I began playing piano when I was 10-ish (I'm 18 now) in a worship band at the church I used to go to. All the songs were the same, but I really liked playing with a band, so I kept going. One time, one of the guys on the worship team told me that God told him that I was called to be a worship leader. That's when I freaked out, and left the team.
After the worship experience, I started a rock band called "The Fuzz." We covered Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin and other stuff like that. This didn't last very long.
After "The Fuzz," I joined a band called "Project Fairway" that eventually dropped the "Project" and just became plain old "Fairway." We wrote our own songs, but shortly after I joined the two original members quit. I kept things going, adding three new members and ended up being the singer until we found a good one. We never did. I stayed on vocals. Fairway called things quits in the fall of 2007.
I've always been writing songs that I'd never use in Fairway.
These songs, the songs I now play under my own name, Travis Vick, are those songs.
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I like instruments. I use a lot of different ones. Piano, Guitar, Accordian, Banjo, Bass, Mandolin, Harmonica, Ukelele, Trombone, Clarinet and Drums. Every chance I get to use a new instrument, I do it. I listened to a lot of country with my dad when I was young. Country like... Guy Clark and Lyle Lovett. I think that has influenced my sound a little bit, but i wouldn't call my music country.
No.
It's more like "melodic folk rock."
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"Sufjan Stevens hasn't yet released a California installment in his States Project series, but Vick's debut EP, "Player Piano," tides us over nicely. The heartfelt set is part Stevens (wispy folk-pop), part Ferraby Lionheart (the LA baroque), and part Dirty Projectors (a reedy experimentalism)." —DOWNLOAD.COM
"(Player Piano) creates a soundtrack for stretching out in a field of wildflowers on a warm spring day and letting the world pass you by. Vick ties the tracks together with his airy, atmospheric vocals and lyrics that are introspective and expressive." —209VIBE.COM
ALOHA TRAVIS THANK YOU FOR THE ADD. HI EVRY ONE ,IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING ORIGINAL SOME THINK TOTALLY DIFFERENT ,YOU MUST HEAR MY MUSIC, AND BE THE JUDGE , AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. FAWWAZ JUBRAN
travis youre lame you should be coming up with everyone else to come visit me and steve but no you decided to go on tour and be all musical and such! laayyme! haha just kidding hope your having tons of fun
Sweet! for a second i was afraid to ask, for i didn't want to offend you if you didn't like Elliott Smith. glad to hear you do. Well, if we ever cross paths i would love to do a show together/see you play. I live in San Diego.
Travis I didn't know that you are on iTunes!? that's really cool... maybe next time you come over you can try telling Pete that and maybe it will make him like you. anway... good job being famous.
candace is lying to you she didnt try..but i did vote for you man..haha just kiddin well just kidding about the candace part i did vote for you but and she did try but i heard some shit like you cant vote two times on one computer.. lame
Hey Travis, you got my vote. I'll try to make your show on the 2nd, but we may be rehearsing for our show on the 3rd at the Tractor Tavern. If you're gonna be around an extra day you should come see us. - Jake
