The local Chamber of Commerce is not the usual venue for putting together a rock band, but for Lucid Rays one networking event led to a lot of music.  When Asher, representing an acupuncture clinic, met TC Morse, attending as a home security specialist, they connected musically. When asked about how they decided to play together, TC said, "It was clearly fate...First time we played together, we knew." 

Informal jamming led to a search for like-minded San Francisco Bay Area musicians to join them. The line-up grew organically. Asher provided lead guitar, keyboards and background vocals, as well as original music, and TC Morse handled lead vocals, rhythm guitar and lyrics. Asher invited friend Dave Guglielmana to be the band's bassist, and Guglielmana engaged Vic Griffith, a self-taught drummer he had played with in local cover bands. And Lucid Rays was born. 

All four shared similar musical backgrounds – picking up instruments in childhood, playing in school bands, learning other instruments, college level studies and wide-ranging musical interests. Among them, they brought everything but the kitchen sink to their music: acoustic anti-war songs, classic rock, and Italian opera with liberal doses of jazz and hard rock. Experiences included studies with jazz master Jimmy Heath, Brett Wilmot (Berklee School of Music), and Ross Valory (Journey’s bass player), and playing with Les Claypool before he joined Primus. Out of the mix, they have fashioned a classic rock band, but one with a decidedly modern beat and with lyrics reflecting their commitment to raising social awareness and promoting positive change.  

When they entered El Cerrito Studio to record, their partnership with Producer and Recording Engineer Oscar Autie (Omar Sosa, Gema Corredera, Isaac Delgado, and Skankin’ Pickle), put the final touches on their sound. With enough original material to record several albums, they created their first release, “Hard Time in the City.” The album includes 12 cuts incorporating hand percussion, piano, strings and saxophone, for a diverse and original sound. 

"The album is really a conglomeration of diverse influences.  If you look at all four of the members, it started out as an idea, and everyone's experience really comes into play," says Asher.

Playing local venues while they make their way into the San Francisco music scene, has built them a loyal following. With the release of “Hard Time in the City” on February 16, even more will fall in love with their gritty rock sound and their socially relevant lyrics. 

As a youngster I played in the village brass band of Uhler, a punk band called Rechargeable, my school‘s HJG Big Band, and the ska band Hot Pot. After a hiatus of roughly 15 years I took the trombone into my hands again, when Covid-19 hit and we had to find meaningful ways to stay at home.

Besides listening and playing, I also have a hunch for statistics. If you're interested in improvised music, check out my website on all artists who played at Moers Festival: https://sermo-de-arboribus.de/moers-festival

I am also scrobbling: https://www.last.fm/user/sermonis

BIG BEAT  
Genere: NuJazz, Space Jams 
   
Il trio nasce nel giugno 2017, dall’ incontro di tre musicisti romani provenienti da varie  esperienze musicali. Il nome prende spunto da due elementi che si fondono in un progetto di musica interamente originale: il jazz (Big Beat è il titolo di un disco di Art Blakey  & The Jazz Messengers del 1960) e le sonorità elettroniche. (Big Beat è anche un filone di musica elettronica da club nato in Gran Bretagna nella seconda metà degli anni novanta). 
La formula scelta è quella dell’Organ trio che in questo contesto si evolve e si colora di nuove possibilità, alternando struttura e improvvisazione nella narrazione di una storia. 
Attualmente il gruppo è impegnato nell’attività live e nella registrazione del suo primo lavoro. 
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The trio was born in June 2017 from the meeting of three Roman musicians coming from different musical experiences. The name is inspired by two elements that come together in an entirely original music project :JAZZ (Big Beat is the title of an album by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers from the Sixties) and ELECTRONIC music. (Big Beat is also an electronic music genre born in UK in the second half of the nineties). The starting point is the organ trio, which evolves and changes in new possibilities, between structured grooves and jam sessions. The trio is currently focused on the recording of the first work.
Pierfrancesco Cacace: Sax, Pedals & Samples 
Stefano De Santis: Organ, Moog & Electronics 
Gaetano De Carli: Drums & Colors

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