Artist InformationBiography
Timid and soft spoken during early childhood, no one imagined his future interests might include songwriting and stage performance. Attending schools in The West Indies, Japan and various parts of the states, exotic locales like Okinawa and Jamaica helped to shape +Spanx cosmopolitan worldview and love of different cultures and music.
The eldest of three talented siblings, his father remembers the infant +Spanx (too young yet to walk or speak) humming in tune The National Anthem while being coddled during its repeated performance at a theater.
As +Spanx showed great promise, his parents later encouraged him to study the cornet which led to a discovery of numerous instruments. He became proficient on electric bass while performing with Top 40, retro-pop and classic rock groups, also developing a versatile yet powerful vocal that ranges from ballads & barbershop to hip-hop and hard rock... measured experiences which led to +Spanx fronting the Miami-based trio kNiption FiT, an enigmatic power-pop band best described as "The Monkees meet Rush..."
+Spanx brainchild evolved over several years as he experimented with many styles and talented musicians, even backing legendary performers like The Ink Spots and The Platters. kNiption FiT released a self-titled LP followed by another self-released EP of lesser acclaim, although the group had tremendous local success (grand prize\Battle Of The Bands) and a fan base extending far beyond South Florida's music scene... visit groups.msn.com/TheKFanClub
With desire for more experience, +Spanx dissolved kNiption FiT to focus on a few select projects. After a brief stint with starring roles in a local theater company, he was invited to record a solo effort in Europe with Joseph LaRossi, a prominent Swedish producer based in Stockholm. Following a series of song collaborations and performances with his return to the USA, +Spanx won Best Adult Contemporary in an international songwriting contest with a guitar ballad “I Pray (It’s A Mistake)”
More recently, +Spanx has been commissioned to write the soundtrack for a new educational children's program titled "Dollar Ben" ~ also, his hilarious political spoof “God Luv Ya, G. Dub’ya!” is receiving awards and attention on talk radio and morning shows in several countries. Alan Roy Scott, co-founder of Unisong International Song Competition wrote, "I was literally on the floor... in fact, the highest compliment I can offer as a veteran songwriter is to say how jealous I am... I wish I'd written this myself..."
Instrumentation
electric bass & acoustic rhythm guitars, keyboards, sequencers & vocals of all shapes and size ~
Discography
kNiption FiT - 92
Three Roads To Rome - 95
Have You Seen Her..? - '00
The Wake Of Her Yesterday - '04
God Luv Ya, G. Dub'ya..! - '07
Listen to +Spanx interview on AM Ocala Live ~ http://amocalalive.libsyn.com
and request other tunage @ iRadio LA - INDIE 104, Radio Crystal Blue, Martha's Vineyard Radio, VeTunes Radio, Banana Peel Radio and look for +Spanx animated video "God Luv Ya, G. Dub'ya..!" on YouTube ~
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