Influences

R.E.M.,Connells,Toad The Wet Sprocket,Beatles

Bio

Ivan Katz was born in Washington, DC on May 29th 1970. He grew up in Alexandria, Virginia where his parents gave him his first guitar at age 12. A music theory course and many cover bands throughout high school served to strengthen his musical background. While Katz spent much of his time in school writing poems, it wasn’t until he was about 20 that he began putting those words to music. He began writing melodic chord patterns to complement his lyrics, and fused together, they created his own style of eclectic rock/folk-pop music. His first all original band INK was short lived while the next incarnation saw some success with the song “What Would I Say?” featured on WHFS’s local licks. After INK disbanded Katz maintained his solo career playing local bars in Arlington, Alexandria, and Washington, DC. Katz continues to write songs and can be heard performing around the DC area