Artist description An artist, I'm not. I enjoy singing and playing the guit-box, and I write some sing-songy poems that sometimes lend themselves to pseudo-pop campfire songs.

Music Style This is chord-strumming stuff, friend. Expect neither virtuosity nor the profound.

Musical Influences I really like Pearl Jam, Red House Painters, Tim Easton, Creeper Lagoon, Better Than Ezra, Sunny Day Real Estate, Elliot Smith, and so on. The radio I listen to: 90.3 in Seattle WA, 101.1 in Columbus OH, 92.1 in Pittsburgh PA, and 88.5 in Atlanta GA.

Similar Artists I have been told that I sound like Toad the Wet Sprocket, Duncan Shiek, Better Than Ezra, and James Taylor. I suppose all of these comparisons were meant to be compliments.

Artist History I learned to play the guitar in 1995 when I was a sophomore in high school because being in a band was the coolest thing that, in my mind, I could possibly do. I have been the stereotypical singer-songwriter in the years since high school, playing only for my girlfriend or the intoxicated. I graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in 2002 with a BA in English Literature and a BS in Neuroscience, and now am a second year medical student at Emory University, where I play the bass in an eclectic cover band with my classmates called the Rhythm Method.

Group Members Dave Mays plays the guitar and sings. In the past, I have invented and played songs with Todd Seimer, my brother Darren, and also the late Alan Crowell (who got me started playing the guitar) and Jeremy Hedges.

Instruments Acoustic guitar, voice, electric guitar, bass

Albums Far From Home, 1998; The Things That I'll Say, 2000; working on a new one (Find Your Own North), 2003

Location Atlanta, GA - USA

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