I live and work in Starkville, Mississippi. I play the electric bass (fretless and fretted), as well as acoustic fingerstyle guitar, and I sing. I love music and I perform whenever possible. For many years I have been a “semi-professional†musician; I play anywhere from 2 to perhaps 6 times a month, usually locally.
I am fluent in many styles, including jazz, blues, R&B, folk, country, rock, and I’ve sung in church choirs for years. I believe that I’ve played in at least 70 bands, choirs, and musical groups, beginning when I was in high school. I’ve been a band leader many times, and was a church choir director for three years. Although I’ve studied music at various times over the years, I am mostly self-taught. I can read both bass and treble clef.
When I’m not performing music, I teach at Mississippi State University. I’m also a husband and a father.
Some of my groups that have Myspace pages are Ed & Doug (a jazz duo), the Mississippi J azz Alliance (a 5-piece jazz combo), and Warnock & Swan (a blues duo). I also have a page as Ed Swan , which has some of my acoustic guitar recordings. When I lived in DC, I was a member of The Oxymorons (a funky, New Orleans-style R&B rock band).