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I was chubby in high school. I used to go to my information technology class, and I would type really fast to get the lesson done quick because the teacher had a little acoustic guitar, and there was a girl I had a crush on in the class. I would take the guitar and pretend to be some great singer-songwriter, serenade her with joke songs.

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Everyone in my family is pretty much tone-deaf.

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In one week, I got hit by a car - it busted through my hand - and my mom got cancer.

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I want to be romantic, and songs are a good way to do that.

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I have always had problems with my voice, and the piano helped me believe the song could be bigger than my voice, and I could play with new melodies and things that I couldn't on guitar. It was easier to make the sound fuller and easier to get away with not being as good.

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Piano is one of those instruments you don't have to be good at to sound good - you just have to know where to put three little fingers, which is really pretty easy to figure out.

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I often compare my voice to an old car you're only 50% sure will turn on when you need it to.

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I often find myself writing little ditties I can imagine becoming rap songs. Not the actual rapping part, just the chorus.

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L.A. can make you feel like you've already made it. You're living off 40 dollars a week; it's nice weather. You go outside on your bike; you go to the coffee shop, and everybody is doing nothing. It doesn't leave a lot of room for ambition.

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Some people get on the whole touring circuit for years and years and years on one record. What interests me is sitting down at a piano, writing songs, getting into a studio and exploring new sounds to come up with something I'm really proud of.

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Biography

Nationality: Canadian

Type: Musician

Born: July 11th, 1985

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