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Jeremey Poparad

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About Me

Jeremey is an Akron area guitarist and bassist who performs regularly with jazz, rock, and fusion groups. He graduated in the spring of 2006 from the University of Akron with Bachelor of Arts degrees in Jazz Studies and Music Composition. Jeremey suffers from a rare condition that prevents him from referring to himself in the first person when writing autobiographical information. He is currently performing regularly and has recently finished recording a full length album of original music. For info on how to purchase a copy of "Passage," click here .
Jeremey is available for performances, recording, teaching, composing, and transcribing. To contact him, send a Myspace message, e-mail at jeremey(at)poparad(dot)com, or call at 330-690-4190.
Jeremey can currently be seen performing with the following groups: Jeremey Poparad Group, Paul Stranahan’s Insomnia, Maid Myriad, Apogee, and Transportation Boulevard, and NOJO (The Northern Ohio Jazz Orchestra). For more info on each group, visit their respective Myspage pages, which can be found below in the ’top friends’ listing.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/27/2006
Band Website: poparad.com
Band Members: On "Come Together," "Morning Bell," and "Paranoid Android:"
Jeremey Poparad - Guitar
Alan Gleghorn - Bass
Paul Stranahan - Drums
On the "Passage" album:
Jeremey Poparad - Guitar, Bass on "Traken"
Bryan Thomas - Bass
Paul Stranahan - Drums
Chris Herald - Alto Sax on "Traken"
Pat Wagner - Drums and Percussion on "Traken"
Personnel for performances will vary.
Influences: Ben Monder, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Brad Mehldau, Jonathan Kreisberg, Bill Frisell, Pete McCann
Sounds Like: Differential equations and a bowl of cinnamon oatmeal.
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

The album is finished!

After three months of intensive recording, editing, mixing, and so on, my CD is finally done!  This is my first album of my own, original compositions, and it's been quite a learning experience f...
Posted by Jeremey Poparad on Sat, 23 Jun 2007 12:21:00 PST

New recordings posted

On Monday, January 8th, I did a recording session for a few original tunes of mine.  I plan on going back into the studio record an album of these songs in a few weeks, so for now here are some d...
Posted by Jeremey Poparad on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 11:27:00 PST