I can't really tell you who my influences are, because I've listened to almost everything, but I'll list some of my favorite artists and composers, who undoubtedly had a great impact on me.
Counting Crows, Coldplay, Josh Groban, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Bing Crosby, Michael Bublé, Alter Bridge, Creed, Elton John, MercyMe, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Chicago, They Might Be Giants, The Beach Boys, Evanescence, The Killers, Augustana, Hootie & the Blowfish, All-American Rejects, Dakota Moon, Nat King Cole, Third Eye Blind, R.E.M., The Doors, The Four Tops, Herbie Hancock, Linkin Park, Matchbox 20, Dave Matthews Band, Keane, Weezer, Willie Nelson, David Bowie
And of course, my favorite composers:
Koji Kondo, Nobuo Uematsu, Debussy, Schubert, Beethoven, Sibelius, Smetana, Penderecki, Schumann, Knut Nystedt, Arvo Pärt, John Rutter, Philip Glass, Scott Patterson, Kumi Tanioka, Yasunori Mitsuda, Grant Kirkhope, Samuel Barber, Ralph Vaughn-Williams, John Williams, Hanz Zimmer, Henry Mancini, Leonard Bernstein, Andrew Lloyd Webber
Since age 6 I've been singing and acting in shows and musicals, though nothing professional. My start as a musician wasn't really until I was 16, when I became obsessed with the arts, most importantly singing and dancing. When I reached 17 I took many ballet and jazz dancing lessons, in addition to voice lessons. In high school I participated in show choir, as well as every other choir I could participate in. I had dozens of solo and ensemble performances throughout high school, as well as a number roles in different plays and musicals. I began taking piano lessons shortly after my junior year of high school, before going to Northern Kentucky University for music education. While at NKU, I have previously been a part of the NKU Vocal Jazz Ensemble, and Opera Workshop, and, currently, the Northern Chorale and Chamber Choir, for the past three years. NKU Chamber Choir has recently returned from an international competition in Busan, South Korea, where they recieved the silver prize. The NKU Chamber Choir is the only choir from the United Stated to have ever been accepted into the competition.
I started composing seriously in 2006, when I co-composed a suite for orchestra with my friend and colleague Scott Patterson, and since then I have taken off on my own, composing many piano and small ensemble pieces, though I have yet to write anything else for symphonic orchestra, and I am still working on a few choral works. I have studied voice with Gordon Crawford, Richard Cowan, and Scott Wyatt. At present, I am taking piano lessons with Ya-Liang Chang.
Well pfft, I'm gonna kick your phone in the nuts for not giving you the voicemail when you first got it!! Argh!! lol And yes, beauty sleep...pfft it's after 2:30am and I'm still awake. Although I need all the help I can get, don't feel too pretty lately XD
It's the routine, you know? Like, get up, brush your teeth, have breakfast. At least, that's how I see it in the movies and that's how I was raised....it makes NO sense.
Awwww, I wish I would've been there!! That would've been a TOTAL blast. We could have gotten coffee. And like...gone...driving...somewhere!! ^.^;; Pfft. You're too sweet, you're giving me cavities, my dentist hates you. XD
Since age 6 I've been singing and acting in shows and musicals, though nothing professional. My start as a musician wasn't really until I was 16, when I became obsessed with the arts, most importantly singing and dancing. When I reached 17 I took many ballet and jazz dancing lessons, in addition to voice lessons. In high school I participated in show choir, as well as every other choir I could participate in. I had dozens of solo and ensemble performances throughout high school, as well as a number roles in different plays and musicals. I began taking piano lessons shortly after my junior year of high school, before going to Northern Kentucky University for music education. While at NKU, I have previously been a part of the NKU Vocal Jazz Ensemble, and Opera Workshop, and, currently, the Northern Chorale and Chamber Choir, for the past three years. NKU Chamber Choir has recently returned from an international competition in Busan, South Korea, where they recieved the silver prize. The NKU Chamber Choir is the only choir from the United Stated to have ever been accepted into the competition.
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