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**Currently on a hiatus! Close family and medical reasons. I will update this as soon as I'm back. Stay safe and be well!**
I am a singer-songwriter, with experience in writing for the last 9 years. I have dozens of songs that are completed but unrecorded, and I'm still in the process of writing more. My slower songs tend to lean towards a power/pop ballad sound. My groovier stuff generally has a more funk rock flair to it, and my faster, upbeat tracks tend to have a more rock sound as well. In short, my music is essentially pop-rock.
A little about me:
I am 23 years old and grew up on the east coast. I have been a singer ever since I can remember, and I've been playing the keys since I was 10. I started writing when I was 14 years old and have since written dozens of songs. After graduating from college with a diploma in Audio Production and Engineering, I lost my way for a time. I worked a few different odd jobs to get the bills paid but was never really happy with my life. I finally realized during this pandemic that music is my one and only calling, and it is what I want to do for the rest of my life. There is really nothing else that I am passionate about. Music is it for me. So although I've never been in a band, I am determined to be part of one. I'm looking to join a band as the keyboard player and possibly the background vocalist to begin with. I have no experience as a performer, so being a lead vocalist would be something I might want to work up to.
Here's a link to an EP I released late last year of four original songs: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/brandonglazer/first-ep
As a note on COVID 19:
Sadly, these have been some seriously rough months, and as such, so many bands have been forced to stop playing. Of course, I don't plan on doing any gigs during this pandemic, but I want to get a band together so that when everything has calmed down to a point where we can back to doing what we love, I am able to do that with some awesome passionate musicians.
Note that I do not drive at the moment, but I am working on getting my license for 2022!
- Screen name:
- Brandon Glazer
- Member since:
- Apr 25 2018
- Active within 2 weeks
- Level of commitment:
- Committed
- Years playing music:
- 12
- Tend to practice:
- More than 3 times per week
- Available to gig:
- 2-3 nights a week
Influences
As a songwriter: The Beatles, Taylor Swift, Elton John, Adele, Bob Dylan, Lorde, Joni Mitchell
As a singer: Prince, George Michael, Otis Redding, Sam Cooke, Aretha Franklin, Michael Jackson, Amy Winehouse
Instrument experience:
- Vocalist:
- Advanced
- Vocalist - Tenor:
- Advanced
- Keyboard:
- Advanced
- Piano:
- Advanced
- Vocalist - Alto:
- Advanced
- Rhythm Guitar:
- Intermediate
- Acoustic Guitar:
- Intermediate
- Other Percussion:
- Intermediate
- Background Singer:
- Intermediate
EQUIPMENT
Roland FA-08 88 Key Music Workstation
2 KRK Rokit 6 Powered Monitors
Cerwin Vega CVE-10 Powered Loudspeaker
Audio Technica AT2020 Studio Microphone
M-Audio M-Track 2X2M C-Series Audio Interface
MUSIC
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Without You
Without YouCredits: Brandon Glazer • Vocals, Piano, Lyrics & Music Poliedricsimo • Bass, Acoustic Guitars, Electric Guitars Danyal Ince • Drums and Percussion Zach Day • Background Vocals Lyrics: Disappointed is all you ever seem I ain’t stupid I know what it means You say you love me But tell me is that true Cause lately I’ve been feeling like a burden on you Troubled, the problematic kind I've got demons that live inside my mind No, I ain’t perfect But I’ve tried to make things right But you just wanna blame it all on someone God knows I wish that someone wasn’t me And I won’t cry myself to sleep any longer And you won’t find me at the bottom of the bottle anymore Well, I know you think I need you And I guess that I believed you for a while But if I’m being honest I’m better off without you It’s was overwhelming The pain you put me through The million times you said I wasn’t good enough for you But tell me something Do you feel guilty now and then? I know you thought I’d fall apart and crumble Cause you never saw the strength inside of me And I won’t cry myself to sleep any longer You won’t find me at the bottom of the bottle anymore Well, I know you think I need you And I guess that I believed you for a while But if I’m being honest I’m better off without you Without, without you And I won’t cry myself to sleep any longer You won’t find me at the bottom of the bottle anymore Well, I know you think I need you And I guess that I believed you for a while But if I’m being honest I’m better off without you
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A Crying Nation
A Crying NationCredits: Brandon Glazer • Vocals, Lyrics & Music Poliedricsimo • Bass, Acoustic Guitars, Electric Guitars Danyal Ince • Drums and Percussion Zach Day • Background Vocals Lyrics: Have you ever felt the blood rushing through your veins? Takes a lot of aching to feel the pain There’s brothers dying on the streets Tell me who's to blame Their promises they fail to keep It's a crying shame When will we change I can hear the echoes of a crying nation Tired of living in a world of black and white Years of separating and tearing apart Mothers and fathers who pray for the life of their child Cause they know up in heaven a child is a child from the start Have you ever heard the sound of a mother crying? Can you tell me if it's hard to sleep at night? Do you even care at all Have you found a reason? For putting us off and then telling us all of these lies I can hear the echoes of a crying nation Tired of living in a world of black and white Years of separating and tearing apart Mothers and fathers who pray for the life of their child Cause they know up in heaven a child is a child from the start Every morning I wake up feeling like everything's gonna be all right So why must another man feel like he hasn't got the right to live another day? Do you feel like it matters One way or another a man is judged by the color of his skin I can hear it, I can see it I can hear the echoes of a crying nation
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You Don't Know
You Don't KnowCredits: Brandon Glazer • Vocals, Lyrics & Music Poliedricsimo • Bass, Acoustic Guitars, Electric Guitars, Keyboards Danyal Ince • Drums and Percussion Zach Day • Background Vocals Lyrics: Look around the sun's coming down tonight Can't you see the beautiful morning light? You say you're tired and you've had enough Well you're crying over something that you haven't got You ain't got no reason to be crying No matter what you've lost No, you ain't dying You don't know the half of what it's like The thunder of guns, they're dropping their bombs A child sleeps alone tonight You don't know the half of what it's like So be thankful for all that you have cause you're alright Take another good look at yourself Tell me are you feeling alive and well? Do you have the right to choose The ones you love the ones you lose? You ain't got no reason to be crying No matter what you've lost No, you ain't dying You don't know the half of what it's like The thunder of guns, they're dropping their bombs A child sleeps alone tonight You don't know the half of what it's like So be thankful for all that you have cause you're alright The burning ash is falling down The smoke is rising from the ground Out steps a child alone and scared Steps into the night with nobody there Cries into the night as she lays sleeping But the fire keeps on burning without reason You don't know the half of what it's like A mother is taken, her children are lost A child sleeps alone tonight You don't know the half of what it's like So be thankful for all that you have cause you're alright So be thankful for all that you have cause you're alright
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Feels Like Heaven
Feels Like HeavenCredits: Brandon Glazer • Vocals, Piano, Lyrics & Music Poliedricsimo • Bass, Acoustic Guitars Danyal Ince • Drums and Percussion Zach Day • Background Vocals Lyrics: I stayed up all night thinking about the things we said The hours of hours of conversation running through my head I know that I don’t have to tell you why I feel this way But if I did I’d try to tell you a million different ways That I love you Cause it feels like heaven when you put your arms around me And I ain’t felt this feeling since I locked away my heart And baby I’ve been thinking You’ve given me a reason to believe Your love is all I need Cause it feels like heaven I made some bad decisions a few too many times I left my heart wide open as I fell apart inside I’d spend the hours wondering if I could feel again Then you came along and whispered as you held me by the hand And said I love you Cause it feels like heaven when you put your arms around me And I ain’t felt this feeling since I locked away my heart And lately, I’ve been thinking You’ve given me a reason to believe Your love is all I need Cause it feels like heaven I’ve got some things I gotta tell you You came along and changed my life No, I will never take for granted When you look me in the eyes You make me realize That it feels like heaven when you put your arms around me And I ain’t felt this feeling since I locked away my heart And baby I’ve been thinking You’ve given me a reason to believe Your love is all I need Cause it feels like heaven And I ain’t felt this feeling since I locked away my heart And lately, I’ve been thinking You’ve given me a reason to believe Your love is all I need Cause it feels like heaven
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Without You
Without YouCredits: Brandon Glazer • vocals, piano, composer poliedricsimo • guitars, bass, mixing engineer Danyal Ince • drums, percussion Zach Day • background vocals
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A Crying Nation
A Crying NationCredits: Brandon Glazer • vocals, composer poliedricsimo • guitars, bass, mixing engineer Danyal Ince • drums, percussion Zach Day • background vocals
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Save a Life [Prod. by Seungwoo Han]
Save a Life [Prod. by Seungwoo Han]Music and Lyrics by Brandon Glazer. Seungwoo Han - Producer, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Drum Programming. Matt Dawson - Mandolin Brandon Glazer - Piano, Organ, Vocals, Drum Programming, Assistant Mixing Engineer
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Silently Cry
Silently CryCheck this track out on Apple Music, Spotify, or TIDAL! :D Apple Music: https://itun.es/ca/9umhib?i=1209845062 Spotify: https://play.spotify.com/album/5XyBU6CkC1QIBwplBDfd5u TIDAL: https://listen.tidal.com/album/70882267 Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Visionz_Silently_Cry?id=Bggqtflu6wcsxq6wdam66hvtlzm&hl=en Please repost and share the love <3 This is a song that I wrote back on April 22nd, the weekend following Prince's death. I was greatly affected by his passing, not just because he was a genius of music, but because "Purple Rain" was the song that got me into music and songwriting. Most recently, I was horrified by the events in Orlando, Florida. From that point on, this song took on a whole other meaning for me. I hope that this song comes to mean as much to you, as it does to me. This is my tribute to Prince, and to all of the innocent lives lost in Orlando on that tragic morning.