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Training will be provided and MANDATORY For more info contact: Danny Weber at260-3850 or djw4558@unix. tamu. edu HCKSIS » TEXAS ASM MSC BOX OFFICE FOLEY S AND RANDALLS OR CALL 409 268-0414 PRODUCED BY MSC TOWN HAU AND PACE CONCERTS E ver since he was a five-year-old rummaging through his uncle’s Rush album collection, Matthew Rosin knew he had to create music. “It was something I needed to do,” Rosin said. “There’s nothing else that moves me the way music moves me.” Rosin, the sole member of the ethereal-goth ic band Surreality and a sophomore philosophy major, said his music is a diverse mix of sounds resulting in an intensely personal and emotion al outcome. Rosin said although he prefers not to label his music, some people classify it as ethe real-gothic because of its intense emotional as pect and strong romantic themes. Rosin will be playing at Sweet Eugene’s House of lava tonight at 9. Rosin began Surreality a year and a half ago. He played in several heavy metal bands in high school before realizing his heart was in explor ing ambient and New Age music. "My first love has always been the synthesiz er — the more I did with it, the more I realized that was where I wanted my music to go,” Rosin said. “It was a natural progression from what I’ve done before, and I wasn’t really interested in get ting pigeon-holed in one style of doing things.” Rosin said although he has played in bands with multiple members before, he prefers to work alone because his music is personal and other band members would complicate things. He said there is one disadvantage to working alone, but he makes the best of it. “While I can do less things at once, I feel I can really do more with the dynamics of the music if I work alone,” Rosin said. Rosin said if he were working with others, he might have to risk some of his ideas and goals be ing pushed aside or eliminated for the sake of compromise. Rosin said he likes to improvise during shows and bring out the emotions of the moment - something he could not do effective ly if he played with other people. “If I worked with other people, I couldn’t feel like my heart was in it, and that is the most im portant thing if you are going to write music,” Rosin said. Rosin said he is different from other perform ers in Bryan-College Station because his music is influenced primarily by one element — pure human emotion. Surreality explores pain and pleasure, love and fear, depression and beauty in its music, Rosin said. Mason Pokladnik, a sophomore business analysis major who has helped Rosin produce his three albums, said Rosin’s music is different from any he has heard before. “It almost defies description - it’s a definite break from the alternative mainstream of today,” Pokladnik said. “His music is very original — it’s pretty, it’s simple; yet to truly understand it, you Matt Rosin of the ethereal-gothic band Surreality actually have to think about it.” Rosin said he takes great pride in creating something beautiful out of dark emotions and seeing it take on a life of its own. Pokladnik said he encourages people to give T ofth 1 Rosin’s music a chance. ,in ‘ “He’s new and different, and people at least try it,” Pokladnik said. “It is likeitfl etable - you might not like it, butyoushwflpu least try it.” |F S | - ^ n FriiMrMio Who the WVIIU tllv Clapton nets record of the yei Dion, Beck also win Grammy Awards LOS ANGELES (AP) — The fol lowing is a partial list ofWednesday night’s Grammy award winners: RECORD OF THE YEAR — Change the World, Eric Clapton. ALBUM OF THE YEAR — Falling Into You, Celine Dion. SONG OF THE YEAR — “Change the World,” Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick and Tommy Sims. MALE POP VOCAL PERFOR MANCE — “Change the World,” Eric Clapton. FEMALE POP VOCAL PERFOR MANCE — “Un-break My Heart,” Toni Braxton. NEW ARTIST — LeAnn Rimes. POP PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP — “Free as a Bird,” The Beatles. POP COLLABORATION WITH VOCALS — “When I Fall in Love,” Natalie Cole and Nat King Cole. POP INSTRUMENTAL PER FORMANCE FOR AN ORCHES TRA, GROUP OR SOLOIST — “The Sinister Minister,” Bela Fleck and the Flecktones. POP ALBUM — Falling Into You, Celine Dion. TRADITIONAL POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE FOR SOLOS, DUOS OR GROUPS —- “Here’s to the Ladies,” Tony Bennett. PRODUCER OF THE YEAR — Babyface. MALE ROCK VOCAL PERFOR MANCE — “Where It’s At,” Beck. FEMALE ROCK VOCAL PER FORMANCE — “If It Makes You Happy,” Sheryl Crow. ROCK PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP — “So Much To Say,” Dave Matthews Band. METAL PERFORMANCE — Tire Me,” Rage Against the Machine Rob Zombie and Alice Cooper. HARD ROCK PERFORMANCE — “Bullet With Butterfly Wings,” The Smashing Pumpkins. ROCK INSTRUMENTAL PER FORMANCE — “SRV Shuffle,” lim- mie Vaughan, Eric Clapton, Bonnie Raitt, Robert Cray, B.B. 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COUNTRY ALBUM- to Ensenada, Lyle Lovett. FEMALE COUNTRY PERFORMANCE - LeAnn Rimes. MALE COUNTRY V0CAl f son FORMANCE — “Worlds J 'qu^ Vince Gill. on M COUNTRY PERFORM#! A DUO OR GROUP — Brooks and Dunn. COUNTRY COLIABORY| om — “High Lonesome Sound, wnh Gill featuring Alison Krauf | f ,|. Union Station. 1#, COUNTRY INSTRUMENT PERFORMANCE — jam f ? Chet Atkins. IL COUNTRY SONG - EL Bill Mack. |G BLUEGRASS ALBUM-% Blues: The Songs of Bill MonrW ¥ NEW AGE ALBUM - The'§^ ory Of Trees, Enya. jL CONTEMPORARY JAZZ FORMANCE ALBUM - tfifF Te Wayne Shorter. |p as JAZZ VOCAL PERFORM- L . — “New Moon Daughter,” j sandra Wilson.
