase, and deal with the bullet points. Oh, and don’t forget to check out my latest music videos at http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/thecraiganderton<\/a>. It’s an eclectic collection, to say the least…from cover versions to French Antilles dance music to EDM to hard rock to a live ambient performance written as a sleep aid for my daughter.<\/p>\n

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Doing a festival gig with Brian Hardgroove from Public Enemy, as the hard rock two-piece EV2. Eddie Kramer called us “The Black and White Stripes.” I’m quite sure he considers me the white one.<\/em><\/p>\n

Musical heroes:<\/strong> Jimi Hendrix, J.S. Bach, John Coltrane, Trent Reznor, Buddy Holly, Miles Davis, Jimmy Page, Wes Montgomery…for DJs I still think Armin Van Buuren is great for trance, and Carl Cox for the harder stuff. For beats I’ve never heard anyone better than Dr. Walker.<\/p>\n

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DJing with DJ Russ Reign. I love playing with people who are good on turntables.<\/em><\/p>\n

Years at Cakewalk:<\/strong> Been using Sonar since 2000…does that count?<\/p>\n

Favorite movies:<\/strong> Idiocracy, The Empire Strikes Back, Metropolis, Bladerunner<\/em> (for the message, not just the effects), Spinal Tap, The Matrix Reloaded<\/em><\/p>\n

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Hanging around in Shanghai, a very cool city
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Instruments:<\/strong> Guitar, keyboard, vocals, blues harp<\/p>\n

Favorite TV shows:<\/strong> I actually don’t own a TV\u2014time watching TV is time not spent making music. Besides, there’s a reason they call it “programming”…<\/p>\n

Superpower:<\/strong> I’d love the ability to fly without American Airlines getting in the way.<\/p>\n

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Onstage in Cologne, Germany with Dr. Walker and Rei$$dorf Force<\/em><\/p>\n

Random facts:<\/strong> Because the interview I linked to above has a bunch of random facts, I figured a few Bedtime Stories from Uncle Craig<\/em> might be more fun (“Tell us about the 60s again, Uncle Craig, when musicians could actually make money playing music!!”).<\/p>\n