Frank Viele // Vocals, Guitar
Mario Capodiferro // Drums
Rob Liptrot // Bass, Vocals
Eddie Arjun Peters // Lead Gtr
Pasquale Iannelli // Saxophone
Andrew Mericle // Trumpet
Influences
Stevie Wonder, Otis Redding, Dave Matthews Band, Tower of Power, Bill Withers, Ray Lamontagne, Marvin Gaye, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Parliament, Sly & the Family Stone, Lettuce, Soulive, Marc Broussard, Maroon 5 and many more...
Sounds Like
Dave Matthews Band meets Lettuce in a boxing ring and Sam Cooke is officiating
The Manhattan Project began as a revolving door of talented musicians that lent their musical abilities to guitarist and singer-songwriter, Frank Viele, both on stage and in the studio. In the early months of 2005, Viele recorded a guitar track in his basement, which soon caught the attention of Label 11 Records, based out of New York City. By March of 2006, Frank's debut record, a 6 track EP entitled Blue Roses for Two, was made available nationally via channels such as iTunes, Tower Records, Best Buy and Rhapsody. Followed by a solid year of touring and promoting with the band, a trio, a duo and solo acoustic, Frank gathered another crew of musicians to release his second EP entitled The Manhattan Project.
It didn't take long before Frank's music was heard on radio stations across the Northeast and the track "Bein' Lonely Together" was featured on the New York Rockers For Life and Santa Fe Rockers For Life compilation albums in 2007. By early 2008, the track "Portland Rain" could be heard on regional college and independent radio stations.
Drawing comparisons to major modern groups including Maroon 5, O.A.R. and the Dave Matthews Band as well as classic artists including Chicago and Tower of Power, it is no surprise to learn that Frank Viele & the Manhattan Project have worked their way up the ladder. Over the last two years they shared the stage with top artists such as Gavin DeGraw, Stephen Kellogg & the Sixers, Keller Williams, the Rustic Overtones, Ingrid Michaelson, Nine Days and Marc Broussard to name a few.
The story of this band has just begun to be written. 2010 will boast the release of their first official full-length album titled Neon Lights, which was partially recorded and mixed at Cove City Sound Studios in Long Island and features industry great Richie Cannata (Billy Joel). Now armed with a recording that truly reflects these musicians as masters of their craft, Frank Viele & the Manhattan Project are set to unleash their handcrafted sound on new audiences around the country.
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Very much diggin' the new tunage. Glad I could witness the recording sesh on a couple of 'em (thx again 4 that opportunity! Such a good experience 4 me!). Much love 2 you guys. Keep rockin'. :P
Hey sweetie, i love being friends with you on myspace but are we also connected everywhere else??? Click on the links so we can be friends everywhere;-) xoxo-MSA
What's goin on? Just stoppin in to let you know that if you sign up for our mailing list at www.decadentroots.com you will receive a FREE copy of our 1st single "Relapse." We have also made the entire album available to download for only $5.00 in the online store! Stop by the myspace page or the .com and give the songs a listen, check out the merchandise, sign up for the mailing list, and drop us a line, we love to hear from you! Keep in touch. Thanks, DR
hey u! how ya been? hope things are going good. I havent been able to make it over to the hotel to stop in for a minute... clints been working in town again so im back on dinner duty. lol we are trying to get a mailing list made for my mom to send the invitations out so that's yay. its going to be june 6th at 11a we're going to have some food a bit before. kind of a celebration thang, ya know? quitting mah job with that lameass of a boss jaime. gah, i aint gonna miss her at all! i still cant believe that that survey thing that britt showed me is actually working - n dat we're gettin paid; im so luvin it too. givin mah opinion on stuff i do - pshhh ... so easy. i wonder if we'll ever hit da cash that that website said we would. i dunno, but with my last check being $126, i dont even care. i only pulled in like 200 a week and my crapass job anyway, so this is perfect. you should do it, i'm tellin yah. i guess you'll have to type the link into internet explorer or whatever, but here it is: www. work4surveybling .com get back to me!!
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