MY MOTHER..MY FATHER..DAYTON LEE SPEIGEL(THEY ARE ALL TRULY MY HEROES)..STING..JAMES(STEADY GROOVE)GAMBRELL..MY UNCLE, BILL MENTZ..MICHAEL(POKEY MUZZ)SHEARER(well,,,,,,,,,,,,,,)..AMOS(HAM SAMMICH)HELLER..T(TIMOTHY SYLVESTER)SLY..MATT(THE GRANDFATHER OF LOW KEY) EDDMENSON..MICHAEL(T BONE)KOCH..MARK(AWWWW MAN)SANTANGELO..NATE(STROMBOLI DONG)CLARK..IAN(RAAAAWR)HUDGINS..I WOULD PUT JOEL COTTON ON THIS LIST IF HE WOULD SHOW ME A LITTLE MORE ATTITUDE! HEAR THAT JOEL?..CRANK J(crank j. has more attitude than a starved cobra that has been put in a sack and poked with sticks for a week)..CHRIS "DR. WALKER" WALKER..CLARK(CLARKO JENKO/WHITEY JENKINS/ARMONDO)JENKINS..BATMAN..CAMERON CROWE..OTIS REDDING..TODD PARK MOHR..STEVIE WONDER..LENNY KRAVITZ..COREY GLOVER..JOHN MAYER..JEM AND THE ALLSTARS..JUST SEEING IF YOU ARE PAYING ATTENTION..BUT THEY ARE TRULY OUTRAGEOUS..SO I STILL HAVE A JEM TRAPPER KEEPER.. WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?..HOLY SHIT BALLS I JUST FOUND AN ORIGINAL "SUMO SID" IN ONE OF THE POCKETS OF THE TRAPPER KEEPER..I HAVE ADD..REALLY BAD..PEARL JAM..THE SAMPLES..MUTE MATH(go find this band and listen to their music loud,,mute math that is)..MICHAEL JACKSON..LIONEL RICHIE..COLIN HAY..INCUBUS..ZERO 7..VINX..JAVIER..FACE TO FACE..DEPECHE MODE..PETER GABRIEL..LIVE..DAVE MATTHEWS BAND..JOHN POPPER..JOHN WILLIAMS..INXS..BRANFORD MARSALIS..-----NOZZLE-----..GUT BUCKET..SHOOTER AND THE BOYS..BARK AGAINST THE MASHEEN..STONED HAMSTER..WYLD KAMEL..DUKDUKFUK..SHITFOOT..WOMBAT RAPE..MATT(NO NICKNAME)MARTIN..FRANK LAUCH..MIKE "MEE MOO" HORTON..ALISON KRAUSS(I am convinced that this woman doesn't walk, she floats through the air wherever she goes)..PAUL HORTON(WEATHER PIMP)..ANNIE LENNOX..ERIN McCARLEY..SAM COOKE..ELVIS MUTHA FUGGIN PRESLEY..TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY..PHIL COLLINS..MARVIN HAWKINS..SOMETHING CORPORATE..CRAIG DAVID..TRACY CHAPMAN..STEWART COPELAND..MONKEYS(not the band, just monkeys)..CARTMAN..PEDRO(PETE)AREVALO(whats up pedro?call me dude)..LED ZEPPELIN..ERIC CLAPTON..POOP, YEP, POOP..WHY YOU ASK? CUZ POOP IS FUNNY..JIMI HENDRIX..EDWIN MCCAIN..RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE..CHRISTOPHER CROSS..BEN HARPER..JAMIROQUAI..ENNIO MORRICONE..ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER..Dr. EMMIT BROWN..THE FUCKING MYTHBUSTERS..CODY CHESTNUTT..RAY LAMONTAGNE..REMY SHAND..FLYLEAF..DAVID WILCOX..SHAWN MULLINS..SIA..SOPHIE BARKER..FICTION PLANE..NIZLOPI..DAVID RYAN HARRIS..ANYONE WHO LOVES MUSIC, LOVES TO TALK ABOUT MUSIC, LISTEN TO MUSIC, PLAY MUSIC..... AND FINALLY, MIDGETS(midgets)..
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IT'S CRAZY BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, IT SOUNDS JUST LIKE AUSTIN LEE SPEIGEL.
Fear should be treated like fire. It's a good thing. It keeps you warm. It can also burn the fucking house down.USE YOUR FEAR.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................I was born January 13, 1977 in Richmond, Virginia. My appreciation for music started at the early age of three. I performed "Heartbreak Hotel" by Elvis for my pre-school class. I have a recording of it. I'll have to let you hear it sometime, it's hysterical. I moved to Cincinnati in 1980. I always loved music when I was young, and knew that it was a part of me even though my family never had a history of musical inclination. I remember where I was and what I was doing the first time I ever heard "King of Pain" by The Police in 1983. It's pretty cool to be able remember my first "favorite song." It still is one of my favorites today. I play it at every show as a reminder to myself that certain loves will never leave my side. At the beginning of high school I started playing the drums and formed my first band. I started singing shortly thereafter and then became the lead vocalist of the band, "The Mad Hatters." My indestructible curiosity later led me to the guitar and to song writing. My song writing truly began to amplify during my second year of college, which I spent in Durango, Colorado. While I was there I performed in coffee shops, open mic nights, bars, on campus.....honestly anywhere I could. I came back to Cincinnati after the amazing year out West and started performing around the Cincinnati bar scene with a friend named Michael Shearer(Low Key). We were still performing as an acoustic duo in the winter of 1998 when I was approached by local producer, Mark Santangelo. He was interested in recording and helping me put together a record. On January 13 we started production on what would become my first album. The time I spent in the studio began to define my musical career. I was surrounded by different musicians everyday and they each influenced me in unique ways. I love to learn new stuff, and having never been in a studio before, I sometimes became "the annoying questions guy". I was so inspired creatively by working in that environment, I now refer to that time period as, "My Music School." My album, "Sound Away", was released December of 1999. From that point, many new influences began to surface in my life and my music. I was playing live, meeting new people, and writing songs....still, I hadn't recorded since my album came out. I got ahold of one of the sound engineers from Sound Away, who I honestly thought was an asshole(still do. J.K.), and asked him if he was interested in recording a new song I composed. I knew he could help me obtain the new sound I wanted, but was unsure if he would be willing to do so. He agreed to record the song, and a great friendship was discovered as well. Dave Wheeler (audiofiles) was one of the first people to push me in musical areas where I never realized I needed to be pushed. After being around him, my ear grew sharper, my guitar playing abilities increased, my studio skills began to multiply, and my attitude towards my own music became more intense. During that time in my life, I was enduring my first heartbreak and music was saving me. All of the immediate friends I was running with were musicians. I had wanted this all my life. That group lead me to the next major influence. I had heard of this "cat" around town who played the saxophone and sang his ass off. I heard some demo recordings he had done on the "Dirt Bucket" record from "Low Key." It was a while before we met, but I don't think either of us knew what would hit when we finally did. His name is James Gambrell(Austin and James, A.K.A. Black and Tan(I'm black, he's tan) Mobella). We started playing together as a duo. We would perform in between our good friend Clark Jenkins'(Big Whiskey) set breaks at The Pavilion. We knew that the praise we received from the masses, especially unrehearsed, and the elation we felt from playing music with each other was a blessing. Billing ourselves as "Austin and James", ( A.K.A"Black n' Tan") we went on to play live over the next three years, and currently continue to play together. I love "loving music." It is my fire, my soul, my prowess, my vision, my moxie....it is my best friend. I realize I have only just begun, and I still desire to seek new knowledge of music any way I can obtain it.
Thanks for adding us! Glad you dig our sound. Our 5 song EP is coming out in limited quantity before Christmas so keep in touch to get your copy when it's released.
Thanks for the friend request!! I remember the band, you were great in the festival! I think I have some pics of you, let me check!! Really like your music!! Cheers from Uruguay!!
You know, I'm quite upset that you put Midgets under your influences and not me, or even Mandarin Vodka Redbulls. I listen to your jokes, and know they are a cry for help. I am your shoulder to lean on, I mean, c'mon, I hold your friggin lightswitches, what more do you need!!!???
Hey you! Good to hear from ya! Lovin your songs too! Keep it up! I will be home this summer for a visit! Can't wait to come out and see u playin! ~Tiff
OHH MY GOODNESS! Spaustin Ee Leigle, How are you doing: You remember me- is Vladi, yes! Last time we talk, I tell about MIR, remember? It happens that MIR is adding nightclub to upper level, and Russian Astronauts want good AMIRican music. So I tell them "You hire my good friend- he can play KashMIR, and AMIRican Woman, and he drinks lot of BIR!" So, they say they give you call, eh?
