Musicians

Jeff Hamel

Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals

Former guitarist of 80's progressive metal band OSMIUM located out of Detroit. Jeff has been playing guitar since he was 14 being mentored by Sponge's former guitar player Joey Mazzola. In the 90's, Jeff spent a couple of years studying recording technologies at the Record Institute of Detroit under the eye of recording titan Robert Dennis. This exposed Jeff to many other forms of music.

In 2004, Jeff relocated to Minneapolis and began persuing his passion for symphonic progressive rock and created the Majestic project. As a multi-instrumentalist, Jeff manages to compose, play and record all the instruments used for Majestic. Over the years, Jeff has developed a unique guitar style and incorporated influences from various progressive bands. The epic songwriting of Majestic has taken on a life of it own.

Yes, Genesis, Dream Theater, Porcupine Tree, Riverside, Ayreon, King Crimson and Deep Purple are some of the bands that influence Jeff. Many of these influences are clearly heard throughout the music of Majestic.

Jessica Rasche

Vocals

Singing since the age of 9 Jessica Rasche has been performing in many different venues including musical productions, choirs, and many collaborations as a singer/lyricist in a broad spectrum of genres. In 2008, Jessica began collaborating with Jeff and the results were so positive, Jessica became the primary vocalist for Majestic. Although new to the progressive music scene, Jessica found the music a perfect match for her background in theater and choir.

Being a child of the 80's, Jessica is very influenced by the music of that era, but more notably, she is very strongly influenced by the band Heart, Pat Benatar and Taylor Dayne. Jessica's debut performance on the Arrival CD is outstanding and has helped take the music of Majestic to new places.


Side Projects

Gregg Johns

Multi-Instrumentalist - Proximal Distance

Gregg's main project Slychosis has several releases with the latest being Slychedelia. Gregg's passion for progressive rock and metal is only superceded by his ability to perform it.

Gregg and Jeff have been working on a side project called Proximal Distance and are also bringing in the talents of Jessica Rasche (vocals) and Jeremy Mitchell (drums and percussion) for the project. Keep checking back for updates on this upcoming supergroup Proximal Distance.

Di

Vocals - "World's Apart" / String Theory

DI started singing professionally with a Heart Tribute band out of Chicago called Beggar's Velvet. In 2006, she decided to branch off into the EDM world. She is now producing music under the names Essence and Sonus and will be working on a solo album to come out in the near future on Andromeda Recordings.

Elzbieta

Flute - "Tonight" / String Theory

Elzbieta has been playing the flute since she was 12. She was classically trained in Poland and enjoys creating different styles of music. She released a CD called "Fairy" and it is available via her website.