On the road to Meductic NB to visit Kevin Laskey & all the good folks at Sabian HQ. Factory tour, cymbal match and picking out a new Ozone crash – this us going to be fantastic!
More posts and pics to come …
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Cymbal Heaven
Back From a Little Break
Didn’t have a lot going on in June and July but we did get a Chicago show in. Thanks to WXRT for previewing a track from “Offering” and highlighting the show, and to our pals in the Chicago Roots Collective for putting the bill together and setting up backline for the bands to share.
Video for two songs is available on my YouTube site: http://youtube.com/LLRLRR.
Hilarious!!?!?
(Especially since I’ve Never Read a Single Sentence of DFW)
I write like
David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace
I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing!
The magic of YouTube
It doesn’t matter what you look for, YouTube seems to always come through. Say you’re in the mood for some Steve Gadd. Want to know what he played on Aja? BAM!
Want to learn how to play 50 Ways to Leave your Lover? BAM!
Want to watch Steve Gadd in a movie? Yup. One Trick Pony on YouTube…..BAM.
Pezzettino at the Verge Music Festival
OK – June 5th is only 3 days away now and I am psyched!
check out this lineup for Saturday:
Raveonettes, Cold War Kids, Jaill, AFI, Weezer and our pals in Invade Rome, Juniper Tar and Revision Text too. What an honor it will be to play this new festival (and at 7:15 no less – the end of our set leads straight into AFI – how cool is that!)
More info and tickets here:
http://www.vergemusicfestival.com/
Hihat stand FAIL!
Maybe it was the 5 shows in 3 days and all but I broke a hihat stand last week. The pedal came away from the post and and 30 minutes and two handfuls of grease later I finally gave up. Truth be told, it was a DW 5000 two legged model that I never really liked anyway. It was always wobbly or it would lean on uneven surfaces and i could never really get it too feel stable and rock solid.
So I called up my man West Wheeler at Taye and ordered one of these:
Can’t wait to put it through its paces when it finally gets here!
Great shows yesterday!
Had a blast at WMSE and Shank Hall last night.
All the folks at WMSE are so pro – they treat you like family and the sound that goes live over the airwaves is just amazing. I have audio of the three song set (Offering, Darling Little Sister, and You Were Beautiful Once) and I’m going to try and post it this weekend or sync it up to some video I shot and put it on ye ol’ YouTube if I can.
Shank was also a blast – we played for alsmot two hours and it was great that folks just kept asking for more. Had a little trouble with the encore since we don’t really do that and my hihat stand went kaput. Thankfully it was when I was packing up for the night.
Ohh, and I tweeted Mick Shrimpton from Spinal Tap just for fun, here was his response:
Hahahaha – I love the word “git”….
Milwaukee Double Header
I love double show days!
Two shows with Mike Mangione & The Union on Friday 5.21 –
Show #1 – playing on WMSE 91.7 during their pledge drive. I love playing at the WMSE studio- did it twice with Pezzettino – and this will be my first time with Mike and my union pallys.
Show #2 – Shank Hall, woo hoo! It’s always nice to play under the ol’ stonehenge :
The show is also serving as a bit of a record release since we are now officially selling the new release on CD
(its been available for digital download at CD Freedom and (of course) at iTunes
Lots to do this week!
Three Mike Mangione shows this week after being off for most of the month – I need to get back up to speed!
We’re playing at SPACE in Evanston (Chicago area) on Wednesday and this is my first time playing there. New venues are always tricky – it’s a “listening room” – you have to know how much room you have and what gear to bring. (Six people on stage!)
I am thinking that it’s going to be a kick/snare/floor and two cymbals type of affair. Sometimes it cool to bring a stripped down kit and really pay attention to what you are playing but we are recording so an extra tom for variety wouldn’t hurt. 🙂
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