Kevin

I am just a guy who enjoys life!!!
Live it to the fullest everyday!!! Don't do Drugs!!!
Listen and promote the music that YOU love, not what your friend or boss or peer groups like.
Don't ever let anyone or anything bring you down!!! You set the rules of your own life. Live a little and have Fun!!!!
I love music!!! All different kinds from Yanni to Motley.
My favorite songwriter and producer and musician is : BUTCH WALKER.
What? You don't know who he is?? Yes you do! OR you know his work and hit songs from other fine artists. Read this:
Top 40/Pop Tuesday May 1, 2007
Beloved as an outstanding live and in-studio artist by those few in the know, Butch Walker has gained his greatest reputation as one of the hottest songwriters and producers in the pop-rock business. From Bowling For Soup's "Girl All the Bad Guys Want" to Avril Lavigne's "My Happy Ending," Walker's work is distinguished by disarming wit and catchy melodies. Take this opportunity to follow his career from late 80's hair metal to his latest solo work in the profile of Butch Walker.
Butch Walker was born Bradley Glenn Walker III in Georgia November 14, 1969. As a talented guitarist, Walker was a member of rock bands in the 1980s such as Bad Boyz and Bite the Bullet. The latter were signed to Virgin Records near the end of the decade. Changing their name to SouthGang, the group recorded as sort of a big-haired, Southern version of Guns 'n' Roses. 2 albums, Tainted Angel and Group Therapy, were released by the band.
Quote from Butch Walker: From Butch Walker's MySpace blog:
"I love love love playing music for a living. It is the best job in the world."
Marvelous 3: Butch Walker, Jayce Fincher, and Mitch McLee, all members of SouthGang, moved on to form the bands Floyds Funk Revival and the Floyds in the '90's before they finally settled on an incarnation as the Marvelous 3. This trio released 3 albums, and, signed to Elektra Records, scored a top 5 Modern Rock single "Freak of the Week" in 1999. The band adopted a glam style and even appeared in fashion spreads. The Marvelous 3 fell apart in the wake of an acrimonious split with Elektra in April, 2001.
Solo Artist: Undaunted, Butch Walker began pursuing a solo career in 2002 with the release of the album Left of Self-Centered. The album featured Motley Crue's Nikki Sixx as a guest musician. A second album, Letters, appeared in 2004 and edged its way onto the Billboard album chart. Walker received wider exposure opening some concert dates for Avril Lavigne.
Production Success: Along with his work as a solo artist, Butch Walker began writing and producing music for a wide range of other performers. He wrote the Grammy-nominated song "Girl All the Bad Guys Want" for Bowling for Soup. The top 10 hit single "My Happy Ending" by Avril Lavigne was co-written and co-produced by Butch Walker. Soon Walker was working with artists ranging from All-American Rejects to Pink.
Top Tracks Written and Produced by Butch Walker:
2002 - "Girl All the Bad Guys Want" by Bowling For Soup - #38 Modern Rock 2003 - "Enemy" by Sevendust - #30 Modern Rock 2004 - "Fall Behind Me" by the Donnas - #29 Modern Rock 2004 - "My Happy Ending" by Avril Lavigne - #9 Pop 2004 - "Mixtape" by Butch Walker 2005 - "Geeks Get the Girls" by American Hi-Fi 2005 - "Good Times" by Tommy Lee - #54 Pop 2005 - "I Want You to Want Me" by Lindsay Lohan 2006 - "Leave Me Alone (I'm Lonely)" by Pink 2007 - "We've Got a Big Mess on Our Hands" by The Academy Is... 2007 - "The Best Damn Thing" by Avril Lavigne
Butch Walker Trivia Fact: Butch Walker appeared as a guest judge on the TV reality show contest Rock Star: Supernova and produced the resulting band's first album as well as co-writing many of the songs.
More Solo Work and the Future: In July, 2006, Butch Walker released his 3rd solo album The Rise and Fall of Butch Walker and the Lets-Go-Out-Tonites. It was admittedly modeled after David Bowie's classic The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars. Sales were weak despite continued critical acclaim for Butch Walker's clever brand of power pop and rock.
Butch Walker continues to bask in the spotlight as a producer and songwriter. He contributed to some of the top songs on Avril Lavigne's 2007 smash hit album The Best Damn Thing. Walker also produced the album Santi by post-hardcore band The Academy Is.
Another Butch Walker article from MTV.com from July 2006:
Butch Walker Works With Avril, Hot Hot Heat, Says Solo LP Won't Be 'Emo-Tastic' 06.27.2006
He'll also produce for Supernova, Tommy Lee's made-for-reality-TV band. Butch Walker and the Let's Go Out Tonites Photo: David Stuart
If you want a peek at Butch Walker's speed dial, the most recent copy of Billboard might do the trick.
The former Marvelous 3 frontman is beginning to rival Linda Perry for the title of go-to producer, thanks to his recent work with everyone from singer/songwriter types (Pete Yorn) to the cream of the pop-punk scene (Hot Hot Heat, the All-American Rejects, the Academy Is ... ). And somehow, between all that and producing the next Avril Lavigne record (see "Butch Walker Prefers Avril's Friendly Fans To The Punks Who Booed Him"), Walker found time to write and record his third solo album, The Rise and Fall of Butch Walker and the Let's-Go-Out-Tonites! due July 11.
"It really has everything from Springsteen to Dylan, the Stones and T. Rex," Walker, 36, said of the album, which veers from tongue-in-cheek country twang ("Rich People Die Unhappy") to Kinks-like guitar pop ("Paid to Get Excited"), Lennon-esque ballads ("We're All Going Down") and the kind of high-gloss arena rock he's built his reputation on ("Hot Girls in Good Moods"). "[The title] is kind of my nod to David Bowie, in that everyone has [ripped] him off and they all became bigger because of it."
Unlike Walker's introspective 2004 breakup album, Letters, the new disc is a mostly upbeat collection of high-energy party anthems about having the kind of high times not seen since late-1980s videos for bands like Mötley Crüe and Poison.
"I had an amazing year last year, so there's no reason to be sappy and emo-tastic on people," Walker said of anthems like the hand-clapping first single, "Bethamphetamine (Pretty Pretty)." "The last record I did when I was in a dark, dim place, and I love it, but half the songs are gut-wrenching. On this new one, I couldn't fake that. I couldn't be insincere and write about heartbreak."
With everything from pedal steel to trumpets, the seven-member Let's Go Out Tonites band provides hearty backing for Walker, who has to laugh when describing the late-night inspiration behind "Bethamphetamine." The party-girl anthem is a tribute to "all the girls I've known in L.A. and New York who I can't keep up with and who know every door guy in every club and can't stay out of the bathrooms or in a conversation for more than five minutes," Walker said. "Yet I still hang out with them."
In addition to rehearsing with his band for an upcoming U.S. tour and some European dates, Walker has been busier than ever on the production front.
Walker said the material he's working on for Lavigne's next record has been "really fun, crazy, cool and pretty rockin'." Writing with Lavigne and her former guitarist, Evan Taubenfeld, Walker said he's finished half the record, and so far, it's a testament to the singer's maturity. "She's growing up and maturing gracefully," he said. "It's gonna be a lot of fun."
He recently flew into Las Vegas for a quick one-night session with the All-American Rejects for an upcoming single from their next album, a cover of the Beach Boys' "I Can Hear Music."
The producer's recorded 10 songs for the next Hot Hot Heat record so far, which he thinks will really surprise people. "It's way more adventurous than the last couple of records," he said. "We went back to the studio where they made their first album in five days, and we made this one in 10. It's not just guitar, bass, drums and keyboards, because I didn't want them tagged as a quirky Canadian keyboard band."
Walker also worked on songs for the next record from the Academy Is ... ; produced a single from the upcoming Pete Yorn album, Nightcrawler; and will produce the album for "Rock Star" band Supernova, featuring Tommy Lee, ex-Metallica bassist Jason Newsted, former Guns N' Roses guitarist Gilby Clarke and a singer to be chosen on the reality series (see "Jason Newsted Says Frantic Pace Of 'Rock Star: Supernova' Is 'Asking For Miracles' ").
He re-teamed with pal Pink to record a cover of the Rufus and Chaka Khan song "Tell Me Something Good" for the upcoming animated movie "Happy Feet."
Upcoming Butch Walker tour dates, according to the Official Website: www.butchwalker.com
— Gil Kaufman