Artist description Average height, athletic build, oh wait...that's not what Artist description means. Christopher Mead performs solo acts locally, he's a vocalist, guitar and piano player.

Music Style Expressive and Personal.

Musical Influences The Beatles, Radiohead, Bob Dylan, Ani Difranco

Similar Artists Paul Simon, Jim Croce, Ani Difranco, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, Radiohead

Artist History Music was written. People listened. Played locally, a handful of people listened. Composed in the studio, a few more people listened.

Group Members In the studio, Christopher Mead has worked with many fine musicians: Chris Campbell (The Grand Mixer) Sam Dost (Vocal Talent) Jesse Ladner (Penny Shaker Extraordinaire) James Messina (Bass Machine) Akshay Yeshokumar (All Around Music Man).

Instruments Standard Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Electric Bass, Keyboards, Percussive Instruments, and Vox.

Albums Sonic Acoustic Love Cake, The Violet Renegade, Past Emily and Yesterday, and (Currently in Process of Being Produced) The Morning After.

Press Reviews "Christopher Mead - The Morning After. Chris Mead's earlier music, using only an acoustic guitar and vocals, always seemed unusually rich, considering the sparse sounds at work in the songs. Intricately finger-picked guitar lines, careful tempo changes, and impassioned lyrics gave the minimal elements of the music a fleshed out feeling. On "The Morning After," Chris has fleshed out his music instrumentally and used all the studio production tools available to a full band. Although a bass may give a foundation to Chris' piano in songs like "Emily's Return" or samples may appear here and there, the wider instrumentation has given way to a different direction for the music entirely. The careful simplicity of the new songs is what makes them beautiful. In "Madame," my favorite of what I have heard of the album to date, a piano part moves along constantly, varying only a little for a simple bridge and chorus, giving the song a ponderous feeling. A sample of a strange little string part wisps through delicately in the background, the only embellishment on the keys. Chris, whose vocals have often been relatively straightforward in past work, lyrically dances around the subject of death without ever quite hitting it head on. The overall effect is a subtle, refined sound that does only what is necessary and leaves the listener with a chilled sensation, aware that the greater number of sounds at work has allowed Chris to strip down his tunes and do more with less. It is apparent that much has gone on in the song and the urge to play it again comes on strong. It is done very well and the sounds used to add texture - samples, a cymbal beat in the background - are well chosen." Written by David Riley, The King Of Albany

Additional Info Thanks to Dave Hunter, Jesse Ladner and Chris Campbell for previous workds. Thanks to Jesse Ladner, Chris Campbell, Akshay Yeshokumar, James Messina, Josh Gifford, and Sam Dost for current work.

Location Woodstock, New York - USA

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