Monte Carlo Method (August 2007 - April 2008)

About Me

After The Pax Romana broke up in mid-2006, keyboardist Matt Sexton went in search of a new musical project. After spending a brief period as producer and sound engineer for Mujabica (a band that had formed from the ashes of The Pax Romana), Matt began working with Fantome, a local prog-gazer band with whom he still plays regularly. It was at this time that Matt met bassist Aaron Sorin through a former bandmate.
From the beginning, "jazz fusion" and "progressive rock" were the words thrown around. Aaron summoned Jason Davis, with whom he had been in bands for years, to play drums. At the time, Jason was drumming for Anything But Stressed, a band that Matt had played keyboards for from mid-2001 to late-2002.
It was on a band retreat to Las Vegas in mid-2007 that the trio met guitarist Aaron Rouby who was just emerging from lifetime devotion to asceticism in search of bright lights and glory.
Together, Monte Carlo Method produces an eclectic mix of jazz-infused progressive rock and crowd-pleasing digestible pop. The band's mantra is "good times, great music, and excess," priding themselves in their love of wine, women and song.
(As a side note: Mike Roffman and Jay Ziegler of The Pax Romana are re-forming The Pax Romana in Chicago in 2008).

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 15/09/2007
Band Members: Aaron "Arock" Sorin - Bass and vocals
Matt Sexton - Keyboards and vocals
Jason Davis - Drums
Aaron "GuitAaron" Rouby - Guitar

Influences: Mahavishnu Orchestra, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Yes, BÃ©la Fleck and the Flecktones, Pink Floyd, Miles Davis, Ben Folds Five, Ego Tree, Jethro Tull, The Killers, David Bowie, Rush, Firehose, Metallica, Bach, They Might Be Giants, The Eagles, Primus, Van Halen, Tool, any others...??
Sounds Like: Mahavishnu Orchestra's reincarnation as a funk band that writes 6-minute pop songs.
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Of Wine and Song

So, it’s no secret that I’ve been preoccupied with finishing this whole home-buying thing; in fact, I’m supposed to be packing right now, but I thought I’d write a quick blog. ...
Posted by on Sun, 06 Apr 2008 07:58:00 GMT

Search for a new drummer

As previously mentioned, a drunken night on my part resulted in the selling of our drummer to a group of traveling wine salesmen for a case of wine worth roughly $170,000. I've apologized before...
Posted by on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:34:00 GMT

Big Daddy’s on a Monday Night!!!

I do believe that was perhaps our best show ever. Big Daddy's is not a bad venue if you're prepared for it. It proved at least one thing to me: Monte Carlo Method can hold it's own and dra...
Posted by on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:48:00 GMT

Monday Nights, Living Fast and Hard

If you've been keeping up with the bulletins and the myspace, you know that Monte Carlo Method is playing Monday night at Big Daddy's. We're opening up for Big Daddy's famous 80's and Indie Danc...
Posted by on Sun, 24 Feb 2008 10:13:00 GMT

Monte Carlo Method Update

GuitAaron came over today and recorded his guitar overdubs. We've decided to release a five song EP next Friday with our current recording configuration. The nice thing about a home studio...
Posted by on Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:36:00 GMT

Update on Recording

Thursday night, Monte Carlo Method polished off the makings of four songs: Vote for Me, Skinny Cigarette, Swagavishnu, and Selfish Rite. What's left now is to do vocal overdubs, guitar solo over...
Posted by on Sun, 20 Jan 2008 07:59:00 GMT

Ante up and put ’em all in...

So what's new with us? First of all, I'd like to thank everyone who has us on their Top Friends lists. Being "Top Friends" may seem like a silly little thing, but it shows me where the fans hear...
Posted by on Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:02:00 GMT

Rockin’ out at Floyd’s

Last night was a blast at Floyd's! Monte Carlo Method was the first band up, followed by The Popheads, The Bluebird Suitcase and Middle Ground. All of our styles were widely varied, but th...
Posted by on Sun, 06 Jan 2008 19:37:00 GMT

T-shirts, Stickers and other Merch

Monte Carlo Method has merch now!!!! To be more accurate, it's more of a merch-on-demand thing with good ol' CafePress. Our CafePress site is: http://www.cafepress.com/montecarloband We've got t...
Posted by on Tue, 01 Jan 2008 18:50:00 GMT

January 5th at Floyd’s Music Store and Other News

So I've posted plenty of bulletins and we've done a bunch of facebook nonsense. Hopefully the other bands have done some promotion, too. For those who haven't heard or aren't tired of me saying ...
Posted by on Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:52:00 GMT