Members Of Perfect Element
Members:[ Dennis Maron | Don Smith | Dave Marsch | Mark Houser ]

Keyboards, synthesizers and guitars.

I began studying classical piano music at age nine. I studied pieces by all the usual composers. I stayed rooted in this world until two albums changed my musical direction forever. Six Wives of Henry the Eighth by Rick Wakeman and Romantic Warrior by Return to Forever. After that I became more interested in jazz fusion and other types of progressive rock.

Today, I listen to a wide variety of musical styles and genres these days from anything from celtic through various forms of electronic music.

Early Influences on keyboards (the obvious ones anyhow): Chick Corea, Jan Hammer, Keith Emerson, Rick Wakeman, Kerry Livgren / Steve Walsh, Ton Scherpenzeel, Eddie Jobson.

Guitar Influences: Way too many styles to list them all but I am a student of everything I hear. These guitarist are some of my favorite.

Alan Holdsworth, Steve Morse, Michael Schenker, Michael Romeo, Gary Moore.