Tag: band

  • Mercury Midday News 2/9/2017

    Local band Maya Piata came on Mercury Midday News this afternoon to discuss the release of her EP “Sunny Days. Maya Piata, who is a business communications senior, was joined on the show by keyboard player and record producer Corbin Winkfield. Read more about Maya Piata in this story The Mercury wrote last year. Follow…

  • Strike up the band

    Editor’s note: This is the first part of a three-part series on full-time students who are working to enter the music industry. It was late one night in a hotel. Eight musicians from New Zealand sat around in a cramped living room. A guitar lay across someone’s lap. After a little tuning and a few…

  • Band of Brothers

    Students from UTD, UTA form indie rock outfit Duo Contra, sign with record label to release debut album Duo Contra, an alternative and indie rock band, performed for students Oct. 1 on The Plinth. The band started less than a year ago and consists of three UTD students and a UT Arlington student, who combine…