Todd began singing and playing piano at age 5, wrote his first songs and taught himself to play guitar at age 12; sang with various choirs and youth groups including pop, madrigal, opera, and jazz; has performed with numerous bands singing lead vocals and playing whatever instrument the band of the moment requires (acoustic and electric guitars, bass guitar, keyboards, percussion, etc.) for crowds as large as 50,000; has written more than 150 songs and has been self-producing his own recordings & albums since childhood.

Todd currently performs & records with his band, Burning Peace, and has hosted live music events at Walden's Coffeehouse since 2002. During his tenure, Walden's has won local press awards (via public vote) for "Best Open Mic" and "Best Live Music". More importantly, Todd and other local musicians have created a home at Walden's for Reno's thriving music community, especially a great pool of independent and highly skilled singer-songwriters and original bands.

Song samples are available on MySpace:

http://www.myspace.com/burningpeace

http://www.myspace.com/toddsouth