Paris, Texas
38 Years Old
Singer-Songwriter, Composer, Songwriter

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"Three o'clock, rainy Monday, sittin' thinkin' 'bout the 4th of July and amber waves of grain."

BIOGRAPHY

Allan Hubbard is an acoustic ambient and folk/roots artist from Paris, Texas.

In 1981, Allan played the role of “Sonny” opposite Robert Duvall in the Oscar-winning film “Tender Mercies.” Duvall attended his 10th birthday party a month after the film wrapped and gave Allan his first guitar (which he still has). In a memorable scene from the film, Duvall gives Allan a guitar lesson.

Allan is a worship leader/associate pastor at a small Baptist church in northeast Texas - Mt. Olive Baptist (www.mobcparis.com) and is married with 5 children.

“The visual of film has always inspired me - even films not created, just scenes and images in my mind - to create music that would be great backdrop and ambience. It’s the only type of music I’ve created where I feel like a true artist adding layers with no boundaries, no expectations.

“Ambient founding father Brian Eno (most known as a U2 producer) said: ‘Ambient Music is intended to induce calm and a space to think. Ambient Music must be able to accommodate many levels of listening attention without enforcing one in particular; it must be as ignorable as it is interesting.’ “

GENRES

Singer/Songwriter, Instrumental

Contact

Management: self: humble@allanhubbard.com
Publishing: self: humble@allanhubbard.com
Label: self: humble@allanhubbard.com
Music Supervisor: self: humble@allanhubbard.com
Booking: self: humble@allanhubbard.com
Administrative: self: humble@allanhubbard.com

P.R.O.

ASCAP

INSTRUMENTS

bass / drums / acoustic guitar / electric guitar / harmonica / keyboard / mandolin / percussion / piano / synthesizers / vocals

INFLUENCES

Films with that slow backdrop where the music soaks into the visual and transports you into the scene. Vangelis Bob Dylan James Taylor Springsteen Gillian Welch Slaid Cleaves Sting Patty Griffin Celtic stuff acoustic/rootsy stuff

I AM INTERESTED IN

in pitching songs to artist
in pitching songs to tv
in getting a record deal
in getting a publishing deal

I WRITE:

It's my second job

I Also Write:
by myself

I Prefer To Write:
lyrics
melody
music

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