Bio:
Since moving back to Texas Henry has had a constant guttural pull and drive from the musical world to do something with music but wasn’t really quite sure what it was and or what he was suppose to do. During this time of reflection it came to him that he should play guitar and sing. Which was fine as he had played guitar on and off his entire life in and out of bands be it heavy metal,blues,rock,folk whatever happened to be at the forefront at the time.What about singing, other than a handful of efforts in house bands or local garage bands I had no idea what it was to be a singer, most of the time it was just screaming out metal tunes and holding the odd note hear or there but no real singing of any kind.
After some mulling and thinking he thought you know what, what if I could sing and was okay at it? After all I’ve always said I can live with a success or a failure but not a what if because to me it meant that I was too afraid to try and that I couldn’t live with, like if I was on my death bed taking my final breath the last thing I would want to have is regret. That I was to afraid to try and do something.The reason being is what if I did try at whatever it was and was good at it and it was fun to do and brought something cool out of it and it brought true joy. I would never had known because I was too afraid to try? So the process began, I had to learn how to sing and play at the same time and be a performer witch was all new to me. I mean I have played in bands in various rolls playing instruments,singing backing vocals hear and there but never being the front man and or main performer so how the hell do we do this?
Well I had to really make an effort to learn and understand basic guitar theory so I could figure out what notes and chords were needed and where. As for the vocal that’s still a work in progress as I still have no idea what I’m doing but basically I would or will sing along to songs until I know them in and out front to back until I really know every lyric and inflection. Then I will will do what I can with my voice until I can sing the song comfortably and in a relaxed manner. Basically I get the lyrics to a point where I think it’s tolerable to me and then I full send it and hope for the best wether people relate to it or not and so far it’s been very positive. Then it came time to put it all together and go and perform as a solo artist. After practicing and going to the open mics,jams,get togethers and taking any opportunity I could to perform anywhere I could in order to build confidence and musicianship in my self and my performance. It took about a year and a half of doing open mics and jams before I got my first gig and during that time I was completely terrified performing and still get the jitters before I play today. I will also say that moment of time was so crucial for me as I had to overcome a long lived fear of singing in public for people and would they like it. After all we are our own worst critic and I tend to be very hard on my self. Since cutting my teeth in that scene I then made it to my first gig of which I was the show and was going to get a chance to perform again only this time I had to Sing.
Well as you can imagine I had all the doubts and worries one would have with this although we made it through and got another booking that same night for a month later and everyone who was there had a great time. Now was it perfect NO! But after I got settled and everything fell into place I found that spark I was looking for and since then its been a blast to perform. During the second year as an artist I continued to work on various parts of performing like songs,singing,showmanship as well as busting the rust off a few areas refining my skills to better perform at my shows. In this time any criticism I got or advice I really took to heart and did my best to improve on said issues and this was one of the smartest things I did as it helped me speed up my professionalism and approach to a lot of things.
In the second year I performed a lot of Outlaw country songs, things like Charlie Daniel’s, Travis Tritt and Hank the third finding out what people liked and what suited my style and vocal range. Once I found my pocket I then adjusted and started to incorporate more complex songs and then putting in the songs that I really wanted to perform as I now had the ability and confidence to do so. In this time I eventually got to a comfortable point where I was comfortable in my abilities and lessons long learned and new ones to which now I can truly focus on my shows and engagement with the crowd causing each show to be personable,fun,exciting,unique and overall a kickass time to be had by all. Again if you have made it this far and still need more follow on to the current band page to get the end of one story but the beginning of another.