Columbus, Ohio
33 Years Old
Singer-Songwriter, Vocalist, Lyricist

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"Is it worth it love, if it only leaves a scar when it's done?"

BIOGRAPHY

I always feel weird writing these things. It is my sincerest apology that this wont be put in the third person.

I am a singer/songwriter based in Columbus, Ohio. Every day I am working on a song of some sort. I am polishing, writing or recording something.

In the past I have played with bands and found that a solo singer/songwriter gig isn't all that bad. So, I play around town and on occasion, I play out of state.

Music is my way of dealing. The songs are captured moments of my life. Typically they are stories of intense emotion or about moments that have just stuck in my mind.

It is my sincerest hope that all of my songs are beautiful, raw and honest.

LEVEL

aspiring

GENRES

Folk, Pop, Rock

Contact

Administrative: Steven Shanks

INSTRUMENTS

acoustic guitar / vocals

INFLUENCES

Elvis Presley, Damien Rice, U2, The Beatles, Pete Yorn

DAY JOB

Corporate Trainer

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:

When I have time

I Also Write:
by myself
for myself
for others

I Prefer To Write:
lyrics
melody

experience >

AWARDS & ACCOLADES

Last week, while playing an open mic night, a guy at the bar liked me so much that he bought me a beer. Does that count as an award or an accolade?

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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.