Wilson goes solo From Page 16 CD, it’s not his first foray into releasing orginal recorded music — he cut one album with former grunge band Lovel iesBleeding in the win- ter of “98. He’s since “settled down” and gotten much more con- templative on this CD. He claims that the responsibilities of being a full-time father to Brian, 2, and five-month-old daughter Teah aren't responsi- ble for the change in. styles, however. “IT bought an acoustic gui- tar and started learning a bunch of covers and ... 1 liked the idea of having the vocals more up front and not so over- powered by a loud rock band. It just seemed to make sense,” said the affable Wilson. He siill craves the alt-rock, though, and lists the Pixies and Radiohead as major influences on his music. While he's humble about the quality of the demo, he nevertheless is proud of the effort. “I believe in the songs and I think we've got a good sound happening. ft turned ‘out well. T've got a lot of people calling me up and saying ‘Hey, it sounds pretty gi “They'll tell me "that they like a few of the songs, and to me that’s gold.” He has a music-based, nuts- -and-bolts approach to_ his songwziting style and shudders ~ when he thinks of listeners reading too'deeply into the liner notes for that hidden meaning. “You just have to take the . Iyrics at face value. They are What they are.” .. . “P’m motivated mainly by melody. If] can come up witha musical melody and then meld . thar with some lyrics into a ‘memorable chorus then 1 start ; filling in the gaps from there.” . He’s | presently — licking + envelopes to send copies of his i.demo to record companies in ; the hopes of garnering some : interest in his music and maybe + even landing a record contract. Until. Wilson . signs that ~ deal, however, he’s hocking his : albums the old-fashioned way: : door to door and person to | i person. ioe “It would really be nice to “4 have somebody help me pro- : duce the next batch of songs “fand do -it properly,” sad ? Wilson. 1°. For more information on ;-Wilson or to grab a copy of -4 the demo, e-mail . 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