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Title: Macpodz Orcastrate Rfd80m-79325 80
Description: Ann Arbor, Michigan: The MacPodz, 2008. audio cd. Disc in excellent condition. Jewel box like new. Liner notes. 12 tracks.' The five members of the band that would become the MacPodz - Brennan, Andes, Nick Ayers, Jesse Clayton, Ross Huff, and Griffin Bastian - spent much of the latter half of 2005 backing up various singer-songwriters and other performers around Ann Arbor, including poet/social activist JohnSinclair. “We all really enjoyed each other’s musical stylings and late-nightantics, ” explains percussionist Ayers, “and we just started palling around more often. ” Andes was equipped with a basement studio at the time, and, as Ayers puts it, “we’d stay up all night writing instrumental dance tracks. ” After a couple of house party gigs in 2006 (“just for fun, ” Ayers points out) , the band became a fast hit, encouraging them to stick with it andexpand the group’s repertoire into more. '. Near Fine .

Keywords: Jazz; Soul Music; Funk Music; Ann Arbor People Pop Music; Dance Music; Musicians; Audio Cd; Audio Music; Music/Opera/Songs Audio/Video Michigan/Detroit/Great Lakes Ephemera