Kip Newby( Guitar / Vocals / Drums): from as far back as I can remember music has been who I am … when I was a little kid I recall making up songs all the time, I first started writing songs when I was in the 2nd grade my grandpa had given me an acoustic guitar and even though I really didn’ t know how to play it I would set and play what sounded good and just make up words. It was during my 4th grade year though that I went to see my dad’ s friends band play that I became overwhelmingly inspired to play music. When we were at that show they took a break and I went and started playing a beat on the drums and they started playing with me, later that night I went home and learned my first six songs on guitar, that Christmas I got a bass and started playing in bands and played my first show at the schools talent show that year also went and seen the pixies perform and that’ s when I truly knew that I wanted to play music as a career. I then ended up playing in several different types of bands from, fusion jazz, punk, pop punk, alternative rock, grunge, garage rock, metal, classical, folk, and hard rock. I also helped teach composition and music theory classes as well as cello and upright bass in orchestra in high school, also went to victor Wooten’ s summer music program as a bassist, as well as ran my own booking agency in high school, but more importantly I stopped playing bass and started playing guitar( and drums for a punk band). And with the starting of playing guitar I started a band my freshmen year called Garden. Now this was the band where I found my sound and learned a lot. We went on a full US tour and got to play with bands such as: Gwen Stacey, My Chemical Romance, Locksley, The Designer Drugs, the Hives, At the Drive in, and so many other bands that were big or went on too become successful, we were close to signing with a major label and had people flying over from Europe to see us play it was crazy, but at last I choose to take my son from my careless ex and she chose to destroy everything I had worked so hard for, and I was left at square one, I sat in my house for a few months not sure what to do, then I realized I’ m far from done, and started going out and playing open mics in the tri state area by myself. Until I ran into Bradley walker, who ended up coming alone with me on my acoustic open stage touring. Until one day when we decided we might as well form a band and that’ s when Ecstasy was born. We began immediately by playing all over the tri-state area and continue to do so. We got to play some pretty cool shows and do some radio interviews. Then we picked up Trent and things picked up even more, now were ready to take things to the next level and continue moving forward and making this band our livelihood / income / career and lives. And take it as far as it can go!
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