GET TO KNOW THE BAND MONTH: MIKE LOPRESTI
The next chapter of get to know the band month is today!! This week get to know Michael our lead singer and guitarist!! He is cool. CHECK OUT HIS FACE!
I was born in 1986, a magical year when the first ten members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame were inducted and Top Gun came out in theaters.
I grew up in Mayfield Heights, Ohio a suburb of Cleveland playing every sport I could think of but my mom made me play this weird instrument called the piano when I was 10. It had all sorts of white and black keys, it was crazy. The first song I learned to play was the theme song to James Bond. I was sweet at it.
In high school I learned to play the guitar and at that point I realized I could just about learn any instrument I put my mind too. Except drums. I suck at drums. I played in a few bands in high school, none of which were very good and I wrote songs from the moment I learned to play James Bond. The place I learned the most about music was playing various instruments at my Church. It’s where I first played and sang in front of people. It’s those experiences that made me comfortable playing music in front of people.
I went to college at Southeastern University in Lakeland, Florida. During my time there I really figured out that music was where I wanted to be. So much so that I interned with a musician in England for five months.
After college I returned home to Cleveland and started seriously writing music for the first time. It didn’t take long for things to start rolling and The Lighthouse and The Whaler was born. Basically, I’m always looking for an adventure.
GET TO KNOW THE BAND MONTH: MIKE LOPRESTI
The next chapter of get to know the band month is today!! This week get to know Michael our lead singer and guitarist!! He is cool. CHECK OUT HIS FACE!
I was born in 1986, a magical year when the first ten members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame were inducted and Top Gun came out in theaters.
I grew up in Mayfield Heights, Ohio a suburb of Cleveland playing every sport I could think of but my mom made me play this weird instrument called the piano when I was 10. It had all sorts of white and black keys, it was crazy. The first song I learned to play was the theme song to James Bond. I was sweet at it.
In high school I learned to play the guitar and at that point I realized I could just about learn any instrument I put my mind too. Except drums. I suck at drums. I played in a few bands in high school, none of which were very good and I wrote songs from the moment I learned to play James Bond. The place I learned the most about music was playing various instruments at my Church. It’s where I first played and sang in front of people. It’s those experiences that made me comfortable playing music in front of people.
I went to college at Southeastern University in Lakeland, Florida. During my time there I really figured out that music was where I wanted to be. So much so that I interned with a musician in England for five months.
After college I returned home to Cleveland and started seriously writing music for the first time. It didn’t take long for things to start rolling and The Lighthouse and The Whaler was born. Basically, I’m always looking for an adventure.
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