Member Since: 3/30/2007
Band Website: THIS IS IT FOR NOW / TUNE IN LATER
Band Members: Musicians for the "suite" are........Doug Shaffer-vocals and grand piano / Doug Davis-grand piano, organ, vibes, all guitars, harmonies / Dana Bearror-acoustic upright bass / Terry Lonergan-drum kit, and all percussion including the wonderful triangle / Bryan Macy-trumpet / David Honeycutt-french horn / Mazie A Swaszo Derrick-oboe / Lucia Popracova'-1st violin / Wooram Kwon- violin / Matt Chicurel-viola / and Lachezar Kostov-cello
Influences: For this project the influences were more Albums that stood alone as being a "one of a kind" listening experience...............Pet Sounds (Beach Boys) One Year (Colin Blunstone),New York Tendaberry (Laura Nyro) Astral Weeks (Van Morrison) What's Goin On (Marvin Gaye) Smile (Brian Wilson) A Tramp Shining (Richard Harris & Jimmy Webb) The Foriegner Suite (Cat Stevens) Sgt Pepper, and many many other artists who made albums that were more than the sum of thier parts.................................... The idea was to make this sound like it was being played live in a hall and therefore it was important to come up with a consistent musical pallate. As the suite evolved it became obvious that as each song led into the next the consistant sound of each instrument and the listener's ability to visualize the musicians on a stage would be imperative to the success of this concept. All credit goes to Doug Davis who produced and orchestrated this for bringing the vision of this into reality
Sounds Like: Our hope is that while there are many musicians, songwriters, producers, and arrangers who's work has inspired us to try to do something that comes close to being as unique as their work we still hope that we have created something that is unique unto itself and therefore sounds only like itself
Record Label: Unsigned
Type of Label: None