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Jeff Pardo

across the pond

About Me

I love to write songs, record songs, play songs, listen to songs, and right now I'm lucky enough to pay my bills doing it.

I married my beautiful wife Melissa in June of 2004. She is incredible. She's an elementary school teacher, and I think she comes up with brilliant ways to teach music to kids.

I grew up just outside Chicago. I love the Cubs and the Bears. Of the big 3 in Chicago pizza, Giordano's wins. Nashville is okay, but I do miss Chicago quite a bit. In addition to making music, I love to play golf, read, spend too much time online, watch football, hang with friends, and try to enjoy every great thing I've been given. Thanks for dropping by.
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/28/2005
Influences: A small smattering of some stuff I like.......Billy Joel, Bruce Hornsby, Rufus Wainwright, The Beatles, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Harry Connick Jr., Elton John, Sting, Ryan Adams, Counting Crows, Andrew Osenga, Bruce Springsteen, Derek Webb, Bill Evans, Stevie Wonder, Emmylou Harris, U2, Jude Cole, MuteMath, Matthew Perryman Jones, John Mayer, Fiona Apple, Gwen Stefani, Tommy Sims, James Taylor, Aimee Mann, Death Cab for Cutie, Jeff Buckley, Marc Cohn, Marvin Gaye, Mint Condition, Peter Gabriel, Sixpence None The Richer, Switchfoot, Taylor Sorensen, John Coltrane, Griffin House, Jeremy Casella, and lots more.......
Sounds Like: good music, hopefully.
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

In Japan/Marc Broussard

First off....if you don't know about his music, go to www.myspace.com/marcbroussard and check out Marc Broussard. He's a fantastic artist with an incredible, soulful voice. His latest record is call...
Posted by Jeff Pardo on Wed, 26 Sep 2007 05:20:00 PST

on the way to asia

i'm in houston, and i'll be getting on a plane in the morning with marc broussard, his killer band, and fantastic crew to go play for Navy troops all over the world over the course of the next 25 or s...
Posted by Jeff Pardo on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 10:58:00 PST

hot in vegas

I'm in Las Vegas right now with DMHO. It's hot. However, it's not nashville where it's so humid you sweat upon stepping out of the door...this is the kind of heat where you don't sweat a lot but the...
Posted by Jeff Pardo on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 07:51:00 PST

not so little, not so red??

In my last blog, i talked about how naming things (like people, dogs, cars.....studios....) is a tough thing.I'm learning that sticking by a name is much harder than coming up with one.The Little Red ...
Posted by Jeff Pardo on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 11:28:00 PST

The Little Red Recording Room

For those of you who don't talk to me almost every day, I'm going to let you in on a little dilemma in my life that started last July and ended last night at the suggestion from my brilliant wife.I ca...
Posted by Jeff Pardo on Wed, 09 May 2007 07:29:00 PST

Aaron Wright

Check out "A Dangerous Thing" in the music player. It's the first track off Aaron Wright's new EP that we just finished up. And visit him at www.myspace.com/aaronwrightbandRock on kids.
Posted by Jeff Pardo on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 12:04:00 PST

april

So it's April.To most people, that means the beginning of spring, warmer weather, the flowers blooming, the spring rain falling, longer days, kite flying, etc....all of this is nice.To me, however, Ap...
Posted by Jeff Pardo on Sat, 14 Apr 2007 09:54:00 PST

bye bye 2006 update

So here I am, at the end of 2006, and like millions of others (and maybe even you) I'm finding myself reflecting on this past year and looking forward to 2007 with a mix of nervousness and anticipatio...
Posted by Jeff Pardo on Thu, 28 Dec 2006 09:12:00 PST

friends on conan

i'm in athens, ga tonight. my good buddies greg everett, cason cooley, and will sayles just played for mat kearney on conan o brien. it was awesome. they are so cool.that's all.
Posted by Jeff Pardo on Fri, 10 Nov 2006 10:41:00 PST

it's hard to be away

it's cliche, and everybody knows it, but being away from home is hard. i miss my wife, my church, my nashville friends, portland brew, everything.it also seems like many of my good friends are in the...
Posted by Jeff Pardo on Mon, 09 Oct 2006 04:32:00 PST