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Aaron Dugan
Aaron Dugan (born June 20, 1977) is a guitarist, composer and songwriter originally from Philadelphia who resides in Brooklyn. Dugan has performed and recorded with a wide variety of musicians and producers including Roots Tonic, Matisyahu, Trevor Hall (singer), Trevor Hall, Bootsy Collins, Amy Carrigan, John Zorn, Maya DunietzChris Tunkel Mark Guiliana and Bill Laswell. Dugan has clinched two Gold Records as lead guitarist on Matisyahu's ''Live at Stubb's (Matisyahu album), Live at Stubb's'' and ''Youth (Matisyahu album), Youth,'' and has recorded two solo albums featuring his own compositions. Personal life Born June 20, 1977, Dugan grew up in Northeast Philadelphia. Aaron grew up with a father who wrote and played music and was exposed to music and instruments at a young age. At fourteen, Dugan received his first guitar as a birthday present and spent most of his teenage years skateboarding and practicing guitar. In 1992 he moved to Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, Willow Grove, a nor ...
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia ( ), colloquially referred to as Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population, sixth-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 1,603,797 in the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The city is the urban core of the Philadelphia metropolitan area (sometimes called the Delaware Valley), the nation's Metropolitan statistical area, seventh-largest metropolitan area and ninth-largest combined statistical area with 6.245 million residents and 7.379 million residents, respectively. Philadelphia was founded in 1682 by William Penn, an English Americans, English Quakers, Quaker and advocate of Freedom of religion, religious freedom, and served as the capital of the Colonial history of the United States, colonial era Province of Pennsylvania. It then played a historic and vital role during the American Revolution and American Revolutionary ...
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New School For Jazz And Contemporary Music
The School of Jazz and Contemporary Music is a Private university, private music school of The New School in New York City. It is located on 13th Street (Manhattan), West 13th Street in the neighborhood of Greenwich Village. It was once known as The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music. History The School of Jazz and Contemporary Music was founded by David Levy, a former dean (education), dean of Parsons School of Design, saxophonist Arnie Lawrence, and Paul Weinstein, the first chairperson of the program in 1986, as the Jazz & Contemporary Music Program. The school holds the philosophy that artists should be mentors, thus many teachers are working professionals. Academics The School of Jazz and Contemporary Music offers Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degrees in jazz and contemporary music with concentrations in vocal and instrumental performance. The core curriculum includes courses in performance, improvisation, composition, music history, and liberal arts. In addition ...
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Mannes School Of Music Alumni
Mannes is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname: * Aaron Mannes (born 1970), American writer * Astrid Mannes (born 1967), German politician * Charlie Mannes (1863–1937), Scottish cricketer * Clara Mannes (1869–1948), Polish-American musician and music educator * David Mannes (1866–1959), American violinist, conductor, and educator * Leopold Mannes (1899–1964), American musician * Marya Mannes (1904–1990), American writer and critic * Totte Mannes (born 1933), Finnish artist Given name: * Mannes Francken (1888–1948), Dutch footballer See also * Manes (other) * Mánes Union of Fine Arts, a Czech arts organization * Mane (other) * Mani (other) * Manassas (other) * Manasses (other) {{given name, type=both ...
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Musicians From Brooklyn
A musician is someone who composes, conducts, or performs music. According to the United States Employment Service, "musician" is a general term used to designate a person who follows music as a profession. Musicians include songwriters, who write both music and lyrics for songs; conductors, who direct a musical performance; and performers, who perform for an audience. A music performer is generally either a singer (also known as a vocalist), who provides vocals, or an instrumentalist, who plays a musical instrument. Musicians may perform on their own or as part of a group, band or orchestra. Musicians can specialize in a musical genre, though many play a variety of different styles and blend or cross said genres, a musician's musical output depending on a variety of technical and other background influences including their culture, skillset, life experience, education, and creative preferences. A musician who records and releases music is often referred to as a recordin ...
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1977 Births
Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). * January 17 – 49 marines from the and are killed as a result of a collision in Barcelona harbour, Spain. * January 18 ** Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease. ** Australia's worst railway disaster at Granville, a suburb of Sydney, leaves 83 people dead. ** SFR Yugoslavia Prime minister Džemal Bijedić, his wife and 6 others are killed in a plane crash in Bosnia and Herzegovina. * January 19 – An Ejército del Aire CASA C-207C Azor (registration T.7-15) plane crashes into the side of a mountain near Chiva, on approach to Valencia Airport in Spain, killing all 11 people on board. * January 23 – Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of India ...
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Live At Twist & Shout
The discography of American reggae musician and rapper Matisyahu consists of five studio albums, four live albums, one compilation album, two remix albums, three extended play An extended play (EP) is a Sound recording and reproduction, musical recording that contains more tracks than a Single (music), single but fewer than an album. Contemporary EPs generally contain up to eight tracks and have a playing time of 1 ...s and twenty singles. Albums Studio albums Live albums Compilation albums Remix albums Extended plays Singles As lead artist As featured artist Other charted songs Notes References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Matisyahu Discography Reggae discographies Discographies of American artists ...
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Light (Matisyahu Album)
''Light'' is the third studio album by reggae singer Matisyahu, released on August 25, 2009, by Epic and JDub Records. It's his second major label release following ''Youth'' released three years previously. ''Light'' was highly successful in the reggae world, holding the top spot on the ''Billboard'' Reggae Albums chart for 34 weeks. Album delay Matisyahu had been working on his third album for nearly two years, making it the longest time he has ever spent making a record. The follow-up to ''Youth'' had been delayed several times before its release. First scheduled for early 2008, ''Light'' was pushed back numerous times because Matisyahu continued to tour off and on since the release of ''Youth''. The new album's release date was set for April 21, 2009, but on March 3, the release date was pushed back to May 13, 2009. Then, once again, he pushed the release back, this time to Summer 2009, ostensibly because Matisyahu decided to record more new songs. That date had already passe ...
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Shattered EP
''Shattered EP'' is an EP by Orthodox Jewish reggae singer Matisyahu Matthew Paul Miller (born June 30, 1979), known by his stage name Matisyahu (; ), is an American singer, rapper, beatboxer, and musician. Known for blending spiritual themes with reggae, rock and hip hop beatboxing sounds, Matisyahu's 2005 sin .... Track listing #"Smash Lies" – 3:24 #"So Hi So Lo" – 3:41 #"Two Child One Drop" – 6:02 #"I Will Be Light" – 3:35 Charts References {{Matisyahu Matisyahu albums 2008 debut EPs ...
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No Place To Be
''No Place to Be'' is an album release from Hasidic reggae artist Matisyahu. The album does not contain any previously unreleased songs, but all of the tracks are remixed or rerecorded versions of old songs. It also contains a cover of "Message in a Bottle" by The Police previously available only on Yahoo! Music. Packaged with the CD is a DVD titled ''Live in Israel'' directed by Matt Skerritt, produced by Gregg Gilmore and Calvin Aurand. The DVD features live footage of Matisyahu's first concert in Israel as well as his latest music video A music video is a video that integrates a song or an album with imagery that is produced for promotion (marketing), promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing device intended to ..., for Jerusalem (Out of Darkness Comes Light). Track listing CD DVD The DVD also contains 11 interviews with Matisyahu. References External linksRhapsody Album Review
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Youth Dub
''Youth Dub'' is a bonus disc released in conjunction with Matisyahu's second studio album ''Youth''. Both discs were released on March 7, 2006. ''Youth Dub'' is included with some copies of ''Youth'' and is available as a limited edition, stand-alone album. Producer Bill Laswell made a King Tubby style dub remix of ''Youth'', adding effects and bringing to the fore the music of the backing band Roots Tonic rather than Matisyahu Matthew Paul Miller (born June 30, 1979), known by his stage name Matisyahu (; ), is an American singer, rapper, beatboxer, and musician. Known for blending spiritual themes with reggae, rock and hip hop beatboxing sounds, Matisyahu's 2005 sin ...'s vocals. Laswell was so impressed with the band that he invited them back into his studio and teamed up for an all-instrumental dub album, ''Roots Tonic meets Bill Laswell''. The cover artwork is a papercut designed by artist Dena Levie. Track listing # "Youth Dub" # "Fire & Dub" # "Spark Seekers" # "D ...
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