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Pete Hopkins - Singer/Songwriter
Pop / Acoustic / Alternative

"Next Performance: July 5th @ Key Club in Hollywood"

LOS ANGELES, California
United States

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Jun 28 2008 10:00P
Somewhere in Salt Lake City Salt Lake City, Utah
Jul 5 2008 9:00P
Key Club W Hollywood
Jul 17 2008 10:00P
Molly Malones Los Angeles, California
Jul 25 2008 9:00P
Prince o Whales Play del Rey, California
Jul 30 2008 10:00P
The Mint Los Angeles, California

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Thanks very much for your continued support. I am currently writing new material as I do my best to make my way in the world. This is a tough business and it takes a team of believers. I'm still looking for the right people to add to that team. In the meantime, beautiful music will be ours to share, friends. Thanks. -ph
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So I was down in San Diego and I got stopped and asked to do this interview thing for "thepurplecouch.com" It was fun. I can't believe how much I revealed to total strangers with a camera... :) Well they recently contacted me and told me that they put a part of my segment up on their website. Thought I'd share it with y'all. It's me talking about being me, pursing music, life etc...


holla! -pete


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Hey, Pete Hopkins here. Thanks to you guys for buying my records coming to my shows and showing your support!

Stay tuned, the best is yet to come.

-P

This is Pete's first full-length album!

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I was born in Aurora, Colorado, although I grew up all over the country. I lived in Loveland, Colorado; Boise, Idaho; Beaverton, Oregon; North and South Dakota;even Wichita, Kansas, where I lived for four years. We ultimately moved to Seattle in the middle of fourth grade, where I was until my recent move to Los Angeles.

I sing and perform on Guitar, Bass, Piano/Keyboards and Drums.

My influences include a wide variety of music: The Beatles, Chemical Brothers, Garbage, Nelly, SRV, Fiona Apple, Tori Amos, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Sting/The Police, Marvin Gaye, Stax Mowtown, Steely Dan, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, John Williams, Johan Sebastian Bach, Mussorgsky, Mendellson, Holst, Metallica, Slayer, Sepultura, Pantera, Jeff Buckley, The Doors, Jamiroquai, Rob Zombie, Sublime, Joe Satriani, Marty Freidman, Al Dimeola, Fatboy Slim, Beastie Boys, Dr Dre.

I was the featured local artist of the month on 103.7 ?The Mountain,? Seattle, WA, in September 2001, was a semifinalist in the Shure National Songwriting Contest 2002, and a featured artist in a VH1-sponsored promotion.

My goal is to make a great living doing what I love: continuingly challenge myself to explore my heart, the hearts of others, and express this through my music.

Music has made such a tremendous impact on my life. Its powers of healing, awakening, and emotional evocation are true magic. It has allowed me to express so many things about what I feel about our world, our society, my heart, and the emotional needs we all share. I want people to feel whatever they want about it. Just feel it for real.

A Little Chronology:

My mom?s side of the family is very musical and I have been surrounded by it since birth. I?ve got some rather embarrassing tapes of me singing songs when I was 2 years old, so I?ve been singing all my life. My grandparents had a piano in their house and I would spend a lot of time playing around on it. I picked up a guitar when I was in junior high and I haven?t put it down since.

I took a couple of years of private instruction with Greg Wright at the Academy of Music. We studied various styles with an emphasis on Metal and, specifically, Metallica, because I totally worshipped them. He was a great teacher and showed me some very clever ways to demystify the fretboard. I would literally play all day and all night.

I had already begun to write my own material after about six months of playing, and I formed a band with some friends in school. We were called ?Devil?s Advocate?, and anyone who heard us would probably say, ?They sound like Metallica except that their drummer sucks.? That didn?t matter. We were still cool just because we had a band.

Then I got heavy into guitar slingers at this time. Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and Kirk Hammett became my new professors. The faster, the better! I was on a quest to crush ?em all one day. I also studied players with more exotic phrasing such as Marty Freidman, Al Dimeola, and yes, there was a time when I thought Yngwie Malmsteen was the man. All the while I would continue to write songs. I wrote a lot of instrumental music; more than an album per year. From 1995-98, I recorded four full-length records in my house.

I began writing songs with lyrics and hooky singable melodies backed by unique chord changes. I was getting more and more into jazz music. I loved the harmonic texture and the way melodies would weave in and out of the complex musical palette. I was also getting totally hooked on anything with syncopation: Funk, Hip Hop, Trip Hop.

I began to conceptualize a sound that had the melodic sensibilities of Pop, the rich background of Soul, the energy of Rock and the elastic groove of Funk and Hip Hop.

I also took years of professional voice lessons and this greatly enhanced my impact as an artist and as a performer. Singing was so deep for me it was like therapy.

I performed my music all over the west coast as anything from a solo act to an eight piece band.

Last year was spent entirely on writing and recording of new material.


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Jun 27 2008 2:40 PM

Pete Freakin Hopkins.
I'm just wondering the day I'll be able to witness you're real human self. Haha. Sheeeeeeeshhh.


You better be real or It looks like Ive been talking to an imaginary friend for bout what... one or two years now? Lol
Shirley (Real Friends Only)





Jun 26 2008 11:52 AM

OoO.. I don't even think about YOU no more... *bling* *bling* *bling* *bling* *bling*

-Shirley

P.S.
Thanks for the great SHOWS!
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Jun 25 2008 7:59 AM

You're so funny. I always feel like I'm over playing too. Thanks for listening man. You know I love your songs too...Genius.
Chelsea<3





Jun 22 2008 12:26 PM

Hey sweet Pete! It has been a while but I just thought that I would say hey & that the purple couch interview you did was amazing!

I love how open & honest you we're.
You make us all smile! ;)
Shirley





Jun 21 2008 2:35 AM

wait.. what??? that's confusing.. you're going to be playing on a bus that is going to be on the TEN freeway? How am I going to see you.. lol

-Shirley
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Jun 21 2008 12:03 AM

Hm. I hate this. Haha.
I have a job and a living facility far away. I totally would otherwise. Sorry bud.
I do dig your music though. And if you ever come up to sacramento, lemme know.
:D
DJ U-GENE





Jun 20 2008 2:35 PM

hi there Pete!
i'm doing good bro thanks for asking.
how are you doing?
hope everything is well with you too

aw thank you so much for inviting me to your gig coming up soon
i will see if i can come by if i'm not working that day in the studio
that be great if i can see you and might ask some friends of mine if
they like to come out with me.

well have a great friday & weekend
thanks for dropping by it was nice
hearing from you again keep in touch.


Peace

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Jun 20 2008 1:35 PM

pete! thanks for the friendship request!!!! nice music be blessed!
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Jun 20 2008 1:08 AM

Hey aren't you going to be at the Pasadena Music Festival on Saturday?

-Shirley
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Jun 19 2008 11:04 PM

Well I would just love to attend your performance at Molly Malones but it's kinda far away! You just gotta venture up my way someday or...perhaps if I'm down south for a business trip, I'll have a moment to stop by for a listen...

Thank you for the invite Pete!
*Audia*





Jun 19 2008 10:58 PM

Hey Pete! I am back in town and just finished a session with Bill Bottrell today... Phew! I'll have some string sessions next week (not sure exactly when) and a mastering session I'm attending the week after... I'll let you know when I'm ready for your song, for sure!! I'm thinking about getting my own studio set up too...
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Jun 19 2008 10:41 PM

hey mr. hopkins ;)

i will try to make that show, bebe.
you're right, yea...it's been a hot minute or two. hope all is well in rockstarville!

xox
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Jun 19 2008 8:32 PM

uhm...
well i live in n.c
so odds are, i wont make it.
aha
but your music is pretty hit.
so anything else i can do, lemme know.
~~~O~~~Nelli~~~Satch~~~





Jun 19 2008 9:05 PM

Sounds great that's my BFF's Birthday so we should be out that night anyway.
Would we need tickets to get in?
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Jun 19 2008 7:57 PM

yo! i'll try to support. thnx.
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Kimberly





Jun 19 2008 6:56 PM

...holla...

How is my bubblicious boy? I love all the things you are doing. You need a banner... I need to make you one!! And, yes... there are things I could do with your picture... you have no idea! LMAO! There I go again with the innuendo. I just can't help myself! =)

Keep spreading that magic dust! *muah*

-Kimberly xoxo
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Jun 19 2008 6:42 PM

Smiling, thank you...

have a splendiferiously splendid weekend Pete

Dawn
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Jun 19 2008 10:54 AM

Thank you- I'm proud of Me too :)
Hope to get down to Cali this summer and see you...
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Jun 2 2008 10:16 PM

That's definately exciting!
tortilla





Jun 2 2008 2:27 PM

Hey Pete...
How are you??
Just stoppin' by to say HOLLA!!! :)

Hope to hear from you again soon!!
that blonde girl...





May 25 2008 2:47 PM

How is everything going for you? Just realized that I haven't written ya in awhile!
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May 22 2008 10:27 PM

Hi Pete, Bet your play was great tonight! Hope you didn't get rained on ;)
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May 22 2008 1:19 PM

ahh if only I lived in L.A. ....
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