Elliott Smith, Nina Simone, Richard Thompson, Jeff Buckley, Bob Dylan, Hamish Imlach, Josh White, Guitar Slim, John Lennon, Jonathan Richman, Peter Laughner, Gillian Welch, The Spacemen 3, Marc Bolan, Van Morrison, Harry Smith's collection
Sounds Like
1 part: fragile melody like Elliott Smith. 1 part: tender vocals like Richard Hawley. 1 part: lyric play like Richard Thompson. Mixed well.
Gabriel Miller-Phillips grew up just outside Boston, where he fell in love with music by listening to his parents' old folk records and an after-hours blues show on public radio. He left New England to attend college in New York and he tried to keep his mind on his schoolwork, not his guitar. As he puts it, "I thought I should ignore music, but I was miserable." Then life took a strange turn: he was diagnosed with a congenital bone disorder that required major operations on both legs. Post-surgery, Gabriel returned to Boston to recuperate. He couldn't walk, drive, or go to school, but he could write music.
Convalescence made Gabriel realize that he was happier bed-ridden and writing music than compromising his passion in pursuit of stability. He spent the next two years recovering from surgery and holed up in a basement apartment on loan from an acquaintance, with little company except his guitar. He stayed there, writing and practicing until he was physically able to return to college to complete his degree. Gabriel recorded an EP entitled Shoot the Moon in the summer of 2006, embarked on the Get Going tour with Alina Simone in the Winter of '07 and toured the southern USA in the spring of '08. He is currently working on a full-length album.
Hey Gabriel! Can't wait to catch up! Let me know when you're gonna be in Cambridge too, I'll get a little group together and we can be your audience, if you don't mind! =)
Hope you're well Gabriel.
I have my own radio show now....Turtle Power Happy Hour. WVEW.org.
Listen in! I will be playing some of your mucsic I'm sure. : )
Just posted a new blog about promoting indie-music, etc. It's on my page, called "Indie-music promo ideas, suggestions and thoughts, oh my!" Would love to get your input.
xxoo,
Mare, the indie-music elf (not just for Christmas anymore :-))
"its not the critic that counts not the man/woman who points out how the strong man/woman stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done them better, the credit belongs to the man/woman in the arena whos face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly... who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends him/herself in a worthy cause, who at best knows in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who at worse if he/she fails at least fails while dareing greatly. so that his/her place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who never have known neither victory or defeat." - teddy roosevelt
Hey, I just posted a blog with info about possibly getting your name mentioned in Performing Songwriter magazine. It's on my page (myspace.com/marewakefield), called "Get Your Name in the Mag!"
thanks for the add. our new record "we hope you win" is out and should be on itunes very soon. you can order online at www.goodrecords.com... lets keep in touch
Dude... you've got one of the best voices I've heard in a long time... An amazing haunting quality... thanks a lot for adding me... I hope we meet up next time I'm in NY...
