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Biography
In February 2008, Rachenne Regozo and Edward Monzon began the musical duo now known as The Muso Project. This Toronto-based group originally began performing acoustic sets in and around the city and quickly became noticed in the musical community for their distinctive talents and musicianship.

Both coming from musical families and sharing a passion for performance arts and songwriting, Rachenne and Edward aspired to develop a unique sound combining acoustic, soul, R&B, and jazz genres. This sound is reminiscent of a variety of influential Their music is influenced by artists ranging from Lauryn Hill, Amy Winehouse, and Stevie Wonder to John Mayer, Eric Clapton and James Taylor (just to name a few). In Bringing together their influences and musical strengths, the group has created a number of many memorable original compositions and entertaining covers, which they shared in local venues across Toronto.

Alongside regular acoustic gigs around the city, Rachenne and Edward were in and out of the studio from 2008 to spring of 2010, recording several of their original tracks with Toronto sound engineers and producers including Brandon Navia (Phase One studios), Matt Redman (Keen studios) and Tom McCay (Exeter Sound Studios). The duo selected five tracks (“Whole”, “I’ll Be Fine”, “Lucky Man”, “Nothing Better”, and “Season”) for their self-titled EP, finalized with McCay in 2010. This EP was released by physical distribution in March 2010, though is no longer available for sale.

The development and release of their self-titled EP allowed Rachenne and Edward two years to master their craft as an acoustic duo. Their crowd-pleasing performances in local bars and other small venues led to many opportunities to create, develop and share their sound as The Muso Project. These opportunities were the drive to expand as a full band in 2010, adding the well versed and musically trained bassist, Charles Collymore, as well as the very talented groove drummer, Matt Butash, to the band. With their new members and developed skills, The Muso Project now looked to take their unique musical sound to another level.

The Muso Project focused their energy on recording five of their crowd favourites with RiverWorks Studios in the spring of 2011. Almost a year later, the EP titled “Let’s Go Back” took shape from the original vocals, guitars, bass and drums of their live shows, with the addition of earthy Rhodes, warm saxophones, and bright trumpets. The band has worked hard to produce music to please its increasing fan base and is excited for the release of “Let’s Go Back” due July 6th 2012.

In anticipation of their upcoming EP, The Muso Project released their lead-off single "Pretty Little Thing" on April 13th 2012. The track embodies each band member's musical strengths and truly shows the band's versatility. Its funky sound and playful lyrics demonstrates The Muso Project's need to blend soulful, old-school sound into a new light. The four remaining tracks on “Let’s Go Back” include “Sexy Silhouette”, “Please Don’t Stop”, “Mistake” and “For Your Love”. This collection of dynamic, yet soulful originals embody the wide range of creativity, musicianship, and artistry of the band influenced by classic soul, R&B, mo-town, jazz and funk. The EP is a fresh take on old-school sound, aimed to bring on a feel-good atmosphere for any music lover.