Suburbia, insomnia, alcoholism, dreaming, accidents, disasters, friendship, betrayal, science, religion, magic, sex, apathy, everyone and everything, one way or another ... Major musical influences: Ben Folds, Devendra Banhart, Elliott Smith, Jeff Buckley, Jethro Tull, John Frusciante, Led Zeppelin, Live, Muse, Nick Drake, Nirvana, Phantom Planet, Radiohead, etc. ... Also tons and tons music that I can't stand, which taught me what not to do.
Sounds Like
Perhaps emotional without the emo, or rock without the electric guitars, or pop without insulting your intelligence ... at least that's the intent.
Most people who can’t sleep drink warm milk or count sheep. When Michael Korb had a life-crushing bout with insomnia, he not only recorded the album he’d spent his whole life writing – he played all the instruments on it, too.
On Ghosts, acoustic guitars and clean vocals meet intricate drum and bass over a dreamscape of atmospheric strangeness. It’s emotional without the emo, rock without the gratuitous electric guitars and pop without insulting your intelligence – it's full of contradictions. Imagine Elliott Smith's honesty, Jeff Buckley's passion, and Thom Yorke's paranoia, rolled into one awkward package.
Having shared the stage with Long Island favorites like John-Flor Sisante and Phil Minissale, Michael Korb adds a dark complexity to the acoustic music scene. He's been featured on Acoustic Long Island, opened for Miles to Dayton on the main stage of the Patchogue Theatre for Performing Arts, and can be found performing at various coffee houses, restaurants, bars, festivals and wineries throughout the Island and New York City.
Michael Korb is currently working on his next full-length album, "Sleepwalker," and is available for interviews, live radio performances, and east coast shows.
Sleep is the last thing on his mind.
"Emotion-packed lyrics and inventive chord arrangements" [Dave Dircks, -Acoustic Long Island]
"He projects his voice into all corners of the room and boasts a presence that certainly needs to be heard to be realized." [Greg Robson, -Resident Media Pundit]
"Michael Korb’s music is difficult to define by genre. On one hand his dark lyrics surround mental, emotional and situational struggles; on the other hand his melodies are addictive and fun to sing. There’s just something about his music that attracts audiences young and old, but ask anyone what it is exactly, and you’re bound to only get a small piece of the story. " [NewsLI.com]
The Statesman review of "Ghosts" by Denise DeGennaro
"Listening to local artist Michael Korb's latest work, Ghosts, is like taking your ears through a musical labyrinth. It is difficult, if not impossible, to apply a label on Korb's style. However, the album is aptly named for it has a dark and haunting quality about it. Each track on the album features many of Korb's talents- from his pure voice to the raw sound of an acoustic guitar and the backing of intricate drum parts, all solely done by Korb. In fact, Korb himself wrote, performed, recorded, mixed and mastered every part of every song. On top of that, he painted the piece that is featured on the cover of the album, which is equally as intricate and beautiful as his music. His songs are filled with emotion- real, genuine emotion-not the black nail polish, bangs-over-one-eye kind of "emo"tion. Even songs with a more upbeat tempo like "Close Your Eyes" are filled with hidden deep thoughts and feelings. Michael Korb is a local artist to be watched- someone with this much talent and creativity cannot go unnoticed for long. His large local following can attest to this.
Korb himself is an unassuming and reserved person. This all changes, however, when he straps on the guitar and gets behind the microphone. His live show is not something to be missed. In person, his voice is impressive, almost astounding. Though he often plays solo, he is also part of a band comprised of himself on acoustic guitar and vocals, Eric Lee on electric bass, Travis Kaufman on drums, and Brittany Lundberg singing backup. He is active in the Stony Brook/St. James area, so try to make it out to one of his shows. You won't regret it. Check out www.myspace.com/michaelkorb to sample some music and see where he will be playing next. Ghosts is available on iTunes and at Korb's live shows."
For booking & other inquiries: info@michaelkorb.com
:michaelkorb88
Hope you can make it out to DROM in the East Village, NYC on Sat. July 25th @ 7pm to join us for a fun night of the best of Tull as performed by WARCHILD!
hey you... this is an anonymous member of a non-existent band saying that she listened to blackout and was mucho impressed. and she love-love-loves awakening. the most. it's amazingly good. <3
Every time that we listen & write music... play an instrument... dance... act in a play... or work in some audio/image/video engineering process... something is healing inside...
When we share it with friends... something is healing all over...
Love can drive... in a simple way... everything
Have a lot of smiles... this week...
We are connected
Vibejays & Friends
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Estimada/o Michael Korb,
cada vez que escuchamos o escribimos musica... tocamos un instrumento... bailamos... o trabajamos en procesos de ingenieria de audio/imagen/video.... algo se sana por dentro...
Cuando lo compartimos con otros... algo se sana en todas partes...
El Amor puede conducir... de manera simple... todo...
Long time no see... I gotta get myself around again. Just wanted to drop a line and say that I popped Ghosts in the CD player for the first time in a while last night. Still like is just as much as the first time I heard it. Keep up the awesomeness.
Check out Sunrise Skyline, New Recorded song "Where We Started". Come see Them Perform at The Hazy Moon 12/6. Hope to see you there!!!!
