Geoff Byrd: Friends

MY FRIENDS

JOHN OATES: Frequent collaborator and co- writer (1,000 Miles of Life, Planetarium) Hear 1,000 Miles of Life (Oates, Byrd, Leiber) by clicking here. Check out Johnny's site. I got a chance to tour with Hall and Oates for 50 shows and we became great friends. He kicks ass...I mean common, he's John fricken Oates!
MICK PAGE: My great friend and frequent songwriting collaborator, Mick Page's official website.
JED LEIBER: I am writing with Jed and doing a project with him called "Skeleton Crew" as well. It will be Jed on piano and GB on vocals. Every song will be a co-write Byrd/Leiber. A record will be out next year. Great musician, great guy.
MUSIC MILLENNIUM: Terry Currier is one of the coolest most honest business owners I have ever met. He is fair, kind and loves to support music of all genres. He is also very involved in our local community and helps to make Portland what it is. Not only that but Music Millennium is the best record store in Portland. Terry has always been supportive, kind and one of the best business men I know. Thank you Terry!
NIGHT BIRD STUDIO LA: Jed Leiber's amazing sounding room in the Sunset Marquis hotel (LA). The list of clients is a who's who in the music industry.
STEVE SUNDHOLM: The producer that started it all. He is a long time collaborator and has produced or co-produced most of my catalogue. Very talented guy. He now works as the head engineer at Nightbird studios at the Sunset Marquis in L.A.
ROLL TWENTY PRODUCTIONS: Mark Hemingway did my first video (Before Kings) and is a talented director/producer/writer and a cool dude. Check out his site:
SHERRETT STUDIOS: My good pal Yuri "The Mad Russian" Tropets is a talented producer and musician in Portland and has his own studio with amazing rates. He is also very cool and doesn't mind the nick name I gave him. Yuri co-produced "Jealousy" and played on that song as well. He also co-produced "Ratrace" and "Sanctuary" which you can find in the rare and unreleased songs category under "music" on this site.
CHILDREN'S CANCER ASSOCIATION: I worked with a kid recovering from cancer named Jimmy Fowkes. We wrote a song together and recorded it called "Shine On." Jimmy is a great kid. CCA is a great place and a great cause. They help kids struggling with cancer to have fun and be creative.
DAN LARSEN VIDEOS: My good buddy Dan Larsen teaches video production and we went to high school together. He also recently filmed and cut "The Phoenix" with me and he did a great job! Oh yeah, and he charged me nothing. Thanks Danny! I really like his video short "Chop Suey." Check out his Chris Angel chops. Nice wig!
MCKAY HIGH SCHOOL VIDEOS: The video production class at McKay High School in Salem, Oregon filmed their own video interpretations of my song "Jealousy." I picked #6 as my favorite. But they are all great. Nice job my friends!
WOODCRAFT RANGERS AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM L.A.: I was the Arts Director for 67 schools in the South Central L.A. area when I lived down there. This is an amazing program and Cathy the CEO has become a good friend and does an excellent job of serving students in the area. It will be expanding nationally over the next two years as well. Good work my friends!
DEEP ROOTS PROJECT: I worked as a teacher and as a musician on this project for 8 out of the 10 years. An amazing program that started at Reynolds High School in an english class taught by a great teacher: Chris Gragg. Not only does this program work, I personally saw year after year the growing pride and confidence in the students who participated. It was simply amazing. Several write-ups in the Oregonian and other papers. Songs written by the kids and local musicians were played on KINK radio in Portland as well.
ART 4 HUMANITY: Great Charity for kids and a great cause. I played with Curtis Salgato at the latest fundraiser at Blue Hour. Keep an eye out, I plan to do a lot of events with them.

MY SPONSORS

ALVAREZ GUITARS: I love the guitars they gave me. I don't use any other acoustic anymore. They sound good, stay in tune and they both came with great electronics on board.
ELIXIR STRINGS: I used these strings before they sponsored me. They last the longest and sound amazing. Even old strings sound alive.