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Click on a photo to read about the band member... David Wilson
Vocals, guitar
David came to musical consciousness in 1967 in State College PA, surrounded by the music, politics, and youth culture of Penn State University. His earliest musical influences were The Beatles but the inspiration for his musical career occurred when, at the age of nine, he stumbled upon a garage band in his neighborhood playing a Sly and the Family Stone song. Fast forward to the age of 14 in Greensboro NC: David started his first band playing original music and went into the studio at age 15 to record 10 songs. The original songs leant themselves more to the melodic and harmonic structures of the Beatles and The Turtles which created a musical contrast to the artists that the crowd he hung with was listening to: Yes, Genesis, Led Zeppelin, The Who, Queen and Jethro Tull. At age 18 he left home and fronted a touring band for a few years that played throughout the Southern US and in 1982, moved to Lancaster County, PA joining a jazz/rock/progressive ensemble. Over the next two years, he wrote and performed lyrics and vocal melodies for the band. The project ended in a demo being produced for Geffen Records which went nowhere, as they most often do. At the conclusion of the project (and at the suggestion of its members) David packed off to Boston to attend Berklee College of Music. In addition to studying vocal performance within the school, he came under the tutelage of legendary voice coach, Dante Pavone and remained a student for over six years. It was at Berklee where David hooked up with bassist/vocalist John Nicholson. Their musical interests and natural harmonic vocal blend fueled a solid friendship and musical alliance. However, somewhere around 1988, with nearly half his life spent playing in clubs and bars, David burned out, quit singing, got a sales gig and went off (successfully) to raise a family. After a 12 year hiatus from the music business, David
rejoined John in the New Hampshire basement of guitarist
Michael Thomas to try out something new: playing the music
they love for no reason other than the love of playing the
music. The resulting “Your Move” union has now completed
itself and produces some of the richest and most
true-to-roots progressive rock New England has to offer.
John Nicholson
Bass, 6- & 12-string guitar, vocals
John was raised in a large musical family in Long Island, New York. His father, who has conducted for a Long Island Choir for over 30 years, introduced classical musical to his kids and taught each child to play the piano, a wind instrument and sing in his choir. This early classical upbringing would help John’s musical tastes develop and naturally lead him to groups such as ELP, Genesis and Yes. His older brothers, who played bass and drums, introduced him to a wide variety of musical styles and helped to push him into taking up the bass. Playing the piano and trombone as a teenager wasn't exactly the coolest instrument so John turned his attention towards the bass guitar at age 13. John played in a high school band with his brother (on drums) covering mostly Yes and other bands of that time. During this time his influences helped shaped his melodic playing style. Being strongly influenced by Chris Squire’s unique style and sound it made John regard the bass guitar as a melodic instrument every bit as important as the guitar or keyboards. John moved to Boston to study Music Production and Engineering at the Berklee College of music. While attending Berklee, John met Dave Wilson and recruited him for an original project that he was involved with which played the Boston club circuit for five years. Eventually, however, his love for the classic progressive rock of his childhood led him to form Your Move with Wilson. Equipment
Ray Lambert
Lead guitar
Ray grew up in a very musical environment: starting on all fours with the sounds of his mother's ever-present radio and continuing through his concert-riddled teenage years and beyond. After two years of under-appreciated organ lessons, Ray begged his parents for a guitar. Grade 7 brought that guitar in addition to 2.5 years of lessons from a local, semi-professional guitarist. Ray stopped the lessons after discovering that his teacher was using the songs Ray learned as "homework" for his own band! Ray proceded with his own self-education thereafter, amassing a wide collection of influences from his own radio, including: Alex Lifeson, Jimmy Page, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Adrian Belew and others far too numerous to mention. Things got especially serious when Ray's parents gave him a Music Man half-stack for his eighth-grade graduation present. In 1983, Ray joined his first semi-professional cover band (with the unfortunate name, "EYZ") playing 60's, 70's, and 80's rock in bars (while still underage). The following year, Ray joined a new band, "Switch", consisting of some former-EYZ'ers playing similar material and venues. Switch was quite popular and gigged often, including two "house band" gigs. In 1985, Ray joined his first original band, Blue Movie. Based in the Providence, RI area, Blue Movie played regularly throughout the originals circuit of the time in Providence, Newport, Boston and New London, CT, including at such well-known clubs as The Living Room, Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel (both in Providence) and The Channel (Boston). In 1986, Blue Movie released a four-song E.P. (on vinyl) which received some local airplay, especially on local college stations. Blue Movie had a long run and finally disbanded in 1991 over personnel issues. Ray spent the next seven years concentrating on his career as a software engineer and playing guitar only for his own enjoyment. He wouldn't play in a regular band again until 1999 when he discovered the largely Internet-based contemporary progressive rock movement and was inspired by bands such as Spock's Beard and The Flower Kings. Ray played for about a year with a bass player and drummer from the Saugus, MA area who were also fans of both progressive rock and especially the band Rush (Ray's all-time favorite). The trio worked on original progressive rock music and struggled to find a singer and full-time keyboardist. Around the same time, Ray was contacted by a former bandmate from Blue Movie who needed a fill-in guitarist for his cover band. The fill-in role ended-up lasting for nearly two years. Playing in two bands at once, Ray was definitely back in the swing of things. But these gigs eventually ran their course and left Ray idle again......briefly. Until, in 2004, Ray answered the call to join Your Move, excited that his love of playing and love of prog can finally come together! Equipment
Dave Lieb
Keyboards, guitar, vocals
On May 30, 1968, the Beatles recorded 18 takes of "Revolution 1" at Abbey Road Studios, in St. John's Wood, London, England. On the same day across the pond in Newark, New jersey, Dave Lieb was born into a musical, artistic and intellectual family. The first born son of Paula, a brilliant pianist/double bassist, and Murray, a mathematics professor, electrical engineer and audiophile with a huge record collection, would make music his life's passion, not just a hobby. Violin lessons started at age three and piano lessons from his mom were in the cards by age five. At the same time his father's rock albums (The Who, Moody Blues, Beatles, Rolling Stones, Eagles and Bob Dylan) made Dave want to play guitar as well. The next several years would be a whirlwind of lessons and self-teaching on piano, guitar and drums. Always having an ear to the FM stations of the mid to late 70s, Dave developed a love for what is now considered Classic Rock. His older cousins, neighbors and friends turned him on to prog groups such as Genesis, Yes, Rush and ELP. Dave spent his youth playing in rock bands, writing original songs on different instruments, and continuing piano lessons. He also became an avid Billy Joel fan and was able to play most of Billy's songs by the time he graduated high school. Then it was off to Boston and Berklee College of Music, where Dave studied Music Synthesis, Film Scoring, and Music Business. His love for prog rock developed further as he played in Rush, ELP and Genesis tribute shows with like-minded prog heads. Early Genesis became a favorite. The following decade and a half saw Dave become a fixture on the local Boston rock scene splitting his time between several bands (and instruments) performing covers, originals and doing many general business gigs like weddings and private parties. He's currently the keyboardist in The Rudds, a very popular local rock & soul band with a CD earning rave reviews all over Boston, New York, Philadelphia and beyond. Other current or recent bands include Stained Glass Eye (pop/rock originals — bass/keys/vox), The Peasants (punk/rock/garage originals — bass/vox), Brogue (acoustic duo — guitar/vox) and Dave's own original project Red Sea Pedestrians. Even with all this, something was still missing and now that void has been filled by Dave joining Your Move. Equipment
A player to be named later...
Drums
If you'd like to play drums for Your Move please drop us a line!
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