ZAC BAIRD

'Zac Baird', born February 16, 1971 in Orange County, California, is a keyboardist and pianist, currently collaborating with the band Korn.^[1] He is also noted for using the Moog synthesizer.^[2]

Contents

Early life

Musical career

Selected discography

See also

References

External links

Early life

Zac Baird graduated from the Arts Magnet, Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Dallas, Texas^[3]. A high school that has produced other artist such as musicians Edie Brickell, Erykah Badu, jazz trumpet player Roy Hargrove and singer Norah Jones.

Musical career

His first project was the band BillyGoat which he joined in 1990 and was a member for six years. Over the years he either founded or was involved in numerous other projects and bands, including:

★ Cottonmouth Texas

★ Decadent Dub Team

★ HairyApesBMX

★ Maimou
Baird has collaborated with artists from many various music genres, including Edie Brickell, Everlast, Evanescence (provided programming for their debut album "Fallen"), Colin Hay, Daniel Powter, Mike Dillon, and Stone Gossard.
He was auditioned for Nine Inch Nails. He calls the experience odd:
He was also auditioned for the Grammy-awarded alternative artist Beck, he describes it as great experience:
He was touring with pop singer and pianist, Daniel Powter in Europe in 2005.^[3]
He has recently worked with the band Korn, touring with them worldwide as a masked horse in ''See You on the Other Side'' tour, as well as in their 2006 edition of Family Values Tour. He has temporarily joined the band for their eighth studio album.
Collaboration with Korn and his previous projects was quite a difference for him:
On December 9, 2006 Baird performed with the band on playing piano.

Selected discography

★ 1992 - "Bush Roaming Mammals" - BillyGoat

★ 1994 - "Live at the Swingers Ball" - BillyGoat

★ 1995 - "Black & White" - BillyGoat

★ 1997 - "Anti-Social Butterfly" - Cottonmouth, Texas

★ 1999 - "The Right To Remain Silent" - Cottonmouth, Texas

★ 2000 - "Expatriape" - HairyApesBMX

★ 2001 - "Out Demons" - HairyApesBMX

★ 2001 - "Bayleaf" - Stone Gossard

★ 2002 - "Ultimate Collection" - Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians

★ 2002 - "Slow Drip Torture" - Maimou

★ 2003 - "Fallen" - Evanescence

★ 2004 - "Persephonics" - Maimou

★ 2005 - "Just Like Heaven" - Soundtrack

★ 2006 - "Chopped, Screwed, Live and Unglued" - Korn

★ 2006 - "Family Values Tour 2006 CD" - Various artists

★ 2006 - "Family Values Tour 2006 DVD" - Various artists

★ 2007 - "" - Korn

★ 2007 - "Korn's eighth studio album" - Korn

See also

★ List of Moog synthesizer players

References

1. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003592846 ''Korn Goes Experimental, Vents Anger On New Album'', Todd Martens, BillBoard.com, June 01, 2007
2. Moog Music
3. The Dallas Morning News
4. The Dallas Morning News

External links

★ Zac Baird MySpace

★ Official site: Maimou