 About
the 360s + 1
Driven
by the desire to create harmony from
isolation and chaos, three “sixty -
something” experienced musicians (John,
Dwight, and Christopher)
began meeting socially-distanced in a
local park to keep the live music
flowing during COVID-19. They focused
on “the music we grew up with”
creating an unplugged repertoire of
strong vocal harmonies and instruments
and a following of friends, fellow
musicians and passers-by who delighted
in something good coming as the fires
and virus mania raged on.  Bios
 John
Shinn is a spiritual vocalist
who provides a range from soft to more
energetic spiritual music including original
tunes and spiritualized rewrites and ‘covers’
of appropriate selections from modern and
classic rock, pop and folk genres. His
strummed and finger-picked 6- and 12-string
guitar stylings, singing bowls and chimes and
keyboard interpretations are featured in his
accompaniment. He has been
providing his music to churches, concert
venues, and spiritual centers throughout
northern California as a solo performer and
organizer and member of numerous harmonic
vocal groups for over 30 years. Christopher Johnson
plays jazz piano, composes music, writes
songs, plays guitar and sings. He’s
an accomplished concert piano technician
much in demand in the SF Bay Area.
Christopher is Chair of Contra Costa
Performing Arts Piano Composers Group, and
CCPAS Jazz Piano Artists, and pianist for
the Vivian Perry Quartet and Swingin’
Safari quartet. Dwight Stone
has been making music since the age of 6
when he quit piano lessons and
visualized himself as a composer. For
his 7th birthday, he got his first
guitar, a Martin O17 which he still
owns, nicks and all. Dwight has won numerous awards (Music Teachers' Association of California; LA Jewish Music Commission; US Open Music Competition) for his choral and piano compositions. He now serves as Minister of Music and Worship at Trinity Lutheran Church, Pleasanton. Website: Stonemusique.com  Professional
Bassist and backing vocalist Duane
Campbell has
worked on both coasts and toured
flyover country supporting many
musical styles from country and
bluegrass to rock, blues,
R&B, and jazz. Landing here
with "The 360s", and joining
high school bandmate Christopher
Johnson to provide the
foundation to their acoustic
style.Praise for the 360s "I made a point to listen more acutely to the 360s performance today. I have absolutely no constructive criticism! I can’t even dig deep to find anything wrong, The band is great. You guys do a lot of harmonies and they are just beautiful. I also noticed the perfection of the 360s renditions of the songs you played. Every note, the harmonies, and tempos were right on. A boyfriend I had at one time, who was an accomplished musician, was rehearsing for a performance, and told me how important it was that every note, etc. needed to be exactly as he had performed it in his recordings, because that is what the audience wants and is expecting to hear. If something is different, it throws the audience off and can be disappointing to them. So this is what the 360s have accomplished, your performance of the songs is spot on. I think it’s fine if bands sometimes spin off with their own renditions of known songs, however, in the case of the 360s I think what you’re doing is better, because these are songs that we have loved since we were young and that take us back into that space and time, so if you change the style, something would be mismatched! So enough of my rambling here,
just thank you for offering all
your gifts to the world. You do
a lot to lift us up, which we
all need so much more now than
ever.
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