User:Houstongolden

Houston Golden
Houston Golden, full name "John Houston Golden," was born on June 9th, 1989 in Dallas, Texas. At just 22 years old, he as established himself as a musician, singer, audio engineer, producer, writer, poet, web designer, and social media entrepreneur.

History

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At the age of just 16, Houston began to achieve acclaim as a singer/songwriter, guitarist, and drummer. Through his teenage years he performed dozens of concerts throughout the Dallas arts district known as "Deep Ellum," as well as many other benefit concerts throughout the city sponsored by his high school and other philanthropies. He began recording in his bedroom when he was just 14, and has since garnered more than a million plays on his Myspace music page, sold more than a thousand digital downloads on iTunes, and sold hundreds of physical CDs through his website to fans all around the world, including New Zealand, Norway, France, and Peru, just to name a few obscure places where his fan base has strangely blossomed and his artful music and poetic lyrics have been appreciated.

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After his second year at Vanderbilt University, Houston moved to Los Angeles on June 15th, 2010, to work for Clear Channel Communications in their programming and promotions department to learn more about the music industry (and to learn how to surf). He helped run the 98*7FM broadcasts from LA Live in downtown Los Angeles, as well as hosted numerous events with popular rock artists at the 98*7FM Hollywood Penthouse at the Historic Hollywood Tower.
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He has since returned to study at Vanderbilt University and is currently in his third-year, majoring in English, with an emphasis in creative writing, with a double minor in Music and Economics. While trying to keep up his studies, he has continued to release new music as well as produce for other artists from his recording studio loft where he lives in the Gulch in Nashville, TN.
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Houston is a multi-intrumentalist that knows how to play guitar, piano, mandolin, harmonica, drums, and plays many other virtual instruments. He has been a recording engineer and producer for more than seven years, and has recorded for dozens of musicians and bands other than himself, including his brother, Hawkins Golden, Pryzms (James Kasar), Bryan Blaylock, Pierce Saxon (The Brotherhood), Thrift City, Sychosis, Leslie McCombs, and Austin Ham (DJ Grape Ape). He has also worked with prominent producers, including Grammy Award winning producer Stuart Sikes (Elmwood Studios), Matt Wilder (WilderSide Studios), and Todd and Toby Pipes of the Deep Blue Something (Bass Propulsion Labratories).

Discography

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Houston produced "Houston Golden and the Neon Eon" in 2009, and it was published on iTunes, Amazon, Rhapsody, and was released on his website. He also produced a full-length album as the original Chairman of Vanderbilt's "New Faces: Music in the Commons," in which he selected the most representative bands and musicians of his first-year class, living on the Commons, and released the album at an end-of-the-year celebration carnival and music festival featuring all of the artists on the album fully paid for by Vanderbilt University.

Press
Houston has twice been featured in Vanderbilt University's arts and entertainment magazine "Versus" for his accomplishments in the Nashville music scene.

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