2008 Woodie Awards
Stevens' Band is My Obsession
Kim Soto
Issue date: 9/18/06 Section: Arts & Entertainment
Charlie Stevens is a junior at Rollins College and a musician starting off his career as a profession, but has been interested in music since he was a child. His music interest was started by his mom who gave him his middle name Sebastian after the musician Johann Sebastian Bach who lived in the 17th century and was widely known. Although she was never musically talented herself, she instilled in Charlie the desire to be a musician which would be a dream he would fulfill in the years to come.
Currently he plays many instruments: the piano, which he started playing 16 years ago, the guitar, which he has been playing for seven years, the saxophone, which he played for three years and his primary focus is singing which he has been doing all his life.
Charlie is currently a music major and hopes to promote his band My Obsession which currently plays alternative rock, but has played metal and others types of music. The band was started six years ago and has been on and off since then but now is stable.
They have gone through many band members, such as three singers, six bassists, two guitarists, four drummers, etc., but currently have three members including Charlie. The other current members of the band are Nathan Badeau, who plays the guitar and sings background vocals, and Marcus Hauck, who does the vocals, acoustic guitar and bass.
Their music was influenced by all sorts and styles, including country, southern rock, and bands such as Shinedown, 3 Doors Down, Staind, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Alabama. My Obsession has played many different venues: The Ocean Center, Stardust, Steve's Downtown Music, Happy Daze and many shows at DHS during their high school years.
Charlie is the lead singer and writes most of their music, which he does in his spare time. He hopes for the band to become famous after college since he has contributed so much to the band already. His other option after college is to go to graduate school to improve his singing with a focus on classical music such as operas.
In his spare time Charlie is usually working on music for his band and has been doing this for years. The inspiration for his music comes from classic rock bands such as the Beatles, The Eagles, Boston, Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys for his writing ability, more current bands such as The Smashing Pumpkins and Chris Cornell for his singing technique. These are just a few of his role models because he has been influenced by so many different places and so many different bands and singers.
Charlie is inspired by harmony patterns, which are when multiple voices are singing different notes, from the Beatles and his guitar playing comes from Sound Garden and Oasis. Charlie had been a great musician for so many years and if you want to support his band or hear them play their website is www.myspace.com/myobsessionband.
Currently he plays many instruments: the piano, which he started playing 16 years ago, the guitar, which he has been playing for seven years, the saxophone, which he played for three years and his primary focus is singing which he has been doing all his life.
Charlie is currently a music major and hopes to promote his band My Obsession which currently plays alternative rock, but has played metal and others types of music. The band was started six years ago and has been on and off since then but now is stable.
They have gone through many band members, such as three singers, six bassists, two guitarists, four drummers, etc., but currently have three members including Charlie. The other current members of the band are Nathan Badeau, who plays the guitar and sings background vocals, and Marcus Hauck, who does the vocals, acoustic guitar and bass.
Their music was influenced by all sorts and styles, including country, southern rock, and bands such as Shinedown, 3 Doors Down, Staind, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Alabama. My Obsession has played many different venues: The Ocean Center, Stardust, Steve's Downtown Music, Happy Daze and many shows at DHS during their high school years.
Charlie is the lead singer and writes most of their music, which he does in his spare time. He hopes for the band to become famous after college since he has contributed so much to the band already. His other option after college is to go to graduate school to improve his singing with a focus on classical music such as operas.
In his spare time Charlie is usually working on music for his band and has been doing this for years. The inspiration for his music comes from classic rock bands such as the Beatles, The Eagles, Boston, Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys for his writing ability, more current bands such as The Smashing Pumpkins and Chris Cornell for his singing technique. These are just a few of his role models because he has been influenced by so many different places and so many different bands and singers.
Charlie is inspired by harmony patterns, which are when multiple voices are singing different notes, from the Beatles and his guitar playing comes from Sound Garden and Oasis. Charlie had been a great musician for so many years and if you want to support his band or hear them play their website is www.myspace.com/myobsessionband.
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