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The Boom Room Music Church

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The Boom Room Music Church Project is a free and open collaborative songwriting workshop held at The Boom Room, a recording studio in Philadelphia. Since October 2011, Music Church has invited a dedicated community of vocalists and instrumentalists to join in a long-term songwriting and production process where spontaneous improvisations (“jam sessions”) are later arranged to become studio quality records to be released and distributed internationally via Fishtown Records.

This is a free opportunity for emerging musicians to meet and develop their ideas while connecting with their community. The goal is to create fresh musical ideas while developing listening and communication skills among a diverse community of musicians. For each new song that is created through the workshop, the participating musicians collectively share in their deserved copyrights and publishing royalties for these songs created through this experimental project. During many of the live improv sessions, Music Church also often hosts a community of aerial acrobats who gracefully perform above the band on aerial silks suspended from the ceiling of The Boom Room Studio. Listen to the before and after of each song below to hear the song idea transform from a loose improvisation among friends and strangers, into a finished, workshopped studio song.

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The Boom Room Music Church - Save My Soul (Original Improvisation)
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The Boom Room Music Church - Save My Soul (Original Improvisation)

An improvised collaboration of singers Zeek Burse and Jaguar Wright, drummer Jon Ardito of BAM!, guitarist Rob Gibbs, bassist Mitch Beer, drummer Gary Dann, and Shawn Hennessy of Leana Song and Hennessy Bonfire on percussion at The Boom Room's weekly Sunday Music Church. With Rachel Rubin on Aerial Silks. July 2012 The Boom Room - Recording, Rehearsals, and Events in Fishtown Philadelphia http://boomroomstudios.com http://twitter.com/boomroomstudios http://www.facebook.com/theboomroom Video filmed and edited by Jonathan Dubrowski The Boom Room is a private recording studio that specializes in multimedia production, a fully equipped band rehearsal room, and an indoor/outdoor private event space owned and operated by drummer and multimedia producer Gary Dann. It is located in heart of the artistically burgeoning and culturally diverse Fishtown section of Philadelphia, PA.. This studio regularly hosts a variety of community education workshops, music production classes, a weekly open improvised songwriting workshop, album listening events, art gallery shows, and is working with local families to develop a neighborhood youth music mentorship program. The ever-growing, impressive FAMILY of musicians, vocalists, DJs, and producers who have performed at an event, chosen to record or rehearse, or hosted workshops at The Boom Room includes Cee Knowledge & The Cosmic Funk Orchestra (Doodlebug of Grammy winning Digable Planets), Jaguar Wright, Rich Medina, King Britt, DJ Touchtone of 100.3 The Beat, Grammy winning producer Aaron Levinson, Nick Bockrath of Nicos Gun, Dave P (Making Time), DJ PHSH, Mike Tyler (Pearl Jam, Billy Joel, LL Cool J), Jon Guttliwig of Disco Biscuits, Pablo Batista (Alicia Keys' percussionist), Liam Wilson of The Dillinger Escape Plan, The Magic Message DJs, Nex Millen, Sean Thomas, Sound Between Movement/Drumsong, Garrett Dutton aka G. Love, Grimace Federation, BAM! and many others. The weekly Sunday Night Music Church open collaborative songwriting workshop and jam is a free open opportunity for emerging musicians to meet and develop their ideas. Often hosted by legendary singer Jaguar Wright (who toured with The Roots, Jay-Z, and Al Green among many others), Music Church at The Boom Room has brought together some of Philly's most talented vocalists, instrumentalists, writers, and poets to write, create, and improvise spontaneously all while aerial acrobats performers and hang above the band from The Live Room's 18 foot aerial acrobatics rig, which hangs from the ceiling of the space's live room. The Boom Room exists to be a positive force in the community and a center for the arts in Philadelphia. Stay updated on all things that go Boom through our Twitter and Facebook pages. For studio and event bookings, questions, pricing, full studio gear list, or other inquiries, please use the contact us via our website. Recording Studio Gear: Allen and Heath GSR24M 24 channel analog mixing console w/ motorized faders Allen & Heath 32 channel Firewire Interface I/O module API 512C Mic Preamp (x2) Radial Komit Compressor (x2) Reddi Box Tube Direct Box Radial Pro D2 Stereo Direct Box Mac Pro with 8 GB ram, 2 x 2.4 ghz Quad-Core Intel Xeon Yamaha HS80M monitor pair Korg Micro Kontrol Mics: Neuman U87 condenser mic 2 x AKG C414b XLII condenser mic (matched stereo pair) Electro-Voice RE-20 mic Sennheiser MD 421 II (x3) AKG C100S condenser mic AKG D6 mic 5 x Shure SM 57 Licensed Software: Pro tools 10, Ableton Live 8, Waves, Reason, Logic, Final Cut, Photshop, Dreamweaver, VMware Fusion Boot Camp with Windows XP and Sonar, many other various plugins and software instruments. Live Band and PA Gear: Yamaha Stage Custom 6 Piece Drumset w hardware and Zildjian cymbals Tama Rockstar Custom 5 Piece Drumset w hardware and Zildjian cymbals Ampeg SVT Classic bass head and Ampeg 8 x 10 bass cabinet Pevey Classic guitar amp Korg Triton 88 key weighted keyboard 2 x Technics SL1200 turntables, Beringer NOX404 dj mixer, Rane Serato interface in dj coffin Mackie 24 channel PA mixer QSC PLX 1804 power amp QSC Subwoofer speaker 2 x EAW 3 way speaker tops http://boomroomstudios.com http://twitter.com/boomroomstudios http://www.facebook.com/theboomroom
Sunday Night Music Church at The Boom Room - create, collaborate, connect
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Sunday Night Music Church at The Boom Room - create, collaborate, connect

The Boom Room - Recording, Rehearsals, and Events in Fishtown Philadelphia http://boomroomstudios.com http://twitter.com/boomroomstudios http://www.facebook.com/theboomroom Video filmed and edited by Jonathan Dubrowski The Boom Room is a private recording studio that specializes in multimedia production, a fully equipped band rehearsal room, and an indoor/outdoor private event space owned and operated by drummer and multimedia producer Gary Dann. It is located in heart of the artistically burgeoning and culturally diverse Fishtown section of Philadelphia, PA.. This studio regularly hosts a variety of community education workshops, music production classes, a weekly open improvised songwriting workshop, album listening events, art gallery shows, and is working with local families to develop a neighborhood youth music mentorship program. The ever-growing, impressive FAMILY of musicians, vocalists, DJs, and producers who have performed at an event, chosen to record or rehearse, or hosted workshops at The Boom Room includes Cee Knowledge & The Cosmic Funk Orchestra (Doodlebug of Grammy winning Digable Planets), Jaguar Wright, Rich Medina, King Britt, DJ Touchtone of 100.3 The Beat, Grammy winning producer Aaron Levinson, Nick Bockrath of Nicos Gun, Dave P (Making Time), DJ PHSH, Mike Tyler (Pearl Jam, Billy Joel, LL Cool J), Jon Guttliwig of Disco Biscuits, Pablo Batista (Alicia Keys' percussionist), Liam Wilson of The Dillinger Escape Plan, The Magic Message DJs, Nex Millen, Sean Thomas, Sound Between Movement/Drumsong, Garrett Dutton aka G. Love, Grimace Federation, BAM! and many others. The weekly Sunday Night Music Church open collaborative songwriting workshop and jam is a free open opportunity for emerging musicians to meet and develop their ideas. Often hosted by legendary singer Jaguar Wright (who toured with The Roots, Jay-Z, and Al Green among many others), Music Church at The Boom Room has brought together some of Philly's most talented vocalists, instrumentalists, writers, and poets to write, create, and improvise spontaneously all while aerial acrobats performers and hang above the band from The Live Room's 18 foot aerial acrobatics rig, which hangs from the ceiling of the space's live room. The Boom Room exists to be a positive force in the community and a center for the arts in Philadelphia. Stay updated on all things that go Boom through our Twitter and Facebook pages. For studio and event bookings, questions, pricing, full studio gear list, or other inquiries, please use the contact us via our website. Recording Studio Gear: Allen and Heath GSR24M 24 channel analog mixing console w/ motorized faders Allen & Heath 32 channel Firewire Interface I/O module API 512C Mic Preamp (x2) Radial Komit Compressor (x2) Reddi Box Tube Direct Box Radial Pro D2 Stereo Direct Box Mac Pro with 8 GB ram, 2 x 2.4 ghz Quad-Core Intel Xeon Yamaha HS80M monitor pair Korg Micro Kontrol Mics: Neuman U87 condenser mic 2 x AKG C414b XLII condenser mic (matched stereo pair) Electro-Voice RE-20 mic Sennheiser MD 421 II (x3) AKG C100S condenser mic AKG D6 mic 5 x Shure SM 57 Licensed Software: Pro tools 10, Ableton Live 8, Waves, Reason, Logic, Final Cut, Photshop, Dreamweaver, VMware Fusion Boot Camp with Windows XP and Sonar, many other various plugins and software instruments. Live Band and PA Gear: Yamaha Stage Custom 6 Piece Drumset w hardware and Zildjian cymbals Tama Rockstar Custom 5 Piece Drumset w hardware and Zildjian cymbals Ampeg SVT Classic bass head and Ampeg 8 x 10 bass cabinet Pevey Classic guitar amp Korg Triton 88 key weighted keyboard 2 x Technics SL1200 turntables, Beringer NOX404 dj mixer, Rane Serato interface in dj coffin Mackie 24 channel PA mixer QSC PLX 1804 power amp QSC Subwoofer speaker 2 x EAW 3 way speaker tops http://boomroomstudios.com http://twitter.com/boomroomstudios http://www.facebook.com/theboomroom

OFFICIAL RELEASES

Download via iTunesAmazon, and GooglePlay
Stream via Spotify and Soundcloud
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"All In My Head"
Featuring Jaguar Wright
Release #004

Veteran vocalist Jaguar Wright was first introduced to The Boom Room Music Church Songwriting Project in early 2012. “All in My Head” is the very first song concept that she sang to the workshop when she first walked in the studio that night. Riding on the high from writing and workshopping this song successfully, a new band, “The We”, was formed with Church members and fronted by Jaguar (credited for her work with The Roots, Al Green, Jay-Z Unplugged, and a roster of critically acclaimed solo releases). Although the band parted ways after only a few performances, this rock and soul gem is a keepsake from a storied moment in time. On stage during The We ft Jaguar Wright’s final performance at The Blockley in Philadelphia, Jag told the audience at the end of this song, “That was the first song this band ever wrote together….We met one night at Boom Room Studios in Fishtown…and I heard that groove playing and I walked to the mic and every lyric that you just heard me sing I made it up off the top of my head and THAT’S WHO THE FUCK I AM…THAT’S WHAT I DO.”

Jaguar Wright (vocals), Mitch Beer (bass), Erik Berta (guitar), Stephen Honsberger (keys) Gary Dann (drums/engineering) *Original improvisation also included Butch “OddKidOut” Serianni (drums), Mike Tyler (guitar), Paulette Branson (guitar), Julian Hinson (backing vocals) **Mixed by Micah Forsyth

All In My Head
(Original Improvisation April, 2012)
00:00 / 09:00
All In My Head
(Official Release)
00:00 / 04:18
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"Gotta Believe It"
Featuring David M. Raine
Release #003

Winner of a 2015 NAFCA Award (aka the ‘African Oscars’) for Best Original Score, “Gotta Believe It” is an anthem dedicated to trust and triumph. The song, which was written and recorded through The Boom Room Music Church’s improvisational songwriting workshop, was featured in the movie “Transition”, starring singer/actor David M Raine, who is also a Music Church member and co-writer/lead singer of the song.

Music Church members that participated on “Gotta Believe It” received the opportunity to appear in the concert scene shown here in the film’s trailer.

David M Raine (vocals), Ayumi Perry (backing vocals), Julian Hinson (bass), Erik Berta (guitar), Rob Gibbs (keys), Gary Dann (drums/engineering/mixing) *Original improvisation also included an unidentified additional guitar player

Gotta Believe It
(Original Improvisation March 24, 2013)
00:00 / 06:55
Gotta Believe Itft David M Raine
(Official Release)
00:00 / 03:42
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"Take This Hammer"
Featuring Joshua Lee Mallory & Ai-Que
Release #002

“Take This Hammer” is a modern day adaptation of the American prison, logging, and railwork song with the same name having roots dating back to 1915 and more famously recorded by legendary musician Lead Belly in 1940.  Singer Joshua Lee Mallory and rapper Ai-Que embody the original intent and soul of this folk traditional’s ‘take this job and shove it’ attitude while the Music Church’s instrumentalists provide the head nodding blues based track, virtually turning themselves into a chain gang enslaved by the modern day trappings of money, technology, and inequality.

Joshua Lee Mallory (Vocals), Kevin Ai-Que Smith (Vocals),  Julian Hinson (Bass), Mark Sulik (Keys), Rob Gibbs (Guitars), Josh Kodroff (Guitars), Gary Dann (Drums/Engineering/Mixing) *Original improvisation also included Didi Brave Deir Littlejohn (backing vocals)

Take This Hammer (Original Improvisation March 31, 2013)
Take This Hammer ft Joshua Lee Mallory and Ai-Que (Official Release)

OFFICIAL RELEASES

Download via iTunesAmazon, and GooglePlay
Stream via Spotify and Soundcloud
All-In-My-Head-cover-scaled.jpg
All In My Head
Release #004

Veteran vocalist Jaguar Wright was first introduced to The Boom Room Music Church Songwriting Project in early 2012. “All in My Head” is the very first song concept that she sang to the workshop when she first walked in the studio that night. Riding on the high from writing and workshopping this song successfully, a new band, “The We”, was formed with Church members and fronted by Jaguar (credited for her work with The Roots, Al Green, Jay-Z Unplugged, and a roster of critically acclaimed solo releases). Although the band parted ways after only a few performances, this rock and soul gem is a keepsake from a storied moment in time. On stage during The We ft Jaguar Wright’s final performance at The Blockley in Philadelphia, Jag told the audience at the end of this song, “That was the first song this band ever wrote together….We met one night at Boom Room Studios in Fishtown…and I heard that groove playing and I walked to the mic and every lyric that you just heard me sing I made it up off the top of my head and THAT’S WHO THE FUCK I AM…THAT’S WHAT I DO.”

Jaguar Wright (vocals), Mitch Beer (bass), Erik Berta (guitar), Stephen Honsberger (keys) Gary Dann (drums/engineering) *Original improvisation also included Butch “OddKidOut” Serianni (drums), Mike Tyler (guitar), Paulette Branson (guitar), Julian Hinson (backing vocals) **Mixed by Micah Forsyth

All In My Head (Original Improvisation April, 2012)
All In My Head (Official Release)
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