Recorded @ Central Washington University in the Recital Hall
Program Info:

Drew Medak, Senior Project Jazz Recital
with Austin Hass, drums
Andrew Lihudis, bass

Set 1: Drew Medak Trio

Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Tears for Fears, arr. by Drew Medak

Blue Light - Drew Medak

Taiwa - Marc Cary, transcribed by Drew Medak

Deluge - Wayne Shorter, arranged by Taylor Eigsti, transcribed by Drew Medak

Dat Dere - Bobby Timmons, arr. by Drew Medak

Solo Piano Interlude:

Basin Street Blues - Oscar Peterson

Set 2: Drew Medak Trio + friends from Vocal Jazz 1

No Church in The Wild - Kanye West, arr. by Daniel Cacija, transcribed by Drew Medak

Christian Kunz, Vocals

Trust - iiii, transcribed by Drew Medak

Aubrianna Lipp, Vocals

Dear Prudence - Lennon/McCartney arr. by Drew Medak

Jordan Smith, Aubrianna Lipp, Christian Kunz, Theo Olsen, Leah Thomas, Victoria Gust, vocals

Scott Swanberg, bass

Hit That Jive Jack - Skeets Tolbert, arr. by Diana Krall

Drew Medak, Jordan Smith, Aubrianna Lipp, Christian Kunz, vocals

Tracking/Live Sound Design: Jordan Smith
Mixing/Mastering: Drew Medak

Taiwa

Blue Light

Self produced by Drew Medak
Music composed by Drew Medak
All virtual instruments and vocals performed by Drew Medak

Enjoy my homemade EP!

Isolation

Enlightenment

Here are some selected tracks from one of my gigs at HPIC in West Seattle. Features Andrew Lihudis on Bass, Joseph Giordano on Drums, and myself on Keys.

Tuesday Wonderland - E.S.T. transcribed by Drew Medak
Everybody wants to Rule the World - Tears for Fears arr. by Drew Medak
Butterfly - Herbie Hancock
Blue Light - Drew Medak
Yes I'm Country - Robert Glasper
Slings and Arrows - Michael Brecker arr. by Drew Medak for jazz trio

Yes I'm Country

Butterfly

Tuesday Wonderland

Composed/arranged by Drew Medak. All virtual instruments/vocals performed by Drew Medak using Logic Pro X.

Copyright 2018 Drew Medak Music

Can't Go

This is my newest EP, "Unresolved." It is inspired by the love interests I've had in the last few years as well as the struggles of being a gay man and being in love with either straight men, or gay men that don't love you back. It is my "moodiest" EP yet.

This EP is fully produced and edited by myself and features me on Piano/Rhodes/Vocals as well as all the virtual instruments and programming. It also features my good friend Nicole Cortines on one track. Hope you enjoy!

Unresolved

Alone - feat. Nicole Cortines

We Can't Be Friends - composed and arranged by Drew Medak

All virtual instruments, drum programming, vocals, synths/keyboard are performed by Drew Medak. 

Mixing and Mastering - Jordan Smith

"We Can't Be Friends" is a song about one of the struggles of being a gay man like myself and being attracted to straight men. My feelings of fear, anxiety, and awkwardness manifest themselves with weird chord progressions mixed with a catchy and soul-influenced melody and a funky groove. It is influenced by some of my favorite artists including Steely Dan, Herbie Hancock, Jacob Collier, Thundercat, and Jordan Rakei.

We Can't Be Friends

Personnel:

Drew Medak - Piano, Vocals, Electric Piano, Synths, Drum Programming, and Bass

Jordan Smith - Mixing and Mastering

Graham Vittum - Album art. Follow him on Instagram! @vittumgraphics and @grahamvittum

This new EP focuses on the issues I've had being a gay/pan-sexual man. It also focuses on the theme of loving someone and them not loving you back. Compared to my other EPs, I decided to go a simpler and more soulful route instead of the usual strange and funky chord progressions I've written in the past. It's very personal, and a little depressing at some points...but it made me feel a lot better writing these songs.

Copyright 2019. All songs composed and recorded by Drew Medak in his home in Corvallis, OR. Mixed by Jordan Smith at 3Moons Audio, Seattle, WA.

We Can't Be Friends 24bit 96kHz

Break It Off Part Two 24bit 96kHz

Break It Off Part One 24bit 96kHz

This is my funky cover of a famous one-hit wonder from the band, Ace. 

Drew Medak - Sequencing, Keyboards, Synth, Vocals, Drum Programming, Bass, Production

How Long (Cover)

I am a jazz piano player looking for weddings, clubs, restaurants, receptions, and parties to play at. I play lots of classic jazz standards, fusion, modern jazz, originals, and other contemporary music. I just finished school at CWU with a Music B.A.

Drew Medak

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