The S & J Experience - Official Website

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August 18, 2008: We are very excited to announce that we have just officially released our new CD "Disambiguation"! Use the below on the left to read about this release! Six of the tracks from this can found on our MySpace by clicking on the link above to the left. The CD is being released on the ELTzone Musiclabel. ELTzone Music is regitered with the American Society of Composers and Publishers (ASCAP).

About The S & J Experience:

Ok, hang in there for the US-Canada-Greece Express: Steve Vassilakopoulos was born in Thessaloniki, moved to and grew up in Toronto and then returned to Thessaloniki as an adult. Jay Schwartz was born and grew up in Miami, moved around the US for a bit and then moved to Thessaloniki. Sharing similar work backgrounds (humanistic based English teachers and teacher trainers), they eventually crossed professional paths and discovered they also both played guitar and shared a passion for music and song writing. They began to collaborate together both professionally and musically and "the S & J Experience" was born.

Teaming up for numerous "long night into morning" jam sessions, they began to blend their eclectic musical influences and guitar skills. Soon, they began to gig publicly at a number of local "holiday party" events and teaching conferences (most notably the ELTzone organized "Anti-Conference" in 2005). Originally they played a diverse set of their own tweaked covers of 60s and 70s rock classics.

In 2006, under the group name "Sudden Breeze", they briefly played a number of gigs, along with Madaline Stangas (who also sings some background vocals on the S & J Experience "Disambiguation" CD). This year would also see an increase of recording projects they collaborated on for their full time teaching careers.

In 2007, Steve and Jay decided to produce a CD as a demo of their most publicly performed pieces. However, the early recording sessions eventually gave way to a decision to release a CD of original music they had written and would produce themselves, for the most part acoustically performed. The resulting CD titled "Disambiguation" was released in 2008. Their first "single" release. "The Vagabond Life", have them sharing lead vocals.

Always the humanistic teachers, Steve and Jay hoped that their attempt to "home produce" their own work will inspire other aspiring musicians and song writers to do the same, bringing more and more music into the world.

All the best! - Jay & Steve