Sonny

I'm a freelance musician in New York City. I grew up in rural South Western Virginia were I was exposed to music at an early age. I graduated from Radford University after an extended stay and after being in a gaggle of bands I decided, after repeated advice from many girlfriends, to move on. I moved to NYC because as the saying goes if you can make it there, you can't afford to stay long. I worked in Greenwich Village at Matt Umanov Guitars, which is awesome because I got to network and hang out with cool people all the time. I then moved to Midtown Manhattan on "Music Row" (which is 48th Street between 6th and 7th Aves) I've been lucky enough to play with Phil Lesh and Ryan Adams, Norah Jones, give tone advice about delay and overdrive to Chris Martin from Coldplay, talk about songwriting and Christmas present with Jeff Tweedy, I even loaned a guitar to Meshell Ndegeocello, and just meet and hang out with a million others at work. I play in the city about three times a month with my bands (Matt Lenny, Alexandra & The Fleur Trajiques, Second Dan, Rocksalt Shotgun, and Dirty Excuse) at places like CBGB, Sin-e, Arlene's Grocery, Pete's Candy Store, Mo' Pitckins, Irving Plaza, Tonic, The Mercury Lounge, and The Crash Mansion. A few of my bands are in the middle for recording their various albums and demo. After spending some time in beautiful Park Slope in Brooklyn, I moved to Manhattan. I now live with my girlfriend a block away from Central Park. I love music and meeting people, I live in the greatest city in the world, but I still miss my Virginia home. Check out my bands page at www.myspace.com/rocksaltshotgun.. width="425" height="350" ..
Rocksalt Shotgun!!