Biography of George Wallace
An
accomplished producer and recording artist, George Arthur Wallace
specializes in a fusion of World Music, Progressive Rock and ambient
soundscapes. His visionary songs and instrumentals promote enlightenment
and positive evolution in a world that could really use it.
George was born and
raised in Philadelphia, PA, where he first discovered his musical
gift around age six. He spent his formative years in-and-out of
numerous local bands which found themselves caught in the crossfire
between Motown and the British Invasion.
Later he majored in
composition and arranging at the prestigious Berklee College of
Music in Boston, where he then landed a six-year stint with ‘Fate,’
a busy, successful club act from nearby Worcester.
He eventually moved
to New York City to pursue a solo recording career with, as it
turned out, CBS/Epic Records and a publishing agreement with Screen
Gems. He recorded two albums under that label: Heroes
like You and Me in 1980 and What It Is
in 1982. Virtually all parts were sung or played by George himself,
and both albums enjoyed enviable critical acclaim by numerous
respected industry publications.
In 1983 George
moved to Bucks County, PA, with new freedom to explore the finer
subtleties of his maturing songwriter’s persona. He was
now producing recordings completely in-house, writing and recording
over an increasingly wide range of dynamic and lyric styles. He
occasionally produced other acts and several planetarium show
soundtracks, but soon discovered an interest in a more introspective
and spiritual writing style, turning away from the standard 3-to-5
minute song format.
In 1985 he
created his own new studio and production company, AirBorn Music,
and produced three landmark instrumental works: Sacred
Earth (1985), Communion(1988),
and Frontiers (1993).
He was soon a featured artist on such nationally recognized space-music
radio programs as Echoes, Hearts of Space, and Musical Starstreams
(see links at right).
|
 In
the late ‘90s, while performing with a small jazz/pop ensemble
in Japan, he wrote a potpourri of instrumentals titled If
I Had A Ship… (yet to be released) and a vocal
collection which found the name Set
Free.
As we entered
the new century, George reconnected with his first love from many
years before, eventually moving out to Alaska to be with her.
With no apparent end to his inspirations, he continued producing
from his newly-installed studio there amidst the mountains; first
came an ambitious collection of songs christened Passion
Play, offering a rich, expansive musical ride with
a calculated flow of songs laced with spirituality, one’s
love for another, and loony-tune political satire, all delivered
with a fiery honesty and George’s trademark dazzling production.
And now most
recently, a pet project shelved for decades has at last come alive.
George’s latest release, the
Goddess; songs of the Feminine Divine, combines
in daring new proportions a fusion of World Music, Progressive
Rock, and ambient soundscapes. A technical masterpiece, the
Goddess delivers a profound and diverse musical celebration
of the feminine in the world as we know it, from one of Her biggest
admirers.
George creates
comedic satirical pieces on occasion (thereby eliminating what
would have probably been therapist bills), and also has plans
for yet another project, an experimental venture back into Space
Music involving surround sound.
Links
to excellent ambient radio programming:
Diaspar
Star’s
End
Echoes
Hearts of Space
Musical Starstreams |
