Artist History PRESS REVIEW - SOMETHING DIFFERENT Indie Artist Review: Throckmorton – Something Different (December 2001 release) You’ll find “something different” in Throckmorton’s latest CD release “Something Different”. What started out as a simple combined birthday and Christmas present from Warren Throckmorton’s wife, has now become an unstoppable quest for this Ph.D .college professor and counselor. It started with just recording a few songs with close friend Rod Learned who used to play drums for the popular 80’s band, Berlin. But before long, “Something Different” was being featured on CCM Magazine’s Unsigned Artist Feature in 2002 and tearing up the internet music charts. “Something Different” offers a collage of blues rock and ccm pop songs which reminisce the sounds of Eric Clapton, George Harrison & BB King in musical & vocal style. The title track “Different” sets the lyrical theme of how we are to be different than the world when it comes to living out our faith and Throckmorton’s personal thought of how its “kinda different for a 45 year old college professor to be making a CCM project.” Needless to say, “Something Different” has made it’s mark in the independent music world regardless of how different it is and Throckmorton proves that you don’t have to be a young 20-something Nsync wanna-be to make a mark in the music industry. Since January 2001 when songs from the project were first being introduced publicly, Throckmorton’s songs have been played or downloaded over 300,000 times. Eleven songs from the CD have hit #1 on one or more of the Christian or secular charts at mp3.com as well as several other internet music sites. Among the hot trax on the CD is “Someone’s Praying” which features great blues rock guitar riffs and some rip-roarin’ vocals and is one of the strongest songs that has been a chart topper ever since President Bush declared May 2nd the National Day of Prayer. It reminds us of the importance of prayer and how someone is always lifting us up to the Father. I love the title of this one: “Hell to Pay” which is not your typical Christian song title with a dirty blues southern rock feel. Along with that blues title theme is “Natural Born Sinner” which should tell you something about the nature of this project. After listening to these two, I feel like I’m in some bar with barbed wire fence surrounding the band. Talk about some dirty guitar licks. Throckmorton has got his blues on. “Dance of the Crickets” is a beautiful instrumental jazz/blues piece which sets the tone for any coffeehouse gathering. On the softer side of things, “Wait For You” is a great ccm song with beautifully written lyrics sporting more of a pop-driven MOR worship feel to it. Themed throughout the project is the heartbeat of it’s author which is in his own words: “about seeing people change in ways they never thought possible. To paraphrase Walt Disney, "Its kinda fun to do the impossible" but better yet to quote Paul, "I can do all kinds of things through Christ who is making me strong!" I love seeing God making ways for people and for me and my family when it looked like there would be no way. This is true in my vocation and my music. In the counseling area, I see this every day. I am going against the grain in my field by documenting via research and practice that people who are labeled homosexual do change with regularity.” Speaking vocationally, in addition to serving as Grove City College's director of college counseling, “Dr. Throckmorton” is an associate professor of psychology at the college, a past president of the American Mental Health Counselor's Association, and he also holds membership on the Magellan Behavioral Healthcare's National Provider Advisory Board representing licensed professional counselors. In 1998, he received the George E. Hill Distinguished Alumni Award from the faculty of Ohio University's Counselor Education Program. He earned a B.A. from Cedarville College, an M.A. from Central Michigan University and Ph.D. from Ohio University. Not your average guitar slinger, eh? For more information on Dr. Throckmorton’s research on homosexual change, visit the following link: http://www.leaderu.com/orgs/narth/attemptstomodify.html Speaking musically, besides the great tunes Throckmorton is putting out, he has started a “Christian Music Mail” service on mp3.com which delivers great Christian music to your inbox and in support of his ministry to those wishing to “go straight”, a compilation CD to benefit Exodus International is now in the works which will be featuring the top Christian artists of the year 2002 on the Christian Music Mail Charts. Check out the tunes to be included at: http://stations.mp3s.com/stations/360/exodus_music.html There is “something different” for every music lover on this project. But you’ll find “Something Different” a stand-alone project in ccm music today. Get your blues on and rock with Throck! Sonia Vannest - Indie Artist Review February 2003

Group Members Warren Throckmorton - Guitars, vocals, songwriting Rod Learned - Drums, percussion (Rod played with Berlin in the early 80s) Jeff Bailey - Drums, percussion Michael Frey - Drums, percussion Ray Young - Bass and various stuff Todd Wentworth - violin

Albums Something Different (2001), Straight Talk (2002)

Press Reviews STRAIGHT TALK Warren Throckmorton, 2002 We listened in appreciation to Warren Throckmorton's song, "Dance of The Crickets," we rocked to his, "Someone's Praying," and went on a quieter journey in his, "He's Calling." Okay. You think you're gonna hear about the songs on Warren Throckmorton's CD, Straight Talk. Actually, "Someone's Praying," has such catchy lyrics that we'll even play a little bit of it for you. "I can handle almost any jam if I know someone's praying. Someone's praying. Someone's lifting me up. Da-da-da." Okay, those aren't his da-da's but when this songwriter\musician titled his CD Straight Talk, he wasn't just talking title. Straight Talk is really - Straight Talk. As a Christian artist, Throckmorton uses his music to lift up the name of Jesus and to spread the gospel of Christ. As a psychologist, Dr. Thockmorton examines the possibilities of counseling through the power of the Holy Spirit. On this CD, he has combined both kingdom works into one. On seven tracks of Straight Talk, Dr. Throckmorton talks about the possibilities of sexual orientation change through godly counseling. On one track, there is a radio interview where the artist talks with, Bill Brooks, host of Family Policy Matters. They talked about recent research regarding sexual orientation change. As a professor of psychology at Grove City College, director for college counseling at Grove, and a past president of The American Mental Health Counselors Association, Throckmorton was blessed with the opportunity to do research on the possibilities of sexual orientation change. The American Psychological Association (APA) found his research valid enough to publish his findings. For an established institution like the APA, who has stood by its position that not only is homosexual change not possible but is harmful, that's really, well - weird. Sounds like a God intervention??? Yet, Throckmorton found that particularly among Christians, the preference is to follow their religious beliefs as God has condemned homosexuality along with the sins of lying, fornication, murder and corruption. He found that believers were more likely to embrace "overcoming" feelings of homosexuality through godly counsel rather than follow their sexual feelings. Straight Talk addresses many valid issues regarding homosexuality in a non-condemning, never presumptuous manner. There is hope in Warren Throckmorton's voice and choice in his work in a way that is example of what Christian demeanor can be in addressing the concerns of a dying world. Straight Talk shows that Warren Throckmorton is a pretty cool artist, but the doc ain't bad either. www.mp3.com\throckmorton (Review on Christian Artists Network - http://www.geocities.com/cancrossword/021703thomaswhitfield)

Location Grove City, PA - USA

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