Jimmy Atto
A blend of acousticbased rock pop and blues with great lyrics and clever melodiesVery original stuff
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Acoustic based rock, pop, and blues... with clever lyrics and themes that everyone can relate to and enjoy...Band/artist history
Well the only consistent member is me, since I mainly play solo acoustic sets.... but I've been jamming with some very talented musicians here in kalamazoo and once I graduate in April, I should have a set group that will be playing with me and see where the music takes us from there...
Personally, I got my first guitar three years ago (plus a month or two) and just taught myself from the internet and getting tabs and chords off of OLGA, but then I got tired of playing other people's songs and started to write my own... I've collaborated with a friend of mine who always forgets the lyrics to his songs, so I just write the lyrics that stick, but mainly I write my own sogns exclusively... I don't know what else you want to here... like something from "Behind the Music:" Born James Joseph Atto at at Beaumont Hospital in metro detroit on July 11th, 1980, James looked more like a football player than a musician... little did he know that he was destined for greatness"
I mean... is that what you want to hear for my history...Have you performed in front of an audience?I play out live as much as I can... Sometimes I bring other musicians along with me sometimes not... I play all over southern michigan, but am soon going to be going down to chicago and ohio... I just love interacting with people when I'm up there... it's hard to get the crowd involved with the music at this stage so I have to butter them up and made jokes and entertain in other ways so they enjoy themselves.. because most people don't know a lot of my songs...
Your musical influences
I like laid-back, yet upbeat music... I don't like anything really hard, because I'm so into lyrics that I like for people to understand what is being said, rather than just smash guitars or go crazy... but I like to have fun too... the kinds of music I'm into are some classic and contemporary rock, like U2, Matchbox Twenty, Black Crowes, Pete Townshend, Tonic... stuff like that... and some bluesy stuff, like Keb' Mo' who is my favorite, and that's where I get the itch to write my light-hearted bluesy numbers...What equipment do you use?
I have such a simple setup... when I play out I just carry with me my washburn acoustic-electric, my Ovation acoustic-electric and my mic and micstand and my fender acoustisonic jr. amp... pretty simple setup... I'm a simple kinda guy...Anything else?
Anything goes, eh? hmm.... I like to drive in reverse, because ever since I was in driver's ed, I was good at it... I like marshmallows, great deals, and long walks on the beach, short walks on the pavement, and uhh, I'm currently taking applications and holding interviews for my future wife...
West Bloomfield, MI
USA
ID
5782
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Comments (2)
Really all it is healthy. I listen and enjoy. Though itself such I do not write. Call on!!! At me absolutely fresh tracks. Good luck!!!
Artists like you belong in the acoustic charts much more than do KMO, or Caroline Moon, just pretending to be "acoustic" to saturate the site with thier music. For three years experience, you do alot with lyrics...one can definately hear the BareNaked Ladies influence on Poison Ivy.
