Music enthusiast and composer. Genres of interest include shoegaze, ambient, retro video game music, and abstract soundscapes.

2011 Phoenix R&B Artist of the Year! 

*Paris Toon – Baptism by Fire*

The resurgence of Mothers Favorite Child is upon us but not before its creator, Paris Toon, reintroduces himself and his “child” as only he can . . . through real, raw, MUSIC. The Paris Toon recording project, enigmatically titled, “Baptism by Fire,” is a portion of a life narrated by Mothers Favorite Child. MFC is and has always been a musical collective, whimsically constructed by intuition and nurtured by divine talent. This is a movement on a mission to expose truth in sounds and words. TRUTH - minor and major, raucous and romantic, soulful and . . . spiritual. The man behind the music is Paris Toon, producer, lyricist, composer and driving force of all that he engages in. Paris ritualistically defaults to his “gut” when the time comes to gather musicians and give birth to new songs. This is the method to his rarely observed madness. Since Mothers Favorite Child is a product of this method, it is only natural that its musicians and vocalists would be chosen to provide the soundtrack to the more deeply shaded thoughts of Paris Toon, the man. The music of the Paris Toon project revolves around the mother of all emotions, Love. As many individuals have experienced, love can fuel so many other emotions and sensations and it can also take many shapes, sometimes making it vulnerable to misinterpretation. Lust, mistrust, admiration, honesty, intensity . . . these are all stops along the way on this journey through a human soul. This is a true “Baptism by Fire”.

The man behind the music is Paris Toon, producer, lyricist, composer and driving force of all that he engages in. Paris ritualistically defaults to his “gut” when the time comes to gather musicians and give birth to new songs. This is the method to his rarely observed madness. Since Mothers Favorite Child is a product of this method, it is only natural that its musicians and vocalists would be chosen to provide the soundtrack to the more deeply shaded thoughts of Paris Toon, the man. The music of the Paris Toon project revolves around the mother of all emotions, Love. As many individuals have experienced, love can fuel so many other emotions and sensations and it can also take many shapes, sometimes making it vulnerable to misinterpretation. Lust, mistrust, admiration, honesty, intensity . . . these are all stops along the way on this journey through a human soul. This is a true “Baptism by Fire”.


Music is at best just music. It doesn’t need names or categories.
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Veritable music is – like everything – determinated by chaos, fluke, happening. One tone follows another one, meets him, runs away again, collides with two others , lingers for a moment, jumps far away, falls asleep, screams and rans off, palavers, skips, dances, cries...is ALIVE, transformes, dies and is new – ALWAYS!

My music is in the NOW, it develops in the very moment, it sounds. There are absolutely no defaults in a structural, (a)tonal, temporary, formal, intellectual or emotional way, unless not to have any defaults, would be one…

The guitar is released of its standardized restricted usage and way of playing. The tuning of the instrument adapts to the mood of the player. And vice versa. (In german the word for tuning and mood is similar!) She’s Lover, Enemy, Master, Clown, Monster. Tone is Tone. Sound Sound. Rhythm Rhythm. What happens, happens.

Everything is exactly right. HERE. NOW. ALL.



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