Meet the Band

the band : paul : george : jon : mayank

George Hoffman
baritone/countertenor

Photo of George singing. Extreme closup showing only his face. He is holding a microphone and looking up.

photo by Bill Lange

Power. Raw power, vocally, physically, mentally. The scale of George's power defies logic and obviates defense. The power of his mind, of his character, of his being: It is this incredible source of power from whence his tremendous voice is born. Drop your defenses, and it will consume you. Embrace it, and it will push you to a greater state of being. Reach for it, because you want it, because its beauty is so seductive that you know you cannot live without it. That is true power -- that is George.

George can sound like so many different people, make so many different sounds, that even pinning him down to a voice part is difficult. George's rich baritone is the key element of Hookslide's sound. When Jon is needed elsewhere, George drops down into his bass range and provides a rock solid foundation. And when George steps up to sing lead on Hookslide's most vocally demanding songs (Dream On, Disco Inferno), you will feel the power of his voice tear through your bones and melt your heart(Don't You Forget About Me, Try a Little Tenderness). And just when you think you've heard it all, he'll blow you away by nailing the highest lines any Hookslider sings with a screaming, face-peeling countertenor (Signed, Sealed, Delivered).

Hookslide relies on George's power, vocally, physically and mentally. He literally provides power to the band in his role as Hookslide's resident sound engineer. His strong stage presence and personality push the band to excellence and allow no room for excuses.

Raw power. Come experience it at Hookslide's next performance.

Birthday	April 19
Hometown	Woodlynne, NJ
Favorite Musicians	Peter Gabriel, George Michael, Billy Joel
Favorite CDs	Peter Gabriel's Secret World, Rent (Original Cast Recording), ABBA Gold
You may have heard me in	The Cornell Key Elements, the Stanford Harmonics, or in some musical, on either coast, a while ago
Day Job	Engineering R&D Director at PalmSource, Inc.
Hobbies	Videography, metacomputing, sound engineering
Roles within group	Teflon Soloist, Loudest Human Being Ever, Sound Guy