| Van Wampler is not only a singer/songwriter, but he is a filmmaker and photographer. This site highlights some of the University of Colorado student’s talents. |
| Visit IvoryDrive.com , Van’s band website. |
Singer/Songwriter: A savory stew of rock-n-roll, flavored with jazz, blues, new age, and swing, Van Wampler’s songs delight your musical palate. Van creates sing-along ballads (A Second Past Eternity), mellow rock (Tell Me Lovely Girl), foot tapping jazz (Otherwise Pretend), and new age instrumentals (Empathy’s Emotion). His lyrics speak with passion about love, life, tragedy, and hope. Edge of the Eve, and Hard Times reach out to the victims of hurricanes, war, and other disasters, while songs likeTell Me Lovely Girl celebrate the joy of romantic love.
Filmmaker: Van in currently in the Bachelor of Fine Arts film program at the University of Colorado, where he continues to make new films. Some of his newer films can be found on the Video page on this site.
One of Van’s earlier award winning film is Yeah… No, which won the Audience Favorite award, as well as Best Comedy at the 2007 Rocky Mountain Student Film Fest. His film The Quite Depressing Unreliable Story of Erwin Longshanks won the Judge’s Award at the 2006 Aspen Local’s Short Film Fest in 2006. He also wrote the musical score for the student film Anaesthetic which won Best Student Film at the 2006 Aspen Local’s Short Film Fest, and Best Artistic Film at the 2006 Rocky Mountain Student Film Fest
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Thanks for visiting VanWampler.com. You can also listen to every song Van wrote prior to starting Ivory Drive by clicking on the Collected Songs link. |
