Radiohead, Bruce Hornsby, George Winston, Lead Me On (1988 Grammy winning Amy Grant album), Gospel, Benmont Tench (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers), Poor Old Lu, Depeche Mode, Crystal Method, Fred Hammond, Sarah McLauchlan, Counting Crows, Coldplay, The Foo Fighters, Soundgarden, Rage Against the Machine (the best drum sound ever!), Greg Rollie (Santanna's B3 player).
First of all, my main profile is here. I do not check email on this one very often.
Mine is a story told many times around here: I've been making music since I was 7 years old.
As long as I've been making music I've recently been guilty of letting my writing take a back-seat to my other ventures (musical or otherwise). I am putting this profile up to get my stuff out there and hopefully to find more where this came from.
When I was 12, 13, 14 , 15... I used to spend all day in my bedroom on my 4 track and Cakewalk 4 for DOS (on my 286) arranging songs. At the same time I was in a band called Transfiguration and had we kept at it I think we may have had a record deal before I could turn 17.
At 18 I mostly stopped playing and writing writing to focused on recording engineering, attending the Musician's Institute in Hollywood.
I briefly attended Pepperdine University and declaired a music major but decided that I didn't want to end up a music teacher, so I left to pursue the entertainment industry.
It wasn't until I was 22 that I began networking again in the music industry. I began recording/producing tracks for independent singer/songwriters.
That led me to start Don't Call Us Tori, a live showcase of female singer-songwriters that has just celebrated its 2 year anniversary.
I was also formerly the keyboard player in a rock band called the Ludivico.
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closer to home in less than a month........ now that i'll be back in Reno we've gotta get my shit recorded and produced and i need to get in the DCMT circuit!!
hi steven,
thanks for the add, your songs are beautifully written & heartfelt...good luck with all your doing, drop me a visit when you have some time & keep in touch.
peace & love
tara xxx
Hey Steven...great tunes...thanks so much for the add and hope all is well!
Best,
B.O.T.
P.S. We want to make sure that all of the kind people who have graciously chosen to be our friend are made aware that we just released our debut album at:
