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Randy Niles Biography
Coming around full circle is an art form that can take some time to develop, but for Randy Niles it's something that has become a staple in his music, life, and message.
With his upcoming release "Perfect" the singer/songwriter/guitarist lands his feet firmly on ground that has yet to be discovered. Digging ever deeper into his love of combining Rock, Pop, and Blues Randy creates a list of songs that are soulfully melodic, and truly captures the essence of his musical and vocal ability.
This release follows the songwriter's year earlier effort "Along the Way" which kept the musical giant on the road through most of 2007 performing mostly at smaller venues, and coffeehouses. "My motto is simple, Start from the ground-up and build the strongest and most comfortable foundation you can then get ready to really do some work" , says Randy Niles. This was the plan and is still his main course of action as he has been building his fan base one person at a time, gaining the respect and confidence that will ultimately open bigger doors.
One of those doors came in July of 2007 when the songwriter/guitarist won the Emergenza Acoustic Micro-Festival in Hartord, CT and won the Emergenza Finals for his full band which saw him through 2 nights of performances at the legendary Webster Hall in New York City.
Once Randy's schedule began to wind down he got right to work finishing up production on what would be "Perfect" which he had been putting together since the end of 2006. Once again the multi-talented artist took to the controls and over saw his upcoming release as the Producer/Arranger and even engineered his sessions in his home studio in Riverdale, NY.
Once complete he brought the remainder of his work to Ryoji Hata (Mixing/Mastering Engineer) who's residency at Looking Glass Studios saw his talents on albums by David Bowe, Dave Navarro, and Duncan Sheik to name a few. The two finished up vocal tracking and added instrumentation where needed to complete the project just in time for the New Year and anticipate a release date in the Summer of 2008.
Essentially, "Perfect" defines a growth process that Randy Niles has been willingly accepting since he began conceiving the ideas for it. On the opening track "Let Go" Randy takes a new approach to lyrically voicing his feel on the world, life obstacles, and change as we perceive them, while the music dips into moments of melodic dissonance that resembles the feel of a relaxing lullaby.
He even takes a step back in his writing process favoring layers of shorter music phrases than the old approach of getting it all out in one take. This proves to be an actual step forward in his growth as an artist. "It takes courage to expose the things you once thought made you better, only to find they were just a crutch." , says Randy Niles.
As 2008 slowly settles in the singer/songwriter/guitarist is already gearing up for what will be his busiest year yet. He will begin the year with a trip to London for a week of acoustic shows and promotion and then return to the states to continue pounding the pavement taking it one city at a time.
With an impressive list of upcoming events for 2008, Randy Niles plans to open even bigger doors for the year, possibly allowing just one more fan to enter into his newfound world of musical maturity.