Tom Tuerff:  

Life I am now the creative director for a new department at an internet company in Arizona. They needed somebody who could provide catchy headlines and copy, which is something computer people don't do very well. For the previous nine years I wrote and produced advertising for a high-tech B2B ad agency in Phoenix. I used to write infomercials for stuff you didn't need but probably bought anyway. In my spare time I write funny songs that get me gigs in coffeehouses and bars around the Valley. (I have also performed in venues as far away as New Orleans, San Francisco, San Diego, Richmond, VA and Portland, OR.) In 2001 I released my first CD: "Something To Sell At My Gigs." It received amazing response, including airplay on The "Dr. Demento" show, where one song, "First House," was the fifth-most-requested song for 2001, and was #1 on "The Funny Five" the week of 6/3/01. As of 2006, songs from this CD were still popping up on folk-radio and comedy-radio playlists around the country, including a nationally distributed NPR show, "The Midnight Special." Check out my website link for more information on that. In April 2006 I released CD#2! It's called "But Wait...There's More!" and it's available though me or online at vendors like CDBaby. If you want more info about my music, or you want to know where I'm playing next, go to myspace, add a slash and type tomtuerffmusic I am also the host of "Zappa Universe," which airs every Sunday at 6 p.m. Phoenix time on a website called RadioFreePhoenix dot com. I'm married to a belly dancing dynamo named Janice and we have two boys. House, cars, dog, iguana, typical stuff. (Okay, the iguana isn't all that typical. he's 5.5 feet long and really old for an iguana.) If you remember me, write and say hi! I enjoy finding out wha...Expand for more