Lenexa, Kansas

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BIOGRAPHY

I started performing in Texas. My first paying engagement was in a seedy bar in downtown El Paso when a drunk patron payed me five dollars to get off the stage and plug the jukebox back in. Since then it's been bars, coffeehouses, stages and fairs in Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, and Nebraska. Over the years I have been in a handful of bands but primarily as a solo act. The songs on the page are either from my solo release, "True Stories", or newer recordings.

LEVEL

semi-pro

GENRES

Singer/Songwriter, Alternative Country

P.R.O.

BMI

INSTRUMENTS

banjo / acoustic guitar / harmonica / vocals

I AM INTERESTED IN

in co writing online
in networking with songwriters
in pitching songs to artist
in getting a publishing deal

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Q&A: Bright Eyes

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Cadillac Sky

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Sessions: David Bazan

It was pretty slow. I mean, I played [the songs] on acoustic guitar for a long time, but I didn’t know how to transfer them to the other format. I didn’t want it to be a solo acoustic record. I wanted there to be bells and whistles and full band arrangements even if I didn’t want it necessarily to be electric guitar rock....