An impromptu quartet in Davis Sq.

                                             

by Erin K Gray

On Feb. 3 in Davis Sq. four artists meet together for the first time to collaborate as a group for the general public.

"You never know what you are going to get on the street," said Mike Greenstein, from the band Emergency Broadcasters.  "I would always rather a collective over an ego experience."                

Greenstein, who described his band as a mixture Americana fusion and Indie, also teaches a class on Jazz at the Cambridge Adult Education Center, he said. 

Greenstein said he hopes to make music more accessible in the Somerville area.

"I want to make changes in this area, find a way to play later in a city that has rigid laws on what time bars close," he said.

Ryan Alvanos (left), Mike Greenstein (right)

This collective of musicians consisted of a mixture of artists who were all working on separate projects, some were friends, and others were meeting for the first time.

Ryan Alvanos, currently working on a solo project, brought friends Julia Shaw and Marine Dallance to assist him with percussion, and to meet up with Greenstein and friend Raleigh Green in the park outside of Store 24.

Alvanos and Greenstein, friends and collaborators of this impromptu quartet, both share a passion for getting the community involved in the thriving and diverse local music scene, he said.

Alvanos will be featured at Razzi's on Feb. 16, and you can check out Emergency Broadcasters at http://www.myspace.com/emergencybroadcasters.