Alex Lear

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Next Best Thing

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Released: Jan 1, 2007

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Next Best Thing
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A Dream Within a Dream
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Get Close to Me
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Genre: Folk Rock / Pop / Rock
Location Portland, Maine, US
Profile Views: 9241
Last Login: 4/8/2013
Member Since 4/22/2007
Website AlexLear.com
Record Label Learics, Inc.
Type of Label Indie
Bio
Creativity has always been a means of spiritual breathing for me. From the time I could walk I've has been immersed in writing and drawing, always trying to find new ways to express myself in ways unique from the casual spoken word. I grew up in Maine and entered into music relatively late in life, years after a failed attempt at becoming a trombone impresario in fifth grade; and a few years after puberty, since during those great years of awkwardness and acne my singing became relegated to Marge Simpson impressions..... That changed in 2000, toward the end of my junior year at Colby College in Waterville, Maine, when I formed a folk-rock/classic-rock trio, Waking the Neighbors, with two friends. Along with singing cover versions of songs we loved we also wrote our own music, which inspired me to put pencil to paper (or crayon to toilet paper, depending on when inspiration struck) for the first time to create my own songs..... In a way, music was a marriage of the writing and art I had produced before, since the composer is painting a portrait of words through a variety of rhythms and chords. Once I wrote my first couple of songs, I was hooked, and people liked what they were hearing..... Fortunately, they still do. Fifty songs later, I've played a number of different venues, from coffee houses and restaurants to major theatre performances and festivals, as well as TV shows like "207" in Portland, Maine..... I released my first album, "Sandpapered Dreams," in 2005 and my second, "Memorywall," recently hit stores. You can learn about them here and also by searching for Alex Lear at ..http://colbybookstore.collegestoreonline.com....... Creativity has a way of immortalizing how you feel and who you are at a particular time in life. I believe that is what has drawn me to create for so many years. My songs are pages from the story of my life, and I invite you to read them. YOU CAN GET MY CDs AT BULL MOOSE IN PORTLAND, BANGOR, AND WATERVILLE, MAINE, AND AT ..http://colbybookstore.collegestoreonline.com!...... .."Memorywall" is now available on.. ........ .."Memorywall" is also available on.. ..Amazon.. ..
Members
Just me. Although I've been known to experience bouts of schizophrenia due to the fact that I may have absorbed my twin in the womb. Or maybe he absorbed me. Okay, the schizophrenia part is a joke.
Influences
The Beatles (group and solo), Bob Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, Badfinger, Elvis Presley, Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Cat Stevens, Harry Chapin, Elton John, Jim Croce, Don McLean, America, Pete Ham, Leonard Cohen, Chicago, Eric Clapton, The Doors, Led Zeppelin, pre-"Bad" Michael Jackson, The Bee Gees, The Band, Carole King, Stevie Wonder, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Bruce Springsteen, Sarah McLachlan, Nirvana, the Smashing Pumpkins, the Gin Blossoms, and of course Spinal Tap. My favorite song by each band/musician (like you care!): BEATLES: Help! (followed closely by The Long and Winding Road) SIMON & GARFUNKEL: The Boxer BOB DYLAN: Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands BADFINGER: The Name of the Game ELVIS PRESLEY: Kentucky Rain (followed closely by If I Can Dream) BILLY JOEL: Piano Man BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: Thunder Road JOHN LENNON: Woman PAUL McCARTNEY: London Town GEORGE HARRISON: Be Here Now RINGO STARR: Photograph PAUL SIMON: American Tune THE SHINS: Australia ROLLING STONES: Angie LED ZEPPELIN: Stairway to Heaven AEROSMITH: Dream On THE WHO: I'm Free PINK FLOYD: Us and Them TODD RUNDGREN: Just One Victory CAT STEVENS: Morning Has Broken HARRY CHAPIN: A Better Place to Be DON McLEAN: Vincent AMERICA: Sister Golden Hair PETE HAM: It Doesn't Really Matter QUEEN: Don't Stop Me Now LEONARD COHEN: Hallelujah SMASHING PUMPKINS: Tonight GIN BLOSSOMS: Hey Jealousy SARAH McLACHLAN: Adia NIRVANA: Lithium MICHAEL JACKSON: Billie Jean PRINCE: Little Red Corvette BEE GEES: How Deep is Your Love WILLIE NELSON: On the Road Again ELTON JOHN: Your Song (The Last Song is great, too) THE BAND: Up on Cripple Creek (naturally!)
Sounds Like
I've heard "Beatlesque" and "Dylanesque" at times. I've also gotten occasional comparisons to Cradle of Filth, but that's probably a reference to my office.