Bio

Chris

I grew up in a house full of musical instruments but ironically, no one played them! It was not until I was ten years old that I got my first guitar lessons. I have since studied at the Triad School of Music, Place Des Arts, Today's Music and was briefly in the Douglas College Music program.

In high school I formed my first band with my friends Brad and Kelly. Our bass player left to play in an original project. I started out jammin' occasionally with that band and ended up joining them. I had found my niche! Right after that the band broke up!! However, the guitar player and I stuck together and eventually formed Planet Hopper. It was then that that we hooked up with Dal Dil Vog. It was the summer of 1996 and it was the first time that I met Ranj and his crazy brothers! I disliked Ranj from the start and continue to do so!

After my band and DDV broke up, Ranj I continued to cross paths on various projects. Around 5 years ago we were working with former DDV members Dave Mills and Craig Burdes, along with Timothy Hillman. Ranj and I decided we needed practice singing and playing live so we began playing coffee shops as a duo (occasionally with Craig) and this led, eventually, to the making of Simple Man. In the last year and a half or so, we have met up with Dan, Bojan and David. We are in the process of tightening up and growing our "Indo-Folk"sound.

I have worked with an Electronica band called Fidgital. I played bass in a Blues Rock band with Richard Klein. I played guitar with Carolyna Loveless and Company. Recently, I hooked up with my old buddy from my cover band days (Bill Poirier) and we are playing in a Johnny Cash tribute for Boogie Nights Entertainment. I also play in an original project with my first drummer Brad Harris called Smokehouse. Then, if that isn't enough, I just started playing bass in the Melissa Endean Band.

Dan

When he’s not spending way too much time on his computer (nerd) Dan Huget does his best to escape the matrix by way of music. Having grown up playing the violin in orchestras and chamber ensembles, something didn’t quite sit right about the classical box, er . . . labyrinth.

After languishing there for way too long, he stumbled on the way out: you don’t follow the path of the notes but get carried up over the walls in a wave of improvisation. Since that freeing discovery, he has been making up for lost play time on stage and in his recording studio with all the gusto of a three year old in sandbox. His favorite toys include an electric violin that looks straight out of Star Trek, a pedal board that allows him to play musical shape shifter (upright bass, electric guitar, east Indian sarangi and a myriad of synth voices for starters), and a looper to pile on layers of sound that will give any string quartet or power rock trio a run for their money.

Now, it’s not good for nerds to spend too much time alone. Ranj Singh and The Discriminators have been an ideal band for Dan, allowing him to play straight acoustic / classical lines, improvise with Eastern harmonic and rhythmic flair, and even rock out on the odd distortion lead. Plus they’re all good guys, and nerds REALLY need friends! Outside of the band, Dan plays solo violin looping shows as Violectric, works with singer – songwriters like Ray Boulay and Terry Mancini, and composes / produces music for film, like director Kelvin Redvers.