Artist description Jump-up pop/rock, world folk, and steel band music designed to make you move, including a few mid-paced tunes to let you catch your breath. Listen for double and sometimes triple bass lines in some of Phil's compositions. He makes the instruments jump up and speak with the feeling each was intended to be able to convey.

Music Style Instrumental pop/rock with a beat you can hear and feel. Turn up the volume and just try to sit still.

Musical Influences Phil's favorite artists include Leslie West and Mountain, Joe Walsh, Little Richard, and Chuck Berry. Phil's cheerful music includes cross-overs into country, Caribbean, Asian, and African genres.

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Artist History Phil composed music, developed his keyboard style, and sang in more than 500 live northeast U.S. gigs as part of the groups Taboos and Aztecs (touring Vermont, New York, and Massachusetts) and Ebenezer (touring Maine). He lives in Maine with his lady and 28 house cats. When not making music, Phil is a computer consultant, author, and instructor and travels extensively. In the 70's, he funneled his energy into live-mixing other groups. Phil studied audio recording technology at the University of Maine in Augusta, and has since mixed live concert and dance sound for hundreds of artists, including Reba McEntire, Chubby Checker, B.B. King, Bill Monroe, and Leslie West and Mountain. Phil has recently written and recorded more than 70 new tunes. Many of the most popular are released on his DAM CD "jovial jump-up" available right here.

Group Members Phil Townley plays every sound and note you hear by hand using a Yamaha PSR-510 keyboard, Roland SC-880 sound module, and his computer.

Instruments Yamaha PSR-510, Roland SC-880, computer

Additional Info To email Phil: phil@townley.com

Location Monmouth, ME - USA

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