Vince Lujan Project

In addition to being a full service party dance band able to provide your own mix of music on iPod/computer for breaks/special dances we can provide music for your ceremony in just about any combination or configuration:
Solo acoustic/classical guitar with or without voice
Duo: guitar/violin , guitar/piano, guitar/hand-percussion (with or w/out voice)
Trio: guitar/violin/hand-percussion, guitar/violin/piano, guitar/bass/drums, etc. etc.

Vince has over 10yrs training and experience as a music minister and is able to speak to large groups of people with an easy, fun going manner. In addition, his experience working with various cultural and religious groups makes him an expert in understanding your needs and wishes as a couple that desires the utmost pleasant and professional musical/emcee experience.

Redefining the Texas sound; fusing Pop, Funk, Latin and Soul

The Vince Lujan Project (pronounced - 'LU-hahn'), an original and cover band from North Texas, is putting a new spin on the ever- evolving, all-encompassing Texas sound by infusing blends of Acoustic, Pop, Funk, Latin, and Soul. It's feel-good music with catchy hooks and accessible lyrics.

The diverse members each lend a unique style that effortlessly blends into a powerful groove, topped off with dynamic and smooth rock/R & B vocals. Come to a live show and you'll hear nods to (and occasional covers from) the Dave Matthews Band, John Mayer, Carlos Santana, Stevie Wonder, Eric Clapton, and Bill Withers.

The Denton, Texas-based Vince Lujan Project (pronounced LU-HAHN) has been jamming since members started meeting up in 2002, and its sound has become a fusion of acoustic, pop, rock, funk, blues, jazz, Latin and soul — a blend that defies easy definition but brings new energy to what is known as the Texas Sound and featuring an improvisational element that shines up the group’s sound even further.

With each player bringing something unique to the group — different cultural backgrounds they are proud to mix into their music as well as music educations and musical influences (including Dave Matthews Band, Santana, the Mexican rock band Maná, Stevie Wonder, Eric Clapton, James Taylor, John Mayer & Los Lonely Boys) — it’s a mix that turns listeners into fans and helped VLP win the Houston-based Live Music Records’ contest to showcase at the label’s South by Southwest event at Guero’s in March 2009.

Onstage, as band members listen to and play off each other, audiences are carried away by the positive vibe, the energy and the instrumental virtuosity. Band founder and lead vocalist Vince Lujan, born in Spring, Texas, was playing guitar in fourth grade and since has mastered classical, rock ’n’ roll and jazz guitar (and harmonica and trombone), formed and led bands, composed and arranged original music, and found an expressive vocal style.

With him are drummer-backup vocalist James “DJ” Montgomery, an Air Force brat who played his first gig at age 8 and among his influences cites world-famous self-taught stickman Dennis Chambers; and keyboardist Taylor Ervin, born on the Mississippi Delta and raised in West Texas, who began playing piano at age 3 and has developed a unique blend of raw and aggressive organ riffs and melodious piano lines.

Iowan Greg Rochford, on bass guitar and backup vocals, has more than 20 years experience playing with rock, jazz and classical groups, dedicated to technical brilliance and maintaining the rhythm and groove of a song. Saxophonist Aaron Whitman brings an air of jazz sophistication and pop sensibility that adds to the tight grooves and melodies of the overall sound.

Together, members of the quintet create a fresh sound that stays with listeners long after the groove has stopped.

1. Minimum of eight (8) high-quality monitor speaker capable of providing at least 120 dB of clear, undistorted sound between 100 and 10,000 cycles per second (plus or minus 4 dB) at a distance of ten (10) feet.
2. There shall be a minimum of (4) boom stands, (3) short stands, two (2) gooseneck- type attachments, and (4) regular stands for microphones.
3. Mixing Platform: Purchaser shall provide a safe platform or space in the audience within 50 to 100 feet of the stage in order to set up mixers to mix sound for the show.
4. Monitor Console: A separate monitor mixing board to provide no less than 2 monitor mixes shall be provided within 50 feet of the stage, visible to the Artist and operated by a qualified sound engineer.
5. Lighting: Adequate lighting to illuminate the entire stage area.
6. Backline: Purchaser shall provide Artist with the following backline:
Full drum kit consisting of the following drums, cymbals & appropriate hardware or equivalent:
Drums:
1 Pacific Drums by DW: Piccolo Steel Snare Drum 3.5X13 Inches
Custom Classic Pro Maple 6 PC Drum Set (Carnelian)
• 12 x 9 inch Mounted Tom
• 14 x 14 inch Floor Tom
• 18 x 22 inch Bass Drum
Zildjian
18" Crash Ride Cymbal 14” Rock Hi-Hats Pair
8” Splash Cymbal OR
Sabian
11
20” B8 Series Rock Ride Cymbal 14” B8 Rock Hi-Hat Cymbals 12” AAX O-Zone Splash Cymbal
OR
Paiste
16” PST 5 Thin Crash
16” Traditional Thin Crash 18” Thin China Cymbal 10” PST 5 Splash
Bass Guitar Rig:
Fender Precision Bass
Aguilar bass amp Guitar Rig:
Taylor 214 ce Acoustic with cutaway – 13 gauge strings NanoWeb Elixir Fender Stratocaster with noiseless pickups - 12 gauge strings
LR Baggs Venue Acoustic DI
Fender DeVille Deluxe Tube Amp
Keyboard 1 Rig:
Nord Electro II or comparable Stereo DI
Saxophone Rig:
Tenor, Alto, or Soprano Sax