Since picking up a guitar at 13, I've played in a dozen bands in almost every genre imaginable. From emocore (Silent Orbit), punk (The Liberal Media), electroclash (ROBOTexclamationpoint), pop (Cooper, Sputnik Sweetheart), and indie (A Thousand Ships). My solo music has alternated between electronic and acoustic as an escape from playing in electric bands.
In 2005 I released my first full solo record entitled "Quicksand." I toured a bunch to support it, and was featured as a "PurePick" on Purevolume. Immediately afterwards I started working on my next CD called "Look Back and Laugh" inspired by the Minor Threat song of the same name. Although I finished recording in May 05, the album was set aside while I started working after college. By the time I came back to it, I had a whole new crop of material, which I recorded and released as "A Fine Disaster" in the winter of 2006. Although it attracted some positive attention, the difficulty of performing the songs live without a band or synths put any serious touring on hold.
In the summer of 2006, Victor returned from Paris, and we refocused our energies on A Thousand Ships. Throughout 2006 and 2007, I recorded demos and tracks for a new solo album which would be all acoustic called "The Art of Playing Dead." By the spring of 2008, I had recorded almost 30 songs and retitled the album "Tell Me Something Honey" which will now be released in the summer of 2008 featuring 12 of the songs from those sessions. I'm pretty excited. You should be too.
Thanks for listening.
MDR is running a new contest on Sonicbids: the MDR Monthy Indie Spotlight. Compete to win 8 hours of free studio time. Follow this link for more info: sonicbids.com/mdr. Feel free to contact me with any questions.
Just sending a shout asking for any help from the willing to help fund
my Northwest tour. Any donations are greatly appreciated, and if you
donate any amount over $10 you will receive 2 CDs. Much love and
appreciation, Layden.
Hope everyone is well, enjoying the day and my new song catalog. Trying to get my music throughout the Myspace world. Add a song, buy a song, burn a song. Share my music with the world if you dig what i do! :) Much love, Layden.
" Jack Johnson", "John Mayer", "Dave Matthews", "Ray Lamontagne".
Nathan, the show last night was fantastic. The drunk dude next to me persisted upon high fives while saying "that kid sounds good," I agreed and high fived back! :) Thanks for the tunes champ, it's working. Peace & Punch~*
hm, so, I totally friend requested a different Nathan thinking it was you, ooOoh well! It was great seeing you guys the other night, glad you could make it :) I'm hoping I'll be able to drop in tonight but am not pos. , have a fantastic show! Peace&Punch~*
