搖滾歌手Val Emmich，1979年出生于美國新澤西州，有意大利、俄羅斯和德國等多國血統，愛好體育足球，但是由于15歲的時候被確診為萊姆病Lyme Disease（由跳蚤引起的慢性炎癥，會影響關節和心臟，不能做劇烈運動），因而轉向了音樂，他自高中畢業后就開始寫歌，從魯特格斯大學畢業后，他全心投入音樂創作中，在2001年夏在沒有和任何唱片公司簽約之下，獨立發行了自己第一張EP《The 15-Minute Relationship》，后與音樂制作人Wayne Dorell合作，在2003年3月推出了第一張唱片《Slow Down Kid》。之后，他加入了Sony Music旗下的Red Ink label唱片公司并在04年10月重新發行了《Slow Down Kid》的完整版, 之后相繼發行了《Sunlight Searchparty 》(2006)，《Songs, Volume 1: Woodstock》 (2007)，《Little Daggers》 (2008)[。除了音樂外，他也出演過一些電視劇和電影。 如《丑女貝蒂》第三季,《30 rock》（我為喜劇狂），《女人幫》，并在08年夏主演了電影《Fighting Fish》. 他的音樂風格受 Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Pearl Jam, The Beatles, Wilco, Björk, Radiohead, R.E.M., Bright Eyes等影響，我覺得還是很好聽的，大家可以上他的官網和space去了解下~ Space： myspace/valemmich ：valemmich/ Rock singer/songwriter Val Emmich was raised in Manalapan, NJ, and took up the guitar after he was diagnosed with Lyme Disease at the age of 15 and was forced to curtail his physical activities. Soon, he was writing his own songs. He attended Rutgers University, and after graduating turned to music full-time, releasing his first EP, The 15-Minute Relationship, in the summer of 2001 without the benefit of a record contract. He then turned to producer Wayne Dorell (who has worked with Tonic, Yo La Tengo, and Pavement), to help with his first full-length disc. Enlisting guitarist Anthony Bianco and drummer Eric Micali, they recorded Slow Down Kid, issued by Childlike Records in March 2003. With that, Emmich hired a publicist and shot a video for the track "Privacy Attracts a Crowd" that earned airplay on MTV2, and eventually he became the first unsigned artist ever to appear on MTV's Total Request Live. Naturally, he didn't remain unsigned for long, joining the Red Ink label, which had distribution through the Epic Records imprint of Sony Music. With that, he went back into the studio to make a refurbished version of Slow Down Kid. He kept six songs (with new overdubs on some), added four new ones, and got a new mix by Tom Lord-Alge for the Red Ink version of Slow Down Kid that was released in October 2004.