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UMBRA ... a recording artist typically hired as a studio musician, or a sideman for "all original" music projects.
Check out Umbras site (www.umbramusic.com), and request his demo CD - a compilation of work in the studio on various projects by RealEyes, Gently Viscous, Area Gray, King Crow and with bassist Jeff Dembiak ... and also check out his original work there as well.
UMBRA BIO:
Formerly the keyboardist for the bands RealEyes, Uncle Salty and Shaman. Having had exceptional music industry experiences over the past 30 years as a musician, and in the "production" arena. Greg has worked as a lighting designer, and production manager, for concerts/festivals, TV sports and major corporate events. He has toured worldwide with platinum selling, grammy winning artists, (Boyz II Men, Journey, Hootie and the Blowfish, Spin Doctors, Al DiMeola, George Clinton and P-Funk, Erika Badu, Bela Fleck and The Flecktones, John Hiatt), beginning as a lighting crew member, and later as a lighting director.
Today, Greg is president of GPS, Inc. (www.gpsincorporated.com), an event and production management company, and GABWorx, llc. (www.gabworx.com), an artist management company. As of 2007, Greg has semi-retired from touring, and now focuses much of his business life working in production, writing and performing original music, and locally in the concert and festival industry. Greg also works frequently as a "high steel" arena rigger for the International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employees in the NY/NJ/PA markets.
As an artist himself, Greg has been on an expedition of conceptual exploration for more than 3 decades. He has released four self-published books of poetry, two of which contain his original photography. Five projects of recorded music ... two with the band RealEyes, one which included a book of poetry (drawings by Paul Zdepski), and additionally, Greg released two self-produced music releases as Umbra in the early 1990's. The December 2006 release of "In Your Hands...", Gregs most ambitious Umbra release, is his fifth recording project ... containing a booklet and a music project, adding to this artists resume'.
Greg is Umbra, as a solo artist, but don't be surprised if some Umbra music might spin off into the musical landscape, and take a new shape and form in some other project Greg may be involved in. Track movements of Umbra through WWW.GABWORX.COM and WWW.UMBRAMUSIC.COM.