Academically informed funk-rock with pop sensibilities.
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Literally On Fire is:
Rob Dues - guitars, lead vocals
David Carlton Adams - guitars, vocals, keys, strings
Mike Adams - bass, vocals
Gerard Labou - drums, vocals

Hailed as "extremely moving" by New Music Box and "especially sweet" by the Austin American Statesman, the music of Joel Love (b. 1982) explores an eclectic mix of genres, from short video pieces to works for chamber and large ensembles.

I'm Kenneth Stewart. Please call me Ken. Thanks for reading. I'd say I'm a bit of a ‘renaissance man’. If I'm playing, it usually has strings. If I'm in the role of curator or composer, a background in performance becomes useful in other ways.

In a previous utterance, music assisted by physical interfaces and sound processing played heavily on my work, however once I finished school my desire to stay behind the desk dwindled. I took to acoustic genres. I'd say for a couple of years I became fascinated with the subtle differences between Jazz and Bluegrass, yet the vast differences in the harmony, sets and motifs specifically in Old-Time and New Acoustic show that what you hear is not always what you expect.

Using the instruments I play I seek to explore the roots of the music that happens around me here in Durham, NC.

The scholarly study of composition prepared me by to use the tools of a composer to develop musical ideas far beyond my own. I took to standards as experimental tools for learning how to create works with rich, melodious textures and romantic harmony.

I'd like to think that the time away from school helped me enhance my original obsession with weaving into my work an underpinning of the ambient electronic music and that of the avant-garde. Or my insistence a perversion for unusual sounds and peculiar timbres somehow coalescing into something familiar and hopeful.

While I do musical research that engages concepts of instrument modification and design and his non-compositional creative work of signal processing (linear and digital) and the hacking and modifications of electronic and acoustic musical instruments and their electronic effects, sometimes what's necessary is putting that all away and singing a simple song.

As a quasi-alumnus member of the Slippage Lab formerly at Duke University now at Northwestern, under the directorship of professor Thomas DeFrantz. Most of my time with Slippage was when I was a graduate student at Duke..
Some other things of note: I was one of Gordon Epperson's final cello students. Nancy Green, and protege, Nelvimar Neves and two summer festivals of lessons and masterclasses as a teenager with Brinton Averil Smith and countless lessons via conversation with colleagues. 

My composition mentors, whom shaped my vision for music creation: Daniel Asia, Pierre Jalbert, Durham’s Scott Lindroth and as well as a summer in Berlin with Samuel Adler; ditto on the colleagues.

Ph.D. from Duke University, and additional degrees from Rice University, The University of Arizona and Pima College in Tucson, AZ.
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# 3piece blues driven independent rock outfit from AAustin, TTexas AAmerica.

Ryan began playing guitar at the age of 12 shortly before moving to the Texas Hill Country from Tulsa, Oklahoma 1990.  By 1993, he had landed a gig playing lead guitar for a local band and began playing the central Texas music Circuit.  In 1994, Ryan graduated high school and headed to San Marcos to attend Texas State University for guitar performance and composition.  During his time at Texas State he practiced many hours a day and also began playing with Austin based band, Plow Monday. The band quickly rose to national status with their first release titled Blank, released in 1997.  The title track from the record charted immediately on the MP3.com top 40 with other artists, Matchbox 20 and Third Eye Blind.  Subsequently, the band landed management and legal help from George Stein. George most notably discovered and managed Jeff Buckley, whose first release Grace has now gone multi-platinum.  Also during this time, Ryan began recording instrumental pieces that were eventually used on the Home and Gardens network and later released on his first solo record entitled Scenes of Devastation at the Heart of the Disaster.(2010)

 

            Enjoying some success, Ryan began performing as a lead singer and guitarist for San Marcos, Tx based, Pavlov’s Dogs.  Notably, both of his bands performed at the famed CBGB’s in New York City for the CMJ music festival in 2002! Shortly after, Ryan began playing with Blue October bassist, Matt Noveskey and co-founded the rock band, A+ Machines.  At this time, he decided to take a break from his two previous projects to focus on writing and performing with A+. During his time with the band he toured the US extensively, performing with such bands as 7MaryThree, Sponge, Blue October, The Burden Brothers, and many others. The band dissolved in 2006 due to Matt’s return to Blue October and Ryan moved on to other new and exciting musical journeys!

 

            Most notably, Ryan also began performing with Eyes Burn Electric and the band was managed by John Moyer of the international rock band Disturbed.  EBE quickly became a staple of the Austin music scene, sharing the stage with such artists as The Smashing Pumpkins, Clutch, 36Mafia, De La Soul, and multiple dates opening for Weezer. The band also landed their music on the reality shows Keeping with the Kardashians and The Hills on the MTV network. Throughout the last 10 years Ryan has taken part in recording and performing with multiple regional and national groups including Johnny Goudie and the Little Champions, The Wartime Social, Rachel Loy, 23 Shades, Penni, Jesse Felder, Blondes Make Better Victims, Dr. Luna, Paco Estrada,  Brandon Callies and The American Revival, DeNova, and Fair Use Video.  



              Currently, Ryan is lead vocal and rhythm guitar for Austin's own, DepartureATX.  DepartureATX covers the hits of Journey and other artists such as Foreigner, Bryan Adams, Van Halen, Toto, The Eagles, and many more.  The American Revival is currently on the Independent Ear Records roster and is in full on release mode for their new record due in January 2019! He is directly involved on vocals, guitar, or both for the following groups:  Fair Use Video(Dallas,Tx), The American Revival(Austin,Tx), DeNova(Austin,Tx), The Social Flood(Austin,Tx), The Nathan Grant Band(Austin,Tx/Chicago,Il), The Wartime Social(Austin,Tx), and DepartureATX(Austin).  Ryan's latest endeavor includes taking on the moniker of "FURIOUS" and collaborating with Austin's own, Cloudchord.  The pair released their debut single, Forever for now  to a very responsive audience.  The track garnered almost 100k spins, on various sites, within 3 days of the release!

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