Videos by American Songwriter
ARTIST: Miles Wide
SONG: “California”
HOMETOWN: Denver, Colorado
CURRENT LOCATION: The front stoop
AMBITIONS: To boldly go where no band has gone before…
TURN-OFFS: Ice cream that melts off of the cone and all over your hands.
TURN-ONS: Engaging conversation, eye contact, a strong sense of purpose.
DREAM GIG: Worldwide house concert tour. We’ll play a different country every week, travel by snowshoe/bicycle caravan/row boats, and organize the whole thing with couchsurfing.com.
FAVORITE LYRIC: “Love is real; real is love” – John Lennon
SONG I WISH I WROTE: “Ramble On” – Led Zeppelin
5 PEOPLE I’D MOST LIKE TO HAVE DINNER WITH: It’s gotta be The Beatles and George Martin.
MY FAVORITE CONCERT EXPERIENCE: Trying to keep it together as people sang along to our music for the first time.
I WROTE THIS SONG BECAUSE… It came to me while I was sleeping. I woke up one morning in the desert of California with the song already in my head. Lyrics, chords, everything. I’m a firm believer that we’re just channels through which music expresses itself. -Kyle
