Frank Vyan Walton on SoundBetter

As a vocalist, guitarist and songwriter for several bands from Planet X (Sacto) to GliTCHeD I have years of experience in Pop, R&B and Rock. I've played big shows and toured in LA, NorCal and Nevada, releasing several albums over the years both with my groups and as a solo artist, where I performed all the instruments and vocals myself.

I've played music since I was in grade school growing up in LA, startng with Trumpet in my elementary school orchestra. I stayed with that instrument through High School and Marching Band, but didn't continue until a couple years later and I became a huge Prince fan during the release of Purple Rain.

Prince made me pick up the guitar and start over. I studied Keyboards, Electronic Sound Design, MIDI instrumentals, Voice and Guitar in college. I eventually joined a local band that was basically a mashup of Prince, Funkadelic and Jimi Hendrix fairly early on. At that time I was also writing my own electronic music using the same software that Jan Hammer used for his Miami Vice theme.

At the same time I was exploring hard rock and metal and formed my own R&B Rock band Soul Machine as guitarist and vocalist. Eventually I moved to Sacramento and joined a local Pantera-like band called Planet X on vocals. We recorded and released one album. Then I was asked to sing with a local supergroup of great musicians from several bands into a new progressive metal group called GliTCHeD.

After that I moved back to LA for a time then recorded and released a hard rock solo CD "Re-Evolutionize" in 2008 playing all vocals, guitar and bass myself with some of my own original material. I've gotten back into recording since then starting with Garaband and now LogicPro X to record.

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