Zaka khumi ndi zisanu zapitazo, abale Adam, Jack ndi Ryan anapanga gulu la AJR. Zonsezi zinayamba ndi zisudzo za mumsewu ku Washington Square Park, New York. Kuyambira nthawi imeneyo, nyimbo za indie pop zapambana kwambiri ndi nyimbo zodziwika bwino monga "Wofooka". Anyamatawo adasonkhanitsa nyumba yonse paulendo wawo waku United States.
Dzina la gulu la AJR ndi zilembo zoyambirira za mayina awo. Chidule choterechi chikuyimira kugwirizana kwakukulu pakati pa wina ndi mnzake.
Mamembala a gulu la AJR
Wamng'ono kwambiri mwa abale, Jack Met, ndi woyimba payekha komanso woyimba zingwe (melodica, gitala, ukulele). Jack amagwiranso ntchito pamakiyibodi a gululo, lipenga ndi zopangira. Watulutsa nyimbo zingapo ndi abale ake zomwe zimaphatikizapo mawu ake okha. Nthawi zambiri abale ake amathandiza ndi kugwirizanitsa ndi zina mwapamwamba kapena m'munsi. M'mavidiyo a nyimbo "Sindine Wotchuka", "Sober Up" ndi "Dear Winter", ndi iye yekha amene alipo.
Wotsatira pamzera wazaka ndi Adam, yemwe ali wamkulu zaka 4 kuposa mng'ono wake. Adam amasewera bass, percussion, programming ndipo ndiye kuyambitsa. Iye ali ndi mawu otsika kwambiri ndi olemera kwambiri mwa abale atatuwo. Ndi iye yekha yekha mwa abale amene alibe nyimbo payekha.
Pomaliza, wamkulu ndi Ryan. Amagwira ntchito zothandizira mawu ndipo makamaka ali ndi udindo wopanga mapulogalamu ndi keyboards. Ryan ali ndi nyimbo imodzi yomwe imangokhala ndi iye ndi zida zake zamagetsi. Nyimboyi imatchedwa "Call My Dad" kuchokera mu album yawo The Click. Abale onse atatu alipo mu kanema wanyimbo, komabe, ndi iye yekha "ali maso" pamavidiyo ambiri.
Yemwe AJR adadalira
Zambiri zomwe gululi limachita komanso momwe nyimbo zimapangidwira zimakhala chifukwa chakuti abale amagawana zikhalidwe zomwezo. Abale adalimbikitsidwa ndi akatswiri azaka za m'ma 1960 kuphatikiza Frankie Valli, The Beach Boys, Simon ndi Garfunkel. Abalewo akuti amakhudzidwanso ndi hip-hop yamakono, phokoso la Kanye West ndi Kendrick Lamar.
Creative Asylum Brothers
Gululo limalemba ndikutulutsa nyimbo zawo zonse mchipinda chochezera ku Chelsea. Apa nyimbo zawo zimabadwa, zomwe zimadzazidwa ndi kuwona mtima kwa mafani. Ndi ndalama zimene ankapeza pochita zisudzo mumsewu, abale a AJR anagula gitala ya bass, ukulele ndi sampler.
Popanda njira
Anyamatawo sanali opambana nthawi zonse. Iwo ati akhala akukulitsa mafani awo pang'onopang'ono ndipo sakhala opambana nthawi zonse.
"Chiwonetsero chathu choyamba chomwe tidasewera muholoyo, ndikuganiza, chinali anthu atatu. Ndipo chifukwa tidawayimbira pulogalamuyo, omvera adakhala okonda moyo wonse… Adatero Adam.
Pa ntchito yawo yonse, nthawi zosachepera 100 ankafuna kusiya. Koma anyamata anaphunzira kutenga kulephera kulikonse ndi kulephera kulikonse, kuwasandutsa mwayi wophunzira. Abale akuti ndi malingaliro awa omwe adawalola kupitiliza ndikupanga nyimbo zabwino kwa mafani awo.
Mu 2013, anyamatawo adatumiza nyimbo yawo yoyamba "Ndawerenga" kwa anthu otchuka, ndipo woimba wina wa ku Australia adatumiza ntchitoyi kwa CEO wa S-Curve Records. Atamaliza maphunzirowo, adakhala wopanga anyamatawo. M'chaka chomwecho, anyamatawo adatulutsa EP ndi dzina lomwelo la nyimbo yawo yoyamba. Pambuyo pake, ntchito ina ya EP "Infinity" imatulutsidwa.
Pokhapokha mu 2015, anyamatawo adadandaula kuti atulutse chimbale chawo choyamba chokhala ndi mutu wakuti "Living Room".
Nyimbo "Wofooka"
Adalemba nyimbo yawo yotchuka kwambiri "Weak" tsiku limodzi. Zinangotengera anyamatawa maola angapo kuti amalize. Ndipo nyimboyi idalowa mu album ya EP "Zomwe Aliyense Akuganiza". Nyimboyi ikufotokoza za mayesero a munthu. Atatha kujambula, anyamatawo sanamvetsetse momwe nyimboyo ingakhalire yopambana. Kuyambira pomwe idatulutsidwa, yapeza mitsinje yopitilira 150 miliyoni ya Spotify, ndikuyika pa 30 yapamwamba m'maiko opitilira 25.
Mu 2017, anyamatawo anaphatikizapo nyimbo yotchuka mu Album yawo yachiwiri "The Clic". Atatulutsa chimbale chawo chachitatu cha Neotheater, gululi lidapitilira ulendo. Chosangalatsa kwambiri, pachikuto cha album, abale amawonetsedwa ngati makanema ojambula a Walt Disney. Album iyi imakumbutsa nyimbo za 20-40s m'mawu ake.
Anyamatawa akufuna kupereka chimbale chawo chachinayi "OK Orchestra" kumapeto kwa 2021.
Zochita zamagulu
Abale ndi akazembe a kampeni ya It's On Us yolimbana ndi nkhanza zogonana m'makoleji. Iwo ali omasuka pakuthandizira kwawo kampeni, yomwe idakhazikitsidwa koyamba ndi Purezidenti wa US Obama ndi Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti Biden mu 2014. Cholinga chake ndi kuthetsa nkhanza zogonana m'makoleji.
AJR adachita nawo msonkhano womaliza wa It's On Us Summit ku White House mu Januware ndi nyimbo ya "It's On Us" ya kampeni mu Marichi. Zonse zomwe zimachokera ku imodzi zimapita mwachindunji kuti zikope maphunziro ambiri m'dziko lonselo.
Mu 2019, atatuwa adagwirizana ndi gulu lachifundo la Music Unites kuti akacheze ku Centennial High School ku Compton ndikukakumana ndi ophunzira pulogalamu yanyimbo omwe ali ndi chidwi ndi ntchito yoimba.
Music Units imapatsa ophunzira mwayi wowona mkati mwamakampani ndikuphunzira momwe angachitire kuti akwaniritse zolinga zawo zamtsogolo. Mtsogoleri wa Chigawo cha Compton Unified School a Darin Brawley adati gawo la AJR "linali lophunzitsa kwambiri."
