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Captain Lazerblast Band

WV's PREMIER TECHNO-FOLK BAND

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Member Since: 3/17/2007
Band Website: captainlazerblast.com
Band Members: Tim - electronic & midi/synth guitar

Maggie - midi/synth wind controller

Black Dog, aka Tripod - sidekick
Influences: Pete Seeger ,
Peter, Paul & Mary ,
Arne Nordheim ,
Jennifer & Hazel Wrigley ,
Peter Fricker ,
Arnold Schoenberg ,
Samuel Barber ,
Duke Ellington ,
Alex DeGrassi ,
Dave Porter ,
Option 22 ,
The Chieftains
Sounds Like: Folk + Techno/Electronica without repetititititive loops; scaled down version of Tangerine Dream
Record Label: Lazerblast Enterprises (CD info on website)
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

quote

I read this in a picture frame in a friend's home: "We read of spiritual efforts, and our imagination makes us believe that, because we enjoy the idea of doing them, we have done them. ...
Posted by Captain Lazerblast Band on Sat, 25 Oct 2008 08:22:00 PST

quotes

Every now and then I find a quote or poem that I really like but it's not quite the right fit for my peace & love quotepage.  I've decided to start posting them here... Here's the first: "Men...
Posted by Captain Lazerblast Band on Sun, 05 Oct 2008 09:50:00 PST

another piano story

A customer showed me how about 5 or 6 hammers would all go at the same time when hitting any one of the related keys.  After looking in the piano, I found a 4X6 photo had wedged itself ...
Posted by Captain Lazerblast Band on Sat, 04 Oct 2008 12:02:00 PST

train?

I was tuning a spinet, and when doing so, it's quite normal to experience intermittent, nasty sounds.  However, when I hit a particular key, the sound was so nasty it made me jump.  I t...
Posted by Captain Lazerblast Band on Sun, 13 Jul 2008 11:56:00 PST

Why I like to tune...

When I tune a piano, I can be myself.  The piano doesn't care if I am eccentric.  It doesn't care if I am obsessive; in fact, obsessive is good when it comes to octaves and unisons.  Th...
Posted by Captain Lazerblast Band on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:31:00 PST

the dumbest thing I’ve ever done with a piano

Have you ever tried to help, but ended up making it worse?   I was recently reminded of this story... I was still a student at Concord and didn't know much about pianos.  I certainly di...
Posted by Captain Lazerblast Band on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:41:00 PST

interesting piano story

Thought this was an interesting story... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/49 90662.stm Mr. Hawkings was interviewed on NPR and said they've since discovered that the piano was ...
Posted by Captain Lazerblast Band on Sat, 31 May 2008 10:22:00 PST

this just in

I just returned a phone call for a tuning...  The guy originally wanted me to tune the piano so he could sell it.  Since then, his grand-daughter has decided to take lessons on it, so h...
Posted by Captain Lazerblast Band on Fri, 30 May 2008 06:39:00 PST

This is a long one...

This post will be really long, but I think I'll go nuts if I don't write this one.    I still can't believe this conversation happened...  One morning at the Post Office: Man (to Tim):...
Posted by Captain Lazerblast Band on Fri, 30 May 2008 04:19:00 PST

heavy bench

So, I'm tuning a piano on a stage and I decide I need the bench a little closer. I grab it under the front edge as usual, but it's extremely heavy and I can't lift it. I grab it on the ends and pull...
Posted by Captain Lazerblast Band on Sat, 17 May 2008 08:18:00 PST