A Home for Serious Music Makers!
The world is full of serious musicians who diligently embrace both the art and craft of making music. Each month, we will add short profiles of a few different music makers... people who truly love what they do. As you will see, while they may seemingly fall into a specific genre, whether that be Country, Rock, Jazz, Pop... you name it... they are MUSICMAKERS.
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Founder & Executive Producer, Syracuse Jazz Fest One of the largest and most important jazz festivals on the East coast of the United States […]
MusicMakers
Producer
Vocals
Janis Siegel (vocalist) has been a member of the Grammy Award-winning vocal group The Manhattan Transfer Since 1972. Her first solo album, Experiment in […]
Guitar
MusicMakers
Songwriting
Vocals
Darden Smith is a well-established, successful songwriter, and the founder of a terrific musical outreach program with and for military veterans called “Songwriting With […]
Keyboards/Piano
MusicMakers
The New York Times described the New York-based pianist Eldar Djangirov as “a blend of musical intelligence, organizational savvy, enthusiasm and prowess that was […]
Guitar
MusicMakers
Songwriting
Vocals
The art and craft of writing country songs…from one of the very best in Nashville, TN…Jon Ims. Here Jon talks about song structure and […]
MusicMakers
Vocals
Janis Siegel (vocalist) has been a member of the Grammy Award-winning vocal group The Manhattan Transfer Since 1972. Her first solo album, Experiment in […]
Drums
MusicMakers
Drummer Roy Wooten (born October 13, 1957) is best known by his stage name Futureman. He is an inventor, musician and composer. He was […]
Drums
MusicMakers
Dave Hanlon is a drummer/percussionist based in Syracuse, New York (USA). A consummate and exceptionally gifted professional, Dave is comfortable with most any style […]
Guitar
MusicMakers
Songwriting
Vocals
In the 1970’s, Danny O’Keefe (Songwriter) put out a string of albums that cemented his reputation as being among the best songwriters of his […]
Guitar
MusicMakers
Jesse Gress (guitar) Jesse Gress tours and records with Todd Rundgren and the Grammy-nominated Tony Levin Band. A respected performer, music educator, and former […]
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