User:Vinpalese

Wikipedia suggested I start a user page for the user Vinpalese, so here it is!

Vinpalese is the user name for Vinny Palese, which is me.

I'm a native of California, have a bachelors degree in computer science from UCSC, and have worked in Silicon Valley since 1993.

In 1995 I bought a pair of inline skates and within 6 months started playing roller hockey. It was so much fun I had to try ice hockey and in 1998 joined with a group of friends to do a weekly pickup game at the Ice Center in Cupertino which we still have going 15+ years later.

One of my biggest loves in life is music. I have a massive library of both studio and live recordings and have gone to well over 2000 live shows. I started recording live music when I was 18 years old and still do it to this day.

I have well over 400 original master recordings and have recorded using both analog and digital tape. Since I record mostly hard/heavy/rock, I was the only "taper" at these shows, vs. "Jam Bands" which typically have many "tapers" recording the show. Sadly, due to lack of free time, many of my recordings have never been heard, even by myself! I hope to change this in the coming years by soliciting other "heads" to help me. I will give them the raw transfer(s) from my master tape(s) and they will track the show and put it online via bit torrent, giving the whole world free access to my recordings which has always been my desire.

A few of my recordings have been commercially released:
 * Fantômas and Melvins - Millennium Monsterwork 2000
 * Jay Farrar - Stone, Steel & Bright Lights
 * The Mother Hips - Beauty Rock. Recorded at The Catalyst in Santa Cruz, 2003. Video by Dave Schwartz and audio by Vinny Palese.
 * Fantômas - The Director's Cut Live: A New Year's Revolution. Video by Vince Forcier and audio by Vinny Palese.