The Band Cats

"Dec O Dents" Project Line Up

Steve DelVecchio - Guitar, Percussion, Vocals & Keyboards

Guitars - PRS, Taylor, Fender, Godin,  Alvarez and Ken Smith 

Amps Mesa Boogie Triaxis & Mk III Simul-Class all EVM Speakers

Percussion - LP and Misc stuff

Keys - Fatar, Kurtzweil , Alesis, Emu

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Joe Montini - Woodwinds

6M Conn Alto Sax

Selmer MarkVI Tenor Sax 

Clarinet

Flute

www.joemontini.com

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Juan Araya - 4 - 5 - 6 String and Fretless Basses

Fodera, Fender, Ibanez

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Rich Bonura, Tom Pumo, Al Henneborn - Drums

Pearl Studio Drum Set

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Rhenita McCoy & Janine Higgs - Vocals

Audio Technica 4050 and AKG SolidTube Mics

Focustrite Platinum Vocal Master Preamps

Suit Stop Project Line-Up 

Steve DelVecchio, Guitar & Keyboards

• Born Long Island NY 1962
• Starting playing guitar at 13 years old
• Guitar Instructor, All Music Inc. Plainview NY
• Schooling - Masters Degree in Electro-Physics/Electrical Engineering (I'm not kidding)

Guitar Influences (Alphabetically Listed)
Jeff Beck
Larry Carlton
Al DiMeola
Robben Ford
David Gilmour
John McLaughlin
Frank Marino
Steve Morse
Lee Ritenour
Carlos Santana
Pete Townshend
...And All Good Drummers

Steve's Guitar Gear - How He Get's That Sound (Suit Stop Project)

For The Overdrive Tracks

Paul Reed Smith 10 Top
Mesa Boogie Triaxis PreAmp
MosValve & Mark III Power Amps
EVM Speakers in Theile & Open Back Cabinets
Sennheisser 421 Microphones

For The Clean Tracks

Fender Custom Shop Stratocastor
Mesa Boogie Mark III
EVM Speaker in Open Back Cabinets
AKG 414 Microphone

For The Acoustice Tracks

Takamine F360C Acoustic
Equitek E-200 Microphone

Strings

10 Gauge Dean Markley Blue Steel Electric Guitar strings
12 Gauge Guild Bronze Phosphorous Acoustic Strings

Effects

All Effects are added during mixdown except for a little compression/gating during the print. That goes for all tracks, not just guitar.

My Job In The Band
Songwriter
All Guitars
Keyboard Sequencing
Executive Producer & Engineer
All Mixing, and Mastering
All Around Pain In The Butt

Hobbies
Recording (Duh!)
Photography
Attending Drum Clinics
Driving Musicians Crazy (more of a talent than hobby)

Janine Sepanski, Vocals

• Born in NYC NY
• 1st performance at age 0f 4, solo performance at nursery school graduation
• High school performance Mozart's Alleluhia at age of 14 (talk about heart palpitations)
• Attended School of Dance for 10 years ballet, Modern, Tap, & Jazz
• Attended Fashion Institute of Technology then went on to pursue Composition & Performance at Five Towns Jazz School, receiving an Associates Degree.
• Worked as a studio musician while fronting a club/wedding band, all while fending off offers to join girlish money-making projects (thank goodness I knew better)

Favorite Vocalists & Musicians
David Bowie Ella Fitzgerald
Ian Gillian     Jill Feldman
Isabelle Poulenard  Kate Bush
Buffy Saint-Marie

Stevie Nicks           Sting
Carlos Nakai           Lyle Mays
Joni Mitchel           Judy Collins

Favorite Jazz Artists
Pat Metheney
Coltrane

Favorite Composers
Couperin           Beethoven
Rachmaninoff           Chopin
Bach           Mozart
Annonymous Composers of the 12th & 13 Centuries

Favorite Musical Groups
The Cult
Dead Can Dance
Arc Angels (debut album)
Robbie Robertson & the Redroad Ensemble

Joe Montini, Sax & Flute

• Joe Montini of Verona NJ
• Playing sax for over 26 years
• BA in music Seton Hall University
• Jazz Masters Degree Manhattan School Of Music
• Performed with Dizzy Gillespie on the Merv Griffin Show
• Performed with the Oliver Lake Big Band
• Winner of the WBGO Jazz Jam 1983
• Has performed in over 50 different countries around the world

Joe's Toys
6M Conn Alto of The Late Bobby Platter (x-Leader Of The Count Basie Orchestra)
Selmer MarkVI tenor # 103954
Vandoren 3 1/2 reeds (Custom Modified)
Lots of Flutes

Joe's Influences
John Purcell
Sonny Rollins
Wayne Shorter

Tom Emmerson, Bass

• Years Playing: 17
• Education: Bachelor of Music from the University of Akron
• Currently works as an Art Director for a media corporation that handles promotional material for the cable industry. Also owns his own graphic design company and finds time to write and record music.

Tommy's Toys (in the studio)
Modulus 5-String Bass
Stewart Direct Box
Rane DC24 Compressor
TLAudio 8VA Tube Interface
Ensoniq D/P4 Digital 8 Voice Chorus

Tommy's Toys (live rig)
Modulus 5-String Bass
SWR Head
2 1-15" EVM Series II Loaded Cabinets
Boss Digital Chorus
Samsom Wireless

Tommy's Influences
Jaco Pastorius
Abraham Laboriel
Marcus Miller
Anthony Jackson
 

Rich Bonura, Drums & Percussion

• Born January 1952
• Schooling - BS Business, MS Accounting
• Performed with the band "Hollywood"
• Opening band for The Sherells, Jay & the Americans, The Tramps

Favorite Artists
Vinnie Colaiuta
Dennis Chambers

Live Kit
GMS 10", 12", 14" Toms
22" Kick
GMS & Black Beauty Snares
Tama Hardware
Zildjian Cymbals

The Drum Kits that Rich Used on Suit Stop

Pearl Kit (Studio Rig)

Rack Toms: 10"/12"/14"/16" with Ambassador Heads
Snare 5 1/2" x 14" Maple Floating-Head with a Legacy Head
Kick 22" with an Aquarian Power Dot Head & Click Pad

Premier Kit (Courtesy Of Dana Silkiss)

Rack Toms: 10"/12"/16" with Pin Stripe Heads
Snare 3" x 14" Maple Floating-Head with a Legacy Head
Kick 22" with a Pinstripe Head & Click Pad

Cymbals: Zildjian, Paiste, & Sabine

Crash / Splash 8", 10", 12", 14" & 16"
Ride 21" Paiste
Hats 14" Paiste & Zildjian

Steve "Flava" McCoy, Drums & Percussion

• Drum & Percussion Consultant/Instructor, V.C.Workshops NY & International Divisions
• Total Percussion Flava Production Inc. C.E.O. since - 1987
• Music Production Manager
• Came to this planet earth & landed over in upstate N.Y. around the mid 50's
• Started music; drums, flute, trumpet, keyboards, percussion, & vocals at an early age
• My Job In The Band - To Add My FLAVA On The Drums & Percussion (We may let him sing next time)

Music Influences

My mom who studied opera arias and my dad along with our other family members that appreciated listening to mom singing them in church as well.
P.S.      I am influenced by only the positive people in my life.
            This includes all of my students and all past basement bands
            It was a part of what helped make me the musician I am
            (You know who you are and so do I)

Music Industry Influences

John Coltrane      Billy Cobham      James Brown      Tito      Kiss
Maurice White      David Sanborn      Ella Fitzgerald      Buddy Rich
Iairto      Miles      Shaka Khan      Stevie Wonder      Alex Agwauu
Luther Vandross      Gladys Knight      Herbie Hancock      Pattie LaBell
Steve Gadd      Aretha Franklin      Dennis Chambers      Dizzy Gilesby

FLAVA McCOY's Toys

Wind chimes, bell trees, rain stick, cabassa, egg shakers, triangle, kwika drum, kalimba finger instruments, clavas, bird caller whistles, gweedo, agogo bells, LP & CP fiberglass & wooden congas, Matador bongos, timbales, & hand crafted Instruments from around the world including the infamous wowo tubes, four tone tree trunk drum, waterfall shells, wind maker tubes, udu drum, & drums from Africa and India.

For live performances Flava McCoy has developed SPECIAL F/X DRUM STICKS soon to be in circulation in at music stores across the U.S.A. and over seas.

Performances & Tours

• The Fenwicks East Coast Tour From Boston To Florida
• S.N.O.W. "Informer" (licky boom-boom down) 12" Of Snow World Tour including Live Appearance On The Arsenio Hall Show
• The V.C.Workshop Performing Group From N.Y. To Europe
• Featured In Drum/Percussion Clinics by Sam Ash Music & Long Island Drum Centers

What they say about Flava McCoy

ISLAND EAR

"An experiment in music is an experience in entertainment Steve McCoy electrifies audiences with his explosive techniques!"

GOOD TIMES

"The highlight of the evening was watching percussionist Steve McCoy. Although his special F/X sticks were all a flash, it was clear there is more to McCoy than meets the eye. I could listened to him all night!"

NEWYORK NEWSDAY

"It is pure magic to experience the wide variety of Mr. McCoy's exotic Afro-Cuban drumming rhythms!"

MODERN MUSICIAN MONTHLY

"If the instrumentation behind an artists is sweet, tasteful and pulsating; Steve McCoy must be on the CD that you are listening to. Providing his expertise on drums and percussion adds an extra bit of ear candy to keep things interesting!"

Hobbies: Magic & Illusion Magician

I WI$H U$ ALL CONTINUED $UCCE$$ <PEACE>

The Drum Kits that Steve Used on Suit Stop

Pearl Kit (Studio Rig)

Rack Toms: 10"/12"/14"/16" with Ambassador Heads
Snare 5 1/2" x 14" Maple Floating-Head with a Legacy Head
Kick 22" with an Aquarian Power Dot Head & Click Pad

Premier Kit (Courtesy Of Dana Silkiss)

Rack Toms: 10"/12"/16" with PinStripe Heads
Snare 3" x 14" Maple Floating-Head with a Legacy Head
Kick 22" with a Pinstripe Head & Click Pad

Cymbals: Zildjian, Paiste, & Sabine

Crash / Splash 8", 10", 12", 14" & 16"
Ride 21" Paiste
Hats 14" Paiste & Zildjian

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