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I'M NOT GOING TO PRETEND LIKE SOMEONE ELSE WROTE THIS BIO, SO LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOLO ACOUSTIC ACT, MIKE GENOVESE.

I WAS BORN IN 1980 AND AM A NATIVE OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, WHERE I GREW UP WITH MUSIC ALWAYS BEING A MAIN STAPLE IN MY LIFE. I STARTED OUT PLAYING THE SAXAPHONE IN FOURTH GRADE AND MOVED ONTO THE "COOLER" GUITAR AROUND THE AGE OF FIFTEEN. I FELL IN LOVE WITH THE GUITAR WHEN MY STEPBROTHER STARTED PLAYING AND I WOULD SECRETLY PLAY HIS GUITAR WHEN HE WASN'T AROUND. I WAS SO FASCINATED WITH IT AND THE SOUNDS IT PRODUCED THAT I HAD TO GET MY OWN. FROM THEN ON, I TAUGHT MYSELF EVERYTHING AND WOULD PLAY ONLY BY EAR. I WOULD JUST PLAY STUFF THAT SOUNDED GOOD TO ME, NOT REALLY KNOWING WHAT THE HELL I WAS PLAYING.

I WENT OFF TO ATTEND COLLEGE AT OHIO UNIVERSITY WHERE BY MY JUNIOR AND SENIOR YEARS I WAS PLAYING REGULARLY AT DIFFERENT BARS AND CLUBS AROUND CAMPUS. THE SUMMER OF 2001 WAS A BIG STEP FOR ME IN THAT I WOULD START PLAYING SHOWS 3, 4, SOMETIMES 5 NIGHTS A WEEK AND WAS ABLE TO RECORD MY FIRST DEBUT CD TITLED, LOSING TRACK OF TIME - JULY AND DECEMBER EP. I FEEL THIS CD HAS HONEST EMOTIONAL LYRICS DEALING WITH RELATIONSHIPS, LIFE EXPERIENCES AND EXPECTATIONS THAT WERE EXTRACTED FROM ME. THE CD FEATURES MOSTLY GUITAR AND VOCALS, SOME LOOPED BACKBEATS AS WELL AS SOME HARMONIES. MAKING THE CD WAS GREAT BECAUSE IT OPENED A LOT OF DOORS FOR ME IN MANY REGARDS.

I BELIEVE THAT MY SOLO LIVE PERFORMANCES ARE WHAT MAKE ME SOMEWHAT UNIQUE AND HOPEFULLY STANDOUT. THE MOST COMMON PHRASE I'LL HEAR IS THAT I'M A 'ONE MAN BAND.' I'M STRAPPED ONLY WITH AN ACOUSTIC GUITAR AND USE TWO DIFFERENT SETS OF EFFECTS PEDALS FOR MY VOCALS AND GUITAR. WITH THE ASSORTMENT OF PEDALS, THE SOUND OF AND ENTIRE BAND IS CREATED COMPLETE WITH BACKING VOCALS WITH A TECHNIQUE CALLED LOOPING.

THE UNIQUE PART ABOUT CREATING THE SOUND OF A BAND THROUGH THE TECHNIQUE OF LOOPING IS THAT IT HAPPENS LIVE ONSTAGE, IN FRONT OF YOU, AND THE LOOPS ARE NOT PRE-RECORDED. INCORPORATING LOOPING INVOLVES JUST AS MUCH SKILL AS PLAYING THE GUITAR ITSELF. THE FIRST MUISICIANS I SAW USING THE LOOPING TECHNIQUE WAS TIM REYNOLDS DURING A SOLO PERFORMANCE IN CLEVELAND AND THEN ON A WEBCAST OF HOWIE DAY. WHEN I HEARD IT, I KNEW THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO DO AND WENT OUT AND GOT MY FIRST EFFECTS PEDAL IN JUNE 2001. NOW WITH AN ASSORTMENT OF PEDALS I CAN CREATE THE FULL SOUND OF A BAND: RHYTHM GUITAR, MELODIES OF A LEAD, A DRUM BACKBEAT AND OTHER PERCUSSIVE TONES, BASS LINES, AND HARMONIZING VOCALS.

I'M CONSTANTLY WRITING SONGS AND LOOKING TO RELEASE ANOTHER CD SOMETIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE. CURRENTLY, I'M LOOKING TO BOOK SHOWS AT DIFFERENT CLUBS, COLLEGES, AND AS AN OPENING ACT, HOPEFULLY PLAYING AS MANY SHOWS AS PHYSICALLY POSSIBLE. IN SEPTEMBER 2003, I WAS CHOSEN TO SHOWCASE AND PLAY AT THE AWARDS CEREMONY AT THE 2003 INDEPENDENT MUSIC CONFERENCE IN PHILADELPHIA, PA

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Originally posted by mgenovese

Hi everyone...
Mike Genovese here and I just wanted to say hi and that I'm really excited about doing these dates with Tim. I also wanted to say thanks to Fluffy for posting on here about me. If you get a chance to check out the act, I hope you like it, and if your at one of the shows I'm opening, come say hi. Thanks again and take care everyone. Tim and Fluffy, I'll see you guys soon!

cheers

mike Genovese

www.mgenovese.com
www.myspace.com/mikegenovese: Come be my friend....it's cool.

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Originally posted by Fluffy

NOPE, that will be our good friend Marcus Eaton!! YEAHHHHH!!!! Don't miss these amazing shows of double your pleasure!

PS, you don't give me a chance to make any announcements. LOL

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