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The Band Switch Features:
Ana Kirby - Lead Vocals, Brevard's Vocalist of the Year, 2007
Gary Kirby - Guitars, Keyboards, Vocals, Bowmp-chicka Wah-wah
Michael Shain - Drums, Percussion, Anecdotes, Tongue-chimes
Paul Beach - Bass, Sax, Vocals, Funky Paroxysms
Ana Kirby
Having returned to Brevard County in March of 1996 from South Florida, where she was performing regularly in restaurants and nightclubs, Ana has created a name for herself in the local entertainment market. The styles of her shows are as versatile as the music she sings. “…this is a woman oozing with talent, a voice that is clear, strong, and kind enough to evoke memories…”(The Pub Crawler, Florida Today TGIF, week of February 18, 2000).
In 2002, Ana competed in and won the first level of the Colgate Country Showdown in Hartford, Wisconsin. This is a national talent search sponsored by Colgate-Palmolive. Three weeks later, she won the state championship title.
On July 30, 2007, at the Brevard Live Magazine Award Ceremony, Ana was awarded the BMA for Favorite Vocalist for 2007.
Gary Kirby
Having received a B.A. in Music Composition from the University of Cincinnati, Gary Kirby honed his talent and skills by taking the show on the road. For 14 years, he was represented by the Skorman Agency in Orlando, Florida. He has traveled across The United States and has performed for our troops in Saudi Arabia and Europe. Gary has performed at The Grand Ole Opry and at the age of 15, he was signed to a record deal with Universal Records in Nashville.
This singer/song writer also plays all stringed instruments, piano and keyboards and drums.
Gary has written songs for children’s television and scored many national and local programs for PBS. His collaboration in children’s music led to a Grammy Nomination.
Michael Shain
Michael is a graduate and former manager of the Musicians Institute in Hollywood, California, a performing arts school for musicians. While a student there, he recorded with guitar giant Frank Gambale of Chick Corea and Jean-Luc Ponty fame, and current King of Jam Band guitar players Jimmy Herring of Wide Spread Panic. He has played live with Derrick Trucks and Greg Allman, opened for Dizzy Gillespie, Randy Brecker, and Al Diemeola and performed in a drum battle with Joe Morello, Dave Brubreck's "Take Five" drummer. His touring band, DA BONE TONES was voted "One of the Best Unsigned Bands in America" by Musician Magazine. Local acts Michael has played with include the Groove Monsters, Steve Thorpe and the Puzzlers. Michael has been a licensed real estate and mortgage broker, and has a coast guard captain’s license. His passions include offshore fishing, surfing, and gardening. Michael calls South Melbourne Beach home.
Paul Beach
“I did it ‘cause chicks dig musicians,” says Paul Beach, about what got him into music. Paul is now a seasoned professional of more than twenty years, and his individual artistic flare is enough to make you realize how tongue-in-cheek his statement is. Paul started playing Saxophone when he was ten, picked up stringed bass and cello a couple years later, and learned the rest of the stringed instruments, along with French horn, trombone, flute, and guitar in High School. He started playing professionally at seventeen, grew his hair out, and has never really been suitable for much of anything else but music ever since. Paul now operates his own small recording studio, where he is able to relax, write and produce his original music at his own pace. You will remember Paul from such bands as RULER, LYXX, and STILETTO.
