San Diego, California
Singer-Songwriter, Lyricist, Vocalist

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"LIke flowers for the sun..."

BIOGRAPHY

Indie singer/songwriter Zank has been singing and playing guitar his whole life. It's his language, and it's helped him connect with people around the world. Drawing on modern influences such as Mat Kearney, Train, Pete Yorn, The Fray, and Ryan Adams, Zank's captivating melodies, distinctive lyrics, and energetic vocals weave together to create a unique and mesmerizing style of acoustic pop/rock.

Near the end of 2006, Zank left his home in Southern California on a trip around the world with only a miniature acoustic guitar, a backpack, and a plane ticket. It was the journey of a lifetime and an opportunity to explore new influences and write music across the globe. A year later, Zank returned home and began the process of pouring through the notes and reflections he'd chronicled throughout his travels. Soon lyrics gave birth to melodies, and gradually grew into songs that captured the color and shape of his experiences throughout the world. In the finished songs on his latest album, Without a Bridge, were an openness and honesty that crackled with life.

Zank is no stranger to the music industry. Early in his professional musical career he had the opportunity to record two records for Polygram with Grammy Award winning producer Mack (Queen, Stones, Zeppelin). His success in these early bands led to international tours and support from radio, VIVA, and MTV. In his latest effort, Zank's musical identity has finally come into its own thanks to the incredible efforts of musicians like Jack Irons (Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chili Peppers) and Shawn Davis (Beck, Prince, Lenny Kravitz).

Zank sings songs that evoke the gritty, diverse, and surprising moments that make life worth living. His music is the culmination of a lifetime of experiences and he's just thrilled to share it with the world.

GENRES

Singer/Songwriter, Pop, Rock

INSTRUMENTS

clarinet / drums / acoustic guitar / electric guitar / harmonica / keyboard / piano / tambourine / vocals

INFLUENCES

Pete Yorn The Uglysuit The Honorary Title Gomez David Gray

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

I Prefer To Write:
lyrics
melody
music

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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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Behind The Song: “Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing”

Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell sang, it has been remarked, like lovers, although they weren’t. Similarly, Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson, the team behind one of Marvin and Tammi’s most enduring hits, “Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing,” wrote as if under the influence of amatory forces; even if, in the spring of 1968,