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Atmos Trio

Instrumental Jazz and World Music Ensemble

About Me

The Atmos Trio: Rob Michael, Joe Shotwell and Drew Waters are all well rounded, seasoned professional musicians. Having been hiring their services out to other band leaders in a wide array of musical styles for a number of years, it wasn't until 2004 that the Trio decided to pursue their own muse. Combining singable melodies usually found in "pop" music with unexpected harmonic and tonal shifts of moderns jazz, along with World textures, the Atmos Trio is busy carving a unique niche for themselves. Mix these elements with stunning solo and ensemble improvisations and the Trio will take you on a musical journey not soon forgotten.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/1/2005
Band Website: AtmosMusic.com
Band Members: Rob Michael: Nylon and Steel String Acoustic, and Electric guitars. Joe Shotwell: Drum kit, Hand and electronic percussion. Drew Waters: Basses
Influences: Chick Corea, Pat Metheny, Richard Bona, Medeski Martin & Wood, John Scofield, Michael Brecker, Bill Frisell, Weather Report, Tribal Tech, Snoop Dog (...just kidding)
Sounds Like: Music for a new utopian society.
Record Label: Those things are still around?
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

...those were the days...

There was a time (not THAT long ago...) that if you had a cool-sounding cassette tape of your band--you were pretty hot stuff. No need for a website, CD, DVD, Blog, Vlog, MySpace, FaceBook, PodCast, b...
Posted by Atmos Trio on Sat, 10 Nov 2007 04:05:00 PST

Atmos Trio in Bass Player Magazine

For those of you that read Bass Player Magazine--this month's issue features Jaco Pastorius on the cover and specifically details the various musical aspects of his tune "Havona."They make mention of ...
Posted by Atmos Trio on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 11:28:00 PST

THE REAL DEAL...

You can just tell when you're in the presence of authentic, legitimate brilliance. You know: THE REAL DEAL... That's what I saw when I heard Stevie Wonder work his magic the other night: SMOKIN'... Ne...
Posted by Atmos Trio on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:48:00 PST