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BILLY D

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About Me

Some of you ,that visit this page may think that musical history never existed before the 90s ...It did , and was very rich indeed. After playing lead guitar side man for 20 years ,I decided to make a CD album that celebrates it all...and it's all in there. A little of this and a little of that from different times and styles right up to the present.....It is why I think that " DreamSong " is a great " Summer " album, because it trys to make the listener feel good. Not an easy thing to do these days. Im a solo artist/writer from NE Ohio . Yep Im an older dude still at it.. I love to dream, and explore and enjoy the life that all music brings to us...Wanna be friends ?

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Member Since: 8/24/2005
Band Website: Here at MySpace.com...I SEND OUT REGULAR BULLETINS
Band Members: Just me, I'm the band. The orchestra and choir and various sections.I'm doing it all one at a time with Roland guitar synths.. The music is all that really counts, as it has it's own final say. Once I let go of it, it has its own seperate life, and it does different things to different people. I just try hard to write my music to having listeners who love all types of music --soul to soul--heart to heart--mind to mind.

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Influences: I know that the world is messed up right now. There are more then enough songs about depression,and complaining. I believe that we can solve all of these global problems because we have to. I stubbornly try to write songs that realistiicaly cover all sides of our nature..Not just our shortcomings....I think that a little bit of hope mixed into the music is good for the spirit enduring the hard changes that are coming..... I believe that influences is how we learn to get better. From all aspects of life,as well as the arts.....Not to copy a style ...but to get its creative essence into yours..to forge it into something new and hopefully your own...Some styles shouldnt die just because the composer did?...For me ,my music is familiar and different because I love all kinds of Pop music.of all genres and time periods...I occasionaly mix up styles from everything Ive ever heard and experiment with them...I want the listener to be a part of the fun......My major influnces ? ...The Beatles, Van Dyke Parks, George Gershwin, Brian Wilson, Steely Dan, Charles Ives, SIR George Martin, Radiohead, Hank Williams, Visitor, Michael Franks, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Nelson Riddle, Byork, Leonard Cohen, Harry Nilsson, Stevie Wonder, Tom Waits, Hirth Martinez, Jeff Lynne, The Brill Building writers, The Tin Pan Alley writers, Nikolaus Tesla, Take 6, Frank Zappa, Roy Orbison, Carl Sagen, H.G Wells, Claude DeBussey, Alan Parsons, Los Lobos, Randy Newman, some wonderful gifted writers I found right here on MySpace and countless others...I write the way the songs and inner spiritual feelings guide me...I don't believe in muses or being a slave to inspiration alone...and I try not to suppress anything...instead, I celebrate all of them I suppose...Sometimes Im a sculpter and other times just a spectator...It comes as it wants to...I just let it happen...then apply my crafts as best I can. Im a songwriter that loves to write different kinds of songs for different kinds of listeners.
Sounds Like: Some musical styles are just eternal...they are those really special musical styles out there floating in the universe ...No matter who is currently creating them... They simply touch us and make us feel better... Did you know that the universe is in reality made up of infinte tiny particles that each vibrate differently ? Like a reed or string...Like a drum...Like a musical instrument.... We are ,each of us unique "compositions " of all of those tiny particles....Everything around us that we see or touch is to.....That’s why music is so importent to us all... because in many profound basic ways .....We all actually ARE a form of music. .....Wow!... Makes ya want to write an album about it !......So I did...............
Record Label: West Park Media, N.Y. unsigned
Type of Label: None

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Hope In Songwriting

Heres a reply message to a friend request that I recived Aug,9......Its from a songwriting duo ...They write folk music concerning Social/political/religious topics...im thinking it might be a kool bl...
Posted by BILLY D on Thu, 10 Aug 2006 05:17:00 PST