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Michael Ashley

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

I am the lead singer for a band called Shadows of Light, a METAL band from Nashville, TN. I was raised in Phoenix, AZ and I currently reside in Nashville.Music is blood for me. Writing my own lyrics is therapy for me. After 17 years of singing I am still in love with my instrument. I also play guitar, bass, drums, and keyboards. In essence, I am a lover- not a fighter... I'm just nuts, that's all. My cure includes getting a record deal or recording contract supporting my artistic expression. I have pretty much been there seen that, so I require constent inspiration for my writing to continue....anyone got anything new and inspiring? You can check out some of my songs at my band's websites..................www.myspace.com/shadowsoflight.... ......... and.................www.myspace.com/medicinemann............ ........ Feel free to hit me up or leave a comment.....EXPRESS YOURSELF:

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My Interests

Halloween, artistic expression, clubs, music, film, theater, fashion, chicks with tats, etc. I am enjoying Photoshop/ graphic art at the moment, helps with the no sleeping. Oh, and a recording contract interests me greatly, also.

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who is creative in any way -music, art, design, tatoos, photography, film, acting, etc. Please feel free to express yourself here. Oh, and non-judgemental people. I can't stand those who don't think they are better than anyone else.

Music:

Anything, really, besides hardcore spanish(circus) music. I like metal, rock, hip hop, jazz, blues, christian, techno and very, very little country- if that can even be included at all. But, I mostly listen to all kinds of METAL! Currently, I am listening to Lamb Of God, Chaimara, Soilwork, Breaking Benjamin, Thornley, Audioslave, and The Killers. But, I also enjoy Seal, Coldplay, U2, Collective Soul, Jars of Clay, Bizkit, Papa Roach, Korn, Chavelle, A Perfect Circle, Shadows Fall, Slipknot, MuDvAyNe, Stone Sour, Halford, etc. I am recently getting influenced by the industrial goth scene and liking it. I have always gotten major inspiration from SHOCK ROCK bands like KISS, Alice Cooper, King Diamond, Manson, MuDvAyNe, Slipknot, etc. My singing voice is mostly influenced by bands like Disturbed, Static-X, Chavelle, Sevendust MuDvAyNe, and Alice In Chains so my band tends to sound a little like those bands. But, I am cool with that cuz I really dig those bands. Some of my past bands have been MEDICINE MANN, N20, Lightning Fury, Body Electric, Reckless Abandon, and Diamond Knight.

Movies:

Rockstar, Almost Famous, School Of Rock, Spinal Tap, Mr. Holland's Opus, Heavy Metal, Heavy Metal Parking Lot, Some Kind Of Monster, Pray For Rock and Roll, Noghtmare Before Christmas... anything that has to do with music and/or art and anything DARK. I also enjoyed Clockwork Orange, Pulp Fiction, Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas, Dracula 2000, Queen of the Damned, Blair Witch Project, Devil's Rejects, House Of 1,000 Corpses, etc. Oh and pretty much anything with Chris Farley or Jim Carrey

Television:

That 70's Show, VH-1, MTV, Discover, Comedy Central.

Books:

Not much of a reader, but The New Testament reads well... especially Revelations. Gene Simmons has a couple of books that I enjoyed. Revolver magazine is what sits on my shitter, so there ya go.

My Blog

ntynyn

Ok so much has happened since the new year update i wanted to say a few things. It's been a crazy year already! If you read my last blog you could probably tell from the tone that i was going through ...
Posted by Michael Ashley on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:06:00 PST

Ok, so it’s 2008...

...guess it's time to reflect. Man, it has been a crazy year. Anyone that really knows me, knows that there are 3 things that create balance in my life: 1. My spirituality 2. My music 3. My family. Wh...
Posted by Michael Ashley on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 02:45:00 PST

fairweathered friends

To all of my so called "friends" that i have met in the last 2 years that feel the need to talk shit about me to my ex ...I have only one thing to say: FUCK YOU. Guess you were all just pretending to ...
Posted by Michael Ashley on Sun, 09 Sep 2007 01:51:00 PST

I have been a selfish pig

I don't normally write blogs but I feel the need to this week for a number of reasons. I realized something this week that has changed my life. I have an ego problem. As a singer/frontman I require a ...
Posted by Michael Ashley on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 01:46:00 PST

Ok, so it's 2007...

... time to write another blog. Wow. Where do I start? This year has been a whirlwind of good stuff for me. My band, Medicine Mann, sadly broke up this year. After 10 years or so, the guys decided to ...
Posted by Michael Ashley on Sat, 06 Jan 2007 01:33:00 PST

Ok so it's 2006

So, I've been on MySpace nearly a year and I have never posted a blog before so here goes... 2005 proved to be one of the busiest years of my life. Two bands turned out to be very difficult, I ain't g...
Posted by Michael Ashley on Thu, 05 Jan 2006 03:20:00 PST