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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 since the fall of 2004 has been my Montgomricon Fantasico recording project. It's going quite well, and I feel the songs are the best recordings I have ever made. You may read more about the Montgomricon Fantasico project here.
The singer/songwriter music scene in Philadelphia, PA and the tri-state area 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. 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 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 guitarist/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. 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" 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. Two of the songs from Electric Montgomery - America Rocks (written two days after the September 11th terrorist attacks) and UFO (a berserk, wacky, and humorous tale about being abducted by an Alien Being from outer space) were heard (and still are) on stations in PA, NJ, DE, CA, and England.
It's now 2007. I have a new project in the works. I have a burning desire to perform live again. Roll the bones.