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kato storm

"A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives." - Jackie Robinson

About Me

i think my heart beats in 4/4 time, and that art adds color to my world. i can't imagine a world without music and art. i'm a comic book and star wars geek, and make no apologies for it (but, you won't catch me dressed up at anybody's convention!). i love singing and songwriting, and it inspires me, so much, to know that people are moved by what i do.here's a video of me and my boy LoLo @ our Employee Talent Show @ work: our version of "Georgia On My Mind" - Ray Charles - and "Why Georgia" - John Mayer...check it out:

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My Interests

songwriting, singing, illustration & design, movies, photography, black history

I'd like to meet:

many of music's living legends, like stevie, prince, billy joel, patti, and so many more. plus new, talented, cats who truly seem to have a passion for this thing called music. any musicians, singers, songwriters, and creative people in general out there, i'd love to connect! (***one thing... if you send a friend request, please try and send a note to say SOMETHING so that i know why you reached out. i get a lot of requests from producers, musicians, singers, rappers, and writers, and don't know if they're looking to collaborate or just to flood my page with self-promotional ads, or my bulletin space with random questionnaires. i'm not interested in being a billboard!***) also, i love to photograph interesting people and places. pictures really do tell a story... what's yours?

Music:

r&b, hip hop, pop/rock, jazz, gospel, and some country. some particular faves: donny hathaway, stevie wonder, ray charles, marvin gaye, sam cooke, michael jackson/jackson 5, mint condition, boyz II men, sade, india.arie,lauryn hill, jill scott, amel larrieaux, frank mccomb, calvin richardson, donnie, tweet, run-d.m.c., kwame, jay-z, notorious b.i.g., the roots, mos def, talib kweli, big daddy kane, eric b. & rakim, little brother, black moon, nas, black rob, nat king cole, coltrane, miles, ellington, eric dolphy, diana krall, chris botti, norah jones, robert glasper, cyrus chestnut, javon jackson, billy joel, chicago, doobie brothers, sting/police, ben folds five, john mayer, maroon 5, john p. kee, kirk franklin, donald lawrence, men of standard, winans, rascal flatts, martina mcbride, allison krauss (in otherwords, i listen to a little of everything!)

Heroes:

REAL LIFE: my parents, my late grandparents, my family in general, gordon parks, muhammad ali, roberto clemente, magic johnson, sidney poitier, harry belafonte, richard pryor, morgan freeman, spike lee, stevie wonder, richard wright, malcolm x, ray charles, drew struzan, charles schulz. FANTASY: batman, superman, spider-man, the fantastic 4, luke skywalker, yoda.