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For the intrepid listener who wishes to gain a broader understanding of the ideas and concepts that inspire, inform and underline this album, it is recommended that after listening, you sit and ponder the following ideas, topics and quotes...

About me:
Linguist, Musician, Artist, Programmer, Federal Mogul.

I am into the music of:
Notorious BIG, Weird Al, Bob Dylan, Dr Dre, Radiohead, all early Wu, The Beatles, Pavement, John Coltrane, Talking Heads, Ice Cube, The Cramps, Sublime, Keith Murray, Buddy Holly, Outkast and Superdrag.

I've read these books:
Charles Mingus "Below the underdog", Woody Guthrie "Bound for Glory", DT Suzuki "Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind", Henry James "The Ambassadors".

These are some good movies:
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, The Goonies, Animal House, American Beauty, The Burbs, Weird Science, Stop Making Sense, Donnie Darko, Menace II Society, Heathers.

If I could be in a limo with any eleven people, they would be (in no particular order):
Paul McCartney, Dr. Dre, Joe Paterno, Noam Chomsky, Mike Tyson, Stephen Malkmus, Bill Murray, Don King, Jonny Greenwood, Chuck D and Ricky Gervais.

While inside the limousine, the twelve of us would talk about:
Reading, writing, mixtapes, the history of electronic sequencing and syntheses, interdenominational spirituality, and finally, the basic ineffectiveness of the American health care system.

My varied personal interests include:
Choice meats, fine coffee, fresh seafood, craft brewed beer, locally raised produce, antiques, vintage fashion, rarities, obscurities, defunct technologies, autobiographies, programmable synthesis, old music textbooks, noisemakers and generalized recreational noisemaking.

My music sounds like:
Road work and traffic on a newly paved interstate. An automatic drip coffee machine. Fresh dry cleaning, beers opening, computers sweating.

In the evening, I sometimes find myself thinking about:
Lost Gnostic gospel texts, early native human concepts of time and space, the seeming randomness of birthright, the perfect flight paths of bird flocks, the arcade game Centipede, transcendental meditation, mid to late twentieth century American Federal Bureau abuses of power, the earliest football pads and helmets, Colonial era home brewing techniques, and tea's eventual influence in the American Revolution.

Mission Statement:
Peace from the pen of the lyrical miracle, Troy walsh.
Ill get right to the point.

Welcome to Suburban Sprawl, one of the newest realities of American black hole capitalism. All around is the smell of newly emptied shopping centers and more new neighbors. All is ultra next-generation, new-classic, fire-retardent, high-scale.

Well here at Burblife, we believe that within and underneath this great residential overdevelopment that lurks on and around every corner lies a great fundamental wrong, a serious lameness, a basic violation of things that do and do not suck.
In fact, thats what a lot of this music is about: Suburban Sprawl and its effects, so pay attention before they build you into a corner. You have been warned.

"The Seven Year Plan" LP - Coming 2008
Troy Walsh, graduate level bacchanalian superhero, A beer barrel baron, in Tales borne of long nights and early mornings inside America's top collegiate house party circuit.

Every Wednesday in November
@ Mars Lounge on 2nd Street in Harrisburg, PA

Sunday December 7th
@ Dragonfly on 2nd St in Harrisburg PA

HISTORY

1980: During its humble inceptions, rap music initially appeared as a means of personal expression in the inner city. Utilizing what little they had, hip-hop's earliest pioneers blended classic beats with imaginative vocal techniques, creating a makeshift newscast for and about the streets they came from. Over time, as hip-hop wafted beyond the concrete confines of its birth. people from all walks of life had no choice but to stop what they were doing, listen up, and nod their head.

1990s: rap music becomes a certified commodity, earning a lion's share of the music industy's overall sales. During this time period, 70% of the rap records being sold were purchased by white suburban Teens. The immediate question was why? How? What made Suburbia relate?

2008: rap music as we know it has been done from every conceivable angle, killed, exhumed, then killed again...every angle that is, except for one.

BIO

Hailing from a loving two parent household in a well-to-do section of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania (hometown of hair-metal gods Poison) comes Troy Walsh. The son of an English teacher, Troy knew the way of the word long before he knew what bars and hooks were. As fate would have it, hip-hop found its way into Suburban America's consciousness and chose young Walsh as its future.

Now, we proudly present Hip Hop's Final frontier, the only stone left unturned, music from the burbs, for the world... the name destined to become the final word in middle class american hip-hop: Troy Walsh.

RESUME

- 2nd place out of 175 MC's in The Source's Unsigned Hype Philly Battle

- Invitational performance on The Source Soundlab TV show (WB Network)

- Host of Penn State University's largest Original Hip Hop Night "Hip-Hop Anonymous"

- Winner "Whiteboys" Competition, ensuing performance at world premiere of "Whiteboys" movie in NYC

- Featured New Artist of the Month on Philly 103.9 FM, (A Radio One Station) with lead single "The Burbs" (0ctober 01)

- Champion of Battlefield 2000, Philly Regional Battle, Temple University Area (50 Mcs, 1 winner)

- Champion of Darkhorse Tavern's State College Hip Hop Open Mic Battle

- Headliner of PSU's "Spring Bling" Original Hip-Hop Showcase (Spring 03)

- Headliner of Franklin & Marshall's "Hip Hop Review" (Spring 03)

- Hosted and featured on Penn State Spring/Summer 2003 Mixtape "Hip Hop Anonymous" (Spring 2003)

- One Track & One Freestyle included on DJ Lt. Dan's national Mixtape "Guess Who's That" (May 2003)

- Two Freestyles included on Project Sounds national mixtape The Official Royal Banker (June 2003)

- Performed in NYC for the Unofficial CMJ Hip Hop showcase hosted by Nasty Nes and www.rapattacklives.com, performed with Black Moon, Last Emperor and PMD (October 2003)

- Releases Promo Mixtape Troy Walsh presents Country Clubbin mixed by DJ Lt. Dan (November 2003)

- Grammy Award Producer Joe "The Butcher" Nicolo mixes "Country Clubbin" and "Mr.Unlikely" (November 2003)

- The Single "Country Clubbin" gets added to College Radio Stations Nationwide (December 2003)

- Received write up at MTV.com for up and coming artists (December 2003)

- Finalist for AOL MUSIC First Break Contest (December 2003)

- Featured Artist at PhillyHipHop.com (January 2004)

- 4 on College Radio/Rap Network Charts (Feb.2004)

- 2 on www.rapattacklives.com Charts, voted by College Radio DJs (Feb 2004)

- Performs at SOB'S in NYC with Wu-Tang affiliate Killah Priest (April 2004)

- Records on air materials (intro, outro, skits) for 101.3 FM NJ's Daytime Drive Show (2005)

- Tours as an opener for platinum selling act The Bloodhound Gang (2005)

- Performs for Hunderton High (NJ) Senior Prom, sponsored by 101.3 FM (2005)

- Records in Los Angeles with Grammy winning producer and Dr Dre Protégé Mike Elizondo (Fiona Apple, 50 Cent, Eminem, Busta Rhymes) (2005)

- Completes side project "Federal Moguls" LP with Bloodhound Gang's DJ Q-ball (2007)

- Completes Solo mixtape "How I Roll", featuring production from Mike Elizondo (2007)

LIVE SHOW

Not unlike the live show of fellow Pennsylvanian Hip-Hoppers The Roots, a Troy Walsh performance includes much more than just a mic and a beat. His backing band, The Weekend Warriors, employs the full gamut of live instrumentation: live drums, synthesizer, bass and Electric guitar to color the experience.

Besides drawing from a deep catalog of instantaneously familiar originals, a Walsh and the Warriors show stands to include some danceable 80s covers, maybe a heavy 90s modern rock cover, as well as a Few crowd favorite classic hip hop covers.

Past live performances include appearances at the Webster Theatre (CT), Franklin and Marshall College (PA), Penn State University (PA), The Knitting Factory (NYC), S.O.B's (NYC), The Staircase (Pittston, PA), Smalls (Harrisburg, PA), Gullifty's (Harrisburg, PA), The Grape Street Pub (Manayunk, PA), The Abilene on South Street (Phila, PA), and Harrah's Casino in Atlantic City NJ (101.3 FM fund raiser).

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