The 'V-band Project' is an ongoing, online music creation project which is open to musicians from all over the world. What makes it so incredibly unique is that singer/songwriter and leader of The Syn, Steve Nardelli, wrote music for, funded the world-class recording and production of both the audio and video for, and participated fully (co-lead vocals) in the making of a Syn-style song played and arranged almost entirely by musicians from the band's official Yahoo! Groups fan forum, 14 Hour:
Join the official Syn fan discussion forum at Yahoo! Groups In the future, V-band Project musicians will interpret new or unreleased Steve Nardelli-penned songs together virtually (and sometimes in-person in a professional studio setting like Brett Kull's MM3 Studios in Philadelphia) and have the resulting original music released through Umbrello Records' worldwide music portals. A unique video/film record of the creative process involved in the recording of each V-band song will be made, promoted and distributed worldwide.
Details of the next V-band project and how to be considered for inclusion in it will be released to coincide with the release of The Syn's highly anticipated new CD 'Big Sky' in early 2009. The Syn are: Steve Nardelli, Francis Dunnery, and Tom Brislin with Brett Kull, Paul Ramsey, and Dorie Jackson.
I am so impressed with and excited by how the short for the first V-band project video film has turned out. The full 20 minute film - which includes full interviews with V-band members; the story behind The Syn's V-band project as seen through participants' eyes; and complete footage of the V-band's live performance of "Reasons & Rituals" will be released shortly. For now, get a taste ..ting-edge Umbrello IPTV at:
http://umbrello.tv A huge hand and thank you once again goes out to Steve Nardelli, Brett
Kull and MM3 Studios, Mobius Entertainment, and the rest of the
awesome members of the first 'V-band Project' project:
Kevin Still (Pittsburgh PA)
Kelly Child (Silicon Valley, California)
Cary Clouser (St. Anne's, Canada)
Steve Nicholas (Connecticut)
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Steve Sikes-Nova
Executive Producer
'14 Hour Technicolour Dream: The V-band Project'
on Umbrello TV and Umbrello Records
"An Ongoing Online Happening...Stay Mod and Stay Tuned!"
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And don't forget to download your own FREE .mp3 of The V-band's song "Reasons & Rituals" at the very bottom of the link below:
FREE .mp3 Reasons & Rituals at Umbrello Records "One of the highlights of 2005 was the return of the SYN. The classic
British art-rock band that featured singer-songwriter Steve Nardelli,
late great keyboard icon Andrew Jackman, and both future Yes bassist Chris Squire and guitarist Pete Banks. The SYN arrived during the same era as the 1967 Syd Barrett era Pink Floyd and served as a logical forerunner to the dawn of the progressive rock era of YES. Now in a logical extension of their now classic 2005 Syndestructible comeback CD comes an amazing 2008 track written by SYN vocalist Steve Nardelli entitled 'Reasons And Rituals'. Created as a virtual collaboration with contributions from members of The Syn fan forum. 'Reasons And Rituals' is right up there with the best of Syndestructible. As fans await the upcoming SYN Big Sky album, 'Reasons And Rituals' makes for an excellent snapshot of what's to come."
by Robert Silverstein,
20th Century Guitar Magazine
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