The Musicians from Europe, North America, Australia and more continents make appearances on Intercontinen7al's project
The project collaborator Matt Smith is guitar player in a band called Toast (with Jamie Miller, Ben Gaither, Emily Betz and guest Becca Drayer) that has been performing locally in Columbia, Maryland USA over the past few years. Since March 2020, as they all know, all live music has been basically sidelined, and the collective group hasn’t really been getting together much outside of outdoor jam sessions. In an effort to continue collaborating and playing together, they began researching software applications that would allow for sharing recordings. After testing out a couple of programs, it became clear that BandLab was the perfect fit – with just a quick free download, everyone is able to instantly share song ideas, apply effects to their tracks, etc. and the quality was phenomenal. Starting in April 2020, they were recording drum tracks, guitar riffs, and other ideas using BandLab and collaborating just internally with their main group and local friends who also live in Maryland. For the remaining musicians on the INTERCONTINEN7AL project, they took a hybrid approach: they reached out to friends and family who were fellow musicians or folks they have played with previously.
The name INTERCONTINEN7AL was born, with the “7” in the name inspired by the band Tool’s song “7empest”. The end goal of this effort was to prove that music can still be created and enjoyed, even virtually, during the pandemic, and also to use talents to generate any fundraising efforts that they could. The songs generally started out from a guitar chord progression, a drum beat, a vocal melody – basically anything that could be built on.
Tracklist
Albatross Flight
(Europe/North America)
Music Written by: Matt Smith/Marcin Nawrocki
Matt Smith: guitars
Marcin Nawrocki: guitars, bass, drums
Jamie Miller: djembe
Astray
(Asia/North America)
Lyrics: Matt Smith
Music Written by: Matt Smith/Tnbt/Devin Heritage/Alex Burke
Emily Betz: vocals
Matt Smith: guitars
Devin Heritage: bass
Alex Burke: piano
Tnbt: drums
Bad Education
(Europe/North America)
Lyrics: David Lee Rendon/Matt Smith
Music Written By: Matt Smith/David Lee Rendon/Alex Burke/Jeff Hobbs/Dirty D
Matt Smith: guitars, piano
David Lee Rendon: vocals
Alex Burke: bass
Jeff Hobbs: piano
Dirty D: Saxophone
Big Shot (Beautiful)
(Asia/Europe/North America)
Lyrics: Matt Smith
Music Written by: Matt Smith/Alex Burke/Nerse/Jeff Hobbs
Matt Smith: vocals, guitars
Becca Drayer: vocals
Alex Burke: bass
Nerse: flute, violin, slide
Jeff Hobbs: 12 string guitar
Every Reason
(Asia/Europe/North America)
Lyrics: Emily Betz
Music Written by: Ben Gaither/Emily Betz/Matt Smith/Jamie Miller/Nerse/Marcin Nawrocki
Matt Smith: Guitars
Jamie Miller: Cajon
Nerse: violin
Emily Betz: vocals
Becca Drayer: backing vocals
Marcin Nawrocki: bass
Fire
(Asia/Europe/North America)
Lyrics: Emily Betz
Music Written by: Matt Smith/Emily Betz/Jamie Miller/Marcin Nawrocki/Nerse
Matt Smith: guitars
Jamie Miller: drums
Emily Betz: vocals
Nerse: violin
Marcin Nawrocki: bass
Hysteria
(Asia/North America)
Lyrics: Matt Smith
Music Written by: Matt Smith/Nerse/Roy Colquitt/Jamie Miller
Matt Smith: guitars, piano
Becca Drayer: vocals
Nerse: violin
Roy Colquitt: bass
Jamie Miller: cajon
Manor Hill
(Africa/Antarctica/Asia/Australia/Europe/North America/South America)
Lyrics: Matt Smith
Music Written by: Matt Smith/Aymar de Lichtervelde/Ben Gaither/Emily Betz/Jamie Miller/Tnbt/Robert James Shoveller/Joshua Pearlson/Marcin Nawrocki/Nerse/Alex Burke
Matt Smith: guitars
Aymar de Lichtervelde: classical guitar intro
Emily Betz: vocals
Nereo: backing vocals, bass
Becca Drayer: backing vocals
Alex Burke: piano
Tnbt: drums
Jamie Miller: drums/djembe
Robert James Shoveller: lead guitar
Joshua Pearlson: lead guitar
Marcin Nawrocki: bass, mellotron, synth choir
Nerse: violin
Stijn Thoolen: percussion
No Somos De Este Lugar
(North America/South America)
Lyrics: Gustavo Prida
Music Written By: Matt Smith/Gustavo Prida/Hope Gray/Alex Burke
Matt Smith: guitars, drum programming
Alex Burke: Bass
Hope Gray: backing vocals
Gustavo Prida: lead vocals
So You're Different
(Europe/North America)
Lyrics: Rieneke
Music Written By: Matt Smith/Rieneke/Devin Heritage
Matt Smith: guitars, drum programming, staccato strings programming, grand piano
Devin Heritage: bass
Rieneke: vocals
Surrational Images
(Africa/Europe/North America/South America)
Lyrics: Matt Smith
Music Written By: Matt Smith/Marcin Nawrocki/Joshua Pearlson/Nereo
Nereo: vocals
Matt Smith: backing vocals, guitars
Jamie Miller: drums
Marcin Nawrocki: bass
Joshua Pearlson: lead guitar
When I'm Gone
(Australia/North America)
Lyrics: David Lee Rendon
Music Written By: Matt Smith/Jamie Miller/David Lee Rendon/Robert James Shoveller/Alex Burke
Matt Smith: guitars
Robert James Shoveller: lead guitar
Alex Burke: bass
Jamie Miller: drums
David Lee Rendon: vocals
OTHER CREDITS
Artwork Photography by: Eduardo Sanchez, Hu Chen, Benjamin Punzalan, Tianshu Liu, Jay Ruzesky, Aaron Burden, UK Freestocks
Mixing and Production by: Matt Smith/Jamie Miller/Devin Heritage
Mixing and Production Consulting: Foxview Recording
Video Production: Jamie Miller
"The Story" photo is the property of ESA/IPEV/PNRA - S. Thoolen
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