Milo Turk

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Milo Turk
Birth name	Milo Turk
Genre(s)	Comedy^[1] Powerpop^[2]
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter/Musician, Social worker ^[3]
Years active	1990–present (Came to common knowledge in 2008)^[4]
Website	www.miloturk.com

Milo Turk (born 1969) is a Comedy and Powerpop musician who was first recognized in 2008, when he appeared on the seventh season of American Idol and later the Jimmy Kimmel Show. Most of his notoriety is derived from performing his humorous composition, "No Sex Allowed", at said appearances.

1 Biography/Overview
2 Discography
3 External links
4 References

[edit] Biography/Overview

Turk, according to his website and MySpace.com profile, is a, "songwriter/singer/performer who specializes in songs with messages done in a lighthearted hilarious fashion." His songs include music about promoting abstinence, communication in relationships, reducing gossip and other forms of promoting positivity. He is also known for doing offbeat versions of 80s songs and purposely acting absurd and repetitive in his movements on stage/live.

Turk has performed at various events in the New York City area in the last several years. Most recently, he has performed at Liberty State Park for an audience of 4000 people. He has also performed at the Fringe Festival at Helenas in Philadelphia and hosted and performed at six coffee houses that he produced for a non profit organization.

His website states that he has been a songwriting master, writing potential hit songs since 1990. He studied songwriting and the music business at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, taught by well known producer Marc Dicciani. He has taken vocal lessons in Pop music by world renowned vocal coach Sal Dupree.

He also has a comprehensive and varied working knowledge of record charts, artists and songs in Billboard Magazine and other catalogs. Milo has been described as a cross between Weird Al and William Hung.

Turk is also a Social Worker, as according to a small amount of dialogue recorded between him and the American Idol judges in his 2007 appearance on that program. He is currently 39 years old.

Rumors are that Milo has been working with a top production team on a new version of "No Sex Allowed" which is due for release in May of 2008.