Positive, Uplifting music. Artist that influenced me (doesn't mean i sound like them) Nat King Cole. Sting. Django Reinhardt. Bill Evans. David Gray. David Wilcox. The Beatles. Del Amitri. Radiohead. Coldplay. Plenty of greats i'm forgetting at the moment. I was born in Chicago but moved away at a young age... so really I'm a southeast kinda guy. I also lived in Hawaii from age 11 to 16. So alot of influence in my laid back music style comes from this. I got my start in the music business when I moved to Nashville in the spring of 2000. I was the lead singer of a band called Beggars Fortu...
No sound needed! In fact I much rather play without. The only time sound is needed is if the crowd gets bigger past a small intimate living room setting. Depending on the tour I bring other musicians with me to fit the setting. So it works very nicely.