Musical HistorySheel Dave 10.27.82 attended URI and graduated from Northeastern ( music business)
Musical History
(Current Projects/Passion)
Irepress : artistic instru-metal progressiveness with:
dino, bret, shan, jarrett, shomik
1997-..........
The Eclectic Collective : R&B flavored rock hip
hop soul with: Graham Masser, RP,
Fredua, Dj Geoff Ford, Salim Akram,
Pete Shungu, Santi Suarez, Khris Roya;
2003-...........
Radio Raheem : beats and melodies made by myself with the help of some others.
(OLD/obsolete projects)
AGE : rock band with various members, Howie Levine, Shan Dave, Jake Uretsky, Billy Rehrey and more...
Vincent of Jersey : rock band w/Jake Uretsky on bass and others on others
The Fury Project : rage cover band with Shan, Jarrett Ring, Brian Vasa, Jake Uretsky
Nocturnal Impulse : Cheezemetal 80's rock, recorded two tracks with Brian Kraeer on bass and William Carpenter on guitar/vocals/composition
Musical Releases
H.A.V.O.C. - Irepress full length with Shomik B. and Jarrett Ring on vocals 1997-1999
So That Boy/Level II demo - Irepress demo with Shomik on vox released in 2000
Ghrintoure Be (EP) ; Irepress politi-demo with Shomik on vox released in 2001
s a m u s o c t o l o g y - irepress instrumental full length released August 2005
coming soon : Eclectic Collective full length album (recording begins in Sept 05)
Local more inspiring influences that deserve respect:
Jon DiNapoli, Bret Silverberg, Shan Dave, Shomik Bhattacharya, Jarrett Ring, Jake Uretsky, Brian Vasa, Luis Collado, RP Thompson, Graham Masser, Santi Suarez, Salim Akram, Pete Shungu, Geoff Ford, Fredua, John Tinnelli, Rob Wu, John Earle (Johnny Cupcakes), Burke Medeiros, Jon Blake, Mike Chados, Bill Braun, Jon Braun, Pat Reddington, Vin Calarese, Rodrigo de Maui, Rappo and more. There are tons of local musicians/artists that I have been inspired by. I cant name them all, but these are the musicians that inspire me more than pretty much anyone 'famous.'
National Influences (famous)
Zakir Hussain, Danny Carey, Daniel Johns, John Bohnam, Bjork.
Places I've Played
Everywhere and Anywhere that Irepress and The Eclectic Collective have played, from Philly to Maine and many places in between
Future Goals musically/artistically/creatively
My goal is to let music give me the opportunity to travel this country and beyond and hopefully play a huge show in India and sell nothing but CHEWING GUM to little brown children. THE TRAVEL IS CALLING. We cannot let these overheight vehicles (minus tour buses) and hazardous cargo block the way.
Playable instrumentations and program skills
Drums, backup vocals, dholak, and amateur tabla playing...
Fruity Loops, N-track Recording (where my beats are made), Roland Sampling Percussion Pad
Links to some sounds
http://www.myspace.com/irepress
http://www.myspace.com/theeclecticcollective
http://www.myspace.com/radioraheem
email: mailto:irepress@hotmail.com