Member Since: 28/05/2005
Band Website: www.glencoleman.net
Band Members: Discography
"…before the crowd." debut cd 2007Lampposts appeared in ABC World NewsFish, Wedding Ring Blues appeared in "Getting In," a one act play @ Riant Theatre's Strawberry One Act Festival, 2007. Additionally, "Getting In," was a finalist in the Writers Place Short Screenplay Contest and winner of the "Artistic Vision Prize" from the Gimme Credit Screenplay Contest.
Influences: Formative Experiences:Five years old. Walking through my house on a perfect Spring day, the windows were open and Bach's Brandenburg Concertos played. Heaven.Eight years old. Violin Recital at Cambridge Park Elementary School. I memorize the melody that I'm assigned to play. While performing it, I smile from ear to ear.Junior High School: Kicked out of Middle School band. Reading notes, boring.High School: I play my brother's drum set for hours. I fall in love with the instrument and the physicality that the instrument requires.Senior year of high school up to the present: I pick up the guitar and become obsessed with it. Still, every morning, I find myself habitually drawn to the guitar, which I play for an hour before rising from bed.James Taylor, Cat Stevens, Paul Simon, Muddy Waters, The Beatles, Louis Armstrong, Stevie Wonder--they were my earliest musical influences.
Sounds Like: James Taylor meets Billie Holiday meets Martin Sexton meets Chet Baker meets Louis Armstrong and (of course) Muddy Waters. I love acoustic music. I own sixteen or so guitars (depending on the month or to whom I've given guitars away or guitars I've purchased). I find myself drawn to many musical styles--blues, bluegrass, bassa, and bass-beat-funk. The essence of my music boils down to singing from the heart and accompanying my singing with sensual guitar.
Type of Label: Major