Biography
The 'Odd Meters' are proud to announce their membership and recent admission into Leeway's Home Grown Music Network (August 2009).
The band has been steadily performing throughout the Southeast for the past 2 years and have recently released (May 2009) their debut studio album - "Uncommon Denominator." Special guests on the record include: Jeff Sipe (Keller Williams, Trey Anastasio, Phil Lesh, Aquarium Rescue Unit), Kofi Burbridge (Derek Trucks Band) and Mike Seal (Jeff Coffin Mu'tet). Each guest helps showcase the bands' dynamic ability to create an atmosphere that even the most seasoned veterans enjoy playing over.
Reviews of the disc are now available to view here - just click the link above entitled "Press."
The band will be touring this Fall and Winter in support of their debut studio release and admission into Leeway's HGMN.
The "Odd Meters" are a unique, instrumental duo whose music blends various genres into compelling modern compositions. Their high-energy performances can include styles such as Jazz, Afro-Cuban, Funk, Pop, Reggae, and Indian. The mixture they create takes their audiences of young and old on a musical journey around the world.
Breaking the boundaries of a traditional duo act, the "Odd Meters" present a full sound complete with bass, guitar, and drums thanks to the 8-string hybrid bass/guitar played by Jon Morrow. With all the components of a rhythm section, this duo can add featured soloists, or special sit-in performances from a wide variety of musicians.
Jon Morrow and Shane Parreco met in 2003 at Brevard College in Western North Carolina. Both were attending college to study music with an emphasis in jazz performance. Although they were focused on different instruments, they studied with a few of the same teachers. Dr. Laura Franklin (percussion) and Jeff Sipe (drums/rhythm concepts) taught both Morrow and Parreco about the inner workings of rhythm and time. They each gained a unique understanding of music and quickly became great friends because of their mutual enthusiasm for rhythm in various styles of music. Morrow and Parreco share a similar musical vocabulary, a desire to always be inspired and challenged, and a passion for making and sharing live music.
For Booking please contact:
theoddmeters@hotmail.com
Instrumentation
Jon Morrow - 8-string Novax guitar/bass
Shane Parreco - Spirit drums/Vibraphone/aux percussion
Discography
"Uncommon Denominator" - LP April 2009
"EP"- Feb 2009
"Live- At the Porter Center" EP - Dec 2007
Links
| http://www.myspace.com/theoddmeters |
| Official Website |