Projects
I have a lot of interesting musical projects going, the common thread of all of them is that they represent different alternative types of music that I have an interest in, and it is all original music.
Every once in a while its good to play something different, so the different projects keep me busy and interested.
Here’s some of what I am working on now besides the jams on the download page:
Global Affect:
Global Affect is a group consisting of Myself, Kevin Ryan on Bass, Tazz Washington on Drums, TJ Vanderpool on Piano, and Randi Fishenfeld on electric and acoustic Violin. Its unique music but kind of blends pop, classical and jazz. I guess the best way to classify it would be instrumental pop with a strong classical influence, but lots of other influences. We are playing the Clearwater Jazz Festival on oct 13th
This project is very much a world fusion type project, with lots of percussion instruments from all over the world, and some of the best percussionists in the Tampa Bay area. We have Shankhatur Lahiri on Tablas who is an absolute monster, and Raihan Alam on the Dumbek drum who is equally a monster player, plus a lot of other musicians who come in and out. There are a lot of influences blending together here and its a very special group.
This group kind of came about as an outgrowth of the Nada Brahma Band, with Christine Ghezzo leading Shankh and I accompanying her in Kirtan Singing, which is quite popular in most of the US now. It is a call and response where the singer sings a line and the rest of the audience then sings the line back. We play at yoga centers and festivals all over the place.
