Wally Pleasant : Live @ TEDxLansingEd

Wally Pleasant was born Wallace Martin Bullard in Detroit, Michigan. Wally began performing under the Wally Pleasant pseudonym while at Michigan State University in the late 1980's. Wally released his full length cd, Songs About Stuff, in 1992 and soon after he began touring all over the United States. During this period Wally charted nationally on the College Music Journal and Gavin College music charts, reaching as high as #35. Wally has been featured in Billboard Magazine and The Wall Street Journal. Wally's music has been featured on the syndicated NPR show Car Talk, and on Dr. Demento. Wally's style is quite original, touching on topics that may not have been covered in song before, with titles such as Stupid Day Job, Denny's at 4:00 am, and She's In Love With A Geek.Wally Pleasant's discography currently includes six albums: Songs About Stuff, Welcome To Pleasantville, Houses Of The Holy Moly, Wally World, Hoedown, and Music For Nerds And Perverts. In recent years he was involved with coordinating a local benefit concert to help raise funds for families dealing with economic hardships. He also recorded the audio for an animated kid's song called the Dinosaur Alphabet, which is approaching one million views on YouTube. In 2010 Wally won a Michigan Emmy Award in the category "Best Commercial" for the music he contributed to an ad campaign for Biggby Coffee.Today, Wally lives in Mid Michigan, where he is married with two kids. Wally continues to write and is looking forward to wrapping up material for his long awaited seventh full length album.

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