Artist description brian sharpe is a passionate hard-edged singer songwriter. soaring melodic ballads contrasted with dark emotional trips through self awareness mark his music with an eclectic flavor of contemporary rock and folk styles.

Music Style pop rock/alt. folk

Musical Influences bob dylan, the beatles, bruce springsteen, mark knopfler, billy joel, elvis costello, tom waits, the replacements, peter mulvey, marc cohn, elliot smith, jeff buckley, shawn mullins

Similar Artists peter mulvey, shawn mullins, the goo goo dolls, springsteen, dylan, adam pascal...

Artist History brian sharpe began playing guitar and singing at the age of fifteen in his home town of sacramento, california. he began writing songs and composing music shortly thereafter and performing at open-mic venues throughout the area. he moved to chicago in 1995 to study acting at depaul university and soon found himself composing and directing music for chicago and midwestern theatres as well as continuing his career as an actor. he has recorded and produced music for a variety of artists and continues to release his own material.

Group Members brian sharpe

Instruments acoustic, electric and bass guitars, organ, piano, synth and drums

Albums smoking section (out of print), live from the tin man tap (out of print), music from the motion picture - THE REST OF YOUR LIFE, the (brian sharpe) rockstar/dork EP, scheduled till 11 EP

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Additional Info see him and hear his soundtrack in possessed pictures: THE REST OF YOUR LIFE touring film festivals now

Location Chicago, Illinois - USA

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