Gregory Douglass is another artist that I discovered on Pandora Internet radio. The first song I heard of his was his amazing track "Sentimental Fury" of his Up and Away album. I was instantly blown away.
His song writing is brilliant and full of lush melodies and captivating rhythms. I instantly bought the album and quickly fell in love. I then searched for videos and information on this dynamic performer. The first video I found was this:
Yeah... Color me impressed. So I bought that album too.
From there, it was a quick collection of all his recorded materials. As I delved into his music, I also read more about the artists and discovered that he was an out gay artist. For me, this was a revelation because at this point in my life I assumed to have any kind of success you would have to stay closeted in the music world. His courage to be completely open inspired me to do the same. in the end, art can only be damaged if filtered through a dishonest filter. And an omission is still a lie.
Watching his guitar playing also inspired me to finally do something that I had been meaning to do since I started writing. Pick up the guitar. I went out and purchased a guitar and played until my fingers bled (literally) I always though that was just a poetic musing in that Bryan Adams song, but it turned out to be factual.
The guitar has definitely opened up a whole new world of writing and music for me, and I have in part thanks to Gregory Douglass for opening up this world.
Here's one more video of his amazing work.
