Lick it Ticket

Informed with a modern jazz, funk, pop, and IDM sensibility, yet steeped in the blues, jam band and progressive rock traditions, their well-designed compositions and grooves are infectiously dance-able while also being interesting and compelling.

Diverse, progressive, talented, and engaging, Lick It Ticket is truly a next-generation band.

Hailing from Cedar Falls, Iowa, Lick it Ticket is composed of past and current students of the University of Northern Iowa. As students, they came into being during the fall semester of 2009. The band has now been playing together for over three years, constantly improving upon their craft; composition, improvisation, and groove.

Altogether, the band has accumulated over 15 years of of experience studying music in college. Each member brings a great depth of experience performing with collegiate jazz bands and orchestras, touring bands, concert and pit orchestras, and studio session musicians throughout the Midwest.

In this brief time, the band has developed a devoted following locally in Cedar Falls and has continued playing all over Iowa as well as Minnesota, Colorado, and most recently, Ohio and New York.

Their upcoming debut album, recorded at Minstrel Studios in Iowa City, and mastered at Catamount studios in Cedar Falls is scheduled to be pre-released locally at the Hub on Friday December 2nd and will be officially released on the web in March, 2012. Their single off the album, Mula Bandha is now available for purchase through CD baby, Itunes, and Amazon. You can access their music at www.lickitticketmusic.com.

As for the members of the group, Ryan Pearson sings and wails on the guitar, Robert Espe plays the sax and keyboard with a loud, but sensitive intensity, Andrew Thoreen dances while improvising bass lines and rhythms, and Collin Braley plays the beats with appreciative nods, often causing observers to dance uncontrollably.

This band will satisfy your craving. Most definitely.

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