A fresh recording of a two song live set was posted to the audio player. The music was captured this past Sunday, Nov. 13 at Jamian’s Open Mic, Red Bank, NJ. Both songs will appear on my upcoming LP, so please tell your friends to raise awareness about this music. It is my deeply-held belief that Music—the Arts in general—enriches our lives. I feel funny saying “raise awareness about this music” because you often hear people saying that about charitable causes. However, my love for music and commitment to realizing meaningful compositions runs deep. You can listen here: Audio Player.
Credits:
Adam De Lucia, guitar (live), compositions; and two players who I lovingly call “irreplaceable”: Michael Ghegan, keyboard (live); Jordan Perlson, drums.
There is also some MIDI programming on the tracks to flesh out the shape of the songs that Michael has just started to learn.
In the future, some sets from Jamian’s will be posted and free to download. However, I want to treat Michael fairly by giving him the chance to learn and rehearse these songs before making downloads available to the public. We just had so much fun playing this night that the result was worth sharing with you. Michael is among my favorite keyboardists. He sounds great improvising to my compositions, and Jordan, a “scary” good player, is killing it on the drums. Enough talk from me: go check it out!
Independent Music Awards
Two songs off EP (Deluxe Version) and our Official Band Website have been submitted for a 2011 Independent Music Award. We hope that the comprehensiveness of our Website combined with its clean aesthetic, usable interface—namely its Site Map, breadcrumbs, and footer nav—social media integration, including a Facebook ‘like’ button that adds you to our growing legion of fans (of our Facebook Band page), sharing icons, quick links to our profiles, and a Social Media Hub, which integrates our profiles at Facebook, ReverbNation, All About Jazz, YouTube and iLike at one “home base,” as well as implemented best practices and advanced development techniques (HTML5, AJAX) will attract attention and possibly result in a nomination. “Cycle Plus One” with Chris Tarry as a featured soloist and “Caution (Rise Of The Tyrant)” featuring accompaniment by Michael Ghegan were entered into the IMAs in the Instrumental category. These songs are free to stream in our audio player.
Our submissions were entered by the deadline of Friday, Nov. 11. Judging will take place over the next several weeks, and the results will be announced in late-December or early-January. Stay tuned!