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Gooding
Biography
Multi-instrumentalist and studio wunderkind Gooding's unique mixing of funk, jazz, rock, neo-classical, and electronic elements established him as one of the more adventurous artists of the early 21st century. Growing up in Ann Arbor, MI, and educating himself with a Kiss fixation and his parents' extensive music collection, Gooding was already tinkering with his craft with a drum set at the age of four. By seventh grade, his family had relocated to Wichita, KS, and 12-year-old Gooding had met up with classmate Jesse Reichenberger, with whom he would go on to perform hundreds of shows over the following years. By the age of 13, Gooding was making his first recordings and garnering local attention as a guitar prodigy. His first cassette release, City Lights, arrived in 1989 and moved an unheard sum of 150 copies at his high school. His follow-up, Perspective Views, did even better. After being featured in a national guitar magazine, Gooding sold his talents as a guitar instructor and saved up enough money to purchase an eight-track recorder and mixing board, soon founding Sixth Sense Studios. By 1993, Gooding had moved on to college in Lawrence, KS, and was performing in numerous funk, reggae, and blues jam bands, releasing the first of three albums with Reichenberger and MC Chief Justice under the moniker of Safety Orange, as well as finishing his own Winter's Return.
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