About This:
Hi, my name is Bonnie J. Gordon from Bad Endorf, Bavaria Germany. I am a singer/songwriter whose music is considered to be Acoustic. I create music that is... I write songs for people like me, who can't imagine their lives without music. I love all kinds of music, and it all flows into my own writing at different times. But most often, it will be at a moderate tempo, in a swaying rhythm, with chords that strive for openness and melodies that explore the insides of the chords. I don't often write in character; my lyrics tend to be spiritual, semi-philosophical musings. Like me. Some of the artists that have influenced me and my music are... Joni Mitchell, Judy Collins, Tori Amos, James Taylor, Bruce Hornsby, Sting, Peter Gabriel, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Elton John, Billy Joel, Bonnie Raitt, Chris Whitley, Ani DiFranco, Mark Knopfler, Janis Ian, Crosby Stills & Nash, Eva Cassidy, Eric Clapton, Patty Larkin, Rio Reiser, Jackson Browne, Sheryl Crow, Fiona Apple, Melissa Manchester, Pete Seeger, and Cat Stevens. My thoughts on the power of music are... Scientists believe that music is the language we humans spoke before we used words. Music communicates directly to the body and the heart. Songs, because they have words, can easily reach the mind as well. When we are born, the only thing we don't have to learn to do is to listen. We hear the world outside from within the womb, especially our mothers' voice, and when we enter the world her voice is our only guidepost. This is why songs can change the world, because they affect people at the core of who they are. My mission as a musician is... To raise the vibration level of everyone who hears me. To find out more about me, you can visit... www.myspace.com/bonniejgordon