"First Light" Live Performance Highlights from the Beacon Hotel Rooftop HD

Z.Miller Photography event phtos: http://www.zmillerphotography.com/blog/2017/10/9/mts-music-first-light-listening-party-2-beacon-rooftop-skybar This video captures the Facebook live highlights from the "First Light" performance event at the Beacon Hotel Rooftop. Thanks to all who joined us. Much love to vocal artist Kenny Wesley, flautist/saxophonist Nicolas Laget, and DJ M Dot (Michal Bilick) who performed with me. And a special thanks to Keanna Faircloth of WPFW 89.3 FM who hosted this event and to Andres Escobar and Terra Tuono-Shell for helping to organize everything. Buy "First Light" on CDBaby https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/matthewshell210 Amazon https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0741TJMBG iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/first-light/id1261110795 Spotify https://open.spotify.com/album/6k7KJc8HMh3YJfP4vXd0j8 Tidal http://tidal.com/album/76441503 https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/matthewshell211 Napster http://us.napster.com/artist/matthew-shell/album/first-light Google Play https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Matthew_Shell_First_Light?id=Bl4z5ffowxqcvh5sf3ieakt2dzy&hl=en Narked Records http://Narked.com/album/first-light First Light T-Shirt http://MTSmusic.net/first-light © 2017 MTS Music Productions ℗ 2017 Narked Records / MTS Music Productions PRESS RELEASE INFO NARKED RECORDS is delighted to announce the forthcoming release of the highly anticipated new album, “First Light” by acclaimed artist and producer MATTHEW SHELL. The hour-long jazz opus boasts of a complex arrangement featuring 17 key changes and 20 tempo changes, all created by Shell in a single twelve hour session. The music on the recording has been brought to life by Vahagn Stepanyan on the piano and upright bass, Kenny Wesley on vocals, Kenny Darby on keys, Curtis McCain on percussion, Nicolas Laget on flute and sax, Yoed Nir on cello, and Shell himself on guitar. “First Light” was born in a single burst of inspiration. On the day Shell’s wife took on a new job for better work/life balance, Shell hit the studio to create this hour-long arrangement to fully explore the range of emotions felt by his wife. Shell’s unreleased 2016 production of “The Christmas Song” was originally only made as a gift for his family, but it has been included as a bonus track since it was the first instance where Shell attempted explore the “First Light” sound. ABOUT MATTHEW SHELL (aka MTS) is the founder and CEO of MTS Music Productions. He is a music producer, audio production engineer, music business instructor, and producer for the music competition “The O” (as seen at wpgc.com). CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Shell’s work on the production for Marcus Johnson’s album Flo: Chill reached #7 on Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Chart in 2009. Later that year he worked as the engineer on O.A.R.’s album Rain or Shine that reached #5 on the Independent Albums Chart and also #7 on the US Alternative Albums Chart. In 2011, his work on Grammy Nominee Carolyn Malachi’s Beautiful Dreamer was featured on F