Not playing at Sentosa’s |
I was scheduled to play at Sentosa's in Kirkland, but they decided to stop doing music before I got a chance. However, I've been unable to remove the dates from calendar, even though I've deleted the...
Posted by on Sat, 21 Jun 2008 08:23:00 GMT |
Bands only need one-word names? |
I was sitting in a bar the other night, and one of my bandmates asked who was playing on the jukebox. Someone said "Iron Maiden", and I commented that "Maiden" really covered it. The "Iron" part is ...
Posted by on Thu, 22 May 2008 20:25:00 GMT |
A note on "influences" |
If you are a musician, and you have to list your influences, that does not mean a list of every musician you've enjoyed in the last fifteen years, plus a few hip name-droppings. It means a succinct ...
Posted by on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:21:00 GMT |
Sonic Boom Fremont R.I.P. |
Today I was disappointed to discover that the Sonic Boom CD store in Fremont will be closing at the end of February, and they'll be shifting their center of retail operations to the Ballard location. ...
Posted by on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 13:35:00 GMT |
"Pay to play" vs. "Losing money to play" |
The term "pay to play" gets tossed around a lot in discussions of the Seattle music scene, almost always incorrectly. Your classic "pay to play" scenario was developed in the 80's L.A. hair metal sce...
Posted by on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 09:22:00 GMT |
Gig manners |
See, if you're the drummer in a band-- no, make that two bands who are playing at the same club during an evening, and you ask the third band if you can borrow a drum throne, hihat stand and ride cymb...
Posted by on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 07:11:00 GMT |
Things that don’t make sense pt. 274 |
Not infrequently, one will come across a plea from a band wanting an opening slot in a town other than their hometown. "Kickass Portland Band Seeks Seattle Show!!!" or something similar. Don't they ...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 03:13:00 GMT |
Sugarcane Mutiny video shoot/gig coming up |
Dear Friend,SUGARCANE MUTINY will be playing next Wednesday (12/5) at the Nectar Loungein Fremont. The show will be filmed by local videographer Jesse Zesbaugh.The show starts at 9:00 pm -- also appea...
Posted by on Thu, 29 Nov 2007 07:08:00 GMT |
Portland! Eugene! San Francisco! Reno! Salt Lake City! Boise! |
Tomorrow the David Bavas 2007 tour kicks off, in support of his new release "Songs About Love, Death, and Trains", featuring many fine musicians and myself. We'll be in all the towns in the title sta...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 16:38:00 GMT |
David Bavas CD release party |
This Sunday, October 7th, David Bavas and the Down Comforter (featuring me on lead guitar) will have the CD release party for our second album at the Highdive in Fremont. It'll probably be our last s...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 07:07:00 GMT |
