School of Groove - Battle of the Bands

Join us for the 2nd Annual
Battle of the Bands
presented by
School of Groove

Ryles Jazz Club
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Under 18 Round: From 4-7pm
Over 18 Round: From 8-11pm

Participating bands will compete to win the following:

* Full day Recording/Mixing Lock In at Sprintline Recording Studios
* Shopping Spree to Daddy’s Junky Music or Guitar Center
* Paid concert performance at School of Groove 2011 summer camp

SCHEDULE

*Under 18

4:00pmEcho the Silence
The band is made up of three 14-year-old musicians, A.J. Ciardi (drummer), Chris Osborne (bassist and guitar) and Jordan Prange (guitar and lead vocals). Their genre includes rock, punk and metal and play both cover and original songs.
www.echothesilence.com

4:30pm Malicious Intent
Malicious Intent began when the brother-sister team of Molly and Connor Pope began playing their instruments in the same room. Since then, they have formed an entire band and plan to entertain for years to come.

5:00pm Hudlin
Hudlin is just about having a good time playing and making the music we feel, that's why we began in the first place. We don't let outside influences define what we do, and as a result, we've got our own unique sound.
www.hudlin.net

5:30pm Black Light Sunrise
BlackLight Sunrise is a hard rock band, originally formed in 2008, from Silver Lake Regional High School in Kingston, MA. They have been writing their own music for a year or more, and with some of their favorite covers they put on an exciting, high energy, live performance.
www.blacklightsunrise.com

6:00pm Jessica Prouty
The Jessica Prouty Band, a 4-piece, female-fronted, teenage-rock band, has won the John Lennon Educational Tourbus Daddy's Junky Music Rockin' Roland Battle of the Bands, came in 2nd at SchoolJam USA (the battle for the best teen band in the USA) at NAMM where Jessica won best vocalist and Cam won best drummer, won first place in Children's Hospital Boston Notes for the Cure Battle for Best Song, been in the top 10 of Little Stevens Underground Garage Teen Vogue Battle of the Female-fronted bands, and all four band members won scholarships to Berklee College of Music summer programs. Their original songs have been played on Boston's 92.5 The River WAAF and WFNX, plus Maine's WTOS and Rhode Island's WBRU.
www.jessicaprouty.com

6:30pm The Undecided
We are not a band that has been together for a long time, we have members coming in and out. We are a band that enjoys playing together and enjoys a very wide variety of music.

*Over 18

8:00pm Relative Souls
We jam harder than rock bands and rock harder than jam bands, but most of all we like to get funky.
www.relativesouls.net

8:30pm Superart
Harmonic indulgence of post-modern revolutionary progressions, including but not limited to sonic interpretations of ass-kicking, face-melting, soul-crushing, heart-breaking, and a lot of sexy.
www.sonicbids.com/superart

9:00pm Strata Obscura
This band started on a whim to do the FAWM.org songwriting challenge for 2011. The results of the challenge (Jazz/Funk/Rock) will be debuted at The Battle Of the Bands!
www.strataobscura.com

9:30pm Jupiter Express
Jupiter Express is a breath of fresh air for the music industry!
www.jupiter-express.com

10:00pm Scarlet Fade
Scarlet Fade is an all-sibling pop/rock band from CT. Their high energy stage presence and unique harmonies combined with hopeful lyrics are the elements that have allowed them to take the regional music scene by storm.
www.scarletfade.com

10:30 Corey Amaral & The Interpretation
The Corey Amaral Band is an upbeat pop/rock band with a feel good style.They're music has a strong r&b feel to it and every performance is a celebration.
www.coreyamaralband.com