User:Lydiantone

Lydian Tone (aka Robert Wallace Plunkett) is a sound designer, musician, composer/song writer and recording engineer. Raised in Lexington Kentucky, he was born to George Lenord Plunkett and Linda Cole Stivers August 18th 1960.

Music

Lydian Tone began playing drums in high school. His early influences included Aerosmith, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Doobie Brothers, The Raspberries, Jim Croce, Allman Brothers Band, Kiss, America, Elvis Presley, New York Dolls, The Sex Pistols and Bad Finger. During high school Lydian played in a cover band called Progress with Frank Bowers, currently the guitarist for Montgomery Gentry. In 1979 Lydian studied composition at the University of Kentucky were he was greatly influenced by Igor Stravinsky, Peter Tchaikovsky, Bela Bartok, Henry Cowell, Phillip Glass and J.S. Bach. While at UK he wrote and conducted a percussion ensemble piece entitled "Dying" a ballet in 5 movements. On March 30th 1983 he debut the performance of "The Heathen" another ballet that received critical acclaim. He also played drums in The Thrusters, a local punk-glam band fronted by Bradley Harrison Picklesimer and The Synthetics, a techno band, that featured Tom Cardin and Rob Rizzo on synthesizers.