At 14 yrs old, I picked up my first guitar. I spent my first year or so being mentored by Joey Mazzola (the former guitarist from Sponge). In '86, joined by bassist Scott Hamel and drummer Doug Mitchell. We formed a band with the working name OSMIUM. We started out playing covers, everything metal in the day such as early Metallica, Maiden, Sabbath, Zep, etc, etc.... We quickly grew tired of playing covers and started writing our own stuff. We stayed together for about 10 years. We had various singers in and out but we always had difficulty working with singers because our music was quickly becoming more instrumental and progressive. As we played clubs in and about the Detroit area, the band's improvisational and conceptual style always received the best responses from our fans even though most of the local venues at the time was not hip to that sort of thing. Even with current atmosphere at the time the band did surprisingly well and developed a decent following. But as in all in life, things must come to an end. Feeling burned out, the band finally disbanded in the mid 90's.
For the next few years, I took a hiatus from playing music to focus on other things in my life. After that, I started to focus on writing again. I started several side projects by getting musicians of various styles of influence together to see what can be created. Although some projects turned out better than others, I didn't find that perfect sound I envision. Symphonic by nature, the music I lean towards is conceptual, interesting, changing and reflective. Hence, progressive rock. The way I see it, if the music moves me, it may move others and that is what it is all about.My journey so far has landed me in Minneapolis, MN. I will be rotating some samples of my recent work here and sharing my voyage of looking deep inside myself to articulate what I hear, as well as what I feel. Music if done right can be a story that takes the listener through the mind/heart of the writer. Hopefully, you as the listener, connect with me if only for a moment and see life how i see it....Peace and Love.....
Jeff
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