After many years of recording, gigging and traveling with bands, I'm creating this "solo project."  While I will lean on the input of valued friends and seasoned musicians, I am driving my own musical destiny by writing and recording songs/sounds that appeal to me:  spacey, atmospheric textures, simple structures and emotional lyrics.

Backstory: In May of 2017, I attended the concert of one of my hero's in music, Soundgarden.  Chris Cornell was roughly my age when he took his own life shortly after being on stage in Detroit - I was there to witness his final notes sung.  His death touched me and sparked my creative soul in a way I cant explain.  I decided I needed to get back into music, sing the songs in my heart and perform live again, because...you never know.

I started by contacting my cousin Brent Kirby (https://www.brentkirby.com/) who connected me with Guggy (https://www.facebook.com/pages/C-Town-Sound/252734774828972)  What resulted are the songs you hear here on Soundcloud.  

I knew that these songs needed to be heard by a larger audience, so (after posting on SoundCloud) I submitted to the Arts, Beats & Eats festival; this is the third largest festival of its type in the country.  Out of 500+ submissions, I was selected to be one of the 180 performers for 2018.  Small problem - I DIDN'T HAVE A BAND!  Because I truly didn't expect an unknown artist, with no gigs, no CD's could possibly get accepted.

The band I hand selected consists of dear friends from my Church Community - Rob Dawson - keyboards
- Matt Walsh - Bass
These are some of the finest musicians around, and I consider them brothers (especially for taking this leap with me!)

The other two members are Bill Solomonson - guitar and vocals and Robert Christie - drums.  Bill and I have been making music together since 8th grade. Bill is truly my best bud and I am so thankful for all the years of music we have had together.  Robert and I have been bandmates and close friends for nearly 20 years.  "Shotgun Bob" is one of the most intuative and musically talented people in the entire Detroit scene.

The songs that folks will hear at any of our live performances are an accumulation of these SoundCloud recordings, songs Bill wrote for our band Letterbox as well as a few songs from our college years, mostly penned by myself and Billy.

Having taken my "mini dream" this far, my next goal is to get on a national stage - somewhere, somehow - and play these songs of my heart. 

Thank you for learning my story - I hope it don't rain on your parade!

Here, At Last - vinyl @
vienosounds.bandcamp.com

Birthed from a basement and now we're gettin funky

I'm just making bullshit for fun. love live music, music production, music genres and styles, and also some music. 

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