Artist description Originally from Kalamazoo, Michigan and now Located in St. Petersburg/Tampa Bay, Florida, Todd T. has had some vocal training from Al Koehn (Saigon Kick, Crimson Glory and many others). His influences include everything from Classical (Beethoven, Mozart) to Pop Rock & Blues (Prince, Stevie Ray Vaughn) to Rock (The Doors, Van Halen, Dokken, The Scorpions) to Heavy Metal (Geoff Tate & Queensryche, Rob Halford & Judas Priest, Savatage, Iron Maiden, Ozzy, Metallica) and basically any great music. Todd T.'s been singing all his life building a uniquely powerful and passionate voice. He has sharpened his skills over the years by playing shows with the likes of Every Mothers Nightmare, Crowbar, Lillian Axe and Roxx Gang. Todd T. once wanted to be in the FBI (a James Bond Wannabe) and attended Kalamazoo Valley Community College (KVCC) Police Academy, realizing that music was his true love, he quit college, moved to Phoenix and went to United Broadcast Schools, where he graduated the top student in his class then moved to Florida to pursue his music career. Having been a Radio Professional for over 10 years now his resume’ includes (in Tampa) Program Director of AM1040-WWBA and working for 98ROCK-WXTB as a DJ & Promotions & Research Assistant. He is Currently the Overnight DJ for STAR 95.7-WSSR and does Traffic Reporting for other Tampa Radio stations and TV Cameras/Graphics for a local network. Todd has also interviewed "Motley Crue" for MTV’s “Headbangers Ball" and "Testament" for Tampa's "Metal Masters" video show, as well as doing CD Reviews for them and creating the "Metal Masters" website and a few others (after started his own Web Site Designing company T-n-P Web Designs). He's appeared in and worked on production of videos for both "Anthrax" and "White Trash" and is an accomplished videographer, having helped shoot the live video "So Low" by Spoungebath Recording Artists "Self" as well as having other live TV camera experience. Todd T. is currently the Lead Singer for the Tampa band Crusade (www.the-crusade.com) and is involved in 2 other different writing projects. He is always into writing with other musicians and creating great music so if you are interested in writing with him just contact him. Previous bands include Kona & Dave's Not Here, both in Tampa. Todd’s song "The Interview" (preformed/recorded with his band Dave’s Not Here and based on Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles) had the distinction of being the longest running and most requested song on 98ROCK's former local show "Tampa Bay Rocks". The CD was produced by Jon Oliva of Savatage and Co-Produced by Todd. His Favorite Book(s)/Author(s) are Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles and The Left Behind Series by Tim Lahaye. A positive person, his favorite sayings are “May The Sun Shine Brightly Upon Your Day” (a Todd T. original) & “Wherever You Go, There You Are." He is also an accomplished guitar player, has had a little music theory schooling and has been playing guitar/bass over 13 years; other instruments he plays are keyboards and the harmonica. His hobbies include listening to and writing music, watching bands play, movies (Action, Sci-Fi, Comedy and Horror), writing poetry, reading and playing golf. Todd T. uses: Sure Wireless and Wired SM58 & Audio-Technica Mics, when playing his guitar he uses Hughes & Kettner Amps, ADA Cabs, Customized Kramer and Peavey Guitars, Jackson and EMG Pickups & D'Adderio Strings.

Music Style Versital Singer/Songwriter/Guitarist that writes songs from the Heart

Musical Influences Todd T. has a wide variety of influences stemming from his love of all styles of music. His favorites being Blues, Rock and Metal.

Similar Artists Todd T. has a uniquelly powerful voice, while his influences can be heard at times in his singing, his voice/style stands out as his own.

Instruments Primarily Vocals, Guitar & Bass. Other instruments: Harmonica & Keys

Location St. Petersburg, Florida - USA

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