Fayetteville, Arkansas
30 Years Old
Singer-Songwriter

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"If you cant say something nice, dont say it at all"

BIOGRAPHY

i write, i sing, i play, i eat avacodos, and i drink insane amounts of black coffee.. Born in Little Rock AR, reside in Fayetteville AR and split time with Nashville TN. Releasing my second record entitled Heart and Soul Closet Tapes in June 2009, a follow up from The Well Runs Dry in 2008. Writing poetry that fits into melodies is my passion on this earth. I tend to write mostly about God and heartbreak, those seem to be the two most influental things in my life.

Contact

Management: jamar@level6entertainment.com
Publishing: dave@level6entertainment.com
Label: Level Six Entertainment
Music Supervisor: Dave Wilson Productions
Booking: artistzachryan@gmail.com
Administrative: artistzachryan@gmail.com

INSTRUMENTS

bass / congas / drums / acoustic guitar / electric guitar / piano / vocals

INFLUENCES

Elvis, Otis Redding, Johnny Cash, Ron Sexsmith, Susan Tedeschi, Levon Helm, Sam Cooke, Ryan Adams

DAY JOB

rock star

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

I WRITE:

It's my second job

I Also Write:
by myself
with others
for myself
for others

I Prefer To Write:
lyrics
melody
music

experience >

AWARDS & ACCOLADES

Barnabas Award, CAC elementary school 1990.

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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.