March 03, 2015
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Students will be presenting some of the first finished tracks during an event at Drexel’s URBN Center on March 3.
Drexel University students are resurrecting unfinished music tracks from more than 40 years ago through a partnership with Reservoir, an independent music publisher based in New York City.
As part of a class called “Uncovering the Philly Groove,” students in the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design will work to complete a set of unfinished songs recorded on the R&B Philly Groove Records label in the 1970s.
“We are thrilled to partner with Reservoir in bringing this unique, exciting and relevant course to Drexel’s Music Industry program,” Toby Seay, an associate professor in Westphal College who is teaching the class, said in a statement.
“For students, this is a chance to jump time in recorded music history, using the skills they’re learning today to resuscitate a project that was started by professionals years ago. For the music industry faculty, Uncovering The Philly Groove is a chance to demonstrate, in a very tangible way, the kinds of creative opportunities the music business continues to offer."
About 43 forgotten tracks were residing in the archive of the iconic Sigma Sound Studio. The Philadelphia recording studio was used by some of the top R&B, pop and rock artists during the ‘70s, ‘80s and ‘90s. Drexel acquired its music when the studio closed in 2003.
Students will present some of the first finished tracks during an event at Drexel’s URBN Center on Tuesday.
