Ordinary Man

"You will now witness the birth and life of Ordinary Man. A band based in North London, making DARK and POWERFUL music to touch the heart and soul of everyone. You bear testimony to the result!" ---- Paul Federici ... April 2006

Ordinary Man A friend once said to me that he could never accept the idea of being just an ordinary man. He had far too great a plan for himself and prized himself with skills, talents and strengths that make him everything but ordinary! I remember replying: "Does not the very fact that if one should wish to be greater than he is ,mean that he is in fact not ordinary at all"? Surely if one has the desire to be great or to achieve greatness, this means that there is a substance within them, a light, a power...a vision. Surely these are not the traits of an ordinary man. The ordinary man is always the hero in the films. If you were incarcerated or dumbfounded by some terrible circumstance, all you would wish for is to be an ordinary man, living an ordinary life. Is there such a thing as an ordinary man? The man you think is an ordinary man might not be ordinary at all! Within him may lay a hidden secret, a hidden mystery, a hidden talent. We are all ordinary men it might be argued .Who is the Ordinary Man? .....and there I had it. After searching high and low, after sleepless nights, I finally had discovered who I was to be known as. I had finally found the name which was going to represent my music.....to represent my band, our sound. My music is dark and powerful, mysterious and beautiful and so too was the concept ordinary man....and I believe it to be just that; a concept , so hence ..I go by the artist name Ordinary man. I was born on the 21st of December 1978. I grew up alongside my brother Mark and we were parented, still are, by our mother Anna Maria. At a young age we studied classical piano and were singing in the choir. My brother Mark is a talented composer but it was I who had the ambition and drive, the dream to show my compositions to the world.....and finally now, after 27 years of my life. After years of playing and singing at the piano, performing at various bars and clubs in London, I began to realise the importance of establishing a band so that the fullest potential of my music may be attained. I set upon my search and now have along side me the magician drummer Francesco ...The Brazilian guitarist Philippi and a permanent bass player is yet to be established. Some one else who is also along side me, and has been for some years now is the talented, genius, hands on technician, producer and songwriter; Mr Paul Woodlock. He's so clever in fact, that he thought he'd have a go at designing this website, just like that, bosh, job done. He can do anything! Paul Woodlock and I have been co-producing, recording tracks written by both parties for about 6 years. Paul would have to be considered as the leading producer and he is the hands on wizard who creates the affects which make the instruments play the sound they do . We are a team ...you bear testimony to the result! Finally.....You will now witness the birth and life of Ordinary Man. Keep in touch as we will continue to add further songs and gig as much as we can. For now, let our music do the talking . Thank you Ordinary man. Paul Federici

Ordinary man are currently looking for another guitarist, a bass player and a keyboard player

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