Jonny Gill, Bobby Blue Bland, George Benson, Michael Henderson, Tyrese are some of the names that come to mind when some are asked to discribe this music. It features blends of piano and orchestra sounds with bright horns and smoothe bass glides with a tempo driving bass drum. Raspy vocals takes you into a world of traditonal soulful R&B, Jazzy mixtures of situational and emotional lyrics in each song while instrumental offerings set the mood for what needs to take place at that time, whether it be dance or love. " Fresh …..", " New sound cut from an old cloth ….", " Inovative and full of life experiences ….." are just a few of the words which describes Michael Egleton.He has a simple yet mature sound to his craft. Nothing complicated, just a to the point in your ear type of sound thats refreshing in today's music. It seems to touch life in a different way. Over the years he has been honing and developing his talent to expand into Jazz, R&B, and Soul categories.
Some of his idols include, the great Stevie Wonder, The Clark Sisters, George Duke, Michael Henderson, George Haynes of St.Louise, Barry White and many more has had a great influence on his sound and his approach to music. He sings and plays to life situations which is what gives his music it's soul and sounds of realness.He has released two CDs without the aid or backing of major studios.The first being, Baby Baby Baby and the second, his current offering, Thats Alright. The Baby Baby Baby CD has had the pleasure of placing some of it's songs in the number position of the Akron/ Cleveland area charts for Reverb Nation. The new CD, Thats Alright is making a slow but steady rise up the same charts and is currently number 2 in the Blues, Jazz & Soul categories in the Akron area, of the same charts while increasing his fan base tremedously. Michael Egleton, Different, Soulful, Innovative, with an old soul sound is eager to experience the next level of success and make his mark on the music playing field.