http://www.munite.net/user/rayang.aspx
About the artist: In 1995 RAYANG devoted his life to music. His enthusiasm and love for music inspired RAYANG to write songs and create sounds. In 1996, RAYANG started a 6-month tour through Italy as a street musician. This tour was the best opportunity for RAYANG to learn playing music in front of an audience. After the tour RAYANG founded a band called TIMEHOLE. After the break of the band in 1998 RAYANG started to work with 2 bands as a lead-vocalist, at least for one year. In 1999 RAYANG started his solo project, writing and recording songs in his own little homestudio. 2002 was the year of birth for the band RAYANG, named for him. 2004 after the end of the band RAYANG is working on new songs and sounds. RAYANG is a songwriter,composer, musician. He his autodidact on guitar, vocals, keyboard, bass and computer. experienced live &studio.
Friday, April 29, 2011
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Featured artist - 4/21/11: Congrats to Lindsay D'Anne!
About Lindsay D'Anne: Born an identical gemini twin on the cusp of taurus, grew up in Bel Air, Maryland, and picked up a guitar at the age of 16 when she moved to South Carolina. She began composing and singing her own works, and then took to the stage. Her first performance was a little coffee house in Greenville, SC called Coffee Underground. Influenced by musicians such as Alanis Morissette, Sara MacLochlan, and Jack Johnson, she has come into her own voice and ready to share it with the world! August 2010, Lindsay moved with her wife cross country from Florida to Long Beach, CA in two days. They packed what was most important to them into their little Hyundia, and headed out to the city of deams. Lindsay has been working on her debut acoustic album ComfortZoneReject since 2005, and it will be released in May 2011! Be looking out for ComfortZoneReject, and get ready to be moved! To contact E-Mail: Lindsay_danne@yahoo.com
http://www.munite.net/user/lindsay_danne.aspx
http://www.munite.net/user/lindsay_danne.aspx
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Featured artist - 4/19/11: Congrats to David Phillips aka Master Piano Teacher!
David Phillips is an accomplished concert pianist with an extensive performance and teaching record. His deft interpretations of classical composers such as Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert have garnered him wide acclaim and invitations to appear with notable institutions such as The Dubrovnik Symphony, The London Philharmonic, The San Antonio Symphony, The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and The St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. He also gave a Carnegie Hall debut on February 20, 2007 in New York City. Phillips' mastery of the piano has also been noted by the U.S. Department of State, when its Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs invited him to appear on two tours -- to Armenia and Croatia. On these tours Phillips appeared as a soloist with both the Armenian Philharmonic and the Dubrovnik Symphony, and he led master classes at the Sayat Nova Music Academy and the Zagreb Conservatory. Recently Phillips performed on the Rite of Spring Great Performers Concert series in New York City. He has also given solo recitals at the Old First Concert Series in San Francisco, the Key West Pops Orchestra in Florida, The Donnell Library Concert Series, and the Trinity Concert Series, both in New York City. David Phillips is a graduate of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and New York's Juilliard School. He has studied under the instruction of Daniel and Marilyn Eller, Alfred Brendel, Dady Mehta, Peter Serkin, Arthur Balsam and Jeanne Stark-Lochmanns.
http://www.munite.net/user/MasterPianoTeacher.aspx
http://www.munite.net/user/MasterPianoTeacher.aspx
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Jazz Bassist Christian McBride Talks About His Best Gig Ever
If you haven't heard about the Moth, check out http://www.themoth.org/
Jazz bassist Christian McBride talks about his dream gig with Freddie Hubbard. It's so inspiring! Here's the link to that particular moth.
http://castroller.com/Podcasts/TheMothPodcast/2229228-Christian%20McBride%20The%20Gig
Tell us about your best gig. We'd love to hear from you!
Jazz bassist Christian McBride talks about his dream gig with Freddie Hubbard. It's so inspiring! Here's the link to that particular moth.
http://castroller.com/Podcasts/TheMothPodcast/2229228-Christian%20McBride%20The%20Gig
Tell us about your best gig. We'd love to hear from you!
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
On Grammy-Nominee John Beasley
JOHN BEASLEY
GRAMMY-NOMINEE
PIANIST / COMPOSER / ARRANGER / MUSIC DIRECTOR
“Beasley, the one-time keyboardist for Freddie Hubbard and Miles Davis, reflects a variety of generational influences, incorporating the emphatic chordal clusters of Herbie Hancock, the rhythmic quirkiness of Monk and the lush intelligence of Art Tatum into a highly refined personal voice.” --LA Times
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An original artist with a highly expressive and personal style, John Beasley, a veteran pianist, composer, and arranger, earned a 2011 Grammy nomination for his ninth album Positootly! (Best Jazz Instrumental Album
With a music career spanning three decades, Beasley’s credits reads like a who’s who in the music world. He has performed/recorded with illustrious artists, including Miles Davis, Freddie Hubbard, Thad Jones, Hubert Laws, Dianne Reeves, Jeff “Tain” Watts, Wallace Roney, James Moody, Christian McBride, Kenny Garrett, and Kenny Rankin; took the lead as Music Director for Grammy Award winners Steely Dan, Queen Latifah, Carly Simon (DVD) and AR Rahman’s tours; played on box office hits Wall-E, Shawshank Redemption, Finding Nemo; composed for TV series Star Trek, Cheers and Fame; and arranged music or was Music Director for reality shows American Idol and Search for the next Pussycat Doll, including arranging for Ricky Minor productions and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
His talents are truly multi-dimensional as displayed in his recent projects, namely: arranging for Dianne Reeves’ performance at the Lincoln Center; hosting six concerts with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Disney Center on a series called Jazz meets the Orchestra; arranging Dexter Gordon songs for the Luckman Jazz Orchestra; composing for a feature length documentary; recording a concert DVD with Mike Stern and Lee Ritenour in Japan and A.R. Rahman in South Africa; and performing music from his GRAMMY-nominated CD, Positootly! with his band in the U.S. and Europe.
As a solo recording artist, Beasley’s compositions, arrangements and playing are inventive, explorative and exquisitely realized expanding musical thought, transcending limitations and genres while maintaining his unique and unmistakable style not only in jazz, but blues, classical and world music as well. His nine solo recordings illustrate how adept he is at writing both lyrically, rhythmically and across boundaries.
Performance Links
Positootly! - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1h8LWQReiE
Bedtime Voyage - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCEw_04Ikuc
Steely Dan - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IocHM0n75DI
James Brown Hollywood Bowl - Last Concert 2006 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHp-Zfl9Bas
GRAMMY nomination: Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Positootly! (Resonance Records)
Jeff “Tain” Watts, Bennie Maupin, James Genus,
Brian Lynch, Munyungo Jackson, John Beasley
Positootly! showcases Beasley's original, propulsive, multi-layered compositions from funk and soul to bop, bossa nova, and nuevo tango along with three choice covers.
Jazz Times
John is truly an amazing pianist, imaginative composer, creative improviser and arranger. And with Positootly he created an album that people will look back as one of the first Jazz classic albums of the 21th century.
Jazz Police
One of the most energetic recordings of the past year. “Positootly!” accurately
sums the spirit of this Grammy-nominated disc.
All Music.com 4 ½ stars
“This recording is his finest effort, and stands proudly alongside his previous recording, a fine tribute to Herbie Hancock.”
LaJazz.com
“Positootly! is pure art…fasten your seatbelts…Beasley is masterful on keys.”
GRAMMY-NOMINEE
PIANIST / COMPOSER / ARRANGER / MUSIC DIRECTOR
“Beasley, the one-time keyboardist for Freddie Hubbard and Miles Davis, reflects a variety of generational influences, incorporating the emphatic chordal clusters of Herbie Hancock, the rhythmic quirkiness of Monk and the lush intelligence of Art Tatum into a highly refined personal voice.” --LA Times
***********************************************************************************************************************
An original artist with a highly expressive and personal style, John Beasley, a veteran pianist, composer, and arranger, earned a 2011 Grammy nomination for his ninth album Positootly! (Best Jazz Instrumental Album
With a music career spanning three decades, Beasley’s credits reads like a who’s who in the music world. He has performed/recorded with illustrious artists, including Miles Davis, Freddie Hubbard, Thad Jones, Hubert Laws, Dianne Reeves, Jeff “Tain” Watts, Wallace Roney, James Moody, Christian McBride, Kenny Garrett, and Kenny Rankin; took the lead as Music Director for Grammy Award winners Steely Dan, Queen Latifah, Carly Simon (DVD) and AR Rahman’s tours; played on box office hits Wall-E, Shawshank Redemption, Finding Nemo; composed for TV series Star Trek, Cheers and Fame; and arranged music or was Music Director for reality shows American Idol and Search for the next Pussycat Doll, including arranging for Ricky Minor productions and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
His talents are truly multi-dimensional as displayed in his recent projects, namely: arranging for Dianne Reeves’ performance at the Lincoln Center; hosting six concerts with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Disney Center on a series called Jazz meets the Orchestra; arranging Dexter Gordon songs for the Luckman Jazz Orchestra; composing for a feature length documentary; recording a concert DVD with Mike Stern and Lee Ritenour in Japan and A.R. Rahman in South Africa; and performing music from his GRAMMY-nominated CD, Positootly! with his band in the U.S. and Europe.
As a solo recording artist, Beasley’s compositions, arrangements and playing are inventive, explorative and exquisitely realized expanding musical thought, transcending limitations and genres while maintaining his unique and unmistakable style not only in jazz, but blues, classical and world music as well. His nine solo recordings illustrate how adept he is at writing both lyrically, rhythmically and across boundaries.
Performance Links
Positootly! - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1h8LWQReiE
Bedtime Voyage - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCEw_04Ikuc
Steely Dan - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IocHM0n75DI
James Brown Hollywood Bowl - Last Concert 2006 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHp-Zfl9Bas
GRAMMY nomination: Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Positootly! (Resonance Records)
Jeff “Tain” Watts, Bennie Maupin, James Genus,
Brian Lynch, Munyungo Jackson, John Beasley
Positootly! showcases Beasley's original, propulsive, multi-layered compositions from funk and soul to bop, bossa nova, and nuevo tango along with three choice covers.
Jazz Times
John is truly an amazing pianist, imaginative composer, creative improviser and arranger. And with Positootly he created an album that people will look back as one of the first Jazz classic albums of the 21th century.
Jazz Police
One of the most energetic recordings of the past year. “Positootly!” accurately
sums the spirit of this Grammy-nominated disc.
All Music.com 4 ½ stars
“This recording is his finest effort, and stands proudly alongside his previous recording, a fine tribute to Herbie Hancock.”
LaJazz.com
“Positootly! is pure art…fasten your seatbelts…Beasley is masterful on keys.”
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