Tom Bishel, Vox&Guitar; Ed Kryzaniak, Lead Guitar; Theone, Bass/Vox; Mark Morrow, Drums
Influences
Neil Finn, Joe Jackson, Led Zeppelin, Crowded House, Queen, Tears for Fears, the Beatles, The Cure, Radiohead, Pink Floyd, Lyle Lovett, John Mayer, World Party, Joni Mitchell, U2, Heart, Henley, Checkpoint Charley, Tom Petty, Talking Heads, The Cars, Bryan Adams, Kansas, David Gray, Aimee Mann, John Waite, The Bodeans, Jeff Buckley, Ella Fitzgerald, Duncan Sheik, Simple Minds, Jonatha Brooke, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Michael Hedges, Stevie Wonder, Billie Holiday, Tony Bennet, Frank Sinatra, The Who, The Yardbirds, Train, Van Morrison, Van Halen, REM, Yes, Steve Seskin, Todd Rundgren, Bad Co, XTC, The Eagles, Billy Joel, Elton John, Bruce Springsteen, The Black Crowes, Styx, Sarah McLachlan, Seal, The Rolling Stones, Roxy Music, David Baerwald, James Taylor, Dire Straits, George Michael, Jon Brion, Louis Armstrong, and many more.
Sounds Like
John Mayer, Queen, James Taylor, the Beatles, Crowded House, Tears for Fears, Lyle Lovett, Train.
Tom plays LA's The Joint at 8771 W. Pico Blvd for the IPO Festival (internationalpopoverthrow.com) hosted by David Bash. It's on Sunday, July 29th, 2007, at 2pm. Hope to see ya there!
REVIEWS:
"I was extremely impressed with Tom Bishel's CD, Welcome Back, on all fronts: recording, production, songwriting and performance. Tom is a sophisticated songwriter with an excellent voice who's also a killer guitarist. His style reminded me of Crowded House, Todd Rundgren, The Rembrandts and Squeeze." Fett, Performing Songwriter Magazine
"I recently checked out a show of Tom's at Highland Grounds, and he and his band really rocked!"
David Bash, organizer of IPO (International Pop Overthrow music festival)
"His musicality, his presence, and his songs all bear the mark of threshhold greatness. He's real, and I believe everything he sings." Arthur Hamilton, Award winning composer, best known for writing "Cry Me a River".
"When he wants you to rock, Tom Bishel can get your toes tapping with catchy grooves and creative arrangements, when he wants to conjure up images of longing and heartbreak, he can touch your soul with a delicate turn of phrase and a voice that is at once unique and warmly familiar..."
Robert Pucci, Screenwriter/Songwriter/Musician
"Lots of my friends are musicians. I'm not, but I know what I like. I put on his CD and I'm listening to it in the car, and I'm thinking, yeah, I love this." Rose Villasenor, music lover
"Tom Bishel has a gift for ear grabbing melodies that is very special and unique. His upbeat tunes are a rollercoaster ride of unexpected turns in chord changes and arrangement that I can only call pure ear candy. His ballads touch the heart without being maudlin, always inventive. I respect Tom's songwriting craft and as a music fan I appreciate the direction he's taking which is challenging and ultimately much more rewarding."
Steve Bonino, bassist/vocalist with "The Trip" and "Desperado"
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BIO
Hailing from Fresno by way of San Jose, California, Tom Bishel can't remember a time in his life when he wasn't singing. While singing along with the radio and playing with his Hot Wheels at the age of three, a family friend said, that boy has got perfect pitch. Tom probably got that from listening to his parents singing in the church choir. "As a young lad, I used to think that my parents were local celebrities, at least within the confines of that church, since they often sang duets in front of the congregation. Mom always sang the harmony, so I really picked up on that early on. Even now, when a tune comes on the radio, I get a kick out of finding and singing the right harmonies for the tune." He further developed his rich and powerful vocal style under the tutelage of Verlene Schermer. He has his uncle to thank for his first guitar, a 60s Epiphone. Tom took it from there, got himself a chord book and started learning the classics: Led Zep, Pink Floyd, and the Beatles. Tom led several bands (Tomorrows World, Tom & Dave [Steely Kamm]) and played throughout San Jose's busy coffeehouse scene. After a brief stint as the lead singer for powerpop band, Bigwheel, Tom fled the Silicon Valley and set his sights on Los Angeles in 2001. He has scored three short films, including the award-winning indie film, In Order of Appearance, for which he also served as musical director.
Tom recently completed a self-produced CD. Welcome Back includes collaborations with two award-winning songwriters. Tom was fortunate enough to get a speeding ticket, which prompted him to attend traffic school, where he met fellow lawbreaker and Golden Globe-winning, Oscar-nominated composer, Arthur Hamilton (Cry Me a River). They hit it off and wrote one of the CDs catchiest tunes, 1000 Hellos. The title track of the CD was written with Sue Ennis, of Heart/The Lovemongers fame. Tom's CD features an array of some of the great players on the LA scene: Janet Robin (Lindsay Buckingham), Darren Embry (Jonatha Brooke, Lili Haydn), Kevin Packard (Penny Racer), Chris Von Sneidern (San Francisco, actually), Jason Atkinson, and Debra Tala. Tom and his new bandmates, Ed Kryzaniak (Jettson) and Theone (Ten Horse Johnson), can currently be seen performing their compelling brand of guitar-driven, hook-laden pop music in and around Los Angeles. Also, Tom is 1/3rd of the songwriting/production team, Parallel Motion Music (parallelmotionmusic.com and myspace.com/parallelmotionmusicus).
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hey tom...thanks so much...it was indeed a pleasure meeting you as well...your songs are way cool....love Cassandra...Sweet...fine work my man...please join me over at myspace.com/michaelcarusomusic thanks for your support...we'll speak soon...until the next...m.c.
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