TRANQUIL IS:
Joseph Accardi - Lead vocals and acoustic guitars
Bram Cayne - Drums and percussion
Darren Ricci - Bass guitars and backing vocals
Rob Christian- Alto/Tenor Sax and Keyboards
Influences
Joseph: - Barenaked Ladies, Our Lady Peace, Pearl Jam, Eve 6, Stone Temple Pilots, I mother Earth, Sound garden, Matchbox 20, Collective Soul, Santana, U2, Big Wreck, Finger 11, Goldfinger, Radiohead, Harry Chapin, Little River Band, Simply Red, Pilate, Crash Test Dummies, Mika, Oasis, Bush X, the Salads, Meatloaf, The Oneders/ the wonders, Aerosmith, Blind Melon, the Refreshmenst, Dishwalla, the Counting Crows, Foo Fighters, K's Choice, Everclear, Incubus, Verve Pipe, Duran Duran.
Bram: - Dave Matthews Band, David Gray, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Robert Randolph and the Family Band, Soulive, Damien Rice, Victor Wooten, The Police, John Butler Trio, The Roots, Sigur Ros, Galactic, Wilco, Norah Jones, Teitur, Dennis Chambers, Joshua Redman, Dave Weckl, Steve Smith, Billy Cobham
Darren: - The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Dream Theater, Tool, Audioslave, Soundgarden, Rage Against the Machine, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, The Chemical Brothers, Dave Matthews Band, DJ Tiesto, Explosions in the Sky, Jimi Hendrix, Steve Vai, The Foo Fighters, Guns N' Roses, I Mother Earth, Incubus, Iron Maiden, Jaco Pastorius/Weather Report, Jamiroquai, Joe Satriani, Metallica, Led Zepplin, Liquid Tension Experiment, Marcus Miller, Rush, John Coltrane, Michel Camilo, Stanley Clarke, Tower of Power, Planet X, Symphony X, Spock's Beard, Victor Wooten, Michael Jackson, Our Lady Peace, Opeth, Ozzy Osbourne, Pain of Salvation, Paul Oakenfold, Pink Floyd, Queen, The Eagles, Chopin, Enigma, Eric Clapton, Van Halen, Pantera, Jimmy Eat World, Megadeth, Mr. Big, Pantera, Bon Jovi, U2, System of a Down, Radiohead, St. Germaine, Bob Marley, John Mayer
Sounds Like
Well … the simplest solution to this would be to just have a listen for yourself. But if you must ask, we’ve been told that we have a pop acoustic rock sound. I’d imagine that would sound similar to lets say…Matchbox 20 or the Bare-Naked Ladies. However, we also have a slight classic rock feel in our guitar work. Combine that with some very technical drum work from our drummer Bram Cayne, creative bass melodies and rhythms from the bassist Darren Ricci, and moving lyrics and melodies from singer/songwriter Joseph Accardi and you have Tranquil.
Joseph Accardi graduated from St. Thomas of Villanova High school in 2003 with honors, as President of the student council. He was then accepted to the University of Toronto for computer science. Joseph started playing and performing music at the age of 10. He plays piano, saxophone, flute, trumpet, clarinets, guitar and he sings. Joseph has also performed in and directed a handful of musicals over the last couple years.
Bram Cayne has been playing drums and percussion since the age of 11. He has studied under many professional drummers, including Toronto greats Barry Romberg and Rick Lazar. He has also learned from such jazz artists as Mike Murley and Mark Eisenman. He is currently attending York University. Bram has performed in various jazz bands, rock bands and pit orchestras (including West Side Story and the Rocky Horror Show) which have helped mold his diverse drumming style.
Darren Ricci began his musical career at a young age by taking piano lessons through the Royal Conservatory of Music. At the age of 13 he bought his first bass guitar. Although he is primarily self-taught on the bass, Darren has taken some private lessons throughout the years, and continues to strive to be the best musician he can be by listening and learning from others. Darren has played bass in various groups and bands ranging from a wide genre of music including rock, alternative, progressive, funk, and jazz to name a few. Darren is currently working on finishing his Bachelor of Arts degree in the social science program at the University of Toronto.
That was a great set at Holy Joes. A breezy, radio-friendly alt-pop feel that was also full of energy and rhythm. With the cameras rolling, the set seemed more like an event. It's always nice to see a band passionate about what they do. Entertaining.
Hi there Tranquil first of all we'd like to say thanks for being our myspace pal. We wanted to make sure you knew the reason incase we suddenly vanish off of your friends list. The movement we've started for indie artists has grown significantly and consumes all of our time these days. We seldom sign into our myspace account and this is making several people believe that we are ignoring them. We are not ignoring anyone, we wanted everyone to know that. What we're doing has become so busy we just don't have the time for myspace any longer, so in all honesty we are probably going to just close our myspace account.
Many people wanted to use us in the future so if you were one of those people make sure you bookmark the link below so that in the event that we do close our myspace account you won't lose contact with us. I wish you the best of luck in your music career. Thanks again for being our myspace pal.
We have also built a pretty big music community which you are welcome to join if you want to meet new artists like yourself!
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