musical influences

Ayt.. so whenever i get asked who my musical influences have been over the years it's always hard to answer cuz i have alot.. but growing up i mainly listened to christian artists and only started listening to mainstream artists the past couple of years.. the one reason it's hard to explain who my musical influences are is mainly cuz most people, or musicians that i meet, can't really relate cuz they don't know who they are..

Carman was one of my first favorite artists.. i listened to almost all of his music before, back when everything was still on cassette tapes.. i wore out those cassette tapes!! HAHA but i loved his music cuz he did alot of different genres. and when you listen to his "greatest hits" album, it's almost like you were listening to 4 or 5 different artists cuz his music was all different.. and when it comes to my music that's what i try to do is write in different genres and styles.. i know for some it's hard to imagine cuz i don't really have any music out in public yet, but when i do get the opportunity you'll be able to see what i'm talking about.. the one thing i wanna do someday is make and album that has a couple different genres on it. i know people say that producers and whatnot would never allow that, but hey, yah never know.. if i'm my own producer someday i could do whatever the heck i want! HAHAHA

NOW! Trevor McNevan! when i was about 12 or 13 i started getting into the more hard core rock music like Kutless, Skillet, Falling Up, and Thousand Foot Krutch.. i had a band back then and we played most of these band's music. but my fav has always been TFK. my dream was to have a rock band someday, but then music suddenly shifted to all the dance music that you hear nowadays (which is starting to get really old now cuz all of the "big hits" are starting to sound the same and they pretty much sing about all the same things) but i'm hoping that it'll soon shift back to when bands, and or when real music dominated the charts. they say music pretty much goes in cycles, like any other fad, so i'm hoping that it'll come back SOON! 

But yeah, when it comes to my songwriting and the music that i really like to play and sing, trevor is my biggest influence! every album that he comes up with is always different than the last, whether it's a small difference in the overall sound of the album as a whole or a slightly different style, i'm always impressed with every album.. 

most of Carmans music is mainly for the christian market, and while trevor is also a christian artist and signed with a christian label, his music is something that you could hear on the mainstream charts. in fact, here in the philippines, his two songs "tonight" and "moment of truth", are played pretty much everywhere, and it always puts a smile on my face when i hear it being played on the radio here.. 

i just heard FM Static's newest album and it's just awesome! simply amazing!

 i really can't put into words how awesome trevor is. i don't usually get "star struck",but if ever met him i'm pretty sure i would be.