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sean bray
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Jazz Guitarist, Sean Bray has been described as 'fluid', 'rhythmic' and 'progressive'. Bray has three CD's to his credit entitled 'Another Point of View', 'Strategy' and his latest 'Tunes' and has recorded several others as a sideman. His recordings received wide acclaim from critics, peers and fans alike.
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"This One's a Peach" is a real change of musical direction for me. I've been interested in many forms of music and felt this new rootsier sound for a lack of a better term, really reflects where my heads at as of late. Learning to play the mandolin over the last year or so has been a blast along with playing my acoustic guitar a lot more while always keeping my Tele and Strat within close reach at all times has enabled me to compose in a different way. Having a studio in my home has been a real songwriter's dream because I can record a song whenever I wish and hear it back immediately which is a valuable tool for a composer.
I plan on putting a band together to play this new music of mine and playing live again. I've been busy the last year and a half composing music for the visual medium (film and television) which has been a lot of fun and a real learning experience and one that I continue to pursue but I do miss playing my guitar for an audience. Look for my new band to be playing out really soon.
I hope you enjoy the new music.
biography:
"This One's a Peach" is a real change of musical direction for me. I've been interested in many forms of music and felt this new rootsier sound for a lack of a better term, really reflects where my heads at as of late. Learning to play the mandolin over the last year or so has been a blast along with playing my acoustic guitar a lot more while always keeping my Tele and Strat within close reach at all times has enabled me to compose in a different way. Having a studio in my home has been a real songwriter's dream because I can record a song whenever I wish and hear it back immediately which is a valuable tool for a composer.
I plan on putting a band together to play this new music of mine and playing live again. I've been busy the last year and a half composing music for the visual medium (film and television) which has been a lot of fun and a real learning experience and one that I continue to pursue but I do miss playing my guitar for an audience. Look for my new band to be playing out really soon.
I hope you enjoy the new music.
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Vocalist,
Songwriter:
A few short years ago, guitarist and songwriter Joyce Cooling took a good, hard look at her life. Glued to the TV like the rest of us, Cooling remembers the days after 9/11 and found her perspective on life jolted. "I asked myself," she recalls, "Is what Iím doing as a musician meaningful?" After lengthy, ardent talks with her long-time collaborator and partner Jay Wagner about a potential life without a career in music, Cooling proclaimed, "I don't know about you, but this girl's got to play."
Cooling has always wanted to make music.
Growing up in New Jersey and New York, she absorbed a wide variety of music and amassed a huge record collection. "My collection contains Ornette Coleman, João Bosco, and Bill Evans, but it also includes James Brown, Maurice Ravel, Jimi Hendrix, Abbey Lincoln and Aerosmith as well music from all over the world," she notes. "I like R&B. I like folk. I like heavy metal and headbanger stuff. I like punk. I like rap. I just like good music. There are no boundaries with me."
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