About

My name is Scott Tran: singer, songwriter, violinist, vocalist, guitarist, and pianist. I’ve been singing my whole life and playing violin for nearly 19 years. The first album I ever owned was actually three albums I received for Christmas when I got a CD player in 7th grade: Bush – Sixteen Stone, Stone Temple Pilots – Purple, and Weezer – (the blue album). I suppose if you count cassette tapes then perhaps the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is my first album. I’m not even talking about the movie soundtrack, but the one from the Pizza Hut promotion where they had some kind of world tour. Man, I still wish I had that album, but I digress =P

So other than TMNT, my musical influences are far and varied. Many of my songs influence from bands like Weezer, Ben Folds Five, Coldplay, Radiohead, Death Cab for Cutie, and John Mayer. I’ve written songs for voice and guitar, voice and piano, and even voice and violin. Ultimately, I hope to put together a band to perform and promote my music everywhere.

I moved to New York City in order to pursue singing/songwriting, and I work to continue to develop my craft, musical style, and skill on various instruments. I perform a wide range of styles including classical, pop, blue grass, celtic, traditional liturgical music, and contemporary praise and worship.