A new era, a new sound, a new artist arrives to reclaim the past and
send it into the future.
Venice Maki is a singer/songwriter who delivers stirring songs of love,
loss, and the human condition in a way that recalls the days of musicians
who took chances and played real instruments. Venice is a self-taught
guitarist and piano player who sings with the passion of his experiences.
Born in Zaire and relocated to Bethesda, Maryland, when he was five,
Venice’s life was spent growing up a diplomat’s son. His father was an
embassy administrator. When Maki was 17, he had a life changing moment
-- a choice between becoming a world-class soccer player or a life of
music. He chose music.
Maki moved to Los Angeles to start a journey of learning the craft of
songwriting. After Playing countless shows and honing his skills, Venice
recorded "Surviving the fall," a self-produced/funded album
in 1999. After extensive touring in 2000 and 2001, Venice decided to
bury himself in the art of songwriting for the next four years, resulting
in more than forty songs of passions gone wrong, betrayal, love, and
everyday life. Twelve of those songs now appear on "Which Way Is
Out?," produced by Venice and Travis Allen Childress.
Maki’s attraction to analog recording and live players over the digital
front-end recording process brings together the best of old school techniques
with new world sophistication and efficiency, giving the artist the ability
to add richness to the music while capitalizing on the speed of modern
technology. Venice Maki is a new voice in the sea of music, poised to become
more than just a mere vessel, but an island of purity and grace -- a musical
oasis.
