Yo, musiciany-type SC.netters -- what news?

[jedsoon]

[quote="DirtyMartini"][quote="jedsoon"]the newest thing up right now is the "Working Man" theme, which we did for the local TV show I'll be cutting full time in a couple of months if all goes well.[/quote]

Excellent. Very cool that the one gig opened the door to the other.[/quote]



Bizarre, 'twas. Gary brought me in to edit and asked casually one day if i had any music i could use. Little did he know we've been putting stuff together for years!

Oh, and i finally did get around to getting that whole page re-done in terms of featured music and videos, including a remastered version of Working Man you can actually HEAR!

http://www.myspace.com/vfwing2

[xyzman]

[quote="policerule"]

it really does have an 80's vibe... i'm liking it a lot. love the vocal effects, whatever it is.[/quote]

Thanks PR - I really do appreciate your comments and, as I said before, it does encourage you to get cracking and record more material.

Best approximation I can give for the vocals is bit of echo + lashings of chorus + no soundproofing + cheap microphone = the sound of slightly jaded middle-aged Britain! Not exactly Motown but you get the idea!

In the middle of three more so more stuff will be up soon.

Thanks again!

[Spec A!]

Drums? What are those?

[DirtyMartini]

Damn, all this music I still haven't listened to. Very much looking forward to it though.

Since Laz's gig dates just got bumped to the previous page, here they are again for the Southern CA crew:

[quote="Laz"]
http://www.myspace.com/thebeachmachine

I'd like to meet some of you SoCal nutters at some of the shows if you have some free time and want to come out!

Tonight at Tangiers (Los Feliz,CA)
Thursday 4/24 at The Roxy Sunset Blvd. (West Hollywood, CA)
Sunday 5/4 at Universal Bar & Grill (North Hollywood, CA)
Sunday 5/18 at the AC Bar (Venice, CA)
Thursday 6/19 at 14 Below (Santa Monica, CA)
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[quote="Spec A!"]Drums? What are those?[/quote]

YOU! Sticks. Pillow. Now.

Give Blake something to bash in accompaniment.

[Skip]

Great thread DM and hello friends, it's been awhile!
The band I'm in is on hiatus at the moment --

[url]http://www.myspace.com/thefulltimedreamersrock[/url]


I'm in a new band, but we're at the "what are we going to play?"
stage.

-Skip

[zilboy]

Right now I'm busy putting the finishing touches on my "hybrid" Rockstar/Bubinga kit, keeping the calluses up, and keeping the spiders awake in the basement. I'm playing better than ever though, and as soon as my bassist/songwriter buddy's broken ankle heals, we'll resume writing/recording after a 3-year hiatus. We've both been a little busy fathering children. We'll start with a couple of his tunes that we never got a chance to do in our previous band, as well as one of mine. Then we shop around for a sober, competent and adventurous guitarist (we fired ourselves to get away from the last one). It's been a real exercise in patience for me, but I know it'll be worth the wait.

[DirtyMartini]

[quote="zilboy"]Then we shop around for a sober, competent and adventurous guitarist (we fired ourselves to get away from the last one).[/quote]

HA! Good luck, zilboy and everyone.

SoCal, go see Laz tonight at the Roxy!


And oh, yeah --

ANTHONY! Sticks! (Don't make me try middle-naming you.)

[Spec A!]

You'd never guess my middle name.

You need to tell me what these sticks you keep talking about are for? Are they like popsicle sticks? Are you asking me to start constructing popsicle houses or something? I'm not really sure what pillows have to do with that either, so a little help here would rock, thanks.

[DirtyMartini]

Heheh. Idjit. How pissed are you going to be when your little girl is playing "Driven To Tears," and you can't keep up?


[quote="Spec A!"]You'd never guess my middle name.[/quote]

Sue (a la Johnny Cash)?


ETA: Actually, hmm . . . I think I plan to go with "Keaton" as your middle name since I like the way it sounds with your last. Tee hee.

[Spec A!]

Try Bailey.

And I think Blake will end up being the drummer. I'm sure he'll surpass me in a year or two at the rate things are going!

[DirtyMartini]

Nah, I'm going to go with Keaton. I like the sound.

Maren's probably still pissed (no pun intended) at you over that whole kid-peeing-on-the-drumkit moment that you captured. (Evil Daddy.) Of course, if Blake's going to be the basher, Maren might just need to learn guitar . . .


(Yes, I realize that I've jacked my own thread.)

[tamalynx]

Well, this isn't me, it's my offspring. His high school band performed a song which strikes me as very Rhythmatist-ish. It's a long song, but it features percussion up front (yay!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDF0OUyep_8

[DirtyMartini]

Peanut has reminded me that we are in need of an update.

Yo, musician-y types! What news???

[Schmaffy]

Well, other than my Rockband whirlwind tour of the greater Allentown area, my husband and I are doing a good old-fashioned traditional recital on September 14. He's the tenor type and I'm the accompaninininist type. I'm wearing my little fingers to the bone practicing. We may have a second gig on the 28th at our old college stomping grounds.

[Spec A!]

Playing at least once a week now- better than nuttin!