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BIOGRAPHY

20/20 (Introducing Me and My Revelation)

it's Like this...
i-two-twenty, i've got plenty to give.
i live life day to day.
They might say that my motive is massive. Inspiration. Innovation.
i'm an independent musician, beat physician, producer and tone tactician.
i compose myself and be what i like -
Try curiously hard to like what i be.
Furiously, but, it's difficult for me,
To see myself doing anything but playing guitar,
Honing skillz on a slide trombone.
Far reaching, often self teaching.
My niche is embedded in the percussion section.
Correction, my existence is an intersection of music and life.
Knife cracks the surface as i perform the soundtrack on upright piano.
Uptight execs can't spare precious secs.
Not sex, but love from somewhere above.
So i sing about a dove named Hope.
i peer through a periscope of eloping melody,
To see freedom, independence and democracy in the eyes of a lady standing next to me.

i shout out!
Jesus? Why? For me?
Indescribably self-absorbed, Craving adoration from nations of M.L.K. killing, K.K.K., blood spilling selfishness.
Hell. i wish less for the east,
And more for my inner beast.
At least let me see the end of Bob Marley and John Lennon on reality T.V.
Leave Sly Stone alone with the everyday people.
My steeple elevates.
Wait! Beethoven's Third. Napoleon never gave us his word.
i heard from a bartender at Birdland who might save us.
Miles Davis. Run the voodoo down. Sound the alarm!
Who knew that that commercial for apathy could be so charming,
Disarming an entire population with free vacations,
And forty more stations on a larger screen,
Assembled in starving nations (increasing dissention i mean)?
Just so that i can see N any number of firemen extracting a girl from a collapsing tower.
But, who has the power to save that flower from fading twenty years after,
Ready to jump, suicidal laughter permeating the rafters of her forlorn mind?
Only music and its kind can find what life has left behind.

MUSICAL EXPERIENCES AND EDUCATION

Industry Experiences:

-Played in over a dozen independent bands throughout schooling.  Highlight: Headlining the Canada Day festival in North Bay,  Ont. (5000+ in attendance)
-Played Guitar and sang in the independent group “Strange  Bargain” (6 years).

Highlights:

Winning $4000.00+ in cash and prizes in “Battle of the Bands” competitions.

Opening for established acts like Matthew Good Band, Edwin, Project Wyze, Kazzer, Gypsy Soul, etc…

Having our video for the song, “Tales From Marshmellow Land” played on Much Music.

-Currently spearheading themusicalrevolution.com – an online  community for people who are enthusiastic about music and wish  to be part of bringing better music to the world at large.

Musical Education:

-Gr. 8 RCM Piano and University lessons.
-Gr. 3 RCM Harmony and History.
-High School O.A.C. music – Brass/Percussion.
-Hon.B.A.(music) U.W.O. Concert Choir/Symphonic Band.
-Self Taught Guitar, Bass Guitar, Drum Set, etc...

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