Phil Engstrom is a Singer / Songwriter based in the San Francisco Bay Area. His musical influences are grounded in Rock and Folk, with a shout out to the Adult-Alternative genre. Phil's song writing reflects his talent with memorable, singable melodies and meaningful lyrics. He hopes you will give his music a listen.


Songs & Recordings
John Allen & Richard Varey

Chris Robley is a poet, songwriter, and producer whose lush, orchestral indie-pop has been praised by NPR, the LA Times, the Boston Globe, and others. Skyscraper Magazine said he is “one of the best short-story musicians to come along in quite some time.”

Robley’s poetry has been published or is forthcoming in POETRY Magazine, Prairie Schooner, Poetry Northwest, Beloit Poetry Journal, RHINO, Magma Poetry, and more. He is the winner of Boulevard’s 2013 Poetry Prize for Emerging Writers and a 2014 recipient of the Maine Literary Award for poetry.

Record company looking for singers, songwriters, musicians, rappers, beatmakers who will help us take Snakebite Music back to the top of Billboard 100. If you are a hustler, if you work hard, and not scared of getting your hands dirty email us at join@snakebite.com 
Lazy, self entitled artists need not apply! You won't like working with us.
You must be based in US or UK.

For lots more music, videos, etc.. please visit the official site at
http://floff.co.uk


BLACK ANGEL

htpp://soundcloud.com/blackangelband  http://cdbaby.com/cd/blackangel2

Santa Clara, Berkeley and San Jose, CA

HISTORY Black Angel originated in Santa Barbara and Los Angeles in 1999 with J. C. Martin leading the band and with Audrey Madison Turner (lead singer of Ike Turner and The Kings of Rhythm and also Mrs. Ike Turner) as a vocalist and Ronnie Turner (only son of both Tina and Ike Turner) on bass. The band was originally called The Prophets and played in major Los Angeles and Santa Barbara clubs such as The Roxy, Jack's Sugar Shack, Luna Park and the Wildcat Lounge. The Prophets released one CD, "The Prophets EP", in 1999. Since then the band has released seven full-length albums, "13 Stories" (2001); "Real Music for Real People" (2003); "O' California"; and "O' Santa Barbara" (2007); “O’ San Francisco” (2009); "Pleasuredome" and  “O’ Los Angeles”.  "Hard Livin', Hard Times"  is a completed but is an unreleased album.  Black Angel has played shows at such Southern California clubs as B. B. King's Blues Club, The Coach House (San Juan Capistrano), Paladino's, Rusty's Surf Ranch, The Cat Club, The Creekside Inn, the Martini Lounge, The Tryst, SRI (Studio Instrument Rentals) Showcase, The Musicians Institute, The Scientology Celebrity Center, The Gig and The Joint.  Other prominent band members in Black Angel over the years include Danny Darling (former drummer for Stevie Nicks, Bonnie Raitt, Lucinda Williams and Leon Russell); Tiffany Lowe (granddaughter of Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash and daughter of Carlene Carter and Nick Lowe; Jason Ball (Animotion); and Ernie and Cory Orosco (The Strawberry Alarm Clock).  In San Francisco Black Angel has played in front of crowds of up to 20,000 people at the Off The Grid show at Fort Mason during Fleet Week in San Francisco and at the Oakland First Friday event celebration and at the Oakland Marathon.

RADIO AIRPLAY and INTERNET PRESENCE  Black Angel can be heard on over 1,500 FM radio and internet radio stations worldwide.  Black Angel has over 42,000 friends on MySpace and their site has been visited over 304,000 times.
SONG OF THE YEAR In a poll of prominent music journalists in December, 2007 "ONE BEER" from the album, "O' California", was selected Song Of The Year by Chuck Eddy of Billboard Magazine. Chuck Eddy is the senior music editor at Billboard Magazine. For seven years Chuck was the music editor of the Village Voice in New York City............In his annual poll of the best albums of the year, Billboard's Chuck Eddy ranked "O' California" as the 31st best album of the year and "O' Santa Barbara" as the 35th best album of the year for 2007. Keith Gordon of Rolling Stone magazine ranked "O' California" as the 29th best album of the year and "O' Santa Barbara" as the 30th best album of the year for 2007.  The album, "Pleasuredome" was selected as the Rock Album of the Year for 2014 by the Underground Blues Network in Canada.  The late Ben Martin produced and co-produced Black Angel’s  three albums with the help of J. C. Martin.  CURRENT BAND LINE-UP  Since moving to San Francisco in 2012 Black Angel has  added lead guitar player, Rubin Ray of Marin; bass player, Mike Stever of Berkeley, and drummer, Pat Woods of San Jose, to its core lineup.  Rubin, Mike and Pat are veteran, highly accomplished, professional musicians who have the drive and determination to take Black Angel to the next level of success.  Rubin, Mike and Pat have played music in the Bay Area for over twenty years each.  Pat was with the band, The Readymades, who opened for many national acts at The Cow Palace, The Fillmore, etc. and was in a touring version of the 1950s band, The Coasters.

1.	I’ve Got My Eyes On You, Baby 
http://youtu.be/SWMzIGnaaSA
2.	High School Girls  
http://youtu.be/8XSlVmHDvZk
3.	One Beer 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xYuf3EOuqg


Playin' Bass since 1965. Recording since same!

My New Single "Let's Get Down" Is Now Available for Download on iTunes

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