Eric Bay

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Wonderkid

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Released: Dec 22, 2011

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Wonderkid
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Lying To Myself
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Don't Worry About It
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Down Days
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Alone With You
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Genre: Acoustic / Pop / Rock
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Profile Views: 32676
Last Login: 8/24/2011
Member Since 10/6/2010
Website You're on it! Bio and Links below - click 'More'
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Bio
Ever since I was a four year-old kid jumping around the living room singing along to 'Bad' by Michael Jackson - still one of my favourite albums - music has been a huge passion of mine (along with movies, but that came much later). When I was ten years old my parents bought me my first keyboard and signed me up for piano lessons. Before I even knew what a chromatic scale was, I was was writing my own songs – although they were only melodies at that point. It wasn't until I was seventeen (when teenage angst reared it's ugly head) that I first started writing lyrics. The first song I wrote a full set of lyrics for was a melancholy tune called 'You Knew', about unrequited love. Hardly a ground-breaking subject, but it showed me I had what it took to articulate a feeling melodically and lyrically, and it gave me the push I needed to write lyrics for the hundred-odd wordless tunes I had lying around. It's seven years later and I am still behind, but I'm catching up! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Two years ago, when Michael Jackson died (RIP), I was incredibly upset – he had been one my favourite artists practically all of my life, and I never got a chance to see him perform live. His passing inspired me to do something I very rarely do – I sat down at my keyboard and wrote a song, music AND lyrics, in about twenty minutes. I hardly ever write music and lyrics simultaneously – one usually comes weeks, even months after the other. The song was called 'This Is It' – I played it on my keyboard and recorded the vocals in my bathroom using a crappy microphone I had lying around the house. I made a video of it together with MJ footage and uploaded it to YouTube. I received so many lovely responses, and they encouraged me to start recording my music properly. So in late 2010 I recorded my first EP - 'Pair Shaped' (available on iTunes, CD-Baby and Amazon) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Singing has never been a great desire of mine – I sang in choirs when I was a kid, but for me, it's always been about song-writing. I'm a decent piano player and an okay singer, but I'm pretty confident in my ability to write a good tune, and as I learned from recording 'Pair Shaped', there are few things more satisfying than hearing a song you wrote on your keyboard at home turn into a fleshed-out, fully-orchestrated song. Here on my profile, you can hear six of the seven songs from the EP (including 'This Is It'). I am currently recording a new album, which I hope to release by the end of the year, so check back here for updates and new tracks. What kind of music do I like? I like music that is personal, powerful, unique and satisfying, and I'm influenced by many different artists – from the theatrical rock of Meat Loaf and Queen to the soulful and heart-breaking emotion of Damien Rice and Janis Ian, and the old-fashioned classic song-writing of Paul McCartney and Elton John. I'm generally against manufactured pop, but every now and then a pop song comes along that's so catchy and slickly produced that it's impossible to resist. After all, music is meant to be experienced and enjoyed, so I hope you enjoy mine. Eric Bay (March 2011) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- P.S. I recommend you check out 'fIN' and 'Elissa Franchesci' in my top friends – they're artists I went to school with, and they both make totally incredible music! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.facebook.com/pages/Eric-Bay/165776073445947 - my facebook page ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.twitter.com/ericbayandersen - follow me on my twitter account ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.youtube.com/user/ericbaymusic - this is my You Tube channel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://the-other-ebay.blogspot.com - you'll find my blog here, check it out! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By the way, I'm also a film-maker – check out my film website here... http://www.ericbayandersen.com
Members
I play the piano and sing and my producer Joe Lonsdale plays guitar and bass
Influences
The Beatles, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Elton John, Jim Steinman, Meat Loaf, Michael Jackson, Coldplay, The Killers, Pink Floyd, Oasis, Matchbox 20, Five For Fighting, Fool's Garden, Bryan Adams, Abba, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Robbie Williams, Keane, The Eagles, Bee Gees, Hanson, Damien Rice, David Gray
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me - for better or worse

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Eric Bay
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"Thanks for accepting my friend request! If you like good old-fashioned catchy pop/rock music, check out my profile - all the songs on there are from my debut EP 'Pair Shaped', which is available on iTunes, Amazon and CD-Baby! There are also links to my Twitter and my Facebook page on my profile. Have a great day!"
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