SPRINGFIELD — Stephen Urban, faculty member at The Calderone School of Music, recently completed his first full band studio track, which is now creating a buzz online.
Urban is the head guitar instructor at CSM’s Springfield location and also teaches in East Hanover. His compositional prowess and technical skills on banjo and harmonica, along with vocals, acoustic and electric guitars are featured on his new studio track.
Urban teamed up with Sean Gill, of Nightlife Entertainment, who has worked with popular artists like Seal, Cher, Madonna and Celine Dion.
His original song, “The Wetlands,” was inspired by the legendary NYC rock club, The Wetlands Preserve, which helped launch the careers of many popular acts such as Dave Matthews Band, Pearl Jam, The Roots, Blues Traveler, Spin Doctors, Warren Haynes of The Allman Brothers Band and many more.
“The Wetlands” can be streamed online by visiting www.relix.com/media/audio/remembering_wetlands_in_song .
On Oct. 2, Urban won Relix’s Jam-Off competition, awarding his track “The Wetlands” the grade prize. The song will be featured in the December 2013 issue of Relix Magazine’s CD Sampler bundled with over 100,000 issues of Relix distributed internationally. He will also be featured with editorial coverage in Relix Magazine.
The Calderone School of Music is a professional music school providing private instruction on all instruments and voice for students of all ages and ability levels. The school offers Kindermusik classes for children ages birth to seven, Suzuki String Plus, Professional Development Division and College Preparatory Division.
In addition to music lessons, students have the opportunity to participate in ensembles, auditions, competitions, evaluations and annual scheduled weekly recitals. Visit the school website at www.calderoneschoolofmusic.net/.