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Tom Rorem

About Me

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My name is Tom Rorem. I was born in Tacoma Washington and now, 20 years later, have found myself stuck between two completely different worlds. One is in Olympia Wa, my hometown, where I have friends and family and a world of underground starving artists ready and willing to let me join their circle. The other world is 1500 miles east to the windy city of Chicago, where I pursue a higher level education at North Park University. Here I have a vague view of what it is I am working towards all the while wondering what I am doing with my life. So here I am, caught in a whirlwind of directions that are pulling me every which way. I am constantly wrestling with the direction I am supposed to follow and almost always doubt the decisions I make. But yet I am still here living and breathing, making music for everyone to hear. If there is anything that you need to know about me it is that my passion is to play music for anyone and anywhere I can.

Also check out everyone in my top friends. Most of them are unbelievably good musicians and songwriters so show some support.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 13/08/2007
Band Website: [email protected]
Band Members: Tom Rorem- acoustic guitar, vocals
Band may vary by performance
Johanna Sparrman- Vocals
Thaddius Rybka- Bass
Joel Schuman- Piano, Mandolin

Sounds Like: bands that I like:
Nickel Creek Radiohead Dave Matthews Band Annuals Beirut Throw Me the Statue Rocky Votolato Ray LaMontagne
People that inspire me:
Noah Gundersen Karli Fairbanks Travis Ehrenstrom Del Barber
Record Label: none

My Blog

Spring Tour: The first one to break...

Hey Folks,The past week has been a week of epic travels spanning across 5 different states with only two gigs to show for it. Our first leg of the epic journey back home took us to Cedar City Utah whe...
Posted by on Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:18:00 GMT

Spring Tour: Magical Purple Trees

Hey Folks,We are at the end of our tour with only two more shows left to play. The last time I wrote I left off right before we began our So-Cal section of the tour and so I will begin by reflecting o...
Posted by on Sun, 07 Jun 2009 13:52:00 GMT

Spring Tour: Picture Link

Hey Folks,I know I haven't posted in a few days however I plan to write a blog tonight and get it up tomorrow. Meanwhile, if you want to see some sweet pictures from the past month you should click HE...
Posted by on Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:36:00 GMT

Spring Tour: 100 pushups

Hey folks, I realized rather quickly into the tour that if I don't try and stay some what active physically that I'll end up becoming incredibly out of shape. Not to say that I am in shape in any m...
Posted by on Fri, 29 May 2009 17:55:00 GMT

Spring Tour: Iced Mochas and the Ring of Fire

Howdy,We have officially arrived in sunny California after a few shows in Oregon. As we began our drive south past the comfort of the Northwest into the new and unknown territory of the Southwest coas...
Posted by on Sun, 24 May 2009 15:08:00 GMT

Spring Tour: The Myth, The Legend, The Sasquatch

Hola,Today marks day nine on our epic journey of the west coast which has brought us out of Washington and into the great state of Oregon. We played a show last night in Centralia to a full crowd at S...
Posted by on Wed, 20 May 2009 18:48:00 GMT

Spring Tour: Theologians don't know nothing about my soul

Thursday night was the first time that I had been in my house in 4 months. It felt good to sleep in my own bed.... The past few days have been going really well. Friday was a day off which I spent ...
Posted by on Tue, 19 May 2009 19:43:00 GMT

Spring Tour: The rules of the van

Today is sunny. It is a welcome change from wednesday. The drive over to bellingham was met by dark clouds and heavy rain. There is something comforting about a nice spring rain, however waking up to ...
Posted by on Sat, 16 May 2009 11:46:00 GMT

Spring Tour: The bitter sweet end leading to a new beginning

Hey folks,Well I have officially arrived back in washington and have started the beginning of a four week tour with Noah Gundersen and Garage voice. The past two weeks of my life have been filled with...
Posted by on Mon, 11 May 2009 18:34:00 GMT

The life and times up until this point in time

Hey folks,When I am not consistently playing music I tend to feel that blogging seems futile. However, there are quite a few things that I want to share with everyone that has been going on in the pas...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:39:00 GMT