These notables in their own respective spaces are either Artists, Writers, Producers & Guitarists who either own, play or have had a Voyage Air on their tour bus. Regardless, they are not endorsers rather ones who know the value of the original folding guitar, Voyage Air.
From the words of Corn,
“That guitar, I have lovingly named Berlin, is my new best buddy. Traveled through four countries on four airlines and six flights as a carry on; Walked, train’d, metro’d, and cab’d many miles through unfamiliar cities. And, Berlin sounded amazing at every set. A metal man and his folding acoustic bridging genre’s with folk edge.”
The guitar worked awesome and it made it home without a scratch. I shared the “amazing folding guitar” with a pile of folks. Europe is a great for Voyage Air. You see many people with guitars walking around and boarding all types of transit. Its not so easy as driving up to your venue and playing over there. I have attached a great panoramic of a gig I did at “The Galway” in Paris. The weather was hot over there and no one has A/C so it was an amazing set considering the entire inside of the venue was completely full and as I played people filled the tables and sidewalk outside the venue.
We started tracking an acoustic version of an upcoming release “Human Paradigm”. I’m using the VAMD-04 (“Berlin”) along with my full sized for both lead and rhythm tracks. The engineer was surprised how well it tracks and blends. It has added a lot of depth and clarity.
I will have the guitar in the live arsenal on Oct. 12th for a supporting set with Former top 3 American Idol finalist Elliott Yamin. (It still amazes me that we can pull off a “metal” set acoustically with acts that the true nature of the music would not normally comingle.) We just did a supporting set with the country artist Mark Wills for example.
I love this guitar and its design and have shared it around the globe. I am happy to support Voyage Air, thanks for the endorsement and great customer service.
Vanessa’s sweet country sound hails from her southern roots in Memphis, TN where she spent most of her childhood listening to musical greats like Elvis Presley, Shania Twain, Faith Hill, Celine Dion, and Mariah Carey. True to her southern upbringing, she wrote her first song, a gospel song, and what she calls her ‘first structured song’ titled Lift You Up, at the early age of 8.
Her own story is inspiring to hear. She grew up poor, making her own way at 18 years old on a cold Christmas night. Once you meet her you come to love her for the genuine, honest and confident woman she aims to be. Vanessa knows… she is no better than anyone else. She just has a dream. A love for the soul of country music.
Inspiration flows for Vanessa. Coupled with growing up poor, she is a mother of not one, not two, but of four children, whom she proudly beams as her ‘love spawns’ with her husband of 10 years. Every song she writes is inspired by her own life. Each one showcases her vocal gift and unique songwriting talent. Lyrics from Sticks and Stones, ‘Go ahead and throw your sticks and stones, you’re gonna be mad when they don’t tear me down, break my bones’ gives us a window into what she’s already been through on a personal level. In Dreams she sings, ‘I just want to know, do I have just what I need, to follow my dreams…’and is written in effort to pour out her heart felt need and desire to find her place in Country Music.
Talk to her in person and you will find yourself a driven, beautiful, and gifted friend. More driven out of any other to make her mark… she is unstoppable, unforgettable, with everything to gain and nothing to lose!
Colleen Lloy is a native Californian that relocated to Nashville in 1999. She has been singing professionally since the age of 14 and has written and performed in the Rock n’ Roll, Alternative, Americana, R&B, Pop and Country genres.
Lloy has literally performed all throughout the U.S. and abroad, her career has taken her to the internationally known Bluebird Café, television and radio broadcasts, opening act for artists like Billy Dean, Paul Overstreet, John Berry, Lee Greenwood, George Jones, Billy Ray Cyrus, Tanya Tucker and John Anderson to name a few, and one of the highlights of my career was having the honor of interviewing Mr. BB King, the King of Blues, for a proposed television special. Another was recently returning from Maui after singing with Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac.
Producer/Guitarist Jim Kimball, best known for his long standing association with country music superstar Reba McEntire has toured and recorded with an extensive roster of artists that includes Reba, Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, Toby Keith, Justin Timberlake, Kelly Clarkson, Blake Shelton, Martina McBride, Dolly Parton, Tricia Yearwood, Shelby Lynn and Carol King.
Born and raised in Western Massachusetts, Jim left New England for Southern California where he founded and operated the Santa Monica based company, Soundscape Productions. A full service music production facility that specialized in music for film and television.
Having relocated to Nashville, Tennessee, Jim now makes his living producing and engineering records, writing, playing on recording sessions, and performing live.
Park Chisolm is a guitarist, songwriter, producer, and member of Kevin Costner’s band Modern West.
Since moving to Nashville in 1996, Park has toured and recorded with rock, pop, and country artists such as Jo Dee Messina, Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Emerson Hart of Tonic, and David Gates of Bread.
For the past seven years he has toured, written, and recorded with Costner and Modern West. He co-produced their most recent album Famous For Killing Each Other, which features music written for and inspired by the Emmy Award winning mini-series Hatfields and McCoys.
Treating the acoustic guitar more like a piano and drum, musician Henry Nam channels his experiences of living and traveling around the world into his music.
Born in the Republic of Korea, raised in San Francisco, Germany, and Washington DC, and currently based in Philadelphia, Nam is the product of an international, multicultural upbringing that not only reflects in diverse musical stylings but also in his attitudes about the role of music and the arts as a language able to break down social barriers and connect people across the globe.
His solo project, Sheltered Turtle, materializes this vision through collaborations with a diverse array of artists ranging from Native American flutists to dancers to poets in local art scenes. Nam is currently in studio recording a series of six concept EPs of new and unrecorded material.
Website: http://www.shelteredturtle.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/shelteredturtlemusic
Born in Worcester Massachusetts, then raised in Hatillo Puerto Rico. As far as can remember, he has always had the love for creating music. At the age of 8, he picked up his first guitar and right away started writing his first melodies. Most of his years in Puerto Rico, he dedicated his time to studies, church band and choir. Years later, he moved to the states in search of his musical career. There is where he formed the rock band Italic with childhood friends Billy Soler Harrison and Armando “Dizzy” Toledo. Italic was a stepping ground for De Soberal. His first album Oracle At Delphi was composed of hard rock, moody melodies and dark poetic vocal delivery.
In 2008, he met musician/producer and great friend Erben Perez ( bassist for Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez ) and produced albums for Talking Buddha and Michael Stewart. As De Soberal and Perez became more acquainted, De Soberal learned and found and new love for latin music and percussion. Along Erben’s side, De Soberal has played out of the country with Son 9 Allstars, Mario Sebastian, Junito Davila, Ricky Gonzalez, Erik Velez and Angel Fernandez.
De Soberal also a recording engineer has recorded artists such as Eric “Bori” Rivera, Michael Stewart, Chris Alfinez, Annette Carrion, and has engineered on several of Marc Anthony’s projects. Owner of Solace Production Studio, is where a new sound has grown from De Soberal’s soul. Currently St. David ( Santo David ) has an album in the mix with a fusion of Latin percussion and hard rock. St David is Currently, Touring the US and Latin America. You can hear and Download “Renacer” at Itunes and via the website.
Internationally and nationally acclaimed Toby Walker has been hailed as a roots music fingerstyle guitar virtuoso who has toured the US, England, Wales, France, Germany, Belgium and Holland. Walker has been featured in the New York Times, the London Sunday Times, the London BBC, Sirius-XM radio and was the 1st place recipient of the International Blues Challenge Award given out by the Blues Foundation in Memphis TN.
Walker combines the styles of blues, ragtime, country, bluegrass, rock and old time jazz into his own unique style. Jorma Kaukonen of Hot Tuna and the Jefferson Airplane says “Flat out… you have to hear this great musician… I’m blown away” and has employed Walker to teach at his famous Fur Peace Ranch Guitar Camp for 5 consecutive years. In 2010 Walker won the NY Music Award for ‘Best Instrumental CD,’ sharing the honors with Mariah Carey, Rufus Wainwright and Judy Collins among many others.
Walker has recently released two instructional guitar DVD’s for the world famous company Homespun Tapes, both of which have been getting rave reviews and his latest CD release ‘Shake Shake Mama’ has been hailed as a shining success in the genre of traditional blues recordings.
Carnegie Hall acknowledged his rare talents and hired him to augment and teach in their “American Roots” program aimed at honor level middle school students
Toby Walker – Norwegian Wood – West End Club, Barry
He became a member of the MuzikMafia in 2001, and recorded his first full length album “Somebody’s Hero” in 2008 under the direction and production of Big Kenny of Big & Rich. When asked about the project, Big Kenny said “I have never met a more important artist for our times, completely real, unique, deserving and uplifting. I cannot stop until the world hears his music. He writes, he sings , he plays piano and guitar, he dances like ‘the man’ and you know it when he backflips off the stage in a way that would make James Brown proud.” Horne signed a publishing deal with Big Love Music in 2007.
He has made appearances on One Cubed, The 700 Club, and Legends & Lyrics, as well as appeared in Rolling Stone and on the cover of Lifeway Christian Singles magazine.
In 2006, he and Keith Urban put together and directed a children’s choir during the 2006 CMT awards show in tribute to the victims of Hurricane Katrina. In 2007, he made a trip along with fellow MuzikMafia member Big Kenny to Akon Sudan to bring medical and school supplies, along with musical instruments, clothing and building tools to the Kunyuk School for Girls.
In 2008, he appeared on Extreme Makeover Home Edition working along side the crew and people of Charlotte North Carolina to help build a house for the King family. In addition, he performed a benefit concert with his band to raise money for the family. Later in 2008, he walked 300 miles with Emmanuel “Manny” Ohonme performing nightly at each stop for the Samaritan’s Feet organization to raise one million pairs of shoes for children. He also wrote and recorded the theme song for the organization produced and arranged by his keyboardist Chris Mendoza.
In 2009, he and Big Kenny hosted “Nashville 4 Africa”, with Faith Hill, Keith Urban, Dierks Bentley, and Brad Arnold of 3 Doors Down. A benefit concert to raise money for charitable causes in Uganda and Sudan.
Horne’s song “She Can Play” is the theme song for the ACC. Horne has also worked Singer-Songwriter John Legend. When asked about up and coming artists we should look out for, John said: “I’ve been working with this guy who is based in Nashville, his name is Damien Horne, he’s good. Look out for him, he’s a good song-writer and performer. He plays the guitar too.”
In 2011, Horne founded The Farm with Krista Marie and Nick Hoffman.
