MUSIC AUDITIONS
POP
PENNSYLVANIA, USA
15-04-2025 18:07 GMT
John Arthur Foster
Current Score: ★☆☆☆☆ ☆☆
Biography:
At the age of 7, my love affair with music began. I became a paid professional singer. The local clubs would advertise me as a guest performer with that evening’s house band. We were told we could not have me advertised in that atmosphere, so my parents would sneak me in the back door of the clubs and I continued with my passion…singing. When I was 12, I began fronting my own bands. The beginning of a 14-year successful relationship with my agent and still a good friend, James Pantas. He would tell me where, what time, my contact and I would arrange rehearsals, transportation, etc. This was an area in Central New York that supported over 80 full time rock & roll cover bands. We dubbed it the Liverpool of the West. So, my teen years were spent in bars and fraternity houses learning about life the hard way. In 1974, I moved to the big apple and formed a duo known as Ivory Tower. We played the night club circuit and this led to a position as MC, Host and Entertainment Coordinator in a nightclub called Kelly's Village West. I had a successful run and as a result I was called to audition for a National Broadway Tour. I scored the role and played a belligerent 18-year-old rock star in a show originally done on Broadway called Lemmings. It became the pilot for Saturday Night Live. I began seriously composing songs in 1973 and still have that passion to sing whenever possible. As for writing songs, that love affair will never end!