Member Since: 11/04/2008
Band Website: www.myspace.com/antoniodeangelo
Band Members: Just me, My pen, My pad, and My microphone...LETS GO!
Influences: I am influenced by so many people that I can't name them all. So I'll just start with the most influential people musically to me.Vocalists: Aretha Franklin, Donny Hathaway, Karen Clark-Sheard, Daryl Coley, Fantasia, Stevie Wonder, Fred Hammond, Kim Burrell, Beyonce, India.Arie, Brandy, Luther Vandross, Faith Evans, Kelly Price, Rev. James Moore. There are many more, but these are the key people who influence my vocals. I spend hrs on youtube studying their live performances.Songwriters: Stevie Wonder, Daine Warren, India.Arie, Babyface, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Prince, Biggie, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Twinkie Clark, Ne-Yo, Shep Crawford, Fred Hammond, The Beatles, The Clutch, R. Kelly, Missy Elliot, Anthony Hamilton, Justin Nozuka, John Mayer, Alicia Keys, Robin Thicke, Adam Lavigne (from Maroon 5), Kirk Franklin, Richard Smallwood.Producers: Timbaland, Stevie Wonder, Prince, Richard Smallwood, Quincy Jones, Twinkie Clark, Fred Hammond, Donald Lawrence, Kanye West, Just Blaze, The Neptunes, Babyface, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Teddy Riley, Alicia Keys, Bryan Michael-Cox, Shep Crawford, Carvin & Ivan, Andre Davis & Vidal Harris, Cool & Dre, R. Kelly, Rodney Jerkins, Fred Jerkins, Stargate, The Underdogs.Businessmen: Jay-Z, Sean Combs, Oprah Winfrey, Russel Simmons, Bill Gates, Warren Buffet.I'll probably add more, but these are the people just off top that I have great admiration for.
Sounds Like: If someone tells you they don't sound like anyone else, they are LYING! Everyone takes a little piece of their influences to develope themselves. I have taken a little bit of every single one of my influence to help with my devlopment as a singer and a songwriter.
Record Label: Unsigned