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Pivotal Spark

About Me


Pivotal Spark is the musical side of Brian O'Rourke, a singer/songwriter from Delray Beach, Florida.Brian is currently working on his first album, which will be released in 2010. The acoustic guitar-based songs are reflective accounts of personal moments and experiences.

"I Never Was" recorded with Mateo at the 2010 Delray Beach International Championships...

"Wake" recorded with Billy on September 19, 2008...

"This Is Everything" recorded with Billy and Steve on July 19, 2008...

"Numb" recorded during The Kitchen Sessions with Billy and Steve...

"Annie"...

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/14/2005
Band Website: http://www.pivotalspark.com
Band Members: When performing live...Brian O'Rourke -- vocals & guitar Mateo Scott -- guitar
Influences: Everything. I am the sponge.

Here's a (not-so) short list... Radiohead, Seal, Elliott Smith, The Shins, Silversun Pickups, David Gray, Snow Patrol, 3 Doors Down, Iron and Wine, Hoobastank, James Taylor, Depeche Mode, Linkin Park, INXS, Pearl Jam, Tracy Chapman, Damien Rice, Cat Stevens, Duran Duran, Jim Croce, Frou Frou, Zero 7, Jose Gonzalez, The Cure, Colin Hay's I Just Don't Think I'll Ever Get Over You is FRIGGIN' BRILLIANT!, Avril Lavigne's acoustic EP, Gavin DeGraw, The Fray, James Blunt, Trapt, Spoon, Breaking Benjamin, Tori Amos, Dashboard Confessional, Placebo, Aqualung, Muse...

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Sounds Like: ...Brian!
Record Label: No one will return my call!

My Blog

Broken Update -- April 10, 2009

Billy and I were able to get together five or six times over the past couple of weeks.  We completed the recording of the guitar parts for two of the last three songs... which means we're finished rec...
Posted by on Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:00:00 GMT

Broken Update -- March 27, 2009

Wow it's been a long time, but we're finally back in the (home) studio.  Billy has recovered from his knee surgery to the point where we can start playing again.  Fortunately, we're jumping back into ...
Posted by on Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:00:00 GMT

Happy Holidays from Pivotal Spark!

Happy holidays and here's wishing you and yours a safe and healthy 2009!Thanks to all of you for your tremendous support as we created and fostered Pivotal Spark in 2008. It is through the encourageme...
Posted by on Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:30:00 GMT

Broken Update -- October 17, 2008

Today was another productive day of recording. We were able to get Billy's guitar part finished for Annie, which wasn't easy since he wrote for himself a pretty challenging arrangement. Unfortunately ...
Posted by on Sat, 18 Oct 2008 01:52:00 GMT

Broken Update -- September 19, 2008

Billy and I were able to squeeze in a few hours of recording today. Billy added his guitar parts to Wake... which means we now have his and my guitar tracks finished for seven songs. We definitely fee...
Posted by on Sat, 20 Sep 2008 01:29:00 GMT

Broken Update -- September 12, 2008

Billy and I had another good session today. Earlier in the week, I recorded my guitar parts for Fade and Wake... and re-recorded my guitar part on The Person I Once Knew because the original recording...
Posted by on Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Broken Update -- August 22, 2008

Billy and I had another productive session on Friday. We're now finished with the guitar tracks on five songs. We were also able to record some rough "scratch" lead and background vocal tracks, so the...
Posted by on Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Broken Update -- August 15, 2008

Billy and I made some excellent progress today. Billy finished his guitar tracks on This Is Everything and The Person I Once Knew, so we've finished both guitar parts for four songs so far.I started w...
Posted by on Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Broken Update -- July 30, 2008

So, we've just recently begun to record the album. I'm thinking that this is a good time and place to share our progress (and perhaps motivate me to stay on track).Over the past three years, I've writ...
Posted by on Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

RebelRiffs: Steve Gilmore Reviews ’Numb’

RebelRiffs: Steve Gilmore reviews the Internet's Unsigned Artists http://rebelriffs.blogspot.com/2008/02/pivotal-spark-numb.ht ml Pivotal Spark - NumbTUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2008 Pivotal Spark are a new ...
Posted by on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:00:00 GMT