New York, NY (Top40 Charts) The band does its own arrangements to all types of originals and covers that cross broad musical spectrums.
His band The
Enigma Project is carving out its place in the music industry gaining popularity at record speed having been featured at many popular music festivals. Leader
Kevin Michaels is a perfectionist and demands excellence from himself and his bandmates, always looking to expand drum and percussion boundaries in all genres. His original compositions include lyrics that are literate, self-consciously meaningful and fearless. As a musical-genre-spear-header, he emphasizes blends of diverse rhythms adding scintillating and energetic flavors and feels to his music. As a true artist, he's passionate about incorporating heavy elements of Jazz, Rock, Fusion, R&B, Latin, Cuban, Brazilian, Country and Classical styles, which includes Worldbeat and pure African rhythms. The
Enigma Project's "Superman Lover" is its recent offering to the marketplace as a sneak peek of what's to come early 2019.
"I was blown away by The
Enigma Project band, all seasoned musicians who have a history of playing with signature bands. In today's musical landscape, this myriad of blended styles would be welcome on most any musical stage. You get the sense that these guys will really tap all the great remembrances of tunes you love, played as a new arrangement, with identifiable blends of other styles embracing the forward moving groove. I also enjoyed working along
Kevin Michaels in creating his new website, his jovial spirit, intense intellect and a keen eye for presentation, which is always in forward momentum mode" says Jaijai Jackson of The Jazz Network Worldwide.
Having played with hundreds of bands and recorded on The
Beach Boys "Holland Album", including credit on the 2013 "Made in California" album as well as an audio/visual music credit on the 2006 Jack Nicholson/Leonardo DiCaprio film "The Departed" adds to his credits.
"The
Enigma Project delivers a show comprised of high quality, jazz, rock, r&b, blues, funk, and reggae styles morphing from rock into jazz-latin, and crosses jazz into jazz-rock, r&b-funk-reggae styles. The band does its own arrangements to all types of originals and covers that cross broad musical spectrums. Each song that is delivered is unique, and packed with power to extremely subtle details, with deep heavy grooves, great time, and wonderful feels. This band starts growing on you from the moment you hear it. Over time, you realize that you've been missing quality music for longer than you thought. For those not familiar with the band, the music it presents will give you a deeper understanding of what true music is" says
Kevin Michaels.
The current line-up of The
Enigma Project is
Kevin Michaels (dr.),
George M. Webster (bass), Ronnie Good (guit/voc.), John Gulack (Keys), Mike
Nelson (saxes), Roy Wiegand Sr. (trombone), Roy Wiegand Jr. (trumpets), Riki Hendrix (guitars/voc.)
Kevin Michaels has made his mark when it comes to blending his drumming ability creating a fresh and newly vibrant musical experience with anyone's style. This gift comes organically to
Kevin since he is a composer, arranger, audio guru, author and educator who offers consultations. In addition, he is a powerful producer of all types of music, video, including artistic, musical, and stage events.
To learn more and to purchase the new single "Superman Lover" from the upcoming The
Enigma Project CD check out the official
Kevin Michaels website at kevinmichaels.us as well as his feature on The Jazz Network Worldwide this week at thejazznetworkworldwide.com.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EnigmaProject2017/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-m-60ba973/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/enigma_project1
Youtube.com:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUwckM0vcnMP1O6MjRAwB7w/videos