me and maryjane
me and maryjane was conceived many moons ago, in grade 9 actually, when i played my first show. maryjane is what i named my guitar, hence the name me and maryja
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Dear To Me Dear To Me
New song (as of april 27th, 2006). A simple guitar and vocals recording.
Spanish Digressions # 1 Spanish Digressions # 1
New song (as of April 20th, 2006). I was checking the levels for recording one day and this was the soundcheck...I liked it as an instrumental so i added another (lead) guitar part.
Spanish Digressions # 2 Spanish Digressions # 2
New song (as of April 20th, 2006). This is the same as #1 execpt with two more guitar parts...which add harmonics as layers and weeping guitar bends.
Sleepy eyes Sleepy eyes
New song (as of August, 2005). This ones got vocals, guitars, bass, drums, tambourines, bells & shakers. It was recorded by my friend Mat Birthy in his basement.
Maria Maria
New song (as of Novemeber, 2005). It's got a reggae feel, with guitar, bass, drums and some nice backup vocals. It was also recorded in Mat Birthy's basement.
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Mini-bio:
Me & Maryjane began in 1993-1994.
It's basically the name of my solo act, just me and the guitar (who I named Maryjane).
The music is fairly folky, but has extended into rock, jazz and country-ish territories at times. As you will see if you listen to my songs.
That's pretty much the low down
Thanks for dropping by,
Luca
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Long bio:
For the past 15 years, Luca Fantigrossi has been performing in various projects in varied genres from folk to jazz to ska to rock. Introduced to music in elementary school where he learned to play the recorder, he went on to study music at Loyola High School and Hudson High School as well as Vanier College. He played guitar in the HHS Jazz Band and percussion in the HHS Concert Band as well as sang in the choir at all 3 schools. He has had private lessons in guitar, bass, piano and saxophone. Since graduating he has dedicated himself to music full time. He has had the great fortune to play in bands that have toured across Canada, the US and the UK. He also had the chance to record with Howard Bilerman at the famous Hotel 2 Tango (the man and studio behind Arcade Fire's critically acclaimed Funeral album). He has also recorded with Tim Doyle (formely of Gangster Politics and The Planet Smashers) and Simon Angell (who has gone on to international success with Patrick Watson & the Wooden Arms). Luca is presently working on his debut solo album (put on the back burner for many years due to his heavy involvement in other bands). He has written a couple dozen original songs over the years and looks forward to finally releasing them.Band/artist history
Me & Maryjane started many moons ago in 1993-1994 when I played my first show. Maryjane is what I called my guitar, hence, the name Me & Maryjane. Since then I studied jazz at Vanier College, played in numerous bands, General Rudie (ska) in the 90s and quite a few rock bands in the 2000s such as the Paper Heroes, the Hooks, the Broken Hearted, Broadcast Radio and Desert Owls. I recorded my first solo album with Tim Doyle (formely of Gangster Politics and The Planet Smashers, turned sound engineer shortly after leaving The Planet Smashers). Guest musicians include Simon Angell (formely the guitarist of Gangster Politics, who has gone on to international success with Patrick Watson & the Wooden Arms) Kurt (formely trombonist for The Planet Smashers) Paloma O'meara (cello) and Eleuthera Diconca-Lippert (back up vocals). A new album is due out in December 2009.Have you performed in front of an audience?Upcoming Shows:
Album Launch: Dec. 2009 TBA
(Updates for 2006-2009 will be forthcoming)
2005:
06/13/2005 Cafe Fokus *
06/16/2005 Cafe Fokus *
*As part of the Infringement festival w/ Sebastian & The Antique Bicycles
06/18/2005 Cafe Fokus #
# As part of the Infringement festival w/ Kill What You Eat!
07/15/2005 Pharmacie Esperanza w/ Mike O'Brien & Rambo.
07/16/2005 Barfly w/ Ghettonuns, Infinite Moksha, COF
07/22/2005 Toc Toc - CBGB Benefit w/ Bloodshot Bill, Duchess Says, Echo Kitty, Lo and the Magnetics, Poxy, The Sunday Sinners, The World Provider, Lil' Andy & Karaoke Cowboy
08/28/2005 The Dream House w/ Brian Limoyo
08/28/2005 The Green Room
As part of the Unpop Montreal w/ Lisa Hoffman, Brian Limoyo, Kensington Square, Pattern is Movement.
09/23/2005 Missy Bar w/ Sharon Coward
Your musical influences
My earliest influences were, Bob Dylan, John Lennon and other folk and classic rock. Over the years other influences have been Hayden, Tom Waits and Daniel Johnston to name a few.What equipment do you use?
Yamaha acoustic guitar
Epiphone bass
Hammond organ
Rhodes electric piano as well as a stand up piano
Various harmonicas
Alto saxophone
Trombone
Cello
Anything else lying around...
montreal,
Canada
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319459
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Comments (2)
Cool music man, cool to see some folks in the montreal area. Keep up the good work and check my page if you have some time!
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