Danny Bedrosian-Keyboards, Lead Vocals
Dewayne "Blackbyrd" Mcknight-Lead Guitar
Lige Curry-Bass Guitar, Backup Vocals
Rico Lewis-Drums, Hype Man
Kendra Foster-Vocals
Marc Munoz-Guitar
Elise Bedrosian-Keyboards, Vocals
Mike Maloney-Guitar, Backup Vocals
Teresa Jimenez-Vocals
Influences
EVERYTHING!!!! Just to name a few, George Clinton, Parliament-Funkadelic, Bernie Worrell, Junie Morrisson, Chick Corea & Return to Forever, Sly Stone, J.S. Bach, Sun Ra, Arto Tuncoboyacian, Aram Khatchaturian, Blind Boys of Alabama, System Of A Down, Mahavishnu Orchestra, The Beatles, Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Albert King, Bud Powell, Fishbone, Bad Brains, Armenian folk music, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, Bela Bartok, Art Tatum, B.B. King, Curtis Mayfield, Charlie Parker, Enya, Joni Mitchell, Betty Davis, Motown, and so many many more.......
Sounds Like
Like Sly and P-funk based sound with added elements from various types of Middle Eastern, Classical and jazz fusion genres. The sound of Danny Bedrosian and Secret Army is not quite that easy to pigeonhole, as once you hear it, you will realize this is a very unique group; But thats one way to kinda put it. It is topped with a lot of concepts, characters, audience participation, and an overall spiritual energy that is so infectious....
SECRET ARMY is the brainchild of PFunk Keyboardist Danny Bedrosian, who fronts the band that features Pfunk/original Headhunters guitarist Dewayne Blackbyrd Mcknight, and Pfunk Bassist Lige Curry, P-Funk Drummer Rico Lewis, German-born, Boston based musician Marc Munoz, The Soular System's guitarist Mike Maloney, Florida vocalist Teresa Jimenez, and Danny's sister keyboardist/Singer/songwriter Elise Bedrosian
SECRET ARMY's genuine musicianship combines Big Funk sound with a variety of genres; Armenian and other Near Eastern modes, scales, and rhythms as well as a hefty amount of insight from various Classical music genres from various periods with a heavy concentration on Baroque and early Modern classical forms, Jazz Fusion of a new sort, Heavy rock sounds, Hip Hop flavor, Soul, Gospel, and much more!
The band has played sold-out shows in the south, the midwest and the northeast. Secret Army also has a huge European and Australian fanbase, and is working with BoogieDown Productions' Paul Quinn on upcoming work in Europe and the UK.
Secret Army/BOZFONK Street Teams are popping up all over the world, with active membership in advertising, consignment, distribution, bookings, and promotion in over 20 U.S. States, 3 Canadian Provinces, The UK, France, Holland, Russia, Australia, and New Zealand. Secret Army has been winning new recruits all over the world. The band also has deals with hundreds of record stores, and digital distribution deals with hundreds of companies. BOZFONK's U.S. and European sales have tripled in the past year alone.
The technical and artistic talents of the musicians and vocalists involved have been impressing people over and over again, as the band grooves out renditions of the songs from the debut Secret Army album, as well as the newest double disc The Sleaziest of The Greaze; In addition, the band also works out songs from Bedrosian's Som'n Fierce album, as well as upcoming music on the next Secret Army disc entitled MUZZLE MOOSICK.
All of the Secret Army CD or Som'n Fierce CDs can be purchased at the official website of Secret Army and all BOZFONK MOOSICK www.dannybedrosian.com. (you can also get a lot of other great albums there produced by Danny including The Soular System, Teresa Jimenez, MoonChild, Asphalt Panda, and others)
Secret Army's live show is unforgettable. A patchwork of ethnic, racial, religious, and gender diversity is evident in the band's makeup, but its the MUSIC, and the sheer ENERGY that drives the groove home in this band, and it doesn't let up, until you find yourself screaming for more. There is literally something for every fan in this group. And the sonic power of the band is breathtaking, especially when taking into account the tonal superiority of the musicians themselves.
SECRET ARMY is as bassist Lige Curry put it "a new dynasty of music", and it serves it's reputation well; The Funk will never die, with Danny Bedrosian & Secret Army it has morphed into something for the new century, something both innovative and retrospective. Come and enjoy DANNY BEDROSIAN & SECRET ARMY.......
SONG INFO:
All songs Published by BOZFONK MOOSICK (BMI) and Copyright 2006-2008 Danny Bedrosian. The songs are culled from
Danny Bedrosian-SECRET ARMY
Danny Bedrosian & Secret Army-THE SLEAZIEST OF THE GREAZE
Danny Bedrosian & Secret Army- MUZZLE MOOSICK
Origins and Institutions:
Based out of Tallahassee, Florida, the southern branch of the WEFUNK AD2K Company is a diverse musical collective of big bands, small, tight combos, singer-songwriters, innovative producers, and skilled musicians under the management of Producer, Songwriter, Publisher, Musician and Vocalist Danny Bedrosian. Danny is also the full-time keyboardist for George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic, and his operations within WEFUNK SOUTH are simply an extension to the P-Funk’s long legacy of having a wealth of talent worldwide.
Bedrosian has been producing for some of these artists over the last five to seven years, and reared them himself in the professional training of what it really is to be a band, group, artist and so on. Members of these groups, through the years have taken Bedrosian’s own personal courses in special professionalism training, management training, and polishing bands, learning the fundamentals of copyrighting, publishing, divvying writer and publisher credits, and working within many different aspects of the music industry. Bedrosian also heads up his personal production and publishing company, BOZFONK MOOSICK, which works in harmony with WEFUNK SOUTH, focusing on different aspects of many shared artists and affiliated bands. In addition he heads up the BOZFONK street team, which operates on an international level in 40 U.S. states, 4 Canadian provinces, and 15 nations worldwide.
WEFUNK SOUTH Groups:
WEFUNK SOUTH has a small stable of masterful artists, serious groups and monstrous bands that have huge marketing potential, and amazing raw talent. Here are short descriptions of but a few of them:
Danny Bedrosian & Secret Army - formed by Bedrosian, and membered by fellow P-Funkers and musical legends Dewayne “Blackbyrd” Mcknight, Lige Curry, Rico Lewis, and more, Secret Army is a musical collective combining Hard Funk with Ethnic Middle Eastern Music, other World Music forms, Jazz Fusion, R&B, Hip-Hop, and various classical music elements from keyboardist Bedrosian’s extensive 20-year long classical tutelage. The music is both approachable and innovative. Their first album was released independently with WEFUNK SOUTH and BozFonk Moosick Publishing heading it up, and has received rave reviews as being something never really heard before; a new fusion, carrying with it a tradition first put down by the original Parliament-Funkadelic members who fused various genres in their own right in the 60’s and 70’s. Secret Army is doing the same thing with new genres and sub-genres, new technology, and a new World audience. The overlying theme is unity in this multi-ethnic, cross-cultural, multi gender band. The second album, a double album, by Secret Army was recently released, and the band’s third is currently being completed. This group has already played all over the East Coast and Midwest; some of the key shows include opening for George Clinton at the House of Blues in Orlando, FL, headlining the FSU Hempfest in 2007, and playing the main stage at 2008’s Trinumeral Festival, to name but a select few. The band is currently planning several international tours.
The Soular System-an 8-piece Southern Funk/Bayou Soul band, with a lot of rock and jazz influences as well. Fronted by the Reverend Desmond D’Angelo, and featuring not only a blisteringly powerful rhythm section, but also a three piece horn section, various percussion in the mix, choreographed dancing, tight arrangements, grooving musical workouts, amazing lyrics, and diabolically interesting concepts. Their sophomore album, All the Way Out, and All the Way In, produced by Bedrosian with WEFUNK SOUTH, is receiving great response as the band continues a hefty touring and practicing schedule in the southern and Midwestern United States. The band has performed alongside Fishbone, Digital Underground, George Clinton, Chicago, and Earth Wind, and Fire.
Moon Child-a mixture of Alaskan folk music, Pop, Dance funk, Celtic folk music, Classical composition, Crunk, southern fried beats, and Beatles-esque songwriting, Moon Child is a very unique singer-songwriter, whose first album, produced by Bedrosian is a testament to the diverse styles and the quiet, angelic soprano of Moon Child. Also featured on the album is longtime P-Funk contributor Jerome Rodgers. Moon Child is currently working on new material for another album, and fronting her funk band,
Soul Hole in Fairbanks, Alaska.
UNFUNKWITABLE-Led by Dwayne Dungey, featuring keyboards by P-Funk's Danny Bedrosian, Secret Army guitarist Marc Munoz, and asphalt Panda drummer Seth Ceders, Tallahassee area bassist Jamie Campbell, and special guests. The sound is RAW FUNK with a METAL edge, and a psychologically transcendent lyrical side which is as multi dimensional as the music which goes from quiest as a mouse, to blatantly nasty at the drop of a hat!
Asphalt Panda-a jazz/rock power trio out of Tallahassee, FL, their first album is currently being finished by Bedrosian. Their strong bedrock of drums, bass and guitar is a startlingly different type of group than the larger WEFUNK SOUTH outfits, and the intricate, tight arrangements reflect the small combo’s extremely dedicated musical approach. If one would describe them outright it would be best to describe them as a fruit punch of EMO, Pop, Jazz Fusion and Alternative music. Led by Bassist and songwriter Duane Day, Asphalt Panda is a unique and yet very marketable approach to the power trio, fusing many important aspects of popular music today.
Teresa Jimenez-a masterful jazz/pop/soul/folk/rock singer with a wide range of abilities and styles. Featuring a mixture of Secret Army and The Soular System forms the majority of her band, alongside guests such as jazz sessionmen, P-Funk’s Garry Shider, Russian funk virtuoso violinist Felix Lahuti, New England beatsmith Jon Picken, NYC artist Brian Maloney, an a hefty group of musicians from Sweet Motha’ Child. Teresa’s music can be anything from upbeat and pop-flavored, to steamy and jazzy, to sexy and funky, to solemn and refined at the drop of a hat. The majority of the compositions on this album are written by Jimenez, producer Bedrosian and Soular System/Secret Army triple duty guitarist/songwriter Mike Maloney.
Clonin the Wheel-A consistent, funky, dancefloor oriented EP, which started as a collaboration between Bedrosian and North Carolina multi-instrumentalist Chris Cornwell. P-Funk All-Star and solo artist in her own right, Miss Kendra Foster contributes to one of the more jazz influenced cuts on this dynamite EP. Clonin the Wheel also features Secret Army Axemen Marc Munoz and Mike Maloney, and BOZFONK-WEFUNK SOUTH staffer/beatsmith Jon Picken. But most of the fire is from Cornwell himself, and Bedrosian, who play drums, bass, guitars, keyboards, and most of the vocals throughout this surefire funk thrust of a disc.
Sweet Motha’Child - Bedrosian’s now defunct 18 piece funk conglomerate resurfaces on disc on the upcoming SMC the Best of 1999-2003. Though not encompassing the band’s entire career, this Best of album gives the p-funk or secret army fan an insight to Bedrosian’s pre-P music in his late teenage years. There are actually some great compositions and performances on this disc by Bedrosian and all the rest of the New England based group.
Our Objectives:
The motives of the WEFUNK SOUTH family, is to receive distribution on an international level for our stable of artists and bands ,along with the other artists and groups under the BOZFONK umbrella, as well as provide booking opportunities for shows and tours, promotions, studio time, publishing and copyright opportunities, marketing strategies, audio and video elements, graphic design, conceptual development, merchandising, a full photography, film and art department, artistic development, a stable of writers, producers, arrangers, musicians, vocalists, technicians, administrators and management to our group of bands and artists. We strive to continue to grow and find new, fresh, innovative and unique talent to add to the fine family of WEFUNK SOUTH and BOZFONK MOOSICK.
We thank you for your time regarding the many prized artists and groups, and the proud achievements of this fledgling branch of WEFUNK!
Danny Bedrosian & SECRET ARMY's Friend Space (Top 39)
Congratulations on your tour-run! Just placing U back on my top-folks on the page. That is exactly what time it is for independent-artists...to do Our own thang! Bravo!
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High Danny, thanks 4 everything, Fly on, and have a good Long Beach Funk Fest! ask for my friend from New York, you know from the shirts and dvd..s..Peace
