Note-worthy in Plymouth: New Ditty

The five members of the hometown band New Ditty have used their fraternal bond and their passion to create a music career that has lasted five years and has taken them across New England.

While singer Taylor Murray, lead guitar player Jesse Murray and bass player Corey Murray are actually brothers, drummer Vinnie Malaguti and guitar player Shawn O’Kelly are just as much a part of the family. Together the band writes the original music that Jesse Murray describes as heavy rock.

“We’re just like a hard, dirty rock kind of band, like Alice in Chains and Guns and Roses, but a little heavier than that,” he said. “It’s a good mix of heavy rock.”

While many bands in the area specialize in this kind of music, singer Taylor Murray said that the sounds of New Ditty stand out because they are real, original and represent the members of the band.

Like they do everything else, the members of New Ditty write their music together. It all begins with a guitar riff from Jesse Murray. Then singer Taylor Murray writes lyrics off the top of his head. From there, the musicians build off of each other, gradually incorporating all of their talents until a song has been created.

Although all the musicians of New Ditty have full-time jobs, it does not hold them back from living out their passion for music on stage. While leaving work to play at a local venue can be exhausting, Corey Murray said that once he is in front of an audience he remembers why he keeps coming back to performing.

“It’s pretty tiring because the last thing I want to do after working all day is lug equipments around and set up, but it doesn’t matter because when we’re playing it is worth it,” he said.

While Jesse Murray said that Plymouth’s Guru Grille is the band’s “home base,” or the venue they perform at the most, New Ditty has traveled from Massachusetts to Maine to rock locations such as Boston’s Paradise Rock Club and the Middle East. Still, Jesse Murray said he prefers coming back to local venues like Guru.

“I like smaller places because it’s more personable,” he said. “You fill up a little room and it’s like all our good friends. It’s a good time.”

While Jesse Murray jokes that New Ditty will probably spend their future in a hospital, drummer Malaguti said he hopes they can keep entertaining people and demonstrating their passion for music in the years to come.

“We just want to create a bigger fan base, try to reach out to as many people and places as we can,” he said.

New Ditty's  next performance will be on May 7 at Marshall’s Pub in South Dartmouth. The band will return to their hometown to perform at the annual “Rock for RSD” benefit show at Memorial Hall.