Jeffrey Gilliam

Bio:

It’s amazing what you can do when you really put your heart and mind into something. With more than 10 years of singing/songwriting, performing, and recording/engineering, Jeffrey Gilliam has independently produced Treasure Island, a fantastic group of upbeat pop songs, both fun and thoughtful all with his own hard earned professional skills. With a strong piano style and a voice that floats above it imagine taking the pop sound of Coldplay, mix in a little quirkiness of Ben Folds and a dash of Bruce Hornsby’s versatility. It’s something like that. Jeffrey’s paid his dues playing in bands that were doing shows with Elton John, India Arie, Ani DiFranco, STS9, Mickey Hart, Particle, The Flaming Lips, String Cheese Incident and more. Music was Gilliam’s focus all through school in Southern Oregon. He played many different roles including singer/songwriter, rock n' roll band member, solo pianist, jazz band member and choir accompanist. In his school of real life Jeffrey has also independently wrote and produced two instrumental ambient CDs. A song from one CD became a finalist in the Song Of The Year and aired on radio shows nationwide. He says, “I’ve been singing and songwriting for years so I really loved the idea of doing a whole project of great pop songs. That is one great advantage of being independent, there’s no rules to follow!” Look for him performing at select venues. For more info. please visit jeffreygilliam.com

Member Since:

June 07, 2007

Influences:

Coldplay, Keith Jarrett, Andreas Vollenweider, Bruce Hornsby, Billy Joel, Herbie Hancock, Vangelis, Kitaro, The Beatles, Scott Joplin, Chick Corea, Stevie Wonder and many more ...

Sounds Like:

Coldplay, Ben Folds, Bruce Hornsby

Record Label:

SunWave Music & Publishing