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LISTEN to Ariah &’s First Original EP on iTunes, Spotify, and Soundcloud

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Take a listen to the first original song EP by Ariah &. Also available for streaming on Soundcloud and for download on iTunes.

EP Credit

Photo by Maria Uminski (mariauminski.com)

Guitar/Vox/Music/Lyrics by Ariah

Studio Engineers:

Mantis Evar

Josh Robertson

Garrett Frierson

(indabamusic.com)

Drums by Jordan Brooks

Trumpet by Andrew Neesley (listentothemainline.com)

Bass and Production by Mike Hurst

Production and Sound Editing by Harrison Adams (soundcloud.com/chairmanforyou)

 

Watch Ariah & Carey Clayton Perform Billy Joel’s “Vienna”

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Video shot and edited by Maria Uminski.

Carey Clayton is a sought after guitarist, composer, and producer in New York City.(http://www.careyclayton.com/) Growing up in LA, Carey was initially drawn to the guitar hearing the music of Jimi Hendrix.  Expanding upon his foundation of Rock and Blues, Carey went on to complete the Studio Music & Jazz program at the University of Miami.

Upon moving to NYC, Carey found himself playing in a wide variety of groups ranging from Rock and Jazz, to R&B and Gospel. Carey was part of the jazz/rock trio Carbon Mirage 2014-2016 in which he helped write, produce, an and perform three albums; Carbon Mirage, and The Peak, and Cloud Hatch. In 2014, he also wrote and produced an album with the ambient folk duo Cosmos & Cyrillus, and a solo record entitled Oak. In 2015, Carey produced the R&B artist Stephanie Rivers album Time Tells A Lie, and released a three-part ambient series entitled Invisible Film. Carey has produced music for numerous artists including, Mary Akpa, Emily Thomas, Kwame Darko, Ian Abel, Stephanie Rivers, A is for Atom, Teena May, and many others. Carey currently tours with synth pop band Great Good Fine Ok, and folk/rock/world outfit David Wax Museum. Carey continues to be an active freelance live and session guitarist. Carey also produces music under the name AFTERLYTE. (https://soundcloud.com/afterlyte)

Ariah and Carey met at the Converse Rubber Tracks Studio, as they were thrown together to provide improvised samples to the Converse Rubber Tracks Library, along with “Lewis” (https://soundcloud.com/itslewislane) for the “Ethereal Guitar and Vocals” section (https://www.conversesamplelibrary.com/pack/ethereal-guitar-and-vocals)

Ariah was an immediate fan of Carey’s “Ethereal Guitar” and the two decided they would try to embark in projects together in the future.

This song was decided upon because Billy Joel is a songwriting genius, and it is dedicated to all the 20-somethings who are hustling, and trying to figure out what it means to be an adult.