Big Eyed Phish Speech

Improved Essays
HOMEPAGE

Welcome to the official site of Big Eyed Phish!

We thank you for your continuous support and patronage. Check out our scheduled gig near your place, and come jam with us!

We are a band who came together to pay tribute to one of the best bands that came to be – the Dave Matthews Band. We bring forth only the best cover music to you.

Currently, we have been working on our latest album. Please expect the release by mid of April. We are recording straight from our contemporary garage in Kansas City.

We decided to make it our permanent headquarters. As proof, just last week, we had it renovated together with the installation of our new garage door. Visit us there, and let’s share good music together!

MEET THE MEMBERS

Big Eyed Phish
…show more content…
He was the one who religiously created everything from scratch and hunted the members that would soon be renowned for their talents and skills in providing entertainment. He is also plays the guitar and the lead vocals of the group.

DePaul studied it all from the voice, up to the gestures and acts that make him the Dave Matthews of the group. Prior to Big Eyed Phish, DePaul played for several bands including the Tripping Billies, The Confusion, and Naked
…show more content…
He was started at the age of 5, and since then had taken the liking of the particular instrument. He tried guitar shortly, yet that did not appeal to him, thus, the choice to go back. He was playing for a band as early as high school and thought to pursue it together with his work as a computer programmer. Brian also enjoys outdoor sports together with his inclination to music.

ϖ Dan Merkey

Dan is a good musician who plays the saxophone in the band Big Eyed Phish. Aside from this favored instrument, he was skilled in playing other instruments too like the clarinet. He has a degree in music and never failed to use tis to his advantage when performing with the band.

ϖ Mike Hoeschele

Mike’s music was greatly influenced by his idol Boyd Tinsley, Joe Henderson, and Cannonball Adderly.. He was a great player of fiddle, but his talents extend to playing other instruments such as the violin, mandolin, and the blue harp. On his free time, you’ll hear him play jazz alone or with his favorite people.

ϖ Chris

Related Documents

  • Improved Essays

    School House Rock Speech

    • 737 Words
    • 3 Pages

    In the “im just bill” song by School house rock, it only goes over the brief aspects of the complicated long process on how a bill becomes a law. In the song, it states like most things, the bill starts off as an idea. Mostly these ideas come from problems that arise in the American society. The problems then go forth as ideas to a congress man in which that he has to agree with. If the congress man agrees then he we will write the bill which will later be presented to the committee and will stay in the committee for a long time.…

    • 737 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Jake E Lee

    • 560 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Jake e lee The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame is a presuming museum with its location on Lake Erie shores, it makes the even the strongest men burn with a desire to belong. Legends are made at this museum forever engraved as the favorite choice of guidance in the music industries for the next generation. From the great names of the artists who made it to The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, we look closely at one name that forever is in our hearts –Jake E. Lee. He is an American guitarist whose name echoes high regards and admiration among experienced guitarists and fans.…

    • 560 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Riley B King Autobiography

    • 1302 Words
    • 6 Pages

    BB King Autobiography... By Cameron Coleman Riley B. King was born to a family of poor sharecroppers on a plantation near the small town of Itta Bena in the Mississippi Delta. King's parents separated when he was only five and his mother took him to live in the nearby hill country in Kilmichael, Mississippi. By age seven he was doing the work of a grown man in the field. He was only nine when his mother died.…

    • 1302 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    DESCRIPTION Hank Williams Jr. is a famous musician, singer, and songwriter. His real name is Randall Hank Williams but is nicknamed Hank Williams Jr. and Bocephus. Hank Williams Sr. started calling his son Bocephus after watching Grand Ole Opry comedian, Rod Brasfield, use a puppet named Bocephus in his comedy act. He was born on May 26, 1949 in Shreveport, LA, where he was born and raised. A little less than four years later, his father dies.…

    • 534 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Bob Ross Research Paper

    • 1005 Words
    • 5 Pages

    “We don’t make mistakes, just happy little accidents” said a beloved Bob Ross (Bob Ross Quotes). Robert Norman “Bob” Ross was a beloved painter that inspired many with his simple skill and his soothing voice. Though he has passed, his legacy lives on with his shows and his art. It reminds us that “There's nothing wrong with having a tree as a friend”(Bob Ross Quotes) He was an inspiration to his generation and all generations to come.…

    • 1005 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Superior Essays

    John Philip Sousa Essay

    • 1346 Words
    • 6 Pages

    John Philip Sousa was an American composer of the late Romantic era. He is most known today for his role in the American military and for his patriotic marches. Being an American composer greatly influenced his musical style, I think, as his music is very nationalistic. John Philip Sousa was born in Washington D.C. on November 6th, 1854. His father, John Antonio Sousa, was Portuguese and his mother, Maria Elisabeth Trinkaus, was German.…

    • 1346 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Great Essays

    I needed to see some new faces, a fresh start.” (Pg. 177) Within the completion of his senior year, James kept his grades up and found his true passion for music. Focusing on his music and studies and keeping his priorities in check, James was extremely successful. His musical training was excellent, for he played the tenor saxophone and trombone.…

    • 1281 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Courtney Amon Jazz Band Mr. McCarthy 04/07/2017 A Master Jazz Trumpeter In the world of music, especially Jazz, we have heard of many great musicians over the years, such as Nat King Cole and Louie Armstrong, but there is one that I think stands above all especially when it comes to trumpeter’s. One does not usually need to look to far down a list of greats before they find this world class trumpeter, Chet Baker. Chet has had many accomplishments in the music world, but also has had his shares of ups and downs, but remarkably he has been still one of the world’s greats. Music was his life and shaped the definition of who he was as a man.…

    • 707 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Brad Delp, the lead singer was born and raised in Danvers, Massachusetts. As a young boy, he joined his church choir, and then later on he was in a band with four of his friends called “Beatle juice”. His career began when he saw the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan show as a young child and that lit the spark inside of Delp and it was just the beginning of one of the most identifiable voices in rock history. In his childhood Delp was a constant movie goer who loved to share his ever extending knowledge with his friends, he also enjoyed riding his motorcycle around town. Becoming good friends with Tom Scholz and joining the band he had many great years exploring the world with a lot of his closest friends and becoming famous quite quickly.…

    • 161 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    He got a scholarship from Pratt for art but he turned it down to pursue music. His move to pursue music instead of taking a scholarship is of the many signs of his passion. His first song he wrote at age 15, he called it Soda Fountain Rag because he was a soda jerk as a kid. He was an incredible musician who was a bandleader of a sextet that eventually turned into a 10…

    • 718 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    The beginning of his career started as few others do. He didn't actually want to perform and play his songs for people, but rather have other people sing his songs. "Yet after writing his first few songs, including "The Song that Jane Likes" and "Recently", he began to consider starting his own band" (wikipedia.com). There was only one answer to this Matthews explains. "I didn't really have a vision, or a plan," says Matthews, acknowledging that some of his musical sensibility came from spending time in so many different places as a child.…

    • 1471 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Decent Essays

    What would you do if you were in a band with your friends, but you wanted to join the town jazz band? Mel wants to do exactly that, but he also wants to stay loyal to his friends. They are all in a garage band, and Mel thinks he is getting pretty good. Because of this he wants to join the all-city jazz band. He feels like he would be even better if he joined them.…

    • 352 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Great Essays

    Morales Song of Solomon Tony Morrison Topic 1 Mariely Morales AP Literature Mr. Amoroso PD. 3 Morales You may look and/or feel younger or even older than your age but there has always been this idea that if someone is a certain age they should act their age. This idea that as you grow older you become mature. In the novel Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison, Macon Dead III, is an example of this idea that some people have not always being true.…

    • 1746 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Live Jazz Concert Report

    • 1955 Words
    • 8 Pages

    Unlike the Language we learn in school, music is a special type of language that can be use as a type of communication tool. Jazz is origin from African American and its main characteristics are swing and syncopation, improvisation, distinctive voices bent notes and modes. I’ve watched an amazing concert for the Jazz term paper. The title of the Live Jazz Concert is “Brian Culbertson feat Michael Lington” As the Piano and the Trombone player, Brian Culbertson is one of the main performer that caught my attention as an audience. Not surprising at all, I’ve done some research toward him.…

    • 1955 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Jazz Vs Rock Music Essay

    • 763 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Jazz is a music genre which originated from African American society in the United States in the late 18th and early 19th century. Jazz music emphasizes improvisation along with the use of different musical instruments. Rock is also a music genre which originated in the United States in mid twentieth century. Rock music refers to rocking and rolling, reference to dancing and sex. Also it uses different types of recording techniques and unique instruments.…

    • 763 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays