Nth Degree


About :: Michael Sheppard

I was born in august 1984 and it is fair to say that nothing really interesting happened for a few years. I have loved music ever since we were first introduced at an early age. I distinctly remember making a basic stringed instrument out of fishing line and a couple pieces of wood in kindergarten and thinking it was the best thing since sherbert lollypops. That sophisticated invention of mine, unfortunately, is the only stringed instrument I have ever been able to play. For secondary instruments, I am a proficient recorder player and pianist (and i love them both), but I am a lousy trumpet player. My primary and most favoured instrument is voice, which I constantly aim to improve by way of practice and by receiving lessons. Without providing an exhaustive list, the vocalists who have most influenced me are: James LaBrie (Dream Theater), Andrea Bocelli and Neal Morse (ex Spock's Beard and Transatlantic).

in real life, I study law and business at the Queensland University of Technology, read a lot of books, enjoy sports and being with friends, drink too much tea and red wine, desire to travel, and love it when it rains.