Corey Sky

My name is Corey Sky. I was born in Corvallis Oregon. Walking and running at only six months old, I acted as though I had some place to go and was going to get there as fast as possible. When I was a child I enjoyed playing a myriad of sports and was infamous with my teammates for always humming a tune while I competed. In my early years of high school I decided that I was going to learn to play an instrument so I would be more appealing to girls. The decision lay between learning guitar or piano. After much consideration, I chose the guitar believing it to be more portable and easier to learn. Following the footsteps of my sister I sang in my high school choir all four years. In my Junior year of high school I was in a theatre class that assigned each student to sing a song in front of the class. I decided to play and sing “House of the Rising Sun” by The Animals. I was so nervous to play in front of the class, my hands shook so hard that I was barely able to play my guitar. After a pain staking five minutes of playing and singing the teacher took my guitar away and requested that I sing it again A cappella. Embarrassed and upset by my performance I went home and that day pledged to my parents that I would never play guitar in front of a group of people again. By the end of my junior year of high school, I wrote my first song and have never stopped. By the end of my senior year I went back on my vow and for the first time performed an original work as my senior solo at a choir concert. After high school, I attended Rutgers University in New Jersey and studied business and economics. After a year and a half of university I decided to leave school, move to Brooklyn, New York and pursue a career in music. Currently, I enjoy hanging out with friends and family, solving Rubik’s’ cubes, studying facts, watching television, and most of all playing and making music. I have a multitude of musical influences and heroes which include: Ray Charles, Matt Nathanson, Billy Joel, Elton John, Frankie Valli, The Beatles, The Beachboys, Taylor Swift, Tim McGraw, Garth Brooks, Johnny Cash, Afroman and many many more. Please feel free to contact me at coreyskymusic@gmail.com