also a.k.a. known as:
Neutral Moustache Hotel
Masked Planet Lunch Hour
The New Melancholy
Monkey Robot Alien god
(Monkey RAg)
Shades of Orange
mnuc haed
~~*~F11
Pretentious Band Name
To Take All the Glass
He Had a Sun Named
The Cinnamon Survey
Speedbump Retribution
I Am Holden
The New Connecticut
The New Jersey
Babbling Brooks
Eleven Hammered
Bo and Aero
Spency Gin
towerhead
AntiOxygen
Aunty Oksijen
The Holding
Rothko 49
Stockholm
Dr. Bones
A Pissfart Maturity
Road Stranger
Derelict Protractor
The Sky Floor
Frankie and the Transcendental Cheerleaders
Czar Kastik
and finally
Michael James Brooks
Influences
Rufus Wainwright, Ben Folds, Duncan Sheik, Bruce Hornsby, Billy Joel, Bright Eyes, Keane, David Gray, Elton John, Sondre Lerche, Doves, Aqualung, Bach, Chopin, Rachmaninov, Copeland, Jason Mraz, John Mayer, Coldplay, Radiohead, Gavin DeGraw, Peter Gabriel, Aimee Mann, Nick Drake, Jeff Buckley, Josh Rouse, Sufjan Stevens, Travis, Sigur Ros, Guster, Jars of Clay, Caedmon's Call, Switchfoot, Death Cab for Cutie, The Mars Volta, REM, Laura Veirs, Red House Painters, Ben Kweller, Monarch, The Shins, Sheryl Crow, Don Henley, Phil Collins, Genesis, Eric Clapton, Elvis Costello, Jack Johnson, Dave Matthews, Kevin Cadogan, Jamie Cullum, Weezer, The Cure, Spoon, Sting/The Police, The Jam, Foo Fighters, Incubus, Pete Yorn, PFR, James Taylor, The Who, The Hush Sound, Jason Robert Brown, Cole Porter, Leonard Cohen, Mat Kearney, Gabe Dixon Band, Rogue Wave, F. Scott Fitzgerald, ee cummings, Mitch Hedberg, CS Lewis, Shakespeare, J.D. Salinger, David Ives, Thomas Mann, Michel Gondry, David Sedaris, David Lynch, Monty Python, Stella, À bout de souffle, Singin' in the Rain, unrequited love, Jones Soda
IF THERE'S ONE THING THIS GUY CAN DO WITHOUT, it's labels. Boxes are his enemy and genres his kryptonite. He sometimes flirts with his old flame Kleeshay only to soon forsake her (though he'll be the first to admit, he's made a few booty calls). Sometimes surprising, often original and always honest, he can usually be found playing with words, wording with plays, and attempting to bridge the gap between high art and low, overthought and improvised, "snobby" and "slacker." But there we go with the labels already. Drop the labels and pick up the ladles because what he's cookin' is SOUP!
Michael started playing the piano when he was four years old, and as the saying (kind of) goes, it was love at first song. His fingers never felt more at home than resting between the ivories. To this day he plays as much as he can, often annoying the heck out of his downstairs neighbors with his rock-out pedal-pumpin' and key-slammin'.
Current Projects:
- Wrapping up new demo
- Sound design for theatre
- Common Shiner
Be sure to check out Common Shiner (in the top friends)! Stop by a show and say hi!
I miss you like fire misses the coals i miss you like a mole misses his holes I miss you like an archer misses their mark i miss you like a dog misses their bark I miss you like a cat misses meow and i miss you like kung misses pow
Hey lover! sorry i havent had much chance to get back with you! its been a crazy week filled with appendixes and emergencies ;-) any way give me a call when you get the chance and we can talk. love you this much!
Ok, you are right, I am jealous. I would love a TACL hug from you from Josiah. A trip to Chicago would be awesome too. Aaron has a friend there that we keep talking about going to see, but it never happens for one reason or another. You could always come to CO to you know!!!
