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Vocalist, Songwriter, Guitarist and Keys Aaron Shea Broering was born in Garden Grove, California, and grew up in Santa Fe, New Mexico. His musical background began at an early age; his father, Jeffrey Howard Broering being a drummer and his mother, Nancy Ann Minash being a keyboardist, vocalist, and songwriter. His father was also a well-known surfer and influenced Aaron to spend many hours on the beaches of Southern California, which played a major role inspiring much of his songwriting. His mother was active in the music group at church, which helped Aaron develop his musical ear. In 1990, Aaron moved to Newport Beach, California, where he attended junior college and considered pursuing a career in baseball. In the fall of 1990, an injury seriously derailed his baseball dreams, and forced him to pursue other dreams. It was the moment that changed his life forever. Aaron changed his direction and focused on music. He began frequenting local coffee shops, and restaurants, where he sang and performed with various musical groups. He also began attending music classes, while driving two days a week to Cal State Fullerton for vocal lessons. In 1993, Aaron was accepted as a Vocal Major in the Music program at San Diego State University; where he began working on his Bachelor's degree in music. During his studies at S.D.S.U., Aaron began experiencing moderate local success with his music. While honing his vocal and compositional skills, as well as teaching himself guitar, he won the 1995 Homecoming Talent Show with his original song, "We'll Find a Way." The accomplishment was duplicated the very next year with the co-collaboration of a song called, "Innocent grandchild." Aaron and partner Julio Ferrari co-fronted the group Blue Heaven, which played in San Diego area until 1998. In his senior year at S.D.S.U., Aaron composed an orchestral and choral arrangement called "Wing and a Prayer," which epitomized the struggle and strife of loss. The composition was selected and performed in concert on May 16th, 1998, in Smith Recital Hall at S.D.S.U. It was acknowledged by his instructors and his peers as having commercial potential, but served more as a milestone of his musical and spiritual growth; yet more importantly served as an opportunity to pay his final tribute to his mother who passed away in 1997. In 1998, Aaron completed his studies at S.D.S.U., and continued performing professionally both nationally and internationally with various groups. Since that period, he has gained continual acclaim and recognition for his original compositions and live performances. Musical Accomplishments 1995 - Campus-wide homecoming talent show winner with original song "We'll Find a Way" at San Diego State University 1996 - Repeat winner of talent show at SDSU, again with original material 1998 - Composed and conducted an Orchestral Oratorio called "Wing and a Prayer", which was dedicated to his mother and was selected to be performed as part of a concert of student compositions 1998 - Completed Bachelor's Degree in Vocal Performance from SDSU 1999 - Began touring Nationally as lead vocalist, lead guitarist, and pianist with renown Eagles Tribute Band Hotel California, which opened for artists such as Dwight Yoakam, Le Ann Rimes, Gregg Allman, Three Dog Night 2000 - Toured in Europe and Asia as lead vocalist, lead guitarist, and pianist with the Sam Morrison Band, which showcased original material and shared billing with Lynard Skynard, Confederate Railroad, and Juice Newton 2001 - 2002 -Toured again with Hotel California, and performed locally in the acoustic Duo Liquid, featuring original compositions 2002 - Completed his full length original CD called "The Road Less Traveled", which chronicles the struggles of an aspiring artist, and was commissioned to conduct a guitar performance workshop in Buffalo, New York