Simon MacKenzie

Minneapolis, Minnesota
22 Years Old
Singer-Songwriter

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"If there was ever a time..."

BIOGRAPHY

From Minneapolis, MN. Simon MacKenzie blends together, ever-falling love songs mixed with a Jack Johnson/John Mayer singing voice that makes for a great personal listening experience. MacKenzie, who is studying Music and Production at Cornell College hopes that one day he can continue singing/songwriting for a living and hopes that his music can be something that "...anyone can enjoy."

LEVEL

semi-pro

GENRES

Singer/Songwriter, Alternative Rock, Folk

INSTRUMENTS

acoustic guitar / keyboard / mandolin / vocals

INFLUENCES

Amos Lee, Ray LaMontagne, Peter Nelson, Jack Johnson, John Mayer, Dispatch

DAY JOB

Student

I AM INTERESTED IN

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
for others

I Prefer To Write:
lyrics
melody
music

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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.

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