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Travis Vick

About Me


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Buy Travis' Music Here:
"Sufjan Stevens hasn't yet released a California installment in his States Project series, but Vick's debut EP, "Player Piano," tides us over nicely. The heartfelt set is part Stevens (wispy folk-pop), part Ferraby Lionheart (the LA baroque), and part Dirty Projectors (a reedy experimentalism)." —DOWNLOAD.COM
"(Player Piano) creates a soundtrack for stretching out in a field of wildflowers on a warm spring day and letting the world pass you by. Vick ties the tracks together with his airy, atmospheric vocals and lyrics that are introspective and expressive." —209VIBE.COM
I began playing piano when I was 10-ish (I'm 18 now) in a worship band at the church I used to go to. All the songs were the same, but I really liked playing with a band, so I kept going. One time, one of the guys on the worship team told me that God told him that I was called to be a worship leader. That's when I freaked out, and left the team.
After the worship experience, I started a rock band called "The Fuzz." We covered Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin and other stuff like that. This didn't last very long. After "The Fuzz," I joined a band called "Project Fairway" that eventually dropped the "Project" and just became plain old "Fairway." We wrote our own songs, but shortly after I joined the two original members quit. I kept things going, adding three new members and ended up being the singer until we found a good one. We never did. I stayed on vocals. Fairway called things quits in the fall of 2007.
I've always been writing songs that I'd never use in Fairway.
These songs, the songs I now play under my own name, Travis Vick, are those songs.
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I like instruments. I use a lot of different ones. Piano, Guitar, Accordian, Banjo, Bass, Mandolin, Harmonica, Ukelele, Trombone, Clarinet and Drums. Every chance I get to use a new instrument, I do it. I listened to a lot of country with my dad when I was young. Country like... Guy Clark and Lyle Lovett. I think that has influenced my sound a little bit, but i wouldn't call my music country.
No.
It's more like "melodic folk rock."

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Member Since: 11/23/2007
Band Members:

TRAVIS VICK

FEATURED FRIENDS AT LIVE PERFORMANCES:

TAYLOR VICK

CHRIS HAUPT

SCOTT BARTENHAGEN

STEVEN MICHAEL WERNING

MICOL CAZZELL

Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Parks and WalMart parking lots.

It started out in Davis, CA. I played for a large crowd of people who didn't really care about me and my guitar, but it was ok. They were drunk and loud and American and it was great. We slept in Sacr...
Posted by on Wed, 27 May 2009 15:02:00 GMT

The Valley Floor

Oh man. I'm very very excited right now, and I'm about to tell you why. The three way split that I've been working on with my two friends, Micol Cazzell (http://www.myspace.com/micolcazzell) and Johna...
Posted by on Sat, 13 Dec 2008 11:04:00 GMT

The Goat E.P.

Hello. I just wanted to let y'all know that I've just about finished all the tracking on my upcoming EP, called the Goat EP. It's going to include songs like "Box" and "Page-Makers" and some new and n...
Posted by on Fri, 05 Dec 2008 13:32:00 GMT

209 Vibe Review - Best Facial Hair

REVIEW, PHOTOS: The MAMAs209 Vibe Review - Ian Hill editor"Best facial hair: not an Airplane's Nick Shattell, for his MAD bushy beard. (Runner-up: Vick's wispy mustache. It's OK Travis - I spent six m...
Posted by on Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:28:00 GMT

Mother?

No - - MAMA.Last night, I won a MAMA award. Thanks again to everyone who voted for me.That was super cool to win.Sorry to those of you who voted for a different artist...maybe they'll win next year.I ...
Posted by on Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:01:00 GMT

Tacos and Toilets

Hey Y'all. I'm in Utah right now. It's about 2:30 Utah time, and I just got done walking around the city of Logan. It's one of the safest places in the country, and it also has the largest police to p...
Posted by on Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:47:00 GMT

Another Update from the Road.

Hello you.Today is Sunday, and I'm in a city called Spokane, in a state called Washington, in a country called America.Go America.Yesterday was Saturday, and I was in a different city. Actually, I'm p...
Posted by on Sun, 05 Oct 2008 15:15:00 GMT

Hello from a Cafe in Portland...

We drove most of the night, and ended up sleeping in the car at a rest stop about two hundred miles into Oregon. Nick was out in about fifteen minutes, and started snoring instantly. It sounded like a...
Posted by on Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:44:00 GMT

Fresno Quiet! Show Reviews

http://estewartartist.blogspot.com/ Friday, August 22, 2008.. --> Begin .post --> quiet show review so, i was excited to see malcom sosa and david dondero play last night. i knew they would both b...
Posted by on Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:06:00 GMT

My Crazy Music Blog EP Review

Tuesday, August 19, 2008 CD Review: Travis Vick "Player Piano" Travis Vick, 18 year old songwriter from Los Angeles Manteca, California just released his debut 5 song LP, Player Piano. It's a surpri...
Posted by on Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:13:00 GMT