Singer-Songwriter
Monty Milne explains his musical journey
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Music has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. Presently, my main focus in music is playing my twelve-string acoustic guitar, composing songs, writing lyrics, and singing. My big music project in 2010 is my singer-songwriter recording project. It's going quite well, and I feel the songs are the best recordings I have ever made.
The singer-songwriter music scene in the Philadelphia and the tri-state areas is alive and well, and I'm excited to start putting my new songs out for people to hear.
My musical beginning started with piano, recorder, and clarinet during elementary school. When I entered the eighth grade I got into drums. That's when music stopped as a hobby and began as a lifestyle. I played drums for about ten years, and was a very good drummer. I feel it really helped my singer-songwriter pursuits. My influences were - and still are - Keith Moon, John Bonham, Neil Peart, Ginger Baker, and Mitch Mitchell.
I started plucking around on the guitar during my last year in high school. I found my place in the world of the guitar as a rhythm guitarist. Lots of chords. My favorite musician and biggest influence on me as a songwriter was, is, and will always be Pete Townshend. I think his influence is evident in my singer-songwriter music.
When I entered college I started to write original songs. Being exposed to poetry in college helped me make the leap from just a guitarist to a singer-songwriter. Poetry to me then was just words and thoughts put to pen. But I soon found that marrying my poems to chords and singing them rather than reciting them produced - songs! It's no wonder I term my music Acoustic Rock with a Poetic Twist. Many of my songs include spoken word, or have a short poetic stanza as a prelude to the song. Pretty cool. During the 1990's I started to gig around Philadelphia and the tri-state area and be part of the singer-songwriter scene. That was a good period - getting out and playing original music in front of crowds. I was never a huge draw, but I usually received kudos from those who were in the audience. Some gigs were fantastic, and some gigs went south. That's the way it goes performing live.
My first real singer-songwriter recording project was Electric Montgomery - a CD that I released in 2002. I achieved a lifelong goal with the release of Electric Montgomery - getting radio airplay. That was - and still is - a great thrill and accomplishment.
Several of my songs - such as America Rocks, UFO, Butterflies In Heaven, and Richard Shouldn't Play With Dead Things, were heard (and still are) on stations in the United States, England, Germany, and Switzerland. The European market for music has always been good to singer-songwriter's like myself.
It's now 2010. I have a new songs in the works. I am fortunately to be working with Philadelphia area producer and engineer Jeremy Pflug in his Tasty Jam Recording Studio.
I am also really happy that I have my music listed on iTunes Music Store.
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