Everything I have ever heard in my life...really. If it is there to be heard, then I find it to be interesting. The sweetest influences in my life are when my sons call me daddy...when they tell me that they like what I have just played for them...or when I move them to sing along with me.
Groups and people who move me:::
Lionel Richie, Prince, HISTORY for SALE, Death Cab for Cutie, Team Sleep, Switchfoot, Jeff Healey, SEAL, Jeff Buckley, EVANSBLUE, Breaking Benjamin, Lifehouse, Counting Crows, Third Eye Blind, Coldplay, POST HARBOR, Pearl Jam, Staind, Fuel, Maxwell, ScottyB, Mycle Wastman, Snow Patrol, Peter Gabriel, Crossfade, Deftones, Chevelle, Dishwalla, Emery, GUSTER, Incubus, Matchbox 20, Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance, Peabo Bryson, Michael Jackson, Rob Zombie, Tonic, anyone who really cares about the sound...
I could go on...but does it really matter anymore...?
Recording update May - June 2008:
Recording update April 2008:
SoulFood Books Performance 11-3-07:
Sounds Like
...that time when you were 17...when you were not sure if you should be who they think you to be. Akward in stance, you choose to step forward and dip a toe into the pool of life. Consequences unknown...
...like the feeling of when you close your eyes in the forest, taking the deepest breath that the lungs can handle...and you smell tomorrow...
I am in a place I have not been in for quite sometime. Things are loose, undefined, and slightly askew…and I love every bit of the freedom that comes from this formulation.
I am a vocalist...I sing. The voice is my instrument and I use it to try and inflict emotion upon the listener...You.
I am not the best singer...I am not the worst singer...but I will, and do, sing with passion and conviction. Taking all I can, and all I am, from myself and pass it to the listeners...that is my true passion.
I am recording a CD that will **hopefully** be finished, mastered, and duplicated by late 2009. It will be a physical CD in that you will be able to hold a copy, and read liner notes and such. The CD will also be distributed digitally for you more tech savy folks. The hope was to have it done last year, and the year before...but there is this thing called life, and at times it takes precidence.
Spring 2010 release...
Major page updates...
Merchandise available...
Light weekend and festival touring...
Worldwide distribution...
Try me on...let me know if you enjoy the ride...
Meet the reason this music is making its way to you...she loves me more than anyone I have ever known...
Her earplugs are for my music made in the key of "A"wesome...
Just checking in to see how everyone is doing. Hopefully the boys haven't killed themselves with the little bats. Hope all is well with you and the family.
Have a great summer....it was good times playin' music with ya....your motivation, sweet vox, and atitude make you 1st class. If you ever make it to Tampa ring me up, should have the same phone #. -pboss
Hi, Mark! Great music! And thanks very much for the friendship. If you ever need a guitar strap, let me know. In the meantime, thanks again and have a Very Merry Christmas!
