No Prior Experience

Jack Bertelli’s debut album started off as an idea, and then it was a more realistic idea, then it became a reality. In 2017, my good friend Kyle Germain had just recorded and released an original album, entitled Twelve Years Past, in his family’s home studio - Walk Out Studios - in Stockbridge, MA. He inspired me to start creating my own music, which I worked on during my junior year of high school in 2018. I composed six original tracks, stemming stylistically from jazz, and containing elements of funk, fusion, and blues.

With the help of Richard Stanmeyer on trumpet, Kevin Costello on keyboards, Aidan Engel on bass, and of course Kyle Germain on drums/guitar, I successfully got to see my compositions recorded in July 2018. After being engineered by Luke Germain, and subsequently mastered by Ian Stewart at Flotown Studios in Housatonic, MA, No Prior Experience was released to the world on September 3rd, 2018.

The album is available to stream anywhere you listen to music, and a physical CD can be purchased on this very website.