Munhall, Pennsylvania
63 Years Old
Songwriter

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"I've never really been a man my age."

BIOGRAPHY

"Bruce Hoffman use the tools of folk music to deliver a literate, humorous, warmly provocative, and wry commentary on the world." -- Peter Donovan

You can find Bruce on "YouTube", "MySpace," and/or "iTunes", but mostly you can find him around his native Pittsburgh writing and singing songs about bears and bridges and other anomalies with the Calliope Pittsburgh Songwriters Circle. His CD "Welcome to Irony City" is available at http://cdbaby.com/cd/brucehoffman. Samples posted at http://myspace.com/brucehoffmansongs.

LEVEL

semi-pro

GENRES

Folk, Singer/Songwriter

P.R.O.

BMI

INSTRUMENTS

acoustic guitar / mandolin / ukulele

INFLUENCES

All the usual suspects -- Woody Guthrie, Robert Johnson, Hank Williams, Bob Dylan, John Prine, Randy Newman, Leonard Cohen, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Townes Van Zandt, etc. -- as well as a few who are not so usual but just as suspicious (Tom Lehrer, Shel Silverstein, Felice & Bouleaux Bryant, Johnny Mercer, Jack Erdie and Sue Gartland, to name a few).

DAY JOB

House Husband

I AM INTERESTED IN

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

I WRITE:

For a living

I Also Write:
by myself
for myself
for others

I Prefer To Write:
lyrics
melody

experience >

AWARDS & ACCOLADES

2nd Place "American Songwriter" Lyric contest November/December 2006. ("Homestead Revisited") Honorable Mention "American Songwriter" lyric contest July/August 2009 ("Bad News")

OTHER SONG OR ALBUM CREDITS

PITTSBURGH SONGWRITERS CIRCLE (2006) -- "Yellow Bridge" "PITTSBURGH SONGWRITERS CIRCLE, 2007 COLLECTION" -- "Come On, Oprah" "PITTSBURGH SONGWRITERS CIRCLE, VOLUME IV" (2008) -- "The Fingerpointing Game"

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