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| Location: | BROOKLYN, New York |
| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | Jun 27, 2008 (517 days back) |
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Guitarist, composer, and producer, Ben Tyree began his musical journey in Washington, DC, exploring the piano and violin before discovering his passion for the guitar at age 11. Tyree attended the world-renowned Duke Ellington School of the Arts, where he also played with a number of bands and recording projects. He eventually performed his first gig in New York City at the Apollo Theater with high school band Hidden Image winning 2nd. Place on amateur night. While he later studied jazz performance, composition, and classical guitar at Howard University, his brain child Miscellaneous Flux released the critically acclaimed “Dead In Dreams” in 2002 winning a "Wammie" (Washington Area Music Association award). The project received 4 other nominations, in addition to an independent nomination for best urban contemporary instrumentalist for Tyree himself. Currently residing in Brooklyn, NY, Tyree regularly works with a number of exciting artists and ensembles, including Boston Fielder's MuthaWit Orchestra and the related URB ALT Festivals , where he has had the opportunity to work with a diversity of artists, including Res, Kyp Malone (TV On The Radio), V. Jeffrey Smith (The Family Stand), and J.T. Lewis (Harriet Tubman, Vanessa Williams, Sting, Herbie Hancock); the improv. jazz/electronic/drum and bass trio Chaos Frame ; Nomi , Stephanie Rooker , Burnt Sugar: The Arkestra Chamber , and Jeremy Clemons’ Soul Understated . He is an in-demand session guitarist, freelance jazz guitarist and instructor, who also writes for Ugly Planet Media and Modern Guitars Magazine, interviewing such musicians as Glenn Tipton (Judas Priest), Mike Stern and Genesis P-Orridge . Several of his scores have been featured in indie films, most notably a forthcoming documentary on the life of Omar Khayyam. Tyree’s music and/or guitar playing has also been used by clients such as Green Team USA and ESPN. In February 2008, Ben Tyree joined the Solar Guitars roster with guitar legends Blackbyrd McKnight and Dean Brown and plans to release an album with the label by the end of the year. Tyree has also performed or collaborated with Clark Terry, Vernon Reid (Living Colour, Masque, Yohimbe Brothers), Frank Foster, Delfeayo Marsalis, Onaje Allan Gumbs, Corey Glover (Living Colour), Angelo Moore (Fishbone, Dr. Madd Vibe), HR (Bad Brains), The Family Stand, Roy Hargrove, Graham Haynes, Grady Tate, Keter Betts, Warren Smith, Stacy Dillard, Leron Thomas, Ralph Alessi, and Lakecia Benjamin to name a few. He has also studied guitar with Mike Stern and Paul Bollenback. ”You’re kickin’ much ass, my man! I love what you're doin’!” DeWayne "Blackbyrd" McKnight (Guitarist for Parliament/Funkadelic, George Clinton, Brides of Dr. Funkenstein, Macy Gray, and more…), 2006 "Ben Tyree came aboard in June of 2005 and has added the flash and guitar-god glamour that we needed. He has shown a level of commitment to his craft, career, and the group that is admirable." Boston Fielder (MuthaWit figurehead; CEO, BossTon Communications; President, Ode In:Devas Productions), 2006 "...music is very accomplished...playing reminds me of early John McLaughlin." Ty Cumbie (NYC guitarist, writer, & curator of Free Zone Music Series), 2006 "...might be best known for his progressive art-rock ensemble (Miscellaneous Flux) but if you look deeper than the dazzle of the group's stream-of-consciousness hip-hop lyrics and angular arrangements, you'll find chops befitting an accomplished jazz guitarist." The Washington Post, 2005 |
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Music:Member Since: 12/19/2005Band Website: bentyree.net Band Members: Influences: John Coltrane, Bad Brains , Miles Davis, Black Sabbath, Sly & the Family Stone, Donny Hathaway, Radiohead, Beethoven, Bach, Bud Powell, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Ravi Shankar, John McLaughlin, Herbie Hancock, Robert Fripp, Wayne Shorter, Jimi Hendrix, Nirvana, Led Zeppelin, Funkadelic, Sun Ra, Stevie Wonder, MMW, Mars Volta, Jamiroquai, Allan Holdsworth, Mike Stern, Joe Diorio, Wayne Krantz, Pat Martino, Frank Zappa, Joshua Redman, Clifford Brown, Squarepusher, Aphex Twin, Captain Beefheart, Charles Mingus, Chick Corea, Wes Montgomery, Ornette Coleman, Jeff Beck, Kenny Garrett, Bob Dylan, Milton Nascimento, Eric Dolphy, Roni Size Sounds Like: "Gun Inside My Head" MuthaWit w/ Kyp Malone (TV On The Radio) @ Faison Firehouse Theatre (Harlem, NYC) 6.23.07 _________________________________________________________ "It'll Make You Feel Better" MuthaWit @ The Shrine (Harlem, NYC) 4.27.07 MISCELLANEOUS FLUX: Dead In Dreams Cross-genre fusion phenomenon rooted mainly in jazz, hip hop, hard rock, and funk. Type of Label: Indie |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Crunk / Punk / Funk) |
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Solar Guitars Interview |
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| BT was interviewed by Solar Guitars as part of their nightly "jazz rock fusion" show on March 6th. Check out the website and stream or download the podcast. I’m very excited about this partner... Posted by Ben Tyree" on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 10:44:00 PST |
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UPDATED MuthaWit Videos !!! |
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| Updated MuthaWit !!! Videos featuring yours truly from 2006-'07 !!!! For more MuthaWit footage, please visit YOUTUBE
"It'll Make You Feel Better"MuthaWit:The Shrine, Harlem, NYC (4/27/07)Bos... Posted by Ben Tyree" on Fri, 23 Feb 2007 12:40:00 PST |
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Music on iTunes and SnoCap !!! |
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| Check out some of my music now on iTunes and SnoCap:
Peace, Ben... Posted by Ben Tyree" on Mon, 19 Feb 2007 09:24:00 PST |
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"Amahlia" + New Track |
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| Greetings and happy new year to all!!!!!!There is much exciting news and development in the Ben Tyree campfor 2007. More to come in that regard, but first order of business:I have composed and arrang... Posted by Ben Tyree" on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 12:00:00 PST |
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Miscellaneous Flux, Beanskie Productions/ SOUL UNDERSTATED, Stacy Dillard, URB ALT Festival 2008, MuthaWit, Rodney Richardson, JT LEWIS/RHYTHM IS LIFE!/TIME IS NOT MY ENEMY!, John Medeski, Vernon Reid, Blackbyrd McKnight, The Family Stand, SOLARGUITARS - JAZZ ROCK FUSION RADIO & NETWORKING, Chaos Frame, Nomi, JINMO, Six•String Theory, Will Martina, oval office music productions, Soul Understated, Mike Stern, Stephanie Rooker, Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber, Cora Dunham, SwanVocals, Bibi McGill, John Johnson, Moist Paula, Melvin Gibbs, Bob Sworaski, TNT, Fuzz, RETADA, Rhys Chatham, Miss J =100% Artist, 3hooksMusic, FRAN, discovery, DJ Lupe Loop, Kingsley Dinnaram, BRIXX IN NYC, N'digo Rose, Lawrence, Tenderhead, Gary Rouzer, Melanie J-B Charles, toro, Jon Crowe, riccardo anfosso, Mel Santiago, Olivier MARCHAND, Yvonne, Courtney Bryan, Music & Entertainment Public Relations, Cheikh Ndoye, Dean Brown, NEY MELLO, Ganessa James, LUTHER THOMAS DIZZAZZGANSTAJAZZ, Ross D., Oh My Goodness, KARL NOONAN (psychedelic metal), crazzzy Kurt, Aeon Crunc Vampire Hunter X White Knight of Gotham, pitbull1999.com, BlackBird
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