Category Archives: performance

Banding Together Starts on Friday

Banding Together, the online music festival to benefit the Spondylitis Association of America begins Friday, October 18th and runs through Monday, October 21st. It’s a three “stage” show, meaning that it is being hosted on three websites. There are five opportunities to listen to my solo live acoustic set during the course of the weekend:

Friday, October 18th 7:30pm EST www.40FootHoleStudio.com →

Saturday, October 19th 7:30am EST www.40FootHoleStudio.com →

Saturday, October 19th 4:35pm EST www.ThePenguinRocks.com →

Sunday, October 20th 4:35am EST  www.ThePenguinRocks.com →

Monday, October 21st 12noon EST www.BlowUpRadio.com →

Hope you are able to virtually tune in!

Banding Together

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I recorded a solo acoustic live set for the upcoming benefit for the Spondylitis Association of America, called Banding Together. It airs next weekend, Friday-Monday (10/18-10/21) and features some great local artists including Jonathan Andrew, Joshua Van Ness, Paul Rosevear, and The Wag.

Click here to see the complete schedule on blowupradio.com. My performance will air at the following times:

  • Friday, October 18th 7:30pm
  • Saturday, October 19th 7:30am 
  • Saturday, October 19th 4:35pm
  • Sunday, October 20th 4:35am 
  • Monday, October 21st 12noon

If you donate during the benefit weekend, you will receive a free digital compilation album. The album features exclusive tracks from the artists performing. I donated the first song in my set to this compilation.

My set features 30-minutes of original songs. Just me and an acoustic guitar. It’s not too often that I perform as a solo acoustic artist, so I hope you are able to listen at blowupradio.com.

PS – I released last year’s Banding Together performance as a digital album. You can stream it, download it, and pay what you want for it right here.

Adam McDonough’s CD Release Party

After playing HarvestFest with Hey Tiger earlier in the day, I made my way to Hoboken to perform with Adam McDonough. We celebrated the release of his new record, Coast to Coast. What a fantastic celebration!

Christina Alessi opened the night.

Christina Alessi

Then we rocked out. Thank you Christina for this photo!

Adam and band

Here’s the setlist.

Adam Setlist

My drum corner.

Drum corner

And believe it or not, there was cake!

cake

Great party and all-around fun gig. Glad to have been a part of it.

PS – Be sure to go to iTunes and download your copy of Adam’s record Coast to Coast today!

HarvestFest Recap

Well, actually I have a pretty nice little Saturday planned… 

Saturday was a beautiful day to play an outdoor show. Hey Tiger performed at Bloomfield’s HarvestFest. It was great to play with them again after not having played since June. The sound system was really great, the crowd was attentive, and we learned what a tornado potato is.

Here is our setlist.

HarvestFest Setlist

Then Christina and I discovered the awesome power of a tornado potato + fresh lemonade.

Tornado Potato

Good times.

 

 

Two Shows on Saturday

Daytime with Hey Tiger. Nighttime with Adam McDonough. Hope you can make it.

Hey Tiger

Saturday, September 28th
Hey Tiger
Harvest Fest
Broad Street (between Belleville and Bloomfield Ave.)
Bloomfield, NJ
2:30pm

Adam McDonough

Saturday, September 28th
Adam McDonough’s CD Release Party
Live at the Loft
517 Jefferson St.
Hoboken, NJ
8pm

RSVP on Facebook →

 

Adam McDonough’s CD Release

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On Saturday, September 28th I’ll be playing drums at Adam McDonough’s CD Release party in Hoboken, NJ.

Adam and I played together back in March at a Songwriters Collaborative along with Christina Alessi and Jonathan Andrew. Adam is releasing a new record called “Coast to Coast” that he funded through a successful Kickstarter campaign. I’ve enjoyed learning his new tunes and am excited to play at one of Hoboken’s most unique venues. Come by for complimentary wine and beer as well as free download cards!

Saturday, September 28th
Adam McDonough’s CD Release Party
Live at the Loft
517 Jefferson St.
Hoboken, NJ
8pm

 

Hey Tiger Plays Harvest Fest

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Hey Tiger will play on Saturday, September 28th at Bloomfield, NJ’s Harvest Fest. This will be the first time we’ve played since reuniting to bid Maxwells a fond farewell.

Bring the kids. There will be rides, games, food… the whole outdoor street festival experience awaits!

Saturday, September 28th
Hey Tiger
Harvest Fest
Broad Street (between Belleville and Bloomfield Ave.)
Bloomfield, NJ
2:30pm

Don’t forget, you can stream Hey Tiger’s three records on YouTube right here.

Canal Day Recap

Last Saturday, Kristy, Ardith, and I played Wharton’s annual Canal Day. It’s great to see how much the festival has grown so much since we first started playing it years ago.

We played under the gazebo.

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Photo by Nanette

The setlist.

Canal Day Setlist 2013

 

Drumming is my happy place.

Josh drumming

Photo by Nanette

 

A drummer’s perspective.

Drummer's perspective

 

After our performance, we roamed the festival and ran into Brian from The Wag. He snapped this great photo of the three of us.

Josh, Kristy, Ardith

Photo by Brian Ostering