Greetings! My name is Elias LeMoon. I'm 21 years old and live in Erie, PA. I'm a full time musician, singer-songwriter with a tendency to dip into visual art. I've written 100's of songs and am performing (solo), in PA, OH and NY. I like to play different instruments, including the guitar, bass, harmonica, drums and keyboard--all of which I play at different points in this CD. Also, I fell in love with the saxophone while in school. I was previously with the band, “The Decibels” for 5 years until I split off on my own. "Echoes in My Mind" is a collaboration of recordings that I made over a period of two years.
Though I do not like to classify myself into any one musical genre, I feel that it is necessary (in this case), to describe my music to the best of my ability. All the tracks on this album (12 in all) are original and have taken on a life of their own. Some songs, like "Can U Fall Too", "Losin a Friend" and "People Crumble Sometimes" are mixed with a blend of acoustic-blues, folk and alternative country, and are a lot more mellow than the others. Most of these tracks were recorded when I was completely "out of it," on the edge, close to death, or just plain crazy...So it's safe to say that the music was as scattered as I was. But, music has always been my obsession. And with obsessions there are always downsides that I've learned to accept. If I didn't, well, then I couldn't continue obsessing over all the things that I'm passionate about.
The more upbeat songs, like "I Try", "Let The Weather Change" and "Dry Mouth" ring out vibrations of rock, with a pinch of funky-blues and guitar driven melodies. I have to thank my old band mates, drummer, Ricky Smith and bass guitarist, Ralph Reitinger for contributing their talents to some of these songs. I also have to give credit to my producer at the time, Malley. He and I were "down and out" for days mixing this CD into what it became.
My songwriting, in my opinion, is a form of questioning all of the aspects of life that surround us. Unfortunately, my answers always lead me to more questions. But without questions I could never continue writing about the things that we all go through. So, I guess I really don't know anything.
I hope you’ll give my music a shot. It includes acoustic and electric fusions of upbeat and mellow forms of blues, funk, new-age folk, rock and alternative-country. I am currently working on my next album, which I’m hoping will be a double disc of 30 songs or more. For any questions or comments, you can e-mail me at, eliaslemoon@aol.com.
For more information about me and my music, check out my blog at: http://eliaslemoon.blogspot.com/.
Thank you for your time and take care.
--Elias Lemoon
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