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January 2008: The Mt. Pleasant (TX)
Daily Tribune ran a long article on Ed and his music in the
Sunday, January 13th edition of the newspaper!
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Ed Perrone has been creating music since his pre-teen years.
Coming of age in the 1960s and '70s, he was immersed in the hippie/folk/psychedelic
music and culture of the era: Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead, Santana,
Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Bob Dylan, Pink Floyd, Yes, Jethro Tull, Jimi Hendrix, Cream,
Beatles, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin... And, like most teenage boys in those years,
he was eager to pick up a guitar and learn to play like his heroes.
Musically, it was a highly eclectic time, a time of experimentation in
many different directions simultaneously. The music of a single band could range from
acoustic folk and pure vocal harmonies to psychedelic guitars and other-worldly
synthesizers -- all on the same album! A true product of his era, Ed continues to
reflect those divergent influences in his music today, writing songs that range from
quiet country-folk vocal pieces to hard-edged blues-rock guitar instrumentals to
mellow New Age synthesizer works.
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"I believe listening to music should leave you feeling better, not
worse," Ed states. "Music definitely has an emotional impact on the listener.
A lot of music over the past decade has become discordant, aggressive, and in-your-face.
You listen to it and you end up feeling angry or upset or depressed.
"But I think even sad songs should have an uplifting quality. Music
is therapeutic. If you're upset and you put on a CD, you should come out of it feeling
better. Not that suddenly everything's okay, but you're at least able to handle it a
little better, and you still can find some things that are right with the world. The
music can help you through the bad time in a positive way, instead of just making you
feel more miserable and angry."
Visit Ed's page
at MySpace
Download
Ed's music at iTunes
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