AM -vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
Mark Getten -bass
Geoff Pearlman -electric guitar, backing vocals
Mike Mangan/Jesse Nason - piano, organ, synths
Bryan Head/Kevin Stevens -drums
Chris Lovejoy -percussion
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Influences
Beck, Wilco, John Martyn, Caetano Veloso, The Flaming Lips, U2, Coldplay, Jeff Buckley, Stereolab, Nick Drake, Stevie Wonder, The Spinners, Al Green, Marvin Gaye, Bill Withers, Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin, The Beatles, John Martyn, Smokey Robinson, The Beach Boys, Tom Petty, The Byrds, Simon and Garfunkel, Fleetwood Mac, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Tamba 4, Sergio Mendez, Gabor Szabo, James Brown, Cal Tjader, Jorge Ben, Ennio Morricone, David Axelrod, The Eagles, McCoy Tyner, Grant Green, Johnny Cash, The Velvet Underground, Lou Reed, Jackson Brown, Daniel Lanois, Brian Eno and so much more.
Sounds Like
"...tough and sensitive, tasteful and inventive, channeling a softer Jeff Buckley or a stripped-down, entirely unpretentious Wilco." John Meyer, WERS Boston
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"Side By Side - Duets Vol. 1"
Currently featured in "What's Hot" on iTunes and the "Indie Spotight"
Award-winning artist AM has produced his first duets project "Side By Side - Duets Vol. 1". This is the first volume of duets in a 6 volume series AM is writing and producing. AM invited friends and fellow singer/songwriters to perform duets to bring his concept of "Side By Side - Duets Vol. 1" to life. Designer Jonathan Ady took AM's obsession with owls and created the album cover.
Songs include:
New Road : duet with AM and Meiko
Temporary One : duet with AM and Susie Suh
I'll Be Your Mirror : duet with AM and Julianna Raye
Hear Me Sing : duet with AM and Buddy
While My Guitar Gently Weeps : duet with AM and Tina Dico
A Part Of Something Missing : duet with AM and Rick Garcia
Bonus Songs available exclusively on iTunes
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"Soul Variations" (AM's sophomore record) is a rich and musically varied album with political undertones heavily influenced by the effects Hurricane Katrina had on AM’s hometown of New Orleans, what the tragic event revealed about America, and perhaps of humanity in general. “Soul Variations” also offers AM’s signature songs of lost love such as "Stepping Stone" and "Live A Lie".
In his own words AM describes “Soul Variations”:
“’Soul Variations' has more of a political edge. But like many of my songs I don't think it has to be restricted to that. I try to write songs that can be applied to different situations so the listener can be free to interpret the songs and not be restricted by what I "intended." Many of the songs off the album could be about politics, but could also be about personal relationships. I've never really felt the two are that different. Business, politics and personal relationships all deal with the same fundamental qualities: love, passion, power and sometimes evil. I also feel this record has a much more communal vibe and more of a live feel. There are very little overdubs and the record has a lot of space. I did the whole thing on 2-inch tape so the analog nature of the recording gives it a much deeper and richer feel than my first record (Troubled Times). Musically I feel it has a lot more groove to it. I've been listening to a lot of jazz, R&B and Brazilian music over the last couple of years. I also produced this album myself so that was a great experience.”
When Gary Jules brought his PA to a little coffee shop in Hollywood... the scene at the Hotel Cafe began. AM is part of the Hotel Cafe contingency of singer/songwriters that first began playing at the Hotel Cafe... fast forward a few years to now....
Movies and television shows are where you may have first heard AM's music--- ALL 10 songs from his debut album "Troubled Times" have been placed in over 38 projects some of which include HBO's "Big Love", ABC's "Men in Trees", MTV's "Real World", and ABC's "What About Brian"--this all happened before AM's cd hit U.S. record stores. Most recently "Troubled Times" was voted one of iTunes "Best Indie Albums of 2006."
QUOTES:
"With the lilting dreamy piano of Coldplay, and the mellow hooks of
Wilco, and a moodiness reminiscent of Fleetwood Mac, AM has produced
an album full of songs that are as welcoming as they are painstakingly
crafted. Along the way, swirling electric piano gives way to delicate
guitar arpeggios, plaintive vocals subtly roll along the backbone of
rhythm into a place where thoughts are meant to be felt rather than
ignored, and where purpose takes the place of apathy. There’s
something pillowy about the expansive production on these songs,
something about the incorporation of deep reverbs and slight residues
of delay that leads to an overall feeling of cohesion for the entire
project. Having already performed on KCRW’s Morning Becomes
Eclectic, and been named by iTunes as having the best indie album of
2006 (for his previous release, “Troubled Times”), it might
behoove you to get to know him now... this record will be showing up
on top 10 lists soon enough."- www.cdbaby.com
"...a strong sense of melody and song craft -Billboard
"AM takes equal parts of classic Americana, folk-rock and pop, and melts them down into something entirely his own, and he does it with two things money
can't buy: imagination and taste. These sturdily built pop songs are graced with ingeniously colorful arrangements and have that 'instant classic' thing stamped all over them"
-John Payne, LA Weekly
"...AM writes literate, emotionally balanced tunes that are infectious without being moronic, hip without being oh so, and pop infected without losing their edge... he is a songwriter ready to be discovered by a wider audience, an audience interested in smart and sincere songs that speak to the vastness of the human spirit."
-Jedd Beoudoin, f5wichita
"A clear, expressive voice, meaningful lyrics, and a magical touch on the guitar equal some great songs, that are translated perfectly on AM’s new CD “Troubled Times” click to listen to him here, or catch him on his US tour now."
-MYSPACE Editorial Special Feature
i came across your music on itunes and as your quote says: i was "behooved". i want to buy every album but i ran out of money! =D i am a HUGE tina dico fan and i think that is so great that ya'll worked together! you are very talented. you definitely have me as a fan now! LOVE it. keep up the great work!!!
Hello, hope all is good just dropping by to say our album is now only £2+postage, for 12 tracks on limited edition cd our shop is http://d67.bigcartel.com, thanks and take care, Absent.
