Todd Starr

GROWING UP THERE WAS ALWAYS MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT AROUND ME. MY PARENTS HAD A HUGE COLLECTION OF OLD RECORDS IN THE HOUSE . A LOT OF MOTOWN 60'S MUSIC, 70'S R&B, AND JAZZ. AS I BECAME OLDER, I STARTED 2 BROADEN MY MUSICAL TASTE LISTENING 2 MORE ALTERNATIVE, CLASSIC ROCK, JAZZ, AND CLASSICAL. MANY OF MY RELATIVES PLAY MUSIC, SING, OR DANCE. MY BROTHER BEN WILLIAMS IS A BAD ASS BASSIST. SEEING MICHAEL JACKSON ON THE MOTOWN 25 SPECIAL WAS ALSO A BIG INFLUENCE. HOWEVER, I MOSTLY HAVE A BACKROUND IN THE BEHIND THE SCENES SIDE OF PRODUCTION. I WAS IN THE TECHNICAL THEATER DEPARTMENT AT THE DUKE ELLINGTON SCHOOL OF ARTS H.S. IN WASHINGTON DC. THERE I STUDIED STAGE LIGHTING, LIGHTING DESIGN, AND SOUND. I ALSO DID AN INTERNSHIP IN TECHNICAL THEATER STUDYING UNDER THE GREAT JOE SELMON AT HOWARD UNIVERSITY IN THE FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT. I NOW ATTEND VALENCIA COLLEGE STUDYING MUSIC PRODUCTION/SOUND ENGINEERING AND DIGITAL MEDIA. WHILE I'M STILL WORKING IN THOSE OTHER AREAS OF PRODUCTIONS, I'M PRODUCING MY OWN MUSIC IN DEMO FORM WITH THE HOPES OF GETTING THE RIGHT BAND TOGETHER 2 BRING BACK THAT FUNKY ACOUSTIC AND ELECTRONIC ROCK SOUND FROM THE LATE 70'S AND EARLY 80'S...BUT GIVE IT THAT UP 2 DATE TWIST WITH A LIL BLUES AND A DASH OF JAZZ.....