Milwaukee, Wisconsin
30 Years Old
Singer-Songwriter, Composer, Vocalist

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"He locked himself in his room watching hours turn to days."

BIOGRAPHY

I am a milwaukee born and raised musician. I preform and write my own music, from classic cinematic scores to indy pop, industrial, whatever the project i am working on requirers. I am releasing my solo album and a soundtrack. I have been singing since i was 10, playing piano since i was 12, guitar since i was 14. I am looking to meet and write with others, sell and create songs for other artists. I write rock, blues, indie, pop, singer songwriter, classical and R&B;. I am putting a band together now to play out after the record release. Drop me a line.

LEVEL

semi-pro

GENRES

Experimental, Folk, Blues

Contact

Management: DSC@Musician.org
Publishing: 414 759-8358
Administrative: John McLaughlin

P.R.O.

BMI

INSTRUMENTS

bass / bongos / clarinet / drums / flute / acoustic guitar / electric guitar / harmonica / keyboard / percussion / piano / saxophone / trombone / trumpet / vocals

INFLUENCES

Eveyone and every style. I take bits from the rythem and soul of life, and twist it with my experience until it matches the sounds that are in my head and my heart.

DAY JOB

Dead Sparrow customs, Customized music gear and design. Make your gear as unique as you.

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
with others
for myself
for others

I Prefer To Write:
lyrics
melody
music

experience >

SONG PLACEMENTS

Score for Blocked, an indie short. Trailer for Like Sunshine After Rain, A full length foreign film. In association with cinetopia productions. Score for Framework, A film by Quinn Hester, The soundtrack & score for Bitch! A film in association with Matt Ott, Badmeat Productions and Jay Thorton Director. Several other films in the works, as well as producing my own solo & band albums along with 2 other bands Debut albums slated for late 2009 releases.

AWARDS & ACCOLADES

Winner, Best film, 2009 UWM Film Festival. Official selections, for The Milwaukee International Film Festival, Bitch & Framework.

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Cadillac Sky

Cadillac Sky should be a lot more tired. It’s early Saturday afternoon at MerleFest and the band–Bryan Simpson, Matt Menefree, Andrew Moritz, Ross Holmes and newest addition David Mayfield–has already logged two performances on the day....

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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....

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Sessions: Vetiver

“It’s always slightly confounding to me whenever Vetiver is depicted with the same tropes that people have read off of press sheets,” says Andy Cabic. “The same sort of milestones get mentioned but then no one really digs to find out that there are those other things going on.”

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Spoon: The Power of Transference

In 1995, Spoon were often dubbed “the next Pixies.” The tag never quite fit, but the two did share a love for writing glorious pop songs and then shrouding them with walls of noise and mystery. Over 15 years, the Austin, Texas band have survived lineup shuffles and early record label neglect, finding their signature style with 2001’s Girls Can Tell and quietly building one of the strongest rock catalogs of the decade.