The Dance Brigade

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In the late summer of 2007 Jen’s old mate LEE THOMPSON called her up to see if she would be interested in assisting him and his friend KEITH FINCH with a new SKA project. Always up for a challenge Jen of course said she’d give it a try. Two months later Jen hooked up with Keith at his JA13 studio. Keith’s vast library of tunes meant that Jen could pick and choose her favourites, inspired by the beats and production Jen took to writing the lyrics and melodies to quite a few tracks and by Christmas they had six tracks roughly finished, since then the trio have built on their ideas, selecting musicians they believe have the quality and right approach for the task in hand...MEMBERS ARE AS FOLLOWS-----------------------------------LEE THOMPSON (saxophone - vocals) Lee always adds a distinctive sound that only he is known for, Lee also writes and sings and is a highly confident humorous performer. JENNIE MATTHIAS (lead vocals) Jennie was chosen for her ability to perform, write and vocalise those creations; Jen and Lee have known each other since 1981. KEITH FINCH (digital production, musician, vocals) Keith is the bands technical genius, he creates the tracks ready for the rest of the group to add their musical creations, he starts the track and finishes them off in production often adding his keyboard skills. CHICO CHAGAS (keyboards, guitar, accordion) actually Chico plays most instruments really well and its fair to say he is a musical genius with great individual personality, Chico supplies the intricate keyboards and strings. CHALKY (trumpet) is already a friend of Lee’s and has played in many a band with Lee so it was only natural that he join the team, Chalky writes some great riffs and has a passion for playing SKA music. DANIEL BURDETT (guitarist) is a talented guitarist who doubles up vocally, has a knack for coming up with catchy riffs, is a confident performer and has a great singing voice; Dan is the youngest member. DEBRA BARKER, (backing vocals) having helped Keith vocally in the past Deb's was chosen for her vocal reliability and endearing quirkiness, Deb's had been doing vocals for Keith for a few years as she was part of the JA13 package... Together we are THE DANCE BRIGADE---------------EXTENDED MEMBERS----------Outside of the THE DANCE BRIGADE we also have rare appearances on our tracks and these people, although they may appear on our tracks, might not always guest on our live shows. MYSPACE was chosen as a forum to share THE DANCE BRIGADE sound with others. Throughout our myspace journey we have encountered many talented people who have embraced our sound and in doing so have become inspired enough to create logo‘s, short movies, posters, CD covers, often using our tracks as a backdrop for their creations, other people who have assisted us with blogs, let us use their pictures, offered information and ideas, sent lovely comments offering their support…we also see these people as members of THE DANCE BRIGADE - We are growing by the day, feel free to join us and WELCOME to THE DANCE BRIGADE ____________________________________________________________ ________________________________

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