Artist description Ask For Joy is a 24-year-old computer programmer with a four-track recorder and entirely too much time on his hands.

Music Style Pop/Rock/Folk

Musical Influences Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Daniel Lanois, U2, Fleetwood Mac, Hole, Kate and Anna McGarrigle

Similar Artists Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Neil Young (!)

Artist History Ask studied piano for years as a student, then gave it up to teach himself guitar at the age of 16 when he heard first heard Simon and Garfunkel. Over the years, realizing that no one would stand to be his bandmate, he taught himself to play bass and drums and recorded crude samples of his songs on his four-track recorder.

Group Members Ask - all instruments, vocals, engineering and production. Honorary members: Niwi - chief muse and inspiration; Nat Leach - resident brooding lyricist and critic; fdturtle - promoter extraordinaire and lyricist; anyone who's heard one of my drunken rants and all kindred spirits :-)

Instruments mostly second-hand: DX7, RX11, R100 reverb processor and various effects, JX3P, Midi Vocalist, Pro/Formance 1+ piano module, various guitars and basses, used drums, and a trusty Fostex X-26 analog four-track recorder

Albums Latest oeuvre: Joy Toy (1999), distributed to friends

Location Greater Toronto Area, Ontario - Canada

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