Cardiff by the Sea, California
29 Years Old
Lyricist, Producer, DJ

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BIOGRAPHY

Progress is a poet in the true sense of the word, driven by his passion for constant self betterment, social and political advance, and sonic creativity. As a performing emcee/rapper he spent 6 years melding his style and his stage presence with his band eLeMeN.O.P. (The Element Of Progression). His experience in the band helped him forge a well educated sense on how to create, execute, perform and record music. While he was creating live Hip-Hop sounds influenced by rock, funk and experimental music, he was also recording with producers from all walks of life. The only natural next step was for him to start producing himself. In September of 2006 Progress and his wife decided to move To Southern California from their home in Atlanta, Georgia. This decision was reluctantly made despite the local success of eLeMeN.O.P, and his close proximity to family and friends. Sacrificing all he held dear, he chose to look at this move as an opportunity to extend his band’s network and to take on the task of covering the lyrical and the musical fronts on his own. For the past two years Progress has made a diverse solution settled somewhere between the sound of Daft Punk and the Beastie Boys, but with a message and style of delivery all his own. His lyrics are charged with spiritual poetry and a passion for social change. His music is fused with funky rhythms and danceable leading synth lines and arpeggios. Due to the digital age and slow decaying music industry, we are led into a time of independent artists who believe and convey theirs beliefs unhindered from labels and executives. Progress welcomes this change in hope that his audience will relate to a more personable and unfiltered type of musician, question is, will you?

LEVEL

semi-pro

DAY JOB

Retail Manager

I AM INTERESTED IN

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

I WRITE:

For a living

I Also Write:
by myself
for myself

I Prefer To Write:
lyrics
melody
music

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SONG CUTS

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Legends: Bobby Braddock

In Nashville, most successful songwriters have a fairly short run. On hit, one year, two years, five years. Occasionally, we get one whose career approaches the length of a real career or, more often, one who has a few years success, then slips into oblivion, only to emerge again for another brief era of hit-making.

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Legends: Rickie Lee Jones

She speaks softly, not unlike the way she sings --soft, soulful passages, almost like secrets to the closest of friends --punctuated by bursts of exaltation. It's much like the span of emotion in her work, and in her new record, Balm in Gilead, which veers from the pure, naked heartbreak of "Bonfires" to the elation of "Old Enough," to the beautiful "Wild Girl," which celebrates the 21st birthday of her daughter, while simultaneously reflecting on the unchained fervor of her own wild days.

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Legends: Robert Earl Keen

As singer/songwriters go, Robert Earl Keen doesn't seem like the kind of artist who could honestly be accused of sloth. But despite a catalog choked with characters and conversations pulled from a colorful life, he makes that very claim on "Something That I Do," a track where he brags of his ability to not let work get in the way of an otherwise pleasant afternoon.

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Townes Van Zandt: Facets, Faults & Fractures

It's 10 o'clock at night on an abandoned Music Row. The year is 1985. In a third-floor office in an old house that serves as the offices for the Oak Ridge Boys' Silverline/Goldline Music Publishing, Steve Earle brings the chair he's leaning back in down hard, flipping his hair out of his eyes for emphasis.