1. Neal Middleton ~Royal Bliss~

2. Neal Middleton  Lead Singer, Guitarist and Songwriter for popular rock band the Royal Bliss.  Born July 5, 1978 in Salt Lake City, UT.  Skyline High School Salt Lake City, UT.  Attended Salt Lake Community College  Contestant for TV show “The Voice” 2 nd season.  Club owner of “The Royal”, Salt Lake city, UT.

3. Contestant on “The Voice”  Performed “I Heard It Through The Grapevine”. Feb 06, 2012.  Originally a composed Classical by Norman Whitfield (1966). https://www.youtube.com/wa tch?v=MWmdQkjv92I

4.  Formed in 1997 with Neal Middleton and Chris Harding.  Toured Salt Lake area to start building their fan base.  The most unlucky band in Rock.  Formed their own record label “Air Castle Records”. Band Members__  Neal Middleton – Lead Vocals, Guitar, Songwriter and Band founder since1997  Taylor Richards – Guitar since 1997  Jake Smith – Drums since 2009  Dwayne Crawford – Bass since 2010

5. Music________________ Compositional style:  Rock, fast paced with heavy backbeats and loud lyrical passages and distortion on guitars.  Some songs are more subtle and have acoustic guitar and a piano.

6. Compositions “Home” -Royal Bliss https://www.youtube.com /watch?v=h88BXzRZd-o **Listen for  Sentimental lyrics  Acoustic Guitar  harmonization  Call in response “Rock you all night long” -Royal Bliss https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=yX6LH-93KE4 **Listen for  Call and response between guitars.  Distortion on instrumentals (mostly Guitars)  Heavy Beats and Loud Lyrical passages.

7. References______________ 1. "Royal Bliss Interview: Neal Middleton Talks Chasing the Sun, The Voice." Examiner.com. Ed. Rustyn, Rose. AXS Entertainment, 19 Feb. 2014. Web. 09 Apr. 2015. http://www.examiner.com/article/royal-bliss-interview- neal-middleton-talks-chasing-the-sun-the-voice. http://www.examiner.com/article/royal-bliss-interview- neal-middleton-talks-chasing-the-sun-the-voice. 2. Middleton, Neal. "Interview – Neal Middleton of Royal Bliss." Cryptic Rock. Amber Main, 04 Apr. 2014. Web. 11 Apr. 2015.<http://crypticrock.com/interview-neal-middleton-of- royal-bliss/>. 3. "Royal Bliss." - Biography. Billboard, n.d. Web. 11 Apr. 2015.. <http://www.billboard.com/artist/369216/royal- bliss/biography>. 4. Middleton, Neal `. "Facebook Logo." Neal Middleton. Facebook, n.d. Web. 11 Apr. 2015.. <https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009434135 116&fref=ts>. 5. Thanos. "Royal Bliss." Royal Bliss. Grand Rock, 04 Dec. 2014. Web. 11 Apr. 2015..<http://www.grande- rock.com/interviews/royal-bliss>.