Trent Hancock

About

It’s not uncommon for indie artists to cite The Beatles as primary musical influences--but singer/songwriter Trent Hancock, currently breaking nationally with his solo debut EP Ghostbird, weaves the Fab Four into his back story in several unique ways. Though hailing from thAe west coast, Hancock’s other inspiration for the Ghostbird EP comes from relocating to the raw streets of Brooklyn. The singer was so impressed and inspired from touring in New York City last year that he took the plunge and embarked on a cross-country drive. Hancock began immersing himself into the city’s open mic showcase scene, and on one particular night, he included the dark-themed Beatles’ tune “Happiness Is A Warm Gun” into his acoustic set – only to realize that, unlike in San Diego where everyone wants to hear cover bands, NYC crowds frown on the practice. The crowd’s desire to hear original material inspired Hancock to develop some new songs with a mainstream pop/rock sound, which he would eventually release on the new Ghostbird EP.

Hancock’s love for the Beatles, NYC, and his new material would served him well a few months later after moving to Brooklyn, when he impressed Los Angeles’ producers Mikal Blue (Colbie Caillat, Five For Fighting and OneRepublic) and his partner Andrew Williams (Hope, Angel Taylor, Colbie Caillat and Five For Fighting) with his new music vision. The two producers immediately asked Hancock to fly L.A. to work the singer’s new project. He was excited for the opportunity to work with Williams and Blue, who helmed Colbie Caillait’s double platinum debut Coco.

Hancock has come a long way from his post college days in cover bands in San Diego and his once successful electronic rock duo (also called Ghostbird), along with drummer Mike Cooper. Though Hancock is now turned on to another musical genres and is taking on the solo career by storm, the duo’s name lives on as the title of his current EP. His new EP also secured Hancock to tour in July and August across the U.S. with renowned acoustic soul singer/songwriters Ernie Halter and Tony Lucca, and recently picked up endorsements by Gibson Guitars and Sennheiser USA.

Personnel

Jasmine Commerce: Singer/guitarist/violinist
Marta Zeludova: Violinist

Influences

Jack Johnson, Dave Matthews, Bob Marley, Beatles, Ben Harper, Ray Lamontagne, Train, Jason Mraz, John Mayer, Coldplay, Maroon 5, Sublime, Tom Petty, Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, John Mayer.

What to Expect

Typical Gig Duration: 30 - 240 minutes

Expect to be thoroughly entertained, and have your expectations exceeded.

Stage/Setup Requirements:
Power Source

Additional Notes:
For gigs within driving distance from San Diego I will provide all necessary equipment (PA, mic stand, cables, etc). For gigs outside of the area I will need:
- A PA system with one XLR input and one 1/4'' input
- One vocal Mic stand

Set/Song/Sequence List:
SONG LIST

#
3 Doors Down – Here Without You
311 - All Mixed Up
311 – Amber
311 – Beautiful Disaster
4 Non Blonds – What’s Up
A ha – Take on Me

Here Without You, 3 Doors Down
All Mixed Up, 311
Amber, 311
Beautiful Disaster, 311
What's Up, 4 Non Blonds
Take on Me, A ha
Make You Feel My Love, Adele
Arms of A Woman, Amos Lee
Sweet Pea, Amos Lee
Back to Black, Amy Winehouse
Valerie, Amy Winehouse
Big Jet Plane, Angus and Julia Stone
Be Yourself, Audioslave
I Am The Highway, Audioslave
Like A Stone, Audioslave
The Funeral, Band Of Horses
No Ones Gonna Love You, Band Of Horses
Tighten Up, The Black Keys
Brick, Ben Folds Five
Comedown, Bush
Glycerine, Bush
8 Days a Week, Beatles
Across the Universe, Beatles
A Hard Days Night, Beatles
All My Loving, Beatles
All You Need Is Love, Beatles
And I Love Her, Beatles
Day Tripper, Beatles
Dont Let Me Down, Beatles
Eleanor Rigby, Beatles
Get Back, Beatles
Happiness Is A Warm Gun, Beatles
Hello Goodbye, Beatles
Here Comes the Sun, Beatles
Hey Jude, Beatles
I Will, Beatles
I'm So Tired, Beatles
In My Life, Beatles
Beatles – I Want to Hold Your Hand
Beatles - Julia
Beatles - Lady Madonna
Beatles - Let it Be
Beatles - Lucy In the Sky
Beatles - Michelle
Beatles - Norwegian Wood
Beatles - Ob La Di
Beatles - Oh Darlin
Beatles - Rocky Raccoon
Beatles - Sexy Sadie
Beatles - She Came In Through The Bathroom Window
Beatles - Something
Beatles - Ticket To Ride
Beatles - When I'm Sixty Four
Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Beatles - With A Little Help From My Friends
Beatles - Yellow Submarine
Beatles - Yesterday
Beatles - You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
Beck – Loser
Beck – Where its at
Better Than Ezra – Good
Better Than Ezra – At The Stars
Better Than Ezra – Desperately Wanting
The Beautiful Girls – Freedom
Bill Withers – Use Me
Bill Withers - Lean On Me
Billy Joel – Piano Man
Billy Joel – You May Be Right
Billy Joel - Vienna
Billy Joel - Movin Out
Billy Joel - Scenes From An Italian Restaurant
Butthole Surfers – Avalanche
Blind Mellon – No Rain
Blackstreet – No Diggity
Blues Traveler – The Hook
Blur – Song 2
Bob Marley - Is This Love
Bob Marley - No Woman No Cry
Bob Marley – Medley
Bob Marley – Hit Me With Music
Bob Marley - 3 Little Birds
Bob Marley - Redemption Song
Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone
Bob Dylan - Knockin On Heavens Door
Bob Dylan - Tangels Up In Blue
Bob Dylan - Don't Think Twice It's Alright
Bob Dylan - Lay Lady Lay
Bon Iver - Skinny Love
Bonnie Rait - Angel From Montgomery
Bruno Mars - Marry You
Bruno Mars - Just the Way You Are
Bruce Springsteen - I'm On Fire

C
Cars – Just What I Needed
Cake – Frank Sinatra
Cake – The Distance
Cake – Friend is a Four Letter Word
Cake – Never There
Cake – Mexico
Cake – Guitar
Cake – Sheep Go To Heaven
Cake – Let Me Go
Cake – Mr. Mastodon Farm
City and Colour - The Girl
Chris Isaak - Wicked Game
Coconut Records - West Coast
Cold War Kids – Hang me up to Dry
Cold War Kids – We Used To Vacation
Cold War Kids – St John
Counting Crows – Mr. Jones
Counting Crows – Round Here
Counting Crows – Hangin Around
Counting Crows – Holiday in Spain
Counting Crows – Raining in Baltimore
Coldplay – In My Place
Coldplay – Yellow
Coldplay - Green Eyes
Coldplay - Fix you
Coldplay - Clocks
Coldplay - Paradise
Coldplay - The Scientist
Coldplay - Viva La Vida
Creedence - Bad Moon Rising
Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over
Cure – Just Like Heaven
Cure - Friday I'm In Love
Cure - In Between Days

D
Damien Rice – Blowers Daughter
Damien Rice - Cannon Ball
Dave Matthews – Crash
Deftones – Shut up and Drive
Death Cab For Cutie – Follow You Into the Dark
Dashboard Confessional – Screaming Infidelities
Dashboard Confessional – The Brilliant Dance
Dashboard Confessional – The Best Deceptions
David Bowie - Life On Mars
David Bowie - Space Oddity
David Gray - Babylon
David Gray - Please Forgive Me
David Gray - Sail Away
David Gray - This Years Love
Deon – Runaround Sue
Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence
Dispatch – The General
Dispatch – Two Coins
Dispatch – Flying Horses
Dispatch – Open Up
Dispatch – Out Loud
Dispatch – Bang Bang
Dispatch – Here We Go
Dispatch – Carry You
Dispatch – Headlights
Dispatch – Railway
Dishwalla - Counting Blue Cars
Doors - Alabama Song
Doors - Light My Fire
Doors - People Are Strange


E
Edwin McCain – I'll Be
Eddie Vedder - Big Hard Sun
Elton John – Rocketman
Elton John - Your Song
Elton John - Tiny Dancer
Edward Sharp and The Magnetic Zeros - Home
Eagles – Hotel California
Eric Clapton – Tears in Heaven
Eric Clapton - Layla
Everclear – Santa Monica
Everclear – Everything to Everyone
Everclear – I Will Buy You A New Life
Everclear – You Make Me Feel Like a Whore
Eve 6 – Inside Out
Eagle-eye Cherry – Save Tonight
Eazy E – Boyz in tha Hood

F
Flaming Lips – She Don't Use Jelly
Fall Out Boy – Sugar We're Going Down
Foo Fighters – Everlong
Filter – Take a Picture
Fuel – Shimmer
Fuel – Hemorrhage (In My Hands)
The Fray – Look After You
The Fray – Cablecar
Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks
Frank Sinatra - The Way You Look Tonight
Frank Sinatra - Fly Me To The Moon
Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
Fun - We are Young

G
Garth Brooks - Friends in Low Places
Green Day – Time of you life
Green Day – Basket Case
Goo Goo Dolls – Slide
Goo Goo Dolls - Iris
Gavin DeGraw – Follow Through
Gavin Degraw – Chariot
Gavin Degraw – Crush
Glen Hansard - Falling Slowly
Gin Blossoms – Hey Jealousy
Gin Blossoms - Follow You Down
Gin Blossoms - Found Out About You
Graham Nash - Be Yourself
Grateful Dead - Scarlet Begonias
Guster – Two Points for Honesty
Guster – Either Way
Guster – I spy
Guster - Happier
Guster - Careful
Gomez – Get Myself Arrested
Gotye - Somebody I used To Know
Gnarls Barkley - Crazy

H
Hall and Oats - I Can't Go For That
Hank Williams - Hey Good Looking
Hank Williams - Cold Cold Heart
Hootie and the Blowfish - Hold My Hand
Hootie and the Blowfish - Only Wanna Be With You
Howie Day - Collide

I
Incubus - Anna Molly
Incubus - Dig
Incubus - Here in my Room
Incubus - Love Hurts
Incubus - Promises Promises
Incubus - Warning
Incubus – The Warmth
Incubus – Wish You Were Here
Incubus – Drive
Incubus – Stellar
Incubus – I Miss You
Incubus – Pardon Me
Iron and Wine - Each Coming Night
Iron and Wine - Naked as We Came
Iron and Wine - Passing Afternoon
Iron and Wine - Trapeze Swinger

J
Jack Johnson - Better Together
Jack Johnson - Gone
Jack Johnson - Do You Remember
Jack Johnson – Flake
Jack Johnson – Bubble Toes
Jack Johnson – Taylor
Jack Johnson – Brushfire Fairytales
Jack Johnson – Poster
Jack Johnson – Sexy Plexi
Jack Johnson – Fortunate Fool
Jack Johnson – F Stop Blues
Jack Johnson – Traffic In The Sky
James Taylor – Something in the way she moves
James Taylor - Fire and Rain
Jason Mraz – You And I Both
Jason Mraz – After an Afternoon
Jason Mraz – Halfway Home
Jason Mraz – Lucky
Jason Mraz – Im yours
Jeff Buckley - Last Goodbye
Jeff Buckley - Lover You Should Have Come Over
Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
Jim Croce - Leroy Brown
Jimmy Buffet – Pirate Looks at 40
Jimmy Eat World - May Angels Lead you In
Jimmy Eat World - Sweetness
Joni Mitchell - River
John Denver - Country Roads
John Legend - Stay With You
John Lennon - Watching the Wheels
John Lennon - Imagine
John Mayer – Body is a Wonderland
John Mayer – Say what you mean to say
John Mayer - Slow Dancing In A Burning Room
John Mayer - I Dont Trust Myself
Johnny Cash – Long Black Veil

K
Kenny Loggins - Dannys Song
Kid Cudi - Pursuit of Happiness
Killers - All These Things That I Have Done
Killers - Human
Killers - Mr. Brighside
Killers - Read My Mind
Killers - When You Were Young
Kings of Leon - Closer
Kings of Leon - Four Kicks
Kings of Leon - I want You
Kings of Leon - Molly's Chambers
Kings of Leon - Notion
Kings of Leon - Sex on Fire
Kings of Leon - Use Somebody

L
La Roux - Bulletproof
Lady Gaga - Pokerface
Led Zeppelin - Dyer Makr
Lifehouse - You and Me
Lionel Richie - Hello
Lit – My Own Worst Enemy
Live – Lightning Crashes
Lumineers - Ho Hey
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Simple Man
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama

M
Manu Chao - Bongo Bong
Manu Chao - Desaparecido
Manu Chao -Me Gustas Tu
Marcy Playground – Sex and Candy
Marc Cohn – Walkin In Memphis
Mason Jennings – Butterfly
Mason Jennings – Birds Flying Away
Mason Jennings – Darkness Between Fireflies
Mason Jennings - Confidant
Maroon 5 – She Will Be Loved
Maroon 5 – Sunday Morning
Maroon 5 – Secret
Maroon 5 – This Love
Maroon 5 - Payphone
Maroon 5 - Moves Like Jagger
Matchbox 20 – Unwell
Matchbox 20 – 3 am
Matchbox 20 – Push
Matchbox 20 – Long Day
Men At Work - Down Under
Metallica - Nothin Else Matters
Mgmt - Time To Pretend
Mgmt - Kids
Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
Mike Snow - Animal
Modern English - Melt With You
Modest Mouse - Float On
Muse - Starlight
Muse - Time Is Running Out
Mumford and Sons - I Will Wait
Mumford and Sons - Little Lion Man
Mumford and Sons - Sign No More


N
Nena - 99 Red Balloons
Neil Young – Heart of Gold
Neil Young - Old Man
Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit
Nirvana – My Girl
Nirvana - About A Girl
Nirvana - Heart Shaped Box
Nirvana - Lithium
Nirvana - Polly
Nirvana - Come as You Are
Neon Trees - Animal
New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle
No Doubt - Sunday Morning
No Doubt - Dont Speak
No Doubt - Spiderwebs

O
OAR - Heaven
Oasis – Wonderwall
Oasis – Champaign Supernova
Oasis – Don't Look Back in Anger
Oasis – Cast No Shadow
Oasis - She's Electric
Our Lady Peace – 4am
One Republic – Stop and Stare
One Republic - Apologize
Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel
Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train
Outkast - Hey Ya

P
Parachute - She Is Love
Patty Griffen – Forgiveness
Paulo Nutini – Let me Hold You
Paul Simon - Call Me Al
Paul Simon - Me and Julio
Pete Bjorn and John - Young Folks
Pearl Jam - Daughter
Peral Jam - Black
Postal Service – Such Great Heights
Postal Service – District Sleeps Alone
Postal Service – Sleeping In
Postal Service – Brand New Colony
Postal Service – Nothing Better
Portugal The Man - So American
Phoenix - 1901
Placebo - Every Me and Every You
Pixies – Where is My Mind
Presidents of the USA – Lump
Presidents of the USA – Peaches
Proclaimers - 500 Miles
Phish – Farmhouse
Phish – Dirt
Plain White T's – Delilah

Q
Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
Queens of the Stone Age - Make it Witchu'
Queens of the Stone Age - No One Knows

R
Ray Lamontagne - Beg Steal Or Borrow
Ray Lamontagne - Hold You In My Arms
Ray Lamontagne - Jolene
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Dani California
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Scar Tissue
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Road Trippin
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Under The Bridge
Red Hot Chili Peppers – My Friends
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Snow (Hey Oh)
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Soul to Squeeze
R. Kelly – Ignition
Radiohead – High and Dry
Radiohead – Fake Plastice Trees
Radiohead – Creep
Radiohead - Karma Police
Radiohead - Just
Reel Big Fish – Sell Out
Reel Big Fish - Beer
Rem - Man on the Moon
Rocky Votolato – The Rain Will Come
Rocky Votolato – Portland is Leaving
Rocky Votolato – Makers
Rod Stewart - Maggie
Rolling Stones - Angie
Rolling Stones - Beast of Burden
Rolling Stones - Dead Flowers
Rolling Stones - Wild Horses
Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get
Roy Orbison - Cryin
Roy Orbison - You Got It
Ryan Adams - Stars Go Blue


S
Sam Cook – Cupid
Scissor Sisters – Take Your Mama Out
Semisonic – Closing Time
Semisonic – DND
Sheryl Crow - If it Makes You Happy
Sheryl Crow - Strong Enough
Shins - New Slang
Simon and Garfunkle - The Boxer
Smashing Pumpkins – Disarm
Smashing Pumpkins - 1979
Smokey Robinson – Tracks of my Tears
Snow Patrol – Chasing Cars
Soft Cell - Tainted Love
Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
Spin Doctors – Two Princes
Spiral Staircase - More Today Than Yesterday
Steve Miller Band – The Joker
Stone Temple Pilots – Plush
Stone Temple Pilots – Vasoline
Stone Temple Pilots – Big

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