Biography Instrumentation 1. Sean Ghannam: electric guitar, acoustic guitar, guitar synthesizer, sampler & midi foot pedals/bass synthesizer pedals, harmony vocals. 2. Chad Kulscar: lead vocals, electric bass guitar, acoustic bass guitar, keyboard synthesizers, sampler & midi foot pedals/synthesizer pedals. 3. Reed Hayes: acoustic drums and percussion, electronic midi/drums and percussion, sampler, midi sequencer, harmony vocals. Biography Sonic Playground consists of three serious musicians who balance their musical prowess with a silly sense of humor, carefree charisma and a unique character. Sonic Playground stays true to themselves as musicians, writers and performers while striving for perfection and creativity. Sonic Playground is influenced by many styles of music -from great songwriting groups like The Beatles to more eclectic jazz rock groove bands like Steely Dan and Frank Zappa. Sonic Playground is significantly influenced by the Canadian Progressive Rock trio, Rush. The 3 members of Sonic Playground strive to be great players, songwriters and arrangers. What sets them apart from the most common bands today is their unique sound and style, their ambition for playing their instruments to the best of their abilities and their dedication to music as an art form. Sonic Playground is associated with the "jam band" genre and shares many of the same characteristics featured in that style of music. Sonic Playground has performed literally thousands of shows and has opened for many famous national acts. Sonic Playground is gaining an international fan base due to the fact that they also double as a successful Rush tribute act named "Toronto Airport" (or YYZ). The Rush tribute band started in 1992 as "Rushour" and later "2112" which extensively toured the USA from 1993 to 1998. More recently, the Rush tribute band performed for the international Rush convention in Toronto, Canada for two years in a row. (http://www.rushcon.org) Sonic Playground reached the #1 spot on Sonicbids "Top Booked Artists" Chart and consistently stays within the Sonicbids "Top Ten Booked Artists" Chart. Discography Sonic Playground is currently working on our debut CD with NYC based co-producer, engineer Steve Hardy. Steve has Platinum Credits, numerous Grammy Award nominations and has built an impressive discography, including multi-platinum records such as Carlos Santana's "Supernatural" and Jay-Z's "Hard Knock Life, Vol.2" (both Grammy winners!). Also known as a creative rock and jazz mixer, Steve's work has been showcased on records by Cassandra Wilson, Ronny Jordan, and indie favorite Mars Needs Women. Steve's skill as a Pro Tools engineer has been put to good use by Prince, Whitney Houston, and Pink. RELATED WORKS: Sean Edward Ghannam "Fusia", http://www.guitar9.com/fusia.html "Fusia" is an eclectic self titled progressive rock/fusion instrumental project released in 2001. "Fusia" receives radio airplay in many countries such as Mexico, Brazil, Iran and Tokyo on diverse non-commercial radio. "Fusia" is also getting radio airplay on various U.S. based college "underground" radio stations.