Member Since: 24/12/2005
Band Website: reverbnation.com/shawnlevesque
Band Members: For the time being..ME, MYSELF and I.I relocated to Northampton, MA and bought a house with the love of my life in Easthampton.I'm looking to meet other musicians and have just discovered P.A.C.E in Easthampton. It's very much like Club Passim in Cambridge in that it is a non profit arts/culture organization.I'm working on new songs and am playing the open mikes in the Pioneer Valley so keep an eye out for me Western, MA.I also, from time to time, head back into Boston to play gigs with fellow friends/musicians.
Influences: I have many both musical and non.I listen to a very eclectic grouping of music Reggae, Jazz, Death Metal, Folk, Funk, OLD R&B ( MOTOWN ) Punk etc. All these styles have influenced me in one way or another.My songwriting style is heavily influenced by Ani Difranco, in that it's very autobiographical.Since my move up here from CT and many Friday's spent at the Reggae and or Jazz/Funk-A-Thons, spent at Matt Murphy's in Brookline, I'm feeling more groove, and funk oriented. Being the ONLY person I have to provide something a lil more textural for my audience. I've recently acquired a Crybaby 535Q Wah-Wah pedal and am working it into my songs.
FUNK is a HEAVY influence in my songwriting.Politics, the good, the bad, the ulgy of it all really interests me as a person so naturally it comes through in my songwriting. I'm not overly political as I'm not self identifying as a protest song songwriter. I just write what I feel in my heart, what I live and where I want to go with this lil journey we call life.
Sounds Like: acoustic, rock, funkyness, with a dash of jazz here and there, and some spoken word.
Record Label: In the works...