For some reason, my parents wanted children. I was the result. You could cut them a little slack; they really didn't have much practice.
Sometime between birth and middle age, I discovered that I'd rather make music than sleep, eat or pretty much anything else. Those three things, sleeping, eating and making music, have taken up most of my time since. On some occasions, I've been able to eat and make music at the same time, which has greatly increased the opportunities I've had to sleep. I've also done a few other things, but let's just talk about music.
I've got a strong singing voice. Coincidentally, it also seems to be a strong yelling voice, equally at home in getting my 88 y/o father's attention, or that of my kids. I play guitar in both Spanish and Hawaiian styles, fake keyboards well enough to play for people who are paying more attention to their beer than me and have been known to pick up and play a bass guitar without hurting myself. I started out playing professionally at the Riemer Student Center of Clarion State College (now Clarion University of Pennsylvania) before the days of disco, DJs and karaoke. In other words, about 30 years ago. I've been involved with the Science Fiction community for nearly 20 years. I've been Filk GOH at Lunacon, Confluence, Duckcon, and Keycon and was the Pete half of the infamous 'Tom and Pete' show Back in the Day. Several years ago, I was the opening act for a concert by The Vogues in Oil City, PA. I'm still tracking down gigs, mostly in Western Pennsylvania, but I'm always interested in new territories and new venues. From my home in Western PA, I'm fairly close to most places. Pittsburgh (Go Steelers!) is about 90 min.; Erie is 2 hrs; Cleveland is 3; Philly is about 4; NYC is 6; Atlanta & Chicago are 13. I've been to all of 'em and played gigs at most.
Check my blog for details on things like set-lists, space requirements, my general ideas about performing and so forth. You can ask me specific questions through MySpace mail or by using this link: Send Mail to Pete
If you'd like even more info, here's a link to my electronic presskit on Sonicbids. This includes another sample set list, stage requirements and some other details. (Clicking here opens another window. . . )
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I've recorded 3 collections of music which are currently out of print. There are 2 new projects in the oven as I write this, but they're waiting until I get the remodeling done so I can re-install my studio (moving sucks).
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