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Meet DEPARTURE
DEPARTURE is more than a band. It is made up of a dynamic group of individuals.
Let's get to know them a bit better. Starting with Matt....

NAME :
MATT - AKA "Gator"INSTRUMENT : Bass Guitar
ROLE IN BAND : Matt acts as the
booking agent for departure. Why? Because he is the one with a phone...MUSICAL INFLUENCES : Entwistle, Sting, Bruce, Craig, Kaye
QUOTE : "It's not really that way..."
Here comes Sean .....

NAME :
SEANINSTRUMENT : Drums
ROLE IN BAND : Besides drumming, Sean acts as the PR / Marketing guru for the band.
MUSICAL INFLUENCES : Gadd, Cobham, White
QUOTE : "Do we all start together on this?"

And then there is Bev.....

NAME :
BEVINSTRUMENT :
Lead Vocals, KeyboardsROLE IN BAND : Bev is the primary writer of many of the departure tunes. She brings a spiritual and musical strength to the group.
MUSICAL INFLUENCES : Wilson, Grant, Carpenter, Joplin
QUOTE : "Wouldn't it sound better if we all started in the same key?"

Here comes Bob....

NAME :
BOBINSTRUMENT : Lead Vocal
ROLE IN BAND :
Scribe. Also, Bob provides and maintains much of the musical equipment for the band.MUSICAL INFLUENCES : Dylan, Dylan, Dylan
QUOTE : "I really like the sound of that...it's got a groove..."


NAME :
AlanAlan's face doesn't show up on film (?!?), so we are not able to provide a picture of him. People ask us what he looks like. Hard to describe. But, face it, he's a guitar player....think hair....
INSTRUMENT : Guitar
ROLE IN BAND : Alan writes much of the material for DEPARTURE and has a strong hand in the arrangements and making the songs work for our instrumentation.
MUSICAL INFLUENCES : Clapton, Smith, Waters, Lee
QUOTE : "Are we gonna get this right or what?"

There is, however, a photo of Justin....

NAME :
JUSTININSTRUMENT :
Sound man / equipment junkie. Justin can't always be with us, but we always try to get him when we can to handle the sound duties, and to lend a festive mood to whatever we are doing.ROLE IN BAND : Justin mixes the sound and keeps everyone smiling.
MUSICAL INFLUENCES : Zappa, Cage, Skynyrd
QUOTE : "That sounds - SWWWWWEEEEEEETTTT!!!!!"

And finally our producer: producer