Tomi Swick's Band is made up of:
Tomi Swick - Lead vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Andrew Mactaggart - Lead Guitar, Back up vocals
Nick Chynagorski - Bass
Vince Sciara / Ron Lopata - Keys, samples
Davide Direnzo / Mike Scime - Drums, Back up vocals
Influences
Majors -- The Beatles, James Taylor, Paul Simon, Bob Marley, U2, Radiohead, Jeff Buckley, SoundGarden, Travis, David Gray, Dave Mathews, Pink Floyd, Tool, Turin Brakes, Queens of the Stone Age, Pearl Jam......Etc
Friends-- Joel Parisien, Danny Michel, Brian Byrne, Jeret Koop, Adam Cooke, Bowman, Lloyd Andrews, Daylight for Deadeyes, Kristin Nichols, Dyed In the Wool, Freedom train, The Next Best Thing, Alive and Living, Matt york....Etc
My songs dont always make me out to be such a nice guy, confesses Tomi Swick. But Im just trying to be honest about whats going on in my life.
Honesty is an ongoing theme with Tomi Swick. The thirteen songs on his debut album, Stalled Out In The Doorway, tell honest tales of some of the harsh realities of relationships. Tomis beautiful voice and lilting melodies sometimes belay the dark subject matter in many of the songs.
As a fan of pop music history, Tomis own music is born of the tradition of some of the most memorable songs of our lives His admiration for vocalists and songwriters runs the gamut from James Taylor to Radiohead (I absolutely love The Bends) and Jeff Buckley to the Beatles. Tomi Swick is a rock n roll troubadour who takes his craft seriously.
Tomi Swick was born in Canadas Steeltown, Hamilton, Ontario, to a blue collar family that instilled a strong sense of pride and tradition into his blood. His mother came to Canada from Scotland and taught him to respect and love his roots. As a result he learned to play bagpipes and his earliest dreams were to perform at the Highland Games in Fergus. As a matter of fact, the first song he remembers writing (at the ripe old age of 14) was Bonnie Scotland Where I Have Never Been.
Tomi admits that, growing up, he was always known as a jock but also loved to play music. In addition to the bagpipes he played piano and learned military drumming prior to picking up the guitar at 13. It wasnt long before he had decided that he wanted to be a musician rather than work in the citys steel mills.
At 19, Tomi played in a local Hamilton band that started getting a following which helped him realize that he could actually make a living doing the thing he loved most. Buoyed by local success and brimming with confidence the group started making the rounds at the Canadian record labels. But, after too many rejections, he quit the band in order to re-group.
Tomi soon returned to the stage as a solo performer and, before long, he began to gain a reputation as an incredible vocalist with a cache of remarkable songs. Word of mouth eventually spread throughout the industry.
In the Fall of 2006 Tomi came to the offices of Warner Music Canada for a meeting. Tomi happened to have his guitar with him and ended up performing an impromptu acoustic set in front of the entire staff. His performance was so impressive that what had been intended as an casual meeting turned into the beginnings of a record deal.
Warner Music Canada was convinced they had a very special artist with Tomi Swick and they wanted to make sure that as many people as possible would get to hear his marvelous voice. In February 2006, his original recording, A Night Like This was released as the first single from the compilation album From The Heart (putting Tomi along side of some of the most popular male vocalists in the world today including Josh Groban, Michael Buble, James Blunt and Daniel Powter). The song quickly established itself as a Top 5 radio hit. The album also included a bonus three track Tomi Swick sampler with A Night Like This, Wait Until Morning and For Anyone You Love. With over 100,000 copies sold, From The Heart was one of the best selling compilations in Canada in 2006.
The stage was now set for him to begin recording his debut full-length album. He entered Pucks Farm Studios north of Toronto with producer Ron Lopata. Like Warner Music Canada, Lopata had heard of Tomi by reputation and showed up at one of his club shows to hear the voice for himself.
Tomis music soars, says Lopata.
When I first saw him play the sound was 100 times bigger than
the club he was performing in.
Lopata and Tomi began with 35 songs and whittled the number to be recorded to a much more manageable 18. They were joined in the studio by a cadre of some of Torontos finest musicians while the final piece of the studio puzzle was engineer Saam Hashemi who was able to help Tomi and Ron realize many of the sounds they had been imagining for the songs. It was Saam who suggested that they should go to the U.K. to try and record some of the music. When they were done recording, internationally renown engineer Chris-Lord Algee was sent a copy of the finished album. He liked what he heard so much that he asked if he could be involved with the project too and was engaged to do the final mixes.
Ive tried to make an album that lets me do
all of the things I want to do,says Tomi.
Ive got a poppy side but love really heavy bands too.
Ive tried to get both sides out without having an identity crisis.
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Thanks for the ad Tommy. Seems we have a mutual friend in Pete Ianitelli/Peter Mathew, we both have a lot of respect for your music. See ya aroun the Hammer. Will, Arctheline. www. myspace. com/arctheline
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Yo Tomi,Don't know if you remember getting into that argument on Hess. st. last summer a couple times about the best RADIOHEAD Record.....but long story short..........OK Computer is still better than the Bends!... Later yo..... -Laird M.
Just dropped by to say hello.Hope all is well with you. Thought I'd drop by and let you know I have uploaded a new acoustic demo called Old Gang. Hope you like it. Have a great week and I'll catch up with you soon!
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