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ANDREA

Music makes me high on stage, and that's the truth

About Me


I'm an intuitive singer/songwriter originally from Rochester, NY but now living in Houston, TX. I'm not one that wants a bed made of money but rather for my voice to be heard and to express myself through music and poetry. I've been writing lyrics since the ripe age of 13, use to sing accapella with the songs I wrote and picked up the guitar when I was 21.
Music is my release and enjoyment. I write from personal experience. If you're interested in getting a band together or need a vocalist or just like to jam out and have fun, I'd love to get in on it. Like most, I am finding myself, I don't care if it takes me my whole life to figure out who I am because change and the journey thrills me. Currently, I'm working on writing new songs and as soon as I get them recorded, I'll put them on the site so all can listen.
Ooooh and...
-- In a nutshell --
"music makes me shake my head and smile, laugh and dance like there is no tomorrow"
Look at the trees, look at the birds, look at the clouds, look at the stars... and if you have eyes you will be able to see that the whole existence is joyful. Everything is simply happy. Trees are happy for no reason; they are not going to become prime ministers or presidents and they are not going to become rich and they will never have any bank balance. Look at the flowers - for no reason. It is simply unbelievable how happy flowers are.
"All the stars, are gone but one. Morning dreams. Here comes the sun. Through the night, now sinking fast. Show me something built to last."
"If you hear that same sweet song again, will you know why? Anyone who sings a tune so sweet is passin' by, Laugh in the sunshine, sing, cry in the dark, fly through the night."
+ Unitarian Universalism
+ The Onion
+Psychology
+Photography
+Festivals
+Hiking
+Cheese & Wine
+Camping
+Auguste Comte
+Guitar
+ Gaia Hypothesis
+Lewis Thomas
+Hacky Sack
+James Lovelock
+Greek Mythology
+Music
+Writing
+Painting
+Singing
+the Planitarium
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Member Since: 10/14/2005
Band Website: this one
Band Members: Andrea Sykes - Vocals, Guitar

Influences:

Luanjie, Allman Brothers, Art Blackey, Beck, The Beatles, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Benevento-Russo Duo, Ben Harper, Beth Orton, Black Sabbath, Bob Marley and the Wailers, CCR, Chopin, Cowboy Junkies, Cream, Crosby Stills and Nash, Dar Williams, DHT, Donna the Buffalo, The Doors, The Eagles, Eric Clapton, Emiliana Torrini, Enigma, Etta James, Frente, Galactic, Garbage, Grateful Dead, Government Mule, Herbie Hancock, Hoku, Indigo Girls, Jack Johnson, Janis Jolpin, Jefferson Airplane, Johnny Cash

Joni Mitchell, Karrin Allyson, Keith Frank and the Soileau Zydeco Band, Keller Williams, Led Zeppelin, Lisa Loeb, Liz Phair, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Martin Medeski and Wood, Matisyatsu, The Mars Volta, MC Lars, Micheal Bubble, Miles Davis, Modest Mouse, Muddy Waters, Neil Young, NOFX, Norah Jones, Pink Floyd, Phish, Portishead, Primus, Radiohead, Ratdog, RAQ, Ray LaMontagne, John Browns Body, Santana, Sarah McLachlan, Sheryl Crow, Simon and Garfunkle, Steve Miller Band, The Strokes, Sublime, Talking Heads, Thelonius Monk, Tom Petty, Ulu, Van Morrison, The Who, Wilco

Sounds Like: An original.
Record Label: none
Type of Label: None

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