blues – UMass Lowell Music

Vultures – F20 Blues Ensemble

Faculty, Fall 2020, Students audio, blues, class project, funny, media, small ensemble

A Fall 2020 semester project for the UMass Lowell Blues Ensemble by The Birds of Prey.

The Birds of Prey is:

Arturo Romero – Guitar
Nick Torchio – Vocals
Daniel Jacavanco – Vocals
Cianan Heaney – Bass, Drums
Kevin MacDonald – Guitar

Video Editing – Arturo Romero

Music Mixing and Production – Nick Torchio

Vultures, originally performed and recorded by John Mayer, was written by John Mayer, Steve Jordan and Pino Palladino.

This was a socially distanced project.

UMass Lowell Music has undergraduate programs in:
Composition for New Media
Sound Recording Technology
Music Business
Performance
Music Studies (teaching preparation)

And three graduate degrees in Music Education:
Master of Music Education (Teaching Certification)
Master of Music in Music Education (Research Thesis/Project option)
Master of Music in Music Education (Community Music option)

Check us out at:
https://www.uml.edu/FAHSS/music/

Born Under a Bad Sign – F20 Blues Ensemble

Faculty, Fall 2020, Students 360-degree, audio, blues, class project, media, recording, small ensemble, tiny planets, wormhole

A Fall 2020 semester project for the UMass Lowell Blues Ensemble by Dirty River Blues Band.

Dirty River Blues Band is:

Anthony Adario – Guitar, Keys
Alexis Csicsek – Vocals
Jesse Green – Guitar
Joe Milia – Drums
Caleb Rawlinson – Bari Sax
Spencer Roach – Bass
Evan Smith – Tenor Sax
Rachel Sullivan – Flute
Jackson Winders – Trumpet

Mix Engineer – Anthony Adario
Each performer recorded their own parts; Anthony Adario collected, edited and mixed them.

Video – John Shirley
As an excuse to play with a new “toy” (a 360-degree action camera), John Shirley shot and edited the video. John is the Founding Director of the ensemble, and coordinator of the Composition for New Media program.

This was a socially distanced project, shot completely outdoors and utilizing a green screen and a warped perspective camera making players look much closer together than they were.

Born Under a Bad Sign was recorded and made famous by Albert King. The lyrics are by William Bell and the music by Booker T. Jones (Stax Records bandleader).

UMass Lowell Music has undergraduate programs in:
Composition for New Media
Sound Recording Technology
Music Business
Performance
Music Studies (teaching preparation)

Check us out at:
https://www.uml.edu/FAHSS/music/

Guitar Ensemble Concert at Durgin Hall 12-4-20

Alumni, Faculty, Fall 2020, Students audio, blues, class project, instrumental, jazz, rock

Sal’s Samba (Sal Salvador, 1925-99) arranged by Jon Wheatley.

Players on this track and the rest of the concert were Arturo Romero Ramos, Benjamin Burns, Kalia Casco, Dylan Gagnon, Frankie Marchione, Peter Trainor, Kevin MacDonald, Olin May, Andrew Ouellette, Michael Fetherston, Alex Murphy, Camren Benanti, Anthony Adario, Ryan Gaudette, John Papendorp, Jon Wheatley