Gray Matter Academy (New EP)

About Me

NEW SONGS ARE UP!

AN 8 SONG EP IS SET TO BE RELEASED IN LATE AUGUST...

NEW BIO, LAYOUT, MERCH COMING SOON...

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 22/06/2006
Band Members: CURRENT

Jamie Paris: Vocals, Songwriting, Guitar, Piano

Andy Gomez: Lead Guitar & Backing Vocals

Micah Malcolm: Drums, Percussion, & Backing Vocals

Will Leahy: Bass & Backing Vocals

Jessie Lee: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Keys

On the EP

Jamie Paris: Vocals, Songwriting, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Piano, Stomps & Claps

Ian Tyler: Production, Engineering, Bass, Organ, Piano, Percussion, Backing Vocals, Stomps & Claps

Charles Henry: Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Lap Steel

Trevor Mayfield: Production, Engineering, Drums, & some Bass

Jessie Lee: Vocals

Additional Group Vocals Provided by:

Cameron Dettman
Andrew Nieto
Joshua Paxton
Micah Malcolm
Andrew Gomez
Robert Gomez
Nicole Giuntini
Jonas Dixon

Influences: The Beatles
Death Cab for Cutie
Bright Eyes
The Strokes
Beck
Radiohead
Jeff Buckley
Weezer
Grandaddy
Kings of Leon
Dr. Dog
David Bowie
Oasis
Pedro The Lion
Jimmy Eat World
Pavement
Nirvana
We Are Scientists
The Honorary Title
Elliott Smith
MGMT
Arcade Fire
Feist
Sounds Like: harmonic, idealistic, hopelessly romantic, lyrically focused, tribal, occasionally historically inaccurate, usually grammatically imperfect, misanthropic EAR SEX
Record Label: None
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Progress Update

So for anyone who is interested here's what's up with the album. The currently untitled debut record that we(Charles, Trevor, Ian, and I) started working on in late December 2007 is abo...
Posted by on Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:18:00 GMT

Musicians/ Music Lovers...

Let's Jam!I've been working on this record since late December.Drilling the same 11 songs over and over again.I really want to just play music with good people. Maybe create something original, or may...
Posted by on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:13:00 GMT

Recording Blog

So here's an update&A few weeks back I got in a car accident. My fault basically. Luckily no one was hurt. The bad part is by the end of the repairs and rentals this whole mess basically cost me over ...
Posted by on Sun, 17 Feb 2008 03:09:00 GMT

Yeah, Im still alive...

So in case you were wondering what I've been up to lately here's the thing&Around June of last year I decided to stop playing shows for a while to take time to work on my first album. After a few week...
Posted by on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 07:27:00 GMT

City Life Article

Freakout! Drop Out City Life ArticleFor far too many downtown cheerleaders, revitalization means picking on the homeless, destroying the all-ages scene, promoting soulless condo dwelling and interpret...
Posted by on Sun, 18 Feb 2007 15:04:00 GMT

Las Vegas Review Journal...

So a few weeks ago there was an article in the review journal listing some local bands and artists to look out for. I was one of them mentioned... below is the link if you care to read.Las Vegas Revie...
Posted by on Sat, 10 Feb 2007 01:11:00 GMT

first and over due entry

So for those of you who care enough to read this, I just wanted to let you know what's been going on with my music and what you can expect in the next few weeks/ months...I've been doing a lot of writ...
Posted by on Sun, 03 Dec 2006 10:35:00 GMT