Biography
"Stuff happens inside my head all the time, and most of that time I just let it happen, but social normality demands I keep 10% under it's control. ..." (95% of these are recorded, produced and performed by myself-so it is a tedious process to get them published)

With more than 40 years of western Hemisphere experience, from the interior regions of Alaska, to as far south as Panama, Central America, Amotz has those influences soaring through his music.

Here on The Planet with versatility, virtuosity and charisma. Undiscovered, yet incomparable to any music being played over the airwaves today, and still has the value of listenabilty.

Born in Motorville, 1958, first gen north American immigrant patriarch and a 1/4 Cherokee matriarch; spending seven years in panama from 69 – 76; 77 in Oklahoma; 78 - 03 in Alaska, then now in Oz since 2004...

    Influences from life and education stream through the music like paint on a canvas, words on a page,- like 'a beautiful mind' without the sights only the voices and images, it is not possible to write, record, produce, perform, design, or choreograph all that is,- in its stead a bit given what is possible...

 http://www.reverbnation.com/AmotzandFolks  
http://www.reverbnation.com/Gepetto2U 
http://www.reverbnation.com/thetaintedtruths,

…contained, what I consider either 'produced works(PW)', which you hear on this site, with the exception of "Breakdown" which I like to refer to as 'produced original works(POW)' and then you have 'original works(OW)', which are first edition pieces without 'additives' or 'artificial sweeteners' ... 

some other projects I am involved in: -
 
http://www.sonicbids.com/Gepetto
http://www.myspace.com/Gipetto2U
http://www.reverbnation.com/Amotz
http://www.triplejunearthed.com/Amotz

Amotz has performing since the early age of eight, first in primary school in Detroit, MI, USA – spent his pre-teens and adolescence performing in Panama, Central America and most of his adult life throughout the Continental US, Canada and Alaska;- the past eleven (11) years he has made his home here in Western Australia.

…stage persona Gepetto2U, is a solo artist in every sense of the defining meaning. Production, performance, recording, mixing and mastering; all done in his home studio and with the quality and care of any studio on the commercial market. His raw wisdom of human nature gives the listener an insight into one’s own psyche.

Can we give a genre to his style? Perhaps not. Unless we just simply say FINDIE, with all the genre free independent meaning Indie has always represented.

He now has two published compositions; under Indie Alliance Adult Contemoprary Vol I, released Jan 7, 2008, "Just Breathe", and "Old School", under Apache Rose Publishing, Inc., Best New Bands Volume 3 (Dec. 2007), and again under Tomasian Entertainment! Rock OUTLOUD, released in July 2008, His compositions are played regularly over internet radio station Down Unda Thunda Radio, in Australia, IndieLife Radio, Rhode Island, USA,  and now, University of Moscow Radio.

Listen for yourself…


http://www.meermusic.com/GEPETTO
http://www.ourstage.com/profile/Gepetto
http://www.soundclick.com/Gepetto

    as time marches on perhaps i will be able to show you more...



Musical influences from Americana, Real R & B, Eric Clapton, B. B. King, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Carlos Santana, Al Demiola, Doobie Bros, Allman Bros, Mountain, J. S. Bach, Jimi Hendrix, Steely Dan, John Lennon, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, Richard Starkey, Todd Rundgren, Frank Zappa, The Pink Floyd, Who, Guess Who, Pat Travers, Rush, Benny Goodman, William George Wasserman, and too many to mention them all.....Six millennia of musical conceptions. 

Amotz now resides in Western Australia and is already working on his ... compilation with the influences of the area sure to affect the sound and music.

*Member: ASCAP, ASA, PerthBands





Enjoy the music everyone! It's all original! For bookings, licensing and press: kirktbaldwin@gmail.com I have 38 original tracks on my Soundcloud profile page and a number of videos on You Tube. Feel free to comment, like or repost. Thanks! I will be a featured artist on Poze Radio out of Chicago 8/27-29. Their link is: http://pozeproductions.com/page/poze-rado-1 My interview on www.enchantmentradio.com will be aired Th 7/19 7pm Mountain Time and Su 7/22 @ 11 am and 7pm Mountain Time. They'll also play 2 songs from my CD 24/7, and I'll play 2 songs live Delta style. Whiskey By 1pm just got rated at 8.0 by Reverb Nation; we'll be a featured artist once again the week of 11/20/18.This week, 3/20-27, I'm once again a featured artist at Reverb Nation; this is the fourth time! I'm on the Artists To Watch list on Reverb Nation for 2018. KB/BW are now on Radio Avenue, http://www.radioavenue.com and are currently getting request airplay for Mother Road at Radio 440. The link for it is: http://radio1.440music.com:2199/start/pop. Thanks to everyone who takes the time to visit this page, and especially anyone who buys our CD or individual tracks at CD Baby (see link below). I've played guitar since 1964, have been writing songs since 1966 and started playing with Beats Workin' in 1968. We got together at Twin Lakes WI just north of Chicago IL where our families all had summer homes. We recorded my first original song in 1971, I Feel Better Than You. We were playing Rock and Blues-R&B at this time, Rolling Stones, Cream, Jimi Hendrix, The Who, CCR, Savoy Brown, Ten Years After, the Beatles, and lots of Chicago Blues ala Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, Magic Sam, Howlin' Wolf, etc. In the late 70's I branched into Country music and Bluegrass, while still maintaining my interest in the Blues. I always had an interest in Country music, and the Urban Cowboy craze ca. 1980 created a lot of gigs. In 1985 I moved to Albuquerque NM with my wife Barbara and have been a fixture in the NM Country scene since then, with extensive work at the Caravan East, an iconic Country nightclub seen in my profile picture, often as house band, and warming up for numerous Country artists , including Asleep At The Wheel, Ray Price, Gene Watson, Razzie Bailey, Eddy Ravin, Neil McCoy, Jason D. Williams and others. In 2010 Beats Workin' recorded our album 24/7, and it is currently available @ CD Baby. I also have several videos on YouTube including Mother Road, I Don't Need No Blues, Mother Earth Is Blue and a Christmas Blues called Merry Christmas Baby. My music is a blend of Blues, Country and Rock primarily, but also is influenced by other American genres like Bluegrass, Cajun-Zydeco, Reggae, Jazz and Tex-Mex. I am  BMI artist.

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