New Jersey Stage 2016: Issue 1 | Page 10

When I tell Lombardi that, he drinking in a bar to it?” he ex- to it. When he was 19 or 20, he work? A lot of times, I’ll write a says there might be some truth used to play bars throughout the area, building a repertoire of cover songs. He remembers how he used to pick up on the reactions of the audience. It didn’t take long to tell which songs were going to work that plained. “Is this even going to song and it’s something personal that I’ll write for myself. But it’s nice having that little thing in the back of my mind. It came in handy on the road when we actually had to play some rowdy bars. It wasn’t the ideal envi- night and which wouldn’t. As he ronment for the kind of music moved into writing his own mu- sic, that memory stuck with him. “Subconsciously I’m always thinking what is this song go- ing to play like when people are Daphne or I play, except I will do my song any one of seven different ways depending on whom I’m playing that song to.” The record even sounds like BEST VALUE ANYWHERE! Ads as low as $50 per issuee! all ads run in magazine and on NewJerseyStage.com great for promoting upcoming shows Call (732) 280-7625 or CLICK HERE for more info