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| MUSIC GENRE | Funk Rock |
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CONTACT
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| Artist Name | Vesta | |
| Email Address | info@vessta.com | |
| Website URL | http://www.vessta.com/ | |
| Home Town | Topanga, CA 90290 | |
| Country | United States of America (USA) | Artist Logo |
| INFLUENCES | |
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Prince*
Sade* Patsy Cline* Sinead O'Connor* Medeski, Martin & Wood* Rickie Lee
Jones
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Medeski
Martin & Wood* Radiohead* Erykah Badu* Portishead
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| LINE UP | |
| Taylor Marks | Vocals |
| Derek Frank | Bass Guitar |
| Rick Kurek | Guest Guitar |
| Jimmy Musto | Drums, Percussion |
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| HISTORY | |
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Behind
swank sophistication and an unshakable cool, throaty alto, VESSTA'S waif-like,
chain smoking, soul-singing songwriter, Taylor Marks may seem more like
the quintessential 'bad girl' than she actually is. With a front-woman
as funky and downright dirty as this powerhouse groove section slow-driven
by drummer Jimmy Musto and his counterpart, bass guitarist Derek Frank,
what we have here is just pure, old fashioned, bona fide Late Night Music.
Historically (and poetically), the chanteuse and drummer fell in love at first sight on a hot July night in 2000 and VESSTA was born before the sun came up the following morning. Two weeks after their introduction, Taylor moved into Jimmy's Topanga Canyon, CA home and six months later, just before midnight in the dead of winter (wearing UGG boots and lingerie), the musical match made in heaven exchanged vows in their living room. The two of them spent about six months of nights into days and days into nights recording in a dank basement with an 8-track until a muddy cassette tape demo fell within earshot of an independent investor in December 2000, and their obsolete basement was transformed into a multi-track recording studio called The Dungeon. By New Years 2001, bass guitarist Derek Frank began thumping to VESSTA'S infectious groove and production of their debut CD was in full swing. "There isn't anything sweeter than late, late night in The Dungeon with a bottle of wine, a cigarette and Neumann in my face," Taylor says. "The Dungeon is like VESSTA's fifth band member. All of our music happens in that room under pretty decadent conditions and it bleeds straight through to tape." Currently, VESSTA is in the studio wrapping up the independent production of their forthcoming debut CD with plans to showcase throughout the Los Angeles circuit by Christmas 2002. Mixdown will be engineered by mixer/producer Billy Moss (Stevie Nicks, Gin Blossoms), owner of Vintage Recorders, at his newly built studio in Sedona, AZ (summer/fall 2002). |
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| AMBITIONS | |
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Essentially
(and rather obviously, I think) we feel that our music wants to be heard
- so, we're doing what we can so that the people can hear it. Our ambitions
are high and our belief in the music is strong in that there is a large
audience for it. If life for us was simplified to writing, recording and
performing our music - well, then life would be nothing less than perfect.
We want a life out of our music (undistracted by day jobs) & we want to
be up at the top - with a view...
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| ALBUM RELEASES | ||||
| Title | Format | Release Date | Tracks | Music Genre |
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Tracks
"EZ 2 Please" & "Blue Jeans" released on soundtrack for adult film production
'The First Date' (July 2002)
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